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Roscoe and Mary Karns in 1954. 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 Todd Karns, Jr. He was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital, in Los Angeles, on December 18, 1969 [5] and died at the hospital on February 6 ...
Roscoe Karns. Actor: His Girl Friday. 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.
Roscoe Karns. Actor: His Girl Friday. 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.
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.
Roscoe Karns was born in San Bernardino, California, in 1891. He made his film debut in 1915, at the age of 24, in a short-reel for Lubin Manufacturing . Karns appeared as a supporting actor in silent films throughout the 1920s and made the transition to "talkies" with a fast-talking style that ensured his continued success.
Feb 8, 1970 · LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 (AP) —Roscoe Karns, the stage, movie and television actor, died at St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday. He was 77 years old, and had been hospitalized for over a month.
Karns' last TV assignment was the role of the crusty Admiral Walter Shafer on the Jackie Cooper sitcom Hennessey (1959-62). Roscoe Karns was the father of actor/recording executive Todd Karns, who starred in TV's first filmed comedy series, Jackson and Jill (1949).
