Where to watch Roscoe Karns in the UK
Find every Roscoe Karns film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 16 September 2026.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Though he appeared in numerous silent films, such as Wings and Beggars of Life, 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 Claudette Colbert in the …
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- The Lucy Show (1962) as Mr. Foley
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957) as Ed Church
- December Bride (1954) Cast
- Rocky King, Detective (1950) as Police Inspector Rocky King
- Hennesey (1959) as Capt. Walter Shafer
- It Happened One Night (1934) as Oscar Shapeley
- Dollar Down (1925) as Gene Meadows
- His Girl Friday (1940) as McCue
- Inside Detective (1950) as Police Inspector Rocky King
- Wings (1927) as Lieutenant Cameron
- The Jazz Singer (1927) as Agent (uncredited)
- Alice in Wonderland (1933) as Tweedledee
- Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) as Major Phipps
- Onionhead (1958) as 'Windy' Woods
- Object: Alimony (1928) as Al Bryant
- If I Had a Million (1932) as Private O'Brien
- Dirigible (1931) as Sock McGuire
- Petticoat Politics (1941) as Joe Higgins
- They Drive by Night (1940) as Irish McGurn
- Warming Up (1928) as Hippo
- Stowaway (1932) as Insp. Redding
- The Ten Commandments (1923) as The Boy in the Rain (uncredited)
- The Vanishing Pioneer (1928) as Ray Hearn
- You and Me (1938) as Cuffy
- Woman of the Year (1942) as Phil Whittaker
- Twentieth Century (1934) as Owen O'Malley
- Speed to Spare (1948) as Kangaroo
- Yokel Boy (1942) as Al Devers
- Bluff (1924) as Jack Hallowell
- Woman Trap (1936) as Mopsy
- That's My Man (1947) as Toby Gleeton
- Today We Live (1933) as McGinnis
- Stage Door Canteen (1943) as Roscoe Karns
- Copy (1929) as City Editor John Mack
- Front Page Woman (1935) as Toots O'Grady
- One Way Passage (1932) as S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited)
- Conquering the Woman (1922) as Shorty Thompson
- Tip-Off Girls (1938) as Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan
- You'd Be Surprised (1926) as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Clarence (1937) as Clarence Smith
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Most-watched Roscoe Karns films currently: It Happened One Night (1934), Dollar Down (1925), His Girl Friday (1940), Wings (1927), The Jazz Singer (1927).
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Selected TV credits: The Lucy Show (1962), Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957), December Bride (1954), Rocky King, Detective (1950), Hennesey (1959).
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