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U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 6, 1970<span style="display:none">(1970-02-06)</span> (aged 78)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1915–1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Mary M. Fraso</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1920⁠–⁠1970)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2; including <a href="/wiki/Todd_Karns" title="Todd Karns">Roscoe Todd</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Roscoe Karns</b> (September 7, 1891 – February 6, 1970) was an American actor who appeared in nearly 150 films between 1915 and 1964. He specialized in cynical, wise-cracking (and often tipsy) characters, and his rapid-fire delivery enlivened many comedies and crime thrillers in the 1930s and 1940s. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acting_career">Acting career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roscoe_Karns&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Acting career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Karns began acting with a San Diego stock company when he was still in high school. "I’ve never earned a dime outside of show business. I can't even claim having a newspaper route as a kid," he claimed.<sup id="cite_ref-Actor_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Actor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though he appeared in numerous silent films, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Wings_(1927_film)" title="Wings (1927 film)">Wings</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Beggars_of_Life" title="Beggars of Life">Beggars of Life</a></i>, his career didn't really take off until sound arrived. Arguably his best-known film role was the annoying bus passenger Oscar Shapeley, who tries to pick up <a href="/wiki/Claudette_Colbert" title="Claudette Colbert">Claudette Colbert</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Oscar</a>-winning comedy <i><a href="/wiki/It_Happened_One_Night" title="It Happened One Night">It Happened One Night</a></i>, (1934)<sup id="cite_ref-Roscoe_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roscoe-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> quickly followed by one of his best performances as the boozy press agent Owen O'Malley in <a href="/wiki/Howard_Hawks" title="Howard Hawks">Howard Hawks</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Century_(film)" title="Twentieth Century (film)">Twentieth Century</a></i>. (Six years later, he co-starred as one of the reporters in another Hawks classic, <i><a href="/wiki/His_Girl_Friday" title="His Girl Friday">His Girl Friday</a></i>.) In 1937, Paramount teamed him with <a href="/wiki/Lynne_Overman" title="Lynne Overman">Lynne Overman</a> as a pair of laconic private eyes in two B comedy-mysteries, <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Goes_to_College" title="Murder Goes to College">Murder Goes to College</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Partners_in_Crime_(1937_film)" title="Partners in Crime (1937 film)">Partners in Crime</a></i>. </p><p>By the late 1940s Karns was finding it difficult to obtain movie roles, and was considering retiring, but he contacted a friend who worked for the <a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont Television Network</a>, and he was asked to consider coming to New York City to act on television.<sup id="cite_ref-Actor_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Actor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1950 to 1954, Karns played the title role in the popular <a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont Television Network</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_King,_Inside_Detective" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocky King, Inside Detective">Rocky King, Inside Detective</a></i>. His son, character actor <a href="/wiki/Todd_Karns" title="Todd Karns">Todd Karns</a>, also appeared in that series.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1959 to 1962, Karns was cast as Captain (then Admiral) Walter Shafer in seventy-three of the ninety-five episodes of the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> military sitcom/drama series, <i><a href="/wiki/Hennesey" title="Hennesey">Hennesey</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Cooper" title="Jackie Cooper">Jackie Cooper</a> in the title role of a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> physician, and <a href="/wiki/Abby_Dalton" title="Abby Dalton">Abby Dalton</a> as nurse Martha Hale.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His final film was another Hawks comedy, <i><a href="/wiki/Man%27s_Favorite_Sport%3F" title="Man's Favorite Sport?">Man's Favorite Sport?</a></i>, in 1964. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roscoe_Karns&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roscoe_and_Mary_Karns_1954.