Roscoe Karns Autographs
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.
Karns began acting with a San Diego stock company when he was still in high school. "I’ve never earned a dime outside of show business. I can't even claim having a newspaper route as a kid," he claimed.
Though he appeared in numerous silent films, such as Wings and Beggars of Life, his career didn't really take off until sound arrived. Arguably his best-known film role was the annoying bus passenger Oscar Shapeley, who tries to pick up Claudette Colbert in the Oscar-winning comedy It Happened One Night, (1934) quickly followed by one of his best performances as the boozy press agent Owen O'Malley in Howard Hawks' Twentieth Century. (Six years later, he co-starred as one of the reporters in another Hawks classic, His Girl Friday.) In 1937, Paramount teamed him with Lynne Overman as a pair of laconic private eyes in two B comedy-mysteries, Murder Goes to College and Partners in Crime.
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Traded items with a signature of Roscoe Karns
The most expensive item with a signature of Roscoe Karns (Roscoe Karns Signed 8x10 Photo + Original 1962 Envelope • Hennesey TV Series) was sold in March 2026 for $185.00 while the cheapest item (ROSCOE KARNS 30s vintage signed autographed album page) found a new owner for $4.99 in June 2008. The month with the most items sold (3) was October 2025 with an average selling price of $104.99 for an autographed item of Roscoe Karns. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2025 with $104.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.99 was June 2008. In average, an autographed item from Roscoe Karns is worth $28.24.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Roscoe Karns were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | AMERICAN CHARACTER ACTOR ROSCOE KARNS, AUTOGRAPHED VINTAGE STUDIO PHOTO. | $79.99 |  |
| AMERICAN CHARACTER ACTOR ROSCOE KARNS, SIGNED VINTAGE STUDIO PHOTO | $79.99 | |
| AMERICAN CHARACTER ACTOR ROSCOE KARNS, SIGNED VINTAGE STUDIO PHOTO. | $49.99 | |
| AMERICAN SILENT & SOUND ACTOR, COMEDIAN ROSCOE KARNS , SIGNED VINTAGE PHOTO | $58.49 | |
| Betty White - Duel Signed Scrapbook Page - Roscoe Karns on reverse - Golden Gir | $145.98 | |
| Original Signed Autographed Photo Roscoe Karns Died 1970 Appeared 150 Films | $9.99 | |
| ROSCOE KARNS (1891-1970) signed album page | "His Girl Friday" - autograph | $21.49 | |
| ROSCOE KARNS - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED | $104.99 | |
| ROSCOE KARNS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED | $104.99 | |
| Roscoe Karns - Classic Film Actor - Autographed Letter (ALS), 1955 | $20.50 | |
| Roscoe Karns Autograph | $50.00 | |
| Roscoe Karns D.1970 Actor His Girl Friday Signed 3 x 5 Index Card | $99.00 | |
| ROSCOE KARNS ~ Vintage signed oversized photo ~ OTTO DYAR ~ 1932 | $9.99 | |
| Vintage Roscoe Karns Autographed Publicity Photo- 7”x9”-Hollywood Actor | $15.95 | |
| Vintage signed photo Roscoe Karns 11•14 1 @ many photos 1930s comedy vaudeville | $57.00 | |
