Spoiler : Remembering character actor ROSCOE KARNS (1891 – 1970), who was born on September 7th. He 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. He had one of his best-known film roles as the annoying bus passenger Oscar Shapeley, who tries to pick up Claudette Colbert in the Oscar-winning comedy It Happened One Night. 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. rom 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.

Spoiler : Born in San Bernardino, California 9/7/1897, or 1891; died 2/6/1970 of heart failure in Los Angeles, California. Married to Mary (1920-1970 his death. Father of actor Todd Karns. On screen in A Species Of Mexican Man (1915); Man's Favorite Sport (1964). Television debut as a guest on Program Playhouse for DuMont-TV (1949). Detective Rocky King on Rocky King, Inside Detective for DuMont-TV (1950-54). Captain Walter Shafer on Hennesey for CBS-TV (1959-62).