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Roscoe_and_Mary_Karns_1954.JPG/220px-Roscoe_and_Mary_Karns_1954.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Roscoe_and_Mary_Karns_1954.JPG/330px-Roscoe_and_Mary_Karns_1954.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Roscoe_and_Mary_Karns_1954.JPG/440px-Roscoe_and_Mary_Karns_1954.JPG 2x" data-file-width="921" data-file-height="709" /></a><figcaption>Roscoe and Mary Karns in 1954</figcaption></figure> <p>Roscoe Karns was born September 7, 1891, in San Bernardino, California. He married Mary M. Frasco in 1920, and was the father of two children – Mary Karns Hart, and Roscoe <a href="/wiki/Todd_Karns" title="Todd Karns">Todd Karns</a>, Jr. He was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital, in Los Angeles, on December 18, 1969<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and died at the hospital on February 6, 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-Roscoe_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roscoe-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roscoe_Karns&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><i>Mr. Carlson of Arizona</i> (1915, Short)</li> <li><i>From Champion to Tramp</i> (1915, Short) - The Girl's Father</li> <li><i>A Western Governor's Humanity</i> (1915, Short)</li> <li><i>Beans for Two</i> (1918, Short) - Jimmy's Friend</li> <li><i>Know Thy Wife</i> (1918, Short) - Steve - Bob's Chum</li> <li><i>Brides for Two</i> (1919, short)</li> <li><i>Sally's Blighted Career</i> (1919, Short)</li> <li><i>Oh, Susie, Be Careful</i> (1919, Short)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poor_Relations" title="Poor Relations">Poor Relations</a></i> (1919) - Henry</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Family_Honor" title="The Family Honor">The Family Honor</a></i> (1920) - Dal Tucker</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_the_Party_(1920_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Life of the Party (1920 film)">Life of the Party</a></i> (1920) - Sam Perkins</li> <li><i>The Man Tamer</i> (1921) - Bradley P. Caldwell Jr</li> <li><i>Too Much Married</i> (1921) - Bob Holiday</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Her_Own_Money" title="Her Own Money">Her Own Money</a></i> (1922) - Jerry Woodward</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trouper" title="The Trouper">The Trouper</a></i> (1922) - Neal Selden</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Afraid_to_Fight" title="Afraid to Fight">Afraid to Fight</a></i> (1922) - Bertie</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conquering_the_Woman" title="Conquering the Woman">Conquering the Woman</a></i> (1922) - Shorty Thompson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Other_Men%27s_Daughters_(1923_film)" title="Other Men's Daughters (1923 film)">Other Men's Daughters</a></i> (1923) - Hubert</li> <li><i>Down to the Ship to See</i> (1923, Short) - Jack</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments_(1923_film)" title="The Ten Commandments (1923 film)">The Ten Commandments</a></i> (1923) - The Boy in the Rain (uncredited)</li> <li><i>Bluff</i> (1924) - Jack Hallowell</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Midnight_Express_(film)" title="The Midnight Express (film)">The Midnight Express</a></i> (1924) - Switch Hogan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Foolish_Virgin" title="The Foolish Virgin">The Foolish Virgin</a></i> (1924) - Chuck Brady</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Overland_Limited_(1925_film)" title="The Overland Limited (1925 film)">The Overland Limited</a></i> (1925) - Patrick Henry Madden</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dollar_Down" title="Dollar Down">Dollar Down</a></i> (1925) - Gene Meadows</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You%27d_Be_Surprised_(film)" title="You'd Be Surprised (film)">You'd Be Surprised</a></i> (1926) - Party Guest (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ritzy" title="Ritzy">Ritzy</a></i> (1927) - Smith's Valet</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wings_(1927_film)" title="Wings (1927 film)">Wings</a></i> (1927) - Lieutenant Cameron</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ten_Modern_Commandments" title="Ten Modern Commandments">Ten Modern Commandments</a></i> (1927) - Benny Burnaway</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer" title="The Jazz Singer">The Jazz Singer</a></i> (1927) - Agent (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beau_Sabreur" title="Beau Sabreur">Beau Sabreur</a></i> (1928) - Buddy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trail_of_%2798" title="The Trail of '98">The Trail of '98</a></i> (1928) - Man on Ship (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Something_Always_Happens_(1928_film)" title="Something Always Happens (1928 film)">Something Always Happens</a></i> (1928) - George</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Desert_Bride_(1928_film)" title="The