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Roscoe Karns (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.
Arguably his best-known film role was the annoying bus passenger Oscar Shapeley, who tries to pick up Claudette Colbert in the Oscar-winning comedy It Happened One Night (1934). From 1950 to 1954, Karns played the title role in the popular DuMont Television Network series Rocky King, Inside Detective. His son, character actor Todd Karns, also appeared in that series.
From 1959 to 1962, Karns was cast as Admiral Walter Shafer in seventy-three of the ninety-five episodes of the CBS military sitcom/drama series, Hennesey, starring Jackie Cooper in the title role of a United States Navy physician, and Abby Dalton as nurse Martha Hale.
Karns was born in San Bernardino, California, and died in Los Angeles.
"Rocky King; Detective" ~ "The Hermit's Cat" (1950's TV crime show)
Mr. Shapeley scene from "It Happened One Night"
George brent roscoe karns bette davis 1935
"Rocky King; Detective" ~ "One Minute For Murder" (1950's TV crime show)
George brent and roscoe karns 1935
Lawyer Man 1932, Roscoe Karns , William Powell, Joan Blondell
Roscoe Karns
"Rocky King; Detective" ~ "Murder Scores a Knockout" (1950's TV crime show)
My Son the Hero (1943) COMEDY
Devils Cargo - Free Old Mystery Movies Full Length
A TV crime series ran on the Dumont Network from 1950 to 1954. One of the first TV crime shows, it starred veteran actor Roscoe Karns as Detective King and Grace Carney as his wife who was never actually shown on camera. The show was done live on a sound stage with a small budget. Note the use of the organ soundtrack, common on radio dramas at the time. It also ran under the title "Inside Detective". Includes ads. For more on the Dumont Network and it's show see my film & TV blog @; http://thesilverscreensurfer.blogspot.ca/2013/07/classic-shows-from-dumont-network-1946.html
Mr. Shapeley [Roscoe Karns] tries his rap on Ellen Andrews [Claudette Colbert] in "It Happened One Night." "Yessir. When a cold mama gets hot—boy, how she sizzles!" Thankfully, Peter Warne [Clark Gable] intervenes, just in time, too — believe you me.
A TV crime series ran on the Dumont Network from 1950 to 1954. One of the first TV crime shows, it starred veteran actor Roscoe Karns as Detective King and Grace Carney as his wife who was never actually shown on camera. The show was done live on a sound stage with a small budget. Note the use of the organ soundtrack, common on radio dramas at the time. It also ran under the title "Inside Detective". Includes ads. For more on the Dumont Network and it's show see my film & TV blog @; http://thesilverscreensurfer.blogspot.ca/2013/07/classic-shows-from-dumont-network-1946.html
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A TV crime series ran on the Dumont Network from 1950 to 1954. One of the first TV crime shows, it starred veteran actor Roscoe Karns as Detective King and Grace Carney as his wife who was never actually shown on camera. The show was done live on a sound stage with a small budget. Note the use of the organ soundtrack, common on radio dramas at the time. It also ran under the title "Inside Detective". Includes ads. For more on the Dumont Network and it's show see my film & TV blog @; http://thesilverscreensurfer.blogspot.ca/2013/07/classic-shows-from-dumont-network-1946.html
Stars: Patsy Kelly, Roscoe Karns, Joan Blair Director: Edgar G. Ulmer Learning that his long-unseen son is arriving for a visit, a small-time con-man enlists his cronies to help him pretend to be a wealthy and important businessman.
