J. Carrol Naish
Acting • Born 1896-01-20 – Died 1973-01-24
Biography
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.
Filmography
217 credits
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Movie • 1971
Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
The Beast of the City
Movie • 1932
Pietro Cholo
Clash by Night
Movie • 1952
Uncle Vince
Rio Grande
Movie • 1950
Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Movie • 1953
Socrates Houlis
Annie Get Your Gun
Movie • 1950
Chief Sitting Bull
The Whirlwind
Movie • 1933
Injun
Charlie Chan at the Circus
Movie • 1936
Tom Holt
Humoresque
Movie • 1947
Rudy Boray
Two Seconds
Movie • 1932
Tony
Tales of Manhattan
Movie • 1942
Costello
Across the Wide Missouri
Movie • 1951
Looking Glass
The Whistler
Movie • 1944
The Killer
The Beast with Five Fingers
Movie • 1947
Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
Black Hand
Movie • 1950
Louis Lorelli
Strange Confession
Movie • 1945
Roger Graham
New York Confidential
Movie • 1955
Ben Dagajanian
Voice in the Wind
Movie • 1944
Luigi
Beau Geste
Movie • 1939
Rasinoff
Tonight or Never
Movie • 1931
Radio Announcer
The Fugitive
Movie • 1947
A Police Informer
Joan of Arc
Movie • 1948
John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
Waterfront
Movie • 1944
Dr. Karl Decker
The Corsican Brothers
Movie • 1941
Lorenzo
Down Argentine Way
Movie • 1940
Casiano
Ann Vickers
Movie • 1933
Dr. Sorelle
Blood and Sand
Movie • 1941
Garabato
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie • 1936
Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Movie • 1935
Grand Vizier
Good Intentions
Movie • 1930
Charlie Hattrick
Elmer, the Great
Movie • 1933
Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
Calling Dr. Death
Movie • 1943
Inspector Gregg
Return of the Terror
Movie • 1934
Steve Scola
The Southerner
Movie • 1945
Devers
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Movie • 1937
Mikhail Valdin
Canadian Pacific
Movie • 1949
Dynamite Dawson
Captain Blood
Movie • 1935
Cahusac
One Is Guilty
Movie • 1934
Jack Allen
Violent Saturday
Movie • 1955
Chapman, Bank Robber
Gung Ho!
Movie • 1943
Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
Dr. Renault's Secret
Movie • 1942
Noel
Mr. Dynamite
Movie • 1941
'The Professor'
The Toast of New Orleans
Movie • 1950
Nicky Duvalle
Special Agent
Movie • 1935
Joe Durell
The Pied Piper
Movie • 1942
Aristide Rougeron
Black Fury
Movie • 1935
Steve Croner
That Midnight Kiss
Movie • 1949
Papa Donnetti
Please Believe Me
Movie • 1950
'Lucky' Reilly
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Movie • 1937
Adram
Birth of the Blues
Movie • 1941
Blackie
This Could Be the Night
Movie • 1957
Leon
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Movie • 1936
Three Fingered Jack
The Hanged Man
Movie • 1964
Uncle Picaud
Daughter of Shanghai
Movie • 1937
Frank Barden
Jackass Mail
Movie • 1942
Signor Michel O'Sullivan
Rebel in Town
Movie • 1956
Bedloe Mason
Sitting Bull
Movie • 1954
Sitting Bull
Special Investigator
Movie • 1936
Eddie Selton
King of Alcatraz
Movie • 1938
Steve Murkil
Little Big Shot
Movie • 1935
Bert
Homicide Squad
Movie • 1931
Hugo
Confidential
Movie • 1935
'Lefty' Tate
Batman
Movie • 1943
Tito Daka
Behind the Green Lights
Movie • 1935
Sam Dover
Dragon Seed
Movie • 1944
Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Movie • 1938
Richard Lane
Tiger Shark
Movie • 1932
Tony
Dr. Broadway
Movie • 1942
Jack Venner
The World Gone Mad
Movie • 1933
Ramon Salvadore
The Mouthpiece
Movie • 1932