Desert Bride (1928 film)">The Desert Bride</a></i> (1928) - Pvt. Terry</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Vanishing_Pioneer" title="The Vanishing Pioneer">The Vanishing Pioneer</a></i> (1928) - Ray Hearn</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warming_Up_(1928_film)" title="Warming Up (1928 film)">Warming Up</a></i> (1928) - Hippo</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_Mad" title="Jazz Mad">Jazz Mad</a></i> (1928) - Sol Levy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Win_That_Girl" title="Win That Girl">Win That Girl</a></i> (1928) - Johnny Norton II</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beggars_of_Life" title="Beggars of Life">Beggars of Life</a></i> (1928) - Lame Hoppy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moran_of_the_Marines" title="Moran of the Marines">Moran of the Marines</a></i> (1928) - Swatty</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Object:_Alimony" title="Object: Alimony">Object: Alimony</a></i> (1928) - Al Bryant</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shopworn_Angel_(1928_film)" title="The Shopworn Angel (1928 film)">The Shopworn Angel</a></i> (1928) - Dance Director</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flying_Fleet" title="The Flying Fleet">The Flying Fleet</a></i> (1929) - Shipwrecked Radio Operator (uncredited)</li> <li><i>Copy</i> (1929 short) - City Editor John Mack</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Thing_Called_Love_(1929_film)" title="This Thing Called Love (1929 film)">This Thing Called Love</a></i> (1929) - Harry Bertrand</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Nights_(film)" title="New York Nights (film)">New York Nights</a></i> (1929) - Johnny Dolan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Troopers_Three" title="Troopers Three">Troopers Three</a></i> (1930) - Bugs</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Safety_in_Numbers_(1930_film)" title="Safety in Numbers (1930 film)">Safety in Numbers</a></i> (1930) - Bertram Shapiro</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Accident" title="The Little Accident">The Little Accident</a></i> (1930) - Gilbert</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Man_Trouble_(1930_film)" title="Man Trouble (1930 film)">Man Trouble</a></i> (1930) - Scott</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Costello_Case" title="The Costello Case">The Costello Case</a></i> (1930) - Blair</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gorilla_(1930_film)" title="The Gorilla (1930 film)">The Gorilla</a></i> (1930) - Simmons</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dirigible_(film)" title="Dirigible (film)">Dirigible</a></i> (1931) - Sock McGuire</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Many_a_Slip_(film)" title="Many a Slip (film)">Many a Slip</a></i> (1931) - Stan Price</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laughing_Sinners" title="Laughing Sinners">Laughing Sinners</a></i> (1931) - Fred Geer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pleasure_(1931_film)" title="Pleasure (1931 film)">Pleasure</a></i> (1931) - Arnie</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Left_Over_Ladies" title="Left Over Ladies">Left Over Ladies</a></i> (1931) - 'Scoop'</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ladies_of_the_Big_House" title="Ladies of the Big House">Ladies of the Big House</a></i> (1931) - Frank - Twenty Questions player (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/High_Pressure_(film)" title="High Pressure (film)">High Pressure</a></i> (1932) - Telephone salesman (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stowaway_(1932_film)" title="Stowaway (1932 film)">Stowaway</a></i> (1932) - Insp. Redding</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Play_Girl_(1932_film)" title="Play Girl (1932 film)">Play Girl</a></i> (1932) - Gambler (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Roadhouse_Murder" title="The Roadhouse Murder">The Roadhouse Murder</a></i> (1932) - Jeff Dale</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Week-End_Marriage" title="Week-End Marriage">Week-End Marriage</a></i> (1932) - Jim Davis</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two_Against_the_World_(1932_film)" title="Two Against the World (1932 film)">Two Against the World</a></i> (1932) - Segall, reporter</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crooked_Circle_(1932_film)" title="The Crooked Circle (1932 film)">The Crooked Circle</a></i> (1932) - Harry Carter</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Way_Passage" title="One Way Passage">One Way Passage</a></i> (1932) - S.S.Maloa Bartender (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_After_Night_(film)" title="Night After Night (film)">Night After Night</a></i> (1932) - Leo</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/They_Call_It_Sin" title="They