Roscoe Karns, Gilbert Roland and Norma Talmadge in New York Nights (1929)
Caption: Roscoe Karns, Gilbert Roland and Norma Talmadge in New York Nights (1929)
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Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
Born: September 7, 1891
Star sign: Virgo
Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Known for: It Happened One Night (1934), His Girl Friday (1940), Twentieth Century (1934), Woman of the Year (1942)
Source: IMDB
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 ...