Tony Rocco
Know For Sure
Movie • 1941
Tony Madroni
Golden Gloves
Movie • 1940
Joe Taggerty
The Kid from Spain
Movie • 1932
Pedro
A Medal for Benny
Movie • 1945
Charley Martin
Hit the Deck
Movie • 1955
Mr. Peroni
The Kissing Bandit
Movie • 1948
Chico
It May Happen to You
Movie • 1937
Moxie
Queen of the Mob
Movie • 1940
George Frost
Ramona
Movie • 1936
Juan Can
The Hatchet Man
Movie • 1932
Sun Yat Ming
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Daniel (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie • 2000
Daniel (archive footage)
The Young Don't Cry
Movie • 1957
Plug
British Agent
Movie • 1934
Commissioner of War Trotsky
Saskatchewan
Movie • 1954
Batouche
Front Page Woman
Movie • 1935
Robert Cardoza
The Mystery Squadron
Movie • 1933
Collins
Denver and Rio Grande
Movie • 1952
Gil Harkness
Exclusive Story
Movie • 1936
Comos
Crooner
Movie • 1932
Nick Meyer
Enter Arsène Lupin
Movie • 1944
Ganimard
Harrigan's Kid
Movie • 1943
Jed Jerrett
Two in the Dark
Movie • 1936
Burt Mansfield
Island of Lost Men
Movie • 1939
Gregory Prin
Under the Pampas Moon
Movie • 1935
Tito
Border Cafe
Movie • 1937
Rocky Alton
Captured!
Movie • 1933
Cpl. Guarand
Typhoon
Movie • 1940
Mekaike
Absolute Quiet
Movie • 1936
Pedro
Desert Sands
Movie • 1955
Sgt. Diepel
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Accent on Love
Movie • 1941
Manuel Lombroso
Behind the Rising Sun
Movie • 1943
Reo Seki
Moonlight Murder
Movie • 1936
André Bejac
No Other Woman
Movie • 1933
Bonelli
Bad Bascomb
Movie • 1946
Bart Yancy
Bannerline
Movie • 1951
Frankie Scarbine
Sea Racketeers
Movie • 1937
Harry Durant
Carnival in Costa Rica
Movie • 1947
Papa Rico Molina
Fighter Attack
Movie • 1953
Bruno
Her Jungle Love
Movie • 1938
Kuasa
King of Chinatown
Movie • 1939
The Professor
Hotel Imperial
Movie • 1939
Kuprin
The Devil's in Love
Movie • 1933
Salazar
Tip-Off Girls
Movie • 1938
Joseph Valkus
Cheer Up and Smile
Movie • 1930
Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
That Night in Rio
Movie • 1941
Machado
Crack-Up
Movie • 1936
Operative #77
Two-Man Submarine
Movie • 1944
Dr. Augustus Hadley
The Mad Game
Movie • 1933
Chopper Allen
The Monster Maker
Movie • 1944
Dr. Igor Markoff
The Mark of the Renegade
Movie • 1951
Luis
Scotland Yard
Movie • 1930
Dr. Remur
Upperworld
Movie • 1934
Lou Colima
Notorious But Nice
Movie • 1933
Joe Charney
Jungle Woman
Movie • 1944
Dr. Carl Fletcher
The Hell Cat
Movie • 1934
Joe Morgan
Hideaway
Movie • 1937
Mike Clarke
Hunted Men
Movie • 1938
Henry Rice
Illegal Traffic
Movie • 1938
Lewis Zomar
What Price Glory
Movie • 1926
French Soldier (uncredited)
Song of the City
Movie • 1937
Mario
We Who Are About to Die
Movie • 1937
Nick Trotti
The Grand Bounce
Movie • 1937
Hoodlum (uncredited)
Havana Widows
Movie • 1933
First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Prison Farm
Movie • 1938
Noel Haskins
Arizona to Broadway
Movie • 1933
Tommy Monk
The President Vanishes
Movie • 1934
Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
The Finger Points
Movie • 1931
"The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
The Defense Rests
Movie • 1934
Monte Ballou
Rage at Dawn
Movie • 1955
Simeon 'Sim' Reno
Undercover Doctor
Movie • 1939
Dr. Bartley Morgan
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Famous Ferguson Case
Movie • 1932
Claude Wright
Forced Landing
Movie • 1941
Andros Banshek
Ride the Man Down
Movie • 1952
Sheriff Joe Kneen
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Movie • 1939
Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