Call It Sin">They Call It Sin</a></i> (1932) - Brandt - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/If_I_Had_a_Million" title="If I Had a Million">If I Had a Million</a></i> (1932) - Private O'Brien</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Under-Cover_Man" title="Under-Cover Man">Under-Cover Man</a></i> (1932) - Dannie</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lawyer_Man" title="Lawyer Man">Lawyer Man</a></i> (1932) - Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(1933_film)" title="Grand Slam (1933 film)">Grand Slam</a></i> (1933) - Contest Radio Announcer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Today_We_Live" title="Today We Live">Today We Live</a></i> (1933) - McGinnis</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Lady%27s_Profession" title="A Lady's Profession">A Lady's Profession</a></i> (1933) - Tony</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gambling_Ship_(1933_film)" title="Gambling Ship (1933 film)">Gambling Ship</a></i> (1933) - Blooey</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Sunday_Afternoon_(1933_film)" title="One Sunday Afternoon (1933 film)">One Sunday Afternoon</a></i> (1933) - Snappy Downer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Women_in_His_Life" title="The Women in His Life">The Women in His Life</a></i> (1933) - Lester</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1933_film)" title="Alice in Wonderland (1933 film)">Alice in Wonderland</a></i> (1933) - Tweedledee</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Search_for_Beauty" title="Search for Beauty">Search for Beauty</a></i> (1934) - Newspaper Reporter (scenes deleted)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It_Happened_One_Night" title="It Happened One Night">It Happened One Night</a></i> (1934) - Oscar Shapeley</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Come_On_Marines!" title="Come On Marines!">Come On Marines!</a></i> (1934) - Spud McGurke</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Century_(film)" title="Twentieth Century (film)">Twentieth Century</a></i> (1934) - O'Malley</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shoot_the_Works_(film)" title="Shoot the Works (film)">Shoot the Works</a></i> (1934) - Sailor Burke</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elmer_and_Elsie" title="Elmer and Elsie">Elmer and Elsie</a></i> (1934) - Rocky Cott</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Sell_Anything" title="I Sell Anything">I Sell Anything</a></i> (1934) - Monk</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wings_in_the_Dark" title="Wings in the Dark">Wings in the Dark</a></i> (1935) - Nick Williams</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Tires_(1935_film)" title="Red Hot Tires (1935 film)">Red Hot Tires</a></i> (1935) - Bud Keene</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Hours_to_Kill!" title="Four Hours to Kill!">Four Hours to Kill!</a></i> (1935) - Johnson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alibi_Ike" title="Alibi Ike">Alibi Ike</a></i> (1935) - Carey</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Front_Page_Woman" title="Front Page Woman">Front Page Woman</a></i> (1935) - Toots O'Grady</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two-Fisted" title="Two-Fisted">Two-Fisted</a></i> (1935) - Chick Moran</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Woman_Trap_(1936_film)" title="Woman Trap (1936 film)">Woman Trap</a></i> (1936) - Mopsy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Border_Flight" title="Border Flight">Border Flight</a></i> (1936) - Calico Smith</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Cheers_for_Love" title="Three Cheers for Love">Three Cheers for Love</a></i> (1936) - Doc "Short Circuit" Wilson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Married_Men" title="Three Married Men">Three Married Men</a></i> (1936) - Peter Cary</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Mabel" title="Cain and Mabel">Cain and Mabel</a></i> (1936) - Reilly</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clarence_(1937_film)" title="Clarence (1937 film)">Clarence</a></i> (1937) - Clarence Smith</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Goes_to_College" title="Murder Goes to College">Murder Goes to College</a></i> (1937) - Sim Perkins</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_of_Mystery_(1937_film)" title="Night of Mystery (1937 film)">Night of Mystery</a></i> (1937) - Sgt. Heath</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_Such_a_Night_(1937_film)" title="On Such a Night (1937 film)">On Such a Night</a></i> (1937) - Joe Flynn</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Partners_in_Crime_(1937_film)" title="Partners in Crime (1937 film)">Partners in Crime</a></i> (1937) - Sim Perkins</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scandal_Street_(1938_film)" title="Scandal Street (1938 film)">Scandal