J. Carrol Naish
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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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Movies (196)
Producing Schlock: The Career of Al Adamson
2009 · Dr. Durea (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 · Daniel (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dracula in the Movies
1992 · (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Daniel (archive footage)
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
1989 · Dr. Daka (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971 · Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
Cutter's Trail
1970 · Froteras
The Hanged Man
1964 · Uncle Picaud
Force of Impulse
1961 · Antonio Marino
Disneyland '59
1959 · Self
The Young Don't Cry
1957 · Plug
This Could Be the Night
1957 · Leon
Yaqui Drums
1956 · Yacqi Jack
Rebel in Town
1956 · Bedloe Mason
Desert Sands
1955 · Sgt. Diepel
The Last Command
1955 · General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Man on a Bus
1955 · Mr Stein
Violent Saturday
1955 · Chapman, Bank Robber
Rage at Dawn
1955 · Simeon 'Sim' Reno
Hit the Deck
1955 · Mr. Peroni
New York Confidential
1955 · Ben Dagajanian
Sitting Bull
1954 · Sitting Bull
Saskatchewan
1954 · Batouche
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953 · Socrates Houlis
Fighter Attack
1953 · Bruno
Ride the Man Down
1952 · Sheriff Joe Kneen
Woman of the North Country
1952 · John Mulholland
Clash by Night
1952 · Uncle Vince
Denver and Rio Grande
1952 · Gil Harkness
Across the Wide Missouri
1951 · Looking Glass
Bannerline
1951 · Frankie Scarbine
The Mark of the Renegade
1951 · Luis
Rio Grande
1950 · Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
The Toast of New Orleans
1950 · Nicky Duvalle
Annie Get Your Gun
1950 · Chief Sitting Bull
Please Believe Me
1950 · 'Lucky' Reilly
Black Hand
1950 · Louis Lorelli
That Midnight Kiss
1949 · Papa Donnetti
Canadian Pacific
1949 · Dynamite Dawson
Joan of Arc
1948 · John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
The Kissing Bandit
1948 · Chico
The Fugitive
1947 · A Police Informer
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947 · Papa Rico Molina
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947 · Ovidio Castanio
Humoresque
1947 · Rudy Boray
It's Your America
1946 · French Soldier (uncredited)
Bad Bascomb
1946 · Bart Yancy
Getting Gertie's Garter
1945 · Charles, the Butler
Star in the Night
1945 · Nick Catapoli
Strange Confession
1945 · Roger Graham
The Southerner
1945 · Devers
A Medal for Benny
1945 · Charley Martin
House of Frankenstein
1944 · Daniel
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944 · Ganimard
Dragon Seed
1944 · Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Waterfront
1944 · Dr. Karl Decker
Jungle Woman
1944 · Dr. Carl Fletcher
The Monster Maker
1944 · Dr. Igor Markoff
The Whistler
1944 · The Killer
Two-Man Submarine
1944 · Dr. Augustus Hadley
Voice in the Wind
1944 · Luigi
Gung Ho!
1943 · Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
Calling Dr. Death
1943 · Inspector Gregg
Sahara
1943 · Giuseppe
Behind the Rising Sun
1943 · Reo Seki
Batman
1943 · Tito Daka
Good Morning, Judge
1943 · Andre Bouchard
Harrigan's Kid
1943 · Jed Jerrett
Dr. Renault's Secret
1942 · Noel
The Man in the Trunk
1942 · Reginald DeWinters
The Pied Piper
1942 · Aristide Rougeron
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Costello
Jackass Mail
1942 · Signor Michel O'Sullivan
Dr. Broadway
1942 · Jack Venner
Sunday Punch
1942 · Matt Bassler
A Gentleman at Heart
1942 · Gigi
The Corsican Brothers
1942 · Lorenzo
Birth of the Blues
1941 · Blackie
Know For Sure
1941 · Tony Madroni
Accent on Love
1941 · Manuel Lombroso
Forced Landing
1941 · Andros Banshek
Blood and Sand
1941 · Garabato
That Night in Rio
1941 · Machado
Mr. Dynamite
1941 · 'The Professor'
A Night at Earl Carroll's
1940 · Steve Kalkus
Down Argentine Way
1940 · Casiano
Golden Gloves
1940 · Joe Taggerty
Queen of the Mob
1940 · George Frost
Typhoon
1940 · Mekaike
Island of Lost Men
1939 · Gregory Prin
Beau Geste
1939 · Rasinoff
Undercover Doctor
1939 · Dr. Bartley Morgan
Hotel Imperial
1939 · Kuprin
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939 · Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
We're in the Movies, Now!
