Born September 7, 1891, Character Actor Roscoe Karns!
Roscoe Karns appeared in over 145 roles, many times as a street-wise, wisecracking fellow. My favorite Roscoe Karns role??? Well, that would have to be Shapely in It Happened One Night!
You know, there’s nothing I like better than to meet a high-class mama that can snap ’em back at ya. ‘Cause the colder they are, the hotter they get. That’s what I always say. Yes, sir, when a cold mama gets hot, boy, how she sizzles.
–Roscoe Karns (as Shapeley) to poor Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) in Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night
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