Street</a></i> (1938) - Austin Brown</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dangerous_to_Know" title="Dangerous to Know">Dangerous to Know</a></i> (1938) - Duncan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tip-Off_Girls" title="Tip-Off Girls">Tip-Off Girls</a></i> (1938) - Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_and_Me_(1938_film)" title="You and Me (1938 film)">You and Me</a></i> (1938) - Cuffy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thanks_for_the_Memory_(film)" title="Thanks for the Memory (film)">Thanks for the Memory</a></i> (1938) - George Kent</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_of_Chinatown" title="King of Chinatown">King of Chinatown</a></i> (1939) - 'Rip' Harrigan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_Co-Ed" title="Dancing Co-Ed">Dancing Co-Ed</a></i> (1939) - Joe Drews</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everything%27s_on_Ice" title="Everything's on Ice">Everything's on Ice</a></i> (1939) - Felix Miller</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That%27s_Right%E2%80%94You%27re_Wrong" class="mw-redirect" title="That's Right—You're Wrong">That's Right—You're Wrong</a></i> (1939) - Mal Stamp</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/His_Girl_Friday" title="His Girl Friday">His Girl Friday</a></i> (1940) - Reporter McCue</li> <li><i>Double Alibi</i> (1940) - Jeremiah Jenkins</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday%27s_Children_(1940_film)" title="Saturday's Children (1940 film)">Saturday's Children</a></i> (1940) - Willie Sands</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/They_Drive_by_Night" title="They Drive by Night">They Drive by Night</a></i> (1940) - "Irish" McGurn</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ladies_Must_Live_(1940_film)" title="Ladies Must Live (1940 film)">Ladies Must Live</a></i> (1940) - Pete H. 'Pighead' Larrabee</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meet_the_Missus_(1940_film)" title="Meet the Missus (1940 film)">Meet the Missus</a></i> (1940) - Joe Higgins</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Petticoat_Politics" title="Petticoat Politics">Petticoat Politics</a></i> (1941) - Joe Higgins</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Footsteps_in_the_Dark_(film)" title="Footsteps in the Dark (film)">Footsteps in the Dark</a></i> (1941) - Monahan</li> <li><i>Black Eyes and Blues</i> (1941 short) - Alfred Harmon</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gay_Vagabond" title="The Gay Vagabond">The Gay Vagabond</a></i> (1941) - Arthur Dixon, Jerry Dixon</li> <li><i>Half Shot at Sunrise</i> (1941, Short) - Henry Warren</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Road_to_Happiness" title="Road to Happiness">Road to Happiness</a></i> (1942) - Charley Grady</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Tragedy_at_Midnight" title="A Tragedy at Midnight">A Tragedy at Midnight</a></i> (1942) - Det. Lt. 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Hardy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Speed_to_Spare" title="Speed to Spare">Speed to Spare</a></i> (1948) - Kangaroo</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Texas,_Brooklyn_%26_Heaven" title="Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven">Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven</a></i> (1948) - Carmody</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Onionhead" title="Onionhead">Onionhead</a></i> (1958) - 'Windy' Woods</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Man%27s_Favorite_Sport%3F" title="Man's Favorite Sport?">Man's Favorite Sport?</a></i> (1964) - Major Phipps</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roscoe_Karns&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-Actor_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Actor Hollywood Forgot: Roscoe Karns Has Outlasted All Other TV Detectives, <i>TV Guide</i>, July 31, 1953, pages 20 to 22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Roscoe-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Roscoe_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Roscoe_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Roscoe Karns, Actor, Dies at 77; TV Navy Doctor in ‘Hennesey’, <i>New York Times</i>, February 8, 1970, page 8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, <i>The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 – Present</i>, page 532, Ballantine Books, 1979</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, <i>The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 – Present</i>, pages 258 & 259, Ballantine Books, 1979</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Veteran Actor Roscoe Karns Dies At 76, <i>The Sacramento Bee</i>, February 8, 1970, page 6</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roscoe_Karns&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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