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San Bernardino, California, USA
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…
Known for
- Man's Favorite Sport? — Major Phipps1964
- The Lucy Show — Mr. Foley1962
- Hennesey — Capt. Walter Shafer1959
- Onionhead — 'Windy' Woods1958
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Ed Church1957
- December Bride1954
- December Bride — Charley Allen1954
- Inside Detective — Police Inspector Rocky King1950
- Rocky King, Detective — Police Inspector Rocky King1950
- Devil's Cargo — Lt. Hardy1948
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1979-01-25
Discography
- Voltron (Standby)2014
- Smoke2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Bernardino
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Child
- Todd Karns
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Roscoe Karns by Jack Freulich.jpg
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- Roscoe Karns
- date of birth
- 1893-01-01
- date of death
- 1970-01-01
- place of burial
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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