1939 · Himself
King of Chinatown
1939 · The Professor
Persons in Hiding
1939 · Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
Illegal Traffic
1938 · Lewis Zomar
King of Alcatraz
1938 · Steve Murkil
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938 · Richard Lane
Prison Farm
1938 · Noel Haskins
Hunted Men
1938 · Henry Rice
Her Jungle Love
1938 · Kuasa
Tip-Off Girls
1938 · Joseph Valkus
Daughter of Shanghai
1937 · Frank Barden
Night Club Scandal
1937 · Jack Reed - Gangster
Thunder Trail
1937 · Rafael Lopez
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937 · Mikhail Valdin
Sea Racketeers
1937 · Harry Durant
Hideaway
1937 · Mike Clarke
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937 · Adram
It May Happen to You
1937 · Moxie
Border Cafe
1937 · Rocky Alton
The Grand Bounce
1937 · Hoodlum (uncredited)
Song of the City
1937 · Mario
We Who Are About to Die
1937 · Nick Trotti
Crack-Up
1936 · Operative #77
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936 · Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
Ramona
1936 · Juan Can
Anthony Adverse
1936 · Major Doumet
Special Investigator
1936 · Eddie Selton
Absolute Quiet
1936 · Pedro
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936 · Tom Holt
Moonlight Murder
1936 · André Bejac
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936 · Three Fingered Jack
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936 · Tony Scapelli
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936 · Irenov
Exclusive Story
1936 · Comos
Two in the Dark
1936 · Burt Mansfield
Captain Blood
1935 · Cahusac
Confidential
1935 · 'Lefty' Tate
Special Agent
1935 · Joe Durell
Little Big Shot
1935 · Bert
Front Page Woman
1935 · Robert Cardoza
Under the Pampas Moon
1935 · Tito
Black Fury
1935 · Steve Croner
Behind the Green Lights
1935 · Sam Dover
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 · Grand Vizier
Hell in the Heavens
1934 · Sgt. Chevalier
The President Vanishes
1934 · Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
Marie Galante
1934 · French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
British Agent
1934 · Commissioner of War Trotsky
Girl in Danger
1934 · Russo
The Defense Rests
1934 · Monte Ballou
Return of the Terror
1934 · Steve Scola
The Hell Cat
1934 · Joe Morgan
Murder in Trinidad
1934 · Duval
One Is Guilty
1934 · Jack Allen
Upperworld
1934 · Lou Colima
What's Your Racket
1934 · Dick Graves
Sleepers East
1934 · Carl Izzard
The Mystery Squadron
1933 · Collins
Havana Widows
1933 · First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Mad Game
1933 · Chopper Allen
Ann Vickers
1933 · Dr. Sorelle
The Last Trail
1933 · John Ross
Captured!
1933 · Cpl. Guarand
The Avenger
1933 · Hanley
Notorious But Nice
1933 · Joe Charney
Arizona to Broadway
1933 · Tommy Monk
The Devil's in Love
1933 · Salazar
Elmer, the Great
1933 · Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
The World Gone Mad
1933 · Ramon Salvadore
Central Airport
1933 · Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
The Whirlwind
1933 · Injun
Infernal Machine
1933 · Bryan
Silent Men
1933 · Jack Wilder
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933 · Gary Kent
Frisco Jenny
1933 · Ed Harris (uncredited)
No Other Woman
1933 · Bonelli
The Conquerors
1932 · Agitator
The Kid from Spain
1932 · Pedro
Tiger Shark
1932 · Tony
Big City Blues
1932 · Bootlegger (uncredited)
No Living Witness
1932 · Nick
Crooner
1932 · Nick Meyer
Two Seconds
1932 · Tony
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932 · Claude Wright
The Mouthpiece
1932 · Tony Rocco
The Beast of the City
1932 · Pietro Cholo
The Hatchet Man
1932 · Sun Yat Ming
Ladies of the Big House
1931 · Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
Surrender
1931 · French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Homicide Squad
1931 · Hugo
The Finger Points
1931 · "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Gun Smoke
1931 · Mink Gordon (uncredited)
The Royal Bed
1931 · Laker
Tonight or Never
1931 · Radio Announcer
Scotland Yard
1930 · Dr. Remur
Good Intentions
1930 · Charlie Hattrick
Cheer Up and Smile
1930 · Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
Double Cross Roads
1930 · Dyke's Lookout
What Price Glory
1926 · French Soldier (uncredited)
TV shows (22)
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Bilejik
Get Smart
1965 · Sam Vittorio
Green Acres
1965 · Chief Yellow Horse
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Uncle Giuliano
Burke's Law
1963 · Mr. Toto
Route 66
1960
Guestward, Ho!
1960 · Hawkeye
The Untouchables
1959 · Joseph H. 'Joe' Bucco
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Texan
1958 · Walt Pierce
Cimarron City
1958
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Miguel Ramierez
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Iagoo
Wagon Train
1957 · Old Man Charvanaugh
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
1957
Climax!
1954 · Mr. Combie
General Electric Theater
1953
Life with Luigi
1952 · Luigi Basco
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Ridley, Mr. Gallup
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Onorio, Charlie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self