Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

actor, writer, soundtrack

Roscoe Karns was born on Sep 07, 1891 in USA. Roscoe Karns's big-screen debut came with A Species of Mexican Man directed by Romaine Fielding in 1915, strarring . Roscoe Karns is known for Man's Favorite Sport? directed by Howard Hawks, Rock Hudson stars as Roger Willoughby and Paula Prentiss as Abigail Page. The upcoming new movie Roscoe Karns plays is Man's Favorite Sport? which will be released on Jan 31, 1964.

On stage since age 15, Roscoe Karns parlayed his machine-gun delivery and street-wise demeanor (although many thought of him as a New Yorker, he was actually from San Bernardino, California) into character roles in dozens of films from the 1920s to the 1960s. His peak period, though, was in the 1930s, where he often played a wisecracking cab driver or a brash newspaper reporter (as in La dame du vendredi (1940), usually the friend of the hero who helps him solve the murder/catch the bad guys/find the missing heiress, etc.

  • Birthday

    Sep 07, 1891
  • Place of Birth

    San Bernardino, California, USA

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