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J. Carrol Naish
Actor
Died January 24, 1973 (77 years)
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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.
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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Known For
Filmography
| 2021 | Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster · as Daniel |
| 2019 | |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as Cast |
| 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula · as Daniel (archive Footage) |
| 1999 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive Footage) |
| 1992 | Legends of the West · as Sitting Bull |
| 1992 | Dracula in the Movies · as Daniel |
| 1974 | The Three Stooges Follies · as Dr. Daka |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! · as (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Dracula vs. Frankenstein · as Dr. Duryea Alias Frankenstein |
| 1967 | Off to See the Wizard (TV Series) · as Race Announcer |
| 1965 | Get Smart (TV Series) |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as Bilejik |
| 1965 | Green Acres (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Curse of the Fly · as Logan Dolan |
| 1964 | The Hanged Man · as Uncle Picaud |
| 1964 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Uncle Giuliano |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Mr. Toto |
| 1961 | Force of Impulse · as Antonio Marino |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Guestward Ho! (TV Series) · as Hawkeye |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Joseph H. 'joe' Bucco |
| 1958 | Cimarron City (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Walt Pierce |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Miguel Ramierez |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1957 | This Could Be the Night · as Leon |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as Maj. Clint Langley |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Benjamin Burns |
| 1957 | The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The Young Don't Cry · as Plug |
| 1957 | Whirlybirds (TV Series) · as Taylor |
| 1956 | Yaqui Drums · as Yacqi Jack |
| 1956 | Rebel in Town · as Bedloe Mason |
| 1955 | Desert Sands · as Sgt. Diepel |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Murillo |
| 1955 | Crossroads (1955) (TV Series) · as Rabbi Arnold Fischel |
| 1955 | The Last Command · as General Antonio Lopez De Santa Ana |
| 1955 | Rage at Dawn · as Simeon 'sim' Reno |
| 1955 | Violent Saturday · as Chapman, Bank Robber |
| 1955 | New York Confidential · as Ben Dagajanian |
| 1955 | Hit the Deck · as Mr. Peroni |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Mr. Combie |
| 1954 | Sitting Bull · as Sitting Bull |
| 1954 | Saskatchewan · as Batouche |
| 1953 | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef · as Socrates Houlis |
| 1953 | Fighter Attack · as Bruno |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Ride the Man Down · as Sheriff Joe Kneen |
| 1952 | Denver & Rio Grande · as Gil Harkness |
| 1952 | Woman of the North Country · as John Mulholland |
| 1952 | The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima · as Narrator |
| 1952 | The Story of Will Rogers · as Narrator |
| 1952 | Clash by Night · as Uncle Vince |
| 1951 | Mark of the Renegade · as Luis |
| 1951 | Across the Wide Missouri · as Looking Glass |
| 1951 | Bannerline · as Frankie Scarbine |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Ridley |
| 1951 | The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story · as Cast |
| 1950 | Rio Grande · as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Onorio |
| 1950 | The Toast of New Orleans · as Nicky Duvalle |
| 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun · as Chief Sitting Bull |
| 1950 | Please Believe Me · as 'lucky' Reilly |
| 1950 | Black Hand · as Louis Lorelli |
