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person_profile-J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish Died at age: 77

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jan 20, 1896

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 24, 1973

Biography of

J. Carrol Naish

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish (January 21, 1896 – January 24, 1973) was an American character actor born in New York City, New York. Naish did many film roles, but they were eclipsed when he found fame in the title role of radio's Life with Luigi (1948–1953), which surpassed Bob Hope in the 1950 ratings.

    Naish appeared on stage for several years before he began his film career. He began as a member of Gus Edwards's vaudeville troupe of child performers. In Paris after World War I, Naish formed his own song and dance act. He was traveling the globe from Europe to Egypt to Asia, when his China-bound ship developed engine problems, leaving him in California in 1926.

    His uncredited bit role in What Price Glory (1926) launched his career in more than two hundred films. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the first for his role in the 1943 film Sahara, then for his performance in the 1945 film A Medal for Benny, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture. He notably played Boris Karloff's hunchback assistant in The House of Frankenstein in 1944.

    He was of Irish descent, but never used his dialect skills to play Irishmen, explaining, "When the part of an Irishman comes along, nobody ever thinks of me." Instead, he portrayed myriad other ethnic groups on screen: Latino, Native American, East Asian, Polynesian, Middle Eastern/North African, South Asian, Eastern European, and Mediterranean. Besides his film roles, he often appeared on television later in his career. He spent many of his later years in San Diego studying philosophy and theology.

    Naish was married (1929–1973) to actress Gladys Heaney (1907–1987). They had one daughter.

    For his contributions to television and film, J. Carrol Naish has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6145 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Filmography of

J. Carrol Naish

Found 185 Movies in total

The Many Faces of Dracula

Daniel (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Daniel (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1989

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1974

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein ( Actor )

... 1971

Cutter's Trail

Froteras ( Actor )

... 1970

Curse of the Fly

Logan Dolan ( Actor )

... 1965

The Hanged Man

Uncle Picaud ( Actor )

... 1964

Force of Impulse

Antonio Marino ( Actor )

... 1961

Disneyland '59

Self ( Actor )

... 1959

The Young Don't Cry

Plug ( Actor )

... 1957

... 1957

Yaqui Drums

Yacqi Jack ( Actor )

... 1956

Rebel in Town

Bedloe Mason ( Actor )

... 1956

Desert Sands

Sgt. Diepel ( Actor )

... 1955

The Last Command

General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana ( Actor )

... 1955

Violent Saturday

Chapman, Bank Robber ( Actor )

... 1955

Rage at Dawn

Simeon 'Sim' Reno ( Actor )

... 1955

Hit the Deck

Mr. Peroni ( Actor )

... 1955

New York Confidential

Ben Dagajanian ( Actor )

... 1955

Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull ( Actor )

... 1954

Saskatchewan

Batouche ( Actor )

... 1954

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Socrates Houlis ( Actor )

... 1953

Fighter Attack

Bruno ( Actor )

... 1953

Ride the Man Down

Sheriff Joe Kneen ( Actor )

... 1952

Woman of the North Country

John Mulholland ( Actor )

... 1952

Clash by Night

Uncle Vince ( Actor )

... 1952

Denver and Rio Grande

Gil Harkness ( Actor )

... 1952

Bannerline

Frankie Scarbine ( Actor )

... 1951

Across the Wide Missouri

Looking Glass ( Actor )

... 1951

... 1951

Rio Grande

Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan ( Actor )

... 1950

The Toast of New Orleans

Nicky Duvalle ( Actor )

... 1950

Annie Get Your Gun

Chief Sitting Bull ( Actor )

... 1950

Please Believe Me

'Lucky' Reilly ( Actor )

... 1950

Black Hand

Louis Lorelli ( Actor )

... 1950

That Midnight Kiss

Papa Donnetti ( Actor )

... 1949

Canadian Pacific

Dynamite Dawson ( Actor )

... 1949

Joan of Arc

John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor ( Actor )

... 1948

The Kissing Bandit

Chico ( Actor )

... 1948

The Fugitive

A Police Informer ( Actor )

... 1947

Carnival in Costa Rica

Papa Rico Molina ( Actor )

... 1947

The Beast with Five Fingers

Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio ( Actor )

... 1947

Humoresque

Rudy Boray ( Actor )

... 1947

Bad Bascomb

Bart Yancy ( Actor )

