Alan Roscoe

{{Short description|American actor (1886–1933)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Alan Roscoe

| image = Albert Roscoe, silent film actor (SAYRE 8093).jpg

| caption = Roscoe in 1923

| birth_name = John Albert Rascoe

| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|08|23}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1933|03|08|1888|08|23}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery

| yearsactive = 1915–1933

| occupation = Actor

| spouse = Barbara Bedford

| children = 1

}}

Alan Roscoe (born John Albert Rascoe; August 23, 1888 – March 8, 1933) was an American film actor of the silent and early talking film eras. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1933.

Roscoe was born John Albert Rascoe on August 23, 1888. He died of cancer on March 8, 1933, in Los Angeles. His interment was in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=August 19, 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7 |page=644 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22John+Albert+Rascoe%22&pg=PA644 |access-date=December 4, 2022 |language=en}}

Roscoe married actress Barbara Bedford in 1921. They had a daughter and divorced in 1928. In 1930 they filed notice of their plans to marry again.{{cite news |title=Miss Bedford and Roscoe to Rewed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/10/08/archives/miss-bedford-and-roscoe-to-rewed.html |access-date=December 4, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=October 3, 1930 |page=29|url-access=subscription}}