Poverty-row continuation of The Falcon series; mundane murder mystery showcasing Calvert's magic act skills. Director: John F. Link Sr. Writers: Don Martin (screenplay), Jason James (original story), Stars: John Calvert, Rochelle Hudson, Roscoe Karns
THE FALCON-Devil's Cargo (1948) Mystery-John Calvert Stars: John Calvert, Rochelle Hudson, Roscoe Karns Poverty-row continuation of The Falcon series; The film starts, and ends, with Calvert sitting in his bathtub! In the first scene, a man named Ramon Delgado comes to see The Falcon and confesses that he killed a man last night because the man was involved with his wife. Delgado feels that the killing was in self-defense and asks the Falcon to help him turn himself in to the police and see that his rights are respected. Of course, as this is a murder mystery, things are obviously not as simple as that, and the plot unfolds in a fascinating way.
A TV crime series ran on the Dumont Network from 1950 to 1954. One of the first TV crime shows, it starred veteran actor Roscoe Karns as Detective King and Grace Carney as his wife who was never actually shown on camera. The show was done live on a sound stage with a small budget. Note the use of the organ soundtrack, common on radio dramas at the time. It also ran under the title "Inside Detective". Includes ads. For more on the Dumont Network and it's show see my film & TV blog @; http://thesilverscreensurfer.blogspot.ca/2013/07/classic-shows-from-dumont-network-1946.html
A TV crime series ran on the Dumont Network from 1950 to 1954. One of the first TV crime shows, it starred veteran actor Roscoe Karns as Detective King and Grace Carney as his wife who was never actually shown on camera. The show was done live on a sound stage with a small budget. Note the use of the organ soundtrack, common on radio dramas at the time. It also ran under the title "Inside Detective". Includes ads. For more on the Dumont Network and it's show see my film & TV blog @; http://thesilverscreenchronicles.blogspot.ca/2013/07/classic-shows-from-dumont-network-1946.html
I_S_C_R_I_V_E_T_E_V_I Titolo originale Stage Door Canteen Lingua originale inglese Paese di produzione Stati Uniti d'America Anno 1943 Durata 132 min Colore B/N Audio sonoro Rapporto 1.37 : 1 Genere commedia, musicale, sentimentale Regia Frank Borzage Sceneggiatura Delmer Daves Produttore Frank Borzage, Sol Lesser Casa di produzione Sol Lesser Productions Fotografia Harry J. Wild Musiche Freddie Rich Scenografia Harry Horner, Hans Peters (art director) Clem Beauchamp (set decorator) Trucco Irving Berns, Mel Berns La taverna delle stelle (Stage Door Canteen) è un film del 1943 diretto da Frank Borzage. È una commedia musicale statunitense a sfondo romantico con vari attori e varie celebrità molte delle quali appaiono in brevi cameo. Il film, realizzato in tempo di guerra...
Road to Happiness is a 1942 American film directed by Phil Rosen. A bittersweet story of a family's road to happiness. Jeff Carter (John Boles) has just returned from Europe eager to see his family. Charley Grady (Roscoe Karns), his agent, informs Jeff that his wife, Millie (Mona Barrie) has divorced him and has remarried to a millionaire, Sam Rankin. Jeff has discovered that his narcissistic ex has sent Danny to military boarding school because she would rather socialize with her friends. Road to Happiness Directed by Phil Rosen Produced by Scott R. Dunlap Written by Matt Taylor (story "First Performance") Robert Hardy Andrews (adaptation and screenplay) Starring: John Boles as Jeff Carter Mona Barrie as Millie Rankin Billy Lee as Danny Carter Roscoe Karns as Charley Grady Lillian Elli...
From the early talkie New York Nights starring Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland. Also seen in the clip are John Wray, Lilyan Tashman and Roscoe Karns
Musical romance set in NYC's Stage Door Canteen for World War Two service personel featuring a host of stars - Aline MacMahon, Gypsy Rose Lee, Alan Mowbray, Harry J. Wild, William Terry, Lucile Gleason, Elliott Nugent, Bert Lytell, Ethel Waters, Margaret Early, Julie Conway, Helen Menken, Sunset Carson, Judith Anderson, Henry Armetta, Trudy Erwin, Katharine Cornell, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Lina Romay, Count Basie, Dorothea Kent, Frank Borzage, Pat Flaherty, Benny Goodman Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Helen Parrish, Peggy Moran, Gertrude Lawrence, Jack Lambert, Roscoe Karns, Ruth Roman, Arleen Whelan, Cheryl Walker, Harpo Marx, Martha Scott, Virginia Field, Ralph Morgan, Selena Royle, Elsa Maxwell, Benny Goodman, Paul Muni, Freddy Martin Orchestra, Delmer Daves, Elizabeth Morgan, Willia...