... 1946

Getting Gertie's Garter

Charles, the Butler ( Actor )

... 1945

Strange Confession

Roger Graham ( Actor )

... 1945

The Southerner

Devers ( Actor )

... 1945

A Medal for Benny

Charley Martin ( Actor )

... 1945

House of Frankenstein

Daniel ( Actor )

... 1944

Enter Arsène Lupin

Ganimard ( Actor )

... 1944

Dragon Seed

Japanese Kitchen Overseer ( Actor )

... 1944

Waterfront

Dr. Karl Decker ( Actor )

... 1944

Jungle Woman

Dr. Carl Fletcher ( Actor )

... 1944

The Monster Maker

Dr. Igor Markoff ( Actor )

... 1944

The Whistler

The Killer ( Actor )

... 1944

Two-Man Submarine

Dr. Augustus Hadley ( Actor )

... 1944

Voice in the Wind

Luigi ( Actor )

... 1944

Gung Ho!

Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos ( Actor )

... 1943

Calling Dr. Death

Inspector Gregg ( Actor )

... 1943

Sahara

Giuseppe ( Actor )

... 1943

Behind the Rising Sun

Reo Seki ( Actor )

... 1943

Batman

Tito Daka ( Actor )

... 1943

Good Morning, Judge

Andre Bouchard ( Actor )

... 1943

Harrigan's Kid

Jed Jerrett ( Actor )

... 1943

Dr. Renault's Secret

Noel ( Actor )

... 1942

The Man in the Trunk

Reginald DeWinters ( Actor )

... 1942

The Pied Piper

Aristide Rougeron ( Actor )

... 1942

Tales of Manhattan

Burglar - Robber #1 ( Actor )

... 1942

Jackass Mail

Signor Michel O'Sullivan ( Actor )

... 1942

Dr. Broadway

Jack Venner ( Actor )

... 1942

Sunday Punch

Matt Bassler ( Actor )

... 1942

A Gentleman at Heart

Gigi ( Actor )

... 1942

The Corsican Brothers

Lorenzo ( Actor )

... 1941

Birth of the Blues

Blackie ( Actor )

... 1941

Accent on Love

Manuel Lombroso ( Actor )

... 1941

Forced Landing

Andros Banshek ( Actor )

... 1941

Blood and Sand

Garabato ( Actor )

... 1941

That Night in Rio

Machado ( Actor )

... 1941

Mr. Dynamite

'The Professor' ( Actor )

... 1941

A Night at Earl Carroll's

Steve Kalkus ( Actor )

... 1940

Down Argentine Way

Casiano ( Actor )

... 1940

Golden Gloves

Joe Taggerty ( Actor )

... 1940

Queen of the Mob

George Frost ( Actor )

... 1940

Typhoon

Mekaike ( Actor )

... 1940

Island of Lost Men

Gregory Prin ( Actor )

... 1939

Beau Geste

Rasinoff ( Actor )

... 1939

Undercover Doctor

Dr. Bartley Morgan ( Actor )

... 1939

Hotel Imperial

Kuprin ( Actor )

... 1939

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Richard Lane (Archive Footage) ( Actor )

... 1939

King of Chinatown

The Professor ( Actor )

... 1939

Persons in Hiding

Freddie 'Gunner' Martin ( Actor )

... 1939

Illegal Traffic

Lewis Zomar ( Actor )

... 1938

King of Alcatraz

Steve Murkil ( Actor )

... 1938

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

Richard Lane ( Actor )

... 1938

Prison Farm

Noel Haskins ( Actor )

... 1938

Hunted Men

Henry Rice ( Actor )

... 1938

Her Jungle Love

Kuasa ( Actor )

... 1938

Tip-Off Girls

Joseph Valkus ( Actor )

... 1938

Daughter of Shanghai

Frank Barden ( Actor )

... 1937

Night Club Scandal

Jack Reed - Gangster ( Actor )

... 1937

Thunder Trail

Rafael Lopez ( Actor )

... 1937

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Mikhail Valdin ( Actor )

... 1937

Hideaway

Mike Clarke ( Actor )

... 1937

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Adram ( Actor )

... 1937

Border Cafe

Rocky Alton ( Actor )

... 1937

Song of the City

Mario ( Actor )

... 1937

We Who Are About to Die

Nick Trotti ( Actor )

... 1937

Crack-Up

Operative #77 ( Actor )

