- Films
- 41
- Avg rating
- 7.03
- Peak run
- 1940’43
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Roscoe by the numbers
Average
7.03
16 rated films
Vote weighted
7.10
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.56
rating spread
Career
38y
1927 to 1964
Total votes
275K
across every film
Best
8.1
It Happened One Night
Worst
7.0
Man's Favorite Sport?
Newest first
Filmography
| 1964 | Man's Favorite Sport? | Major Phipps | 7.0 | 6,967 |
| 1958 | Onionhead | 'Windy' Woods | · | 747 |
| 1948 | Devil's Cargo | Lt. Hardy | · | 343 |
| 1948 | The Inside Story | Eustace Peabody | · | 350 |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Carmody | · | 477 |
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance | Charlie Archer | 7.4 | 4,335 |
| 1942 |  Woman of the Year | Phil Whittaker | 7.1 | 12,036 |
| 1942 | You Can't Escape Forever | 'Mac' McTurk | · | 317 |
| 1941 | Footsteps in the Dark | Monahan | 6.7 | 1,722 |
| 1940 |  His Girl Friday | McCue | 7.8 | 68,760 |
| 1940 | Saturday's Children | Willie Sands | · | 686 |
| 1940 |  They Drive by Night | Irish McGurn | 7.2 | 10,184 |
| 1939 | Dancing Co-Ed | Joe Drews | · | 584 |
| 1939 | King of Chinatown | 'Rip' Harrigan | · | 370 |
| 1939 | That's Right - You're Wrong | Mal Stamp | · | 376 |
| 1938 | Dangerous to Know | Duncan | · | 381 |
| 1938 | Thanks for the Memory | George Kent | · | 441 |
| 1938 | You and Me | Cuffy | 6.8 | 2,184 |
| 1936 | Cain and Mabel | Reilly | 6.3 | 2,207 |
| 1935 | Alibi Ike | Carey | · | 809 |
Better together?
Roscoe Karns's regulars
- Howard HawksDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.32
- Frank CapraDirector and actor · 2 films · 8.10 avg▲+0.96
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Roscoe Karns
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