Top 25 Fantasy Actors and Actress Tattoos Based on www.cotoro.com : Rosa Blasi, Rosalie Crutchley, Rosalind Bennett, Rosalind Cash, Rosalind Chao, Rosalind Ivan, Rosalind Russell, Rosamund John, Rosamund Pike, Rosanna Arquette, Rosanna De Soto, Rosario Dawson, Rosaura Revueltas, Roscoe Arbuckle ('Fatty'), Roscoe Ates, Roscoe Karns, Roscoe Lee Browne, Rose Byrne, Rose Hobart, Rose Marie, Rose McGowan, Roseanne, Roselyn Sanchez, Rosemarie DeWitt, Rosemary Forsyth
Daryl McDaniel of the legendary hip hop group Run DMC interviews with Frank and Wanda during the morning show on July 17, 2009. DMC discusses his breakthroughs in life after he discovered at age 35 that he was adopted. He preaches the importance of communicating positive messages in music, especially hip hop.
A scene from the 1933 film "Weekend Marriage" with Aline MacMahon and Roscoe Karns. For more information, visit moviedavid.blogspot.com!
A TV crime series ran on the Dumont Network from 1950 to 1954. One of the first TV crime shows, it starred veteran actor Roscoe Karns as Detective King and Grace Carney as his wife who was never actually shown on camera. The show was done live on a sound stage with a small budget. Note the use of the organ soundtrack, common on radio dramas at the time. It also ran under the title "Inside Detective". Includes ads. For more on the Dumont Network and it's show see my film http://thesilverscreensurfer.blogspot...
The story of a singer in a minstrel show, from his career highs to the tragedies in his personal life. Cast Benny Fields ... Dixie Boy Johnson Gladys George ... Mae White Alan Dinehart ... Lew Dunn Roscoe Karns ... Lasses White Jerome Cowan ... Bill Evans Judy Clark ... Caroline Jr. - age 16 Molly Lamont ... Caroline Johnson John Raitt ... Singer The Anestos ... Dance Specialty Margia Dean ... Chorus Girl Eddie Kane ... Theater Manager Gloria Petroff ... Caroline Jr. - age 5 Lee 'Lasses' White ... Tiny Directed by Joseph H. Lewis, Edgar G. Ulmer Story by Martin Mooney, Raymond L. Schrock Screenplay by Irwin Franklyn, Pierre Gendron Associate Producer Harry Revel Produced by Leon Fromkess Cinematography by Marcel Le Picard Film Editing by Carl Pierson Art Direction by Paul Palmentola ...
Extrait du film "Après Nous le Déluge (Today We Live)" réalisé par Howard Hawks avec Gary Cooper et Joan Crawford. L'Angleterre en 1916 : Un américain, Richard Bogard, achète comme résidence secondaire le manoir que Diana Boyce Smith vient d'hériter de son père. Les deux jeunes gens s'éprennent l'un de l'autre, mais Diana accepte néanmoins de se fiancer à Claude Hope, un ami d'enfance qui l'aime de longue date. Ronnie - le frère de Diana - et Claude rejoignent ensuite leur régiment qui combat en France. Diana elle-même rejoint le Front comme ambulancière et y retrouve les trois hommes, Richard s'étant engagé dans l'intervalle. Diana avoue alors à son frère l'amour qu'elle porte à l'américain... Un Film de : Howard Hawks Avec : Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford , Robert Young, Franchot Tone, Rosc...