House of Frankenstein
Movie • 1944
Daniel
Yaqui Drums
Movie • 1956
Yacqi Jack
Getting Gertie's Garter
Movie • 1945
Charles, the Butler
Persons in Hiding
Movie • 1939
Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
Silent Men
Movie • 1933
Jack Wilder
Night Club Scandal
Movie • 1937
Jack Reed - Gangster
The Last Command
Movie • 1955
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
The Conquerors
Movie • 1932
Agitator
Star in the Night
Movie • 1945
Nick Catapoli
Thunder Trail
Movie • 1937
Rafael Lopez
A Gentleman at Heart
Movie • 1942
Gigi
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Movie • 1936
Irenov
Sunday Punch
Movie • 1942
Matt Bassler
The Man in the Trunk
Movie • 1942
Reginald DeWinters
Good Morning, Judge
Movie • 1943
Andre Bouchard
Sahara
Movie • 1943
Giuseppe
Surrender
Movie • 1931
French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Ladies of the Big House
Movie • 1931
Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
Marie Galante
Movie • 1934
French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
Big City Blues
Movie • 1932
Bootlegger (uncredited)
Central Airport
Movie • 1933
Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
Girl in Danger
Movie • 1934
Russo
Woman of the North Country
Movie • 1952
John Mulholland
We're in the Movies, Now!
Movie • 1939
Himself
Infernal Machine
Movie • 1933
Bryan
Gun Smoke
Movie • 1931
Mink Gordon (uncredited)
The Last Trail
Movie • 1933
John Ross
Murder in Trinidad
Movie • 1934
Duval
Sleepers East
Movie • 1934
Carl Izzard
Force of Impulse
Movie • 1961
Antonio Marino
The Past of Mary Holmes
Movie • 1933
Gary Kent
No Living Witness
Movie • 1932
Nick
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
The Royal Bed
Movie • 1931
Laker
The Avenger
Movie • 1933
Hanley
Anthony Adverse
Movie • 1936
Major Doumet
Hell in the Heavens
Movie • 1934
Sgt. Chevalier
Doom of Dracula
Movie • 1966
The Hunchback (archive footage)
It's Your America
Movie • 1946
French Soldier (uncredited)
Disneyland '59
Movie • 1959
Self
Man on a Bus
Movie • 1955
Mr Stein
Cutter's Trail
Movie • 1970
Froteras
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
Movie • 1989
Dr. Daka (archive footage)
Frisco Jenny
Movie • 1933
Ed Harris (uncredited)
Double Cross Roads
Movie • 1930
Dyke's Lookout
A Night at Earl Carroll's
Movie • 1940
Steve Kalkus
What's Your Racket
Movie • 1934
Dick Graves
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Mr. Toto
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Bilejik
Route 66
TV • 1960
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Sam Vittorio
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Onorio
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Ridley
Climax!
TV • 1954
Mr. Combie
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
TV • 1957
Guestward, Ho!
TV • 1960
Hawkeye
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Miguel Ramierez
Cimarron City
TV • 1958
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Joseph H. 'Joe' Bucco
The Texan
TV • 1958
Walt Pierce
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Uncle Giuliano
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Mr. Gallup
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Charlie
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
TV • 1958
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Chief Yellow Horse
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Iagoo
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Old Man Charvanaugh