... 1936

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Subahdar-Major Puran Singh ( Actor )

... 1936

Ramona

Juan Can ( Actor )

... 1936

Anthony Adverse

Major Doumet ( Actor )

... 1936

Special Investigator

Eddie Selton ( Actor )

... 1936

Absolute Quiet

Pedro ( Actor )

... 1936

Charlie Chan at the Circus

Tom Holt ( Actor )

... 1936

Moonlight Murder

André Bejac ( Actor )

... 1936

Robin Hood of El Dorado

Three Fingered Jack ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

Exclusive Story

Comos ( Actor )

... 1936

Two in the Dark

Burt Mansfield ( Actor )

... 1936

Captain Blood

Cahusac ( Actor )

... 1935

Confidential

'Lefty' Tate ( Actor )

... 1935

Special Agent

Joe Durell ( Actor )

... 1935

Little Big Shot

Bert ( Actor )

... 1935

Front Page Woman

Robert Cardoza ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935

Black Fury

Steve Croner ( Actor )

... 1935

Behind the Green Lights

Sam Dover ( Actor )

... 1935

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Grand Vizier ( Actor )

... 1935

Hell in the Heavens

Sgt. Chevalier ( Actor )

... 1934

Marie Galante

French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

British Agent

Commissioner of War Trotsky ( Actor )

... 1934

Girl in Danger

Russo ( Actor )

... 1934

The Defense Rests

Monte Ballou ( Actor )

... 1934

Return of the Terror

Steve Scola ( Actor )

... 1934

The Hell Cat

Joe Morgan ( Actor )

... 1934

Murder in Trinidad

Duval ( Actor )

... 1934

One Is Guilty

Jack Allen ( Actor )

... 1934

Upperworld

Lou Colima ( Actor )

... 1934

Sleepers East

Carl Izzard ( Actor )

... 1934

The Mystery Squadron

Collins ( Actor )

... 1933

Havana Widows

First Taxi Driver (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The Mad Game

Chopper Allen ( Actor )

... 1933

Ann Vickers

Dr. Sorelle ( Actor )

... 1933

The Last Trail

John Ross ( Actor )

... 1933

Captured!

Cpl. Guarand ( Actor )

... 1933

The Avenger

Hanley ( Actor )

... 1933

Notorious But Nice

Joe Charney ( Actor )

... 1933

Arizona to Broadway

Tommy Monk ( Actor )

... 1933

The Devil's in Love

Salazar ( Actor )

... 1933

Elmer, the Great

Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish) ( Actor )

... 1933

Central Airport

Drunk in Wreck (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The World Gone Mad

Ramon Salvadore ( Actor )

... 1933

The Whirlwind

Injun ( Actor )

... 1933

Infernal Machine

Bryan ( Actor )

... 1933

Silent Men

Jack Wilder ( Actor )

... 1933

The Past of Mary Holmes

Gary Kent ( Actor )

... 1933

Frisco Jenny

Ed Harris (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

No Other Woman

Bonelli ( Actor )

... 1933

The Conquerors

Agitator ( Actor )

... 1932

The Kid from Spain

Pedro ( Actor )

... 1932

Tiger Shark

Tony ( Actor )

... 1932

Big City Blues

Bootlegger (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

No Living Witness

Nick ( Actor )

... 1932

Crooner

Nick Meyer ( Actor )

... 1932

Two Seconds

Tony ( Actor )

... 1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

Claude Wright ( Actor )

... 1932

The Mouthpiece

Tony Rocco ( Actor )

... 1932

The Beast of the City

Pietro Cholo ( Actor )

... 1932

The Hatchet Man

Sun Yat Ming ( Actor )

... 1932

Ladies of the Big House

Witness Against Doremus (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1931

Surrender

French Prisoner of War (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1931

Homicide Squad

Hugo ( Actor )

... 1931

The Finger Points

"The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1931

Gun Smoke

Mink Gordon ( Actor )

... 1931

The Royal Bed

Laker ( Actor )

... 1931

Tonight or Never

Radio Announcer ( Actor )

... 1931

Scotland Yard

Dr. Remur ( Actor )

... 1930

Good Intentions

Charlie Hattrick ( Actor )

... 1930

Cheer Up and Smile

Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1930

Double Cross Roads

Dyke's Lookout ( Actor )

... 1930

What Price Glory

French Soldier (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1926