| 1949 | That Midnight Kiss · as Papa Donnetti |
| 1949 | Canadian Pacific · as Dynamite Dawson |
| 1948 | The Kissing Bandit · as Chico |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc · as John, Count Of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor |
| 1947 | The Fugitive · as A Police Informer |
| 1947 | Carnival in Costa Rica · as Papa Rico Molina |
| 1946 | The Beast with Five Fingers · as Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio |
| 1946 | Humoresque · as Rudy Boray |
| 1946 | Bad Bascomb · as Bart Yancy |
| 1945 | The Southerner · as Devers |
| 1945 | Getting Gertie's Garter · as Charles, The Butler |
| 1945 | Star in the Night · as Nick Catapoli |
| 1945 | Strange Confession · as Roger Graham |
| 1945 | A Medal for Benny · as Charley Martin |
| 1944 | House of Frankenstein · as Daniel |
| 1944 | Enter Arsene Lupin · as Ganimard |
| 1944 | Dragon Seed · as Japanese Kitchen Overseer |
| 1944 | Waterfront · as Dr. Karl Decker |
| 1944 | Jungle Woman · as Dr. Carl Fletcher |
| 1944 | The Monster Maker · as Dr. Igor Markoff |
| 1944 | The Whistler · as The Killer |
| 1944 | Voice in the Wind · as Luigi |
| 1943 | Behind the Rising Sun · as Reo Seki |
| 1943 | 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders · as Lieutenant C.j. Cristoforos |
| 1943 | Calling Dr. Death · as Inspector Gregg |
| 1943 | Sahara · as Giuseppe |
| 1943 | Batman · as Tito Daka |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan · as Burglar - Robber #1 |
| 1942 | Jackass Mail · as Signor Michel O'sullivan |
| 1942 | Dr. Renault's Secret · as Noel |
| 1942 | The Pied Piper · as Aristide Rougeron |
| 1942 | Dr. Broadway · as Jack Venner |
| 1942 | Sunday Punch · as Matt Bassler |
| 1942 | A Gentleman at Heart · as Gigi |
| 1941 | The Corsican Brothers · as Lorenzo |
| 1941 | Birth of the Blues · as Blackie |
| 1941 | Forced Landing · as Andros Banshek |
| 1941 | Blood and Sand · as Garabato |
| 1941 | That Night in Rio · as Machado |
| 1941 | Mr. Dynamite · as 'the Professor' |
| 1940 | A Night at Earl Carroll's · as Steve Kalkus |
| 1940 | Down Argentine Way · as Casiano |
| 1940 | Golden Gloves · as Joe Taggerty |
| 1940 | Queen of the Mob · as George Frost |
| 1940 | Typhoon · as Mekaike |
| 1939 | Island of Lost Men · as Gregory Prin |
| 1939 | Beau Geste · as Rasinoff |
| 1939 | Hotel Imperial · as Kuprin |
| 1939 | Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police · as Richard Lane (archive Footage) |
| 1939 | King of Chinatown · as The Professor |
| 1939 | Persons in Hiding · as Freddie 'gunner' Martin |
| 1938 | King of Alcatraz · as Steve Murkil |
| 1938 | Bulldog Drummond in Africa · as Richard Lane |
| 1938 | Prison Farm · as Noel Haskins |
| 1938 | Hunted Men · as Henry Rice |
| 1938 | Her Jungle Love · as Kuasa |
| 1938 | Tip-Off Girls · as Joseph Valkus |
| 1937 | Daughter of Shanghai · as Frank Barden |
| 1937 | Night Club Scandal · as Jack Reed - Gangster |
| 1937 | Thunder Trail · as Rafael Lopez |
| 1937 | Bulldog Drummond Comes Back · as Mikhail Valdin |
| 1937 | Sea Racketeers · as Harry Durant |
| 1937 | Hideaway · as Mike Clarke |
| 1937 | Think Fast, Mr. Moto · as Adram |
| 1937 | Border Cafe · as Rocky Alton |
| 1937 | Song of the City · as Mario |
| 1936 | We Who Are About to Die · as Nick Trotti |
| 1936 | Crack-Up · as Operative #77 |
| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade · as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh |
| 1936 | Ramona · as Juan Can |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse · as Major Doumet |
| 1936 | Special Investigator · as Eddie Selton |
| 1936 | Absolute Quiet · as Pedro |
| 1936 | Charlie Chan at the Circus · as Tom Holt |
| 1936 | Moonlight Murder · as André Bejac |
| 1936 | Robin Hood of El Dorado · as Three Fingered Jack |
| 1936 | The Leathernecks Have Landed · as Irenov |
| 1936 | Exclusive Story · as Comos |
| 1936 | Two in the Dark · as Burt Mansfield |
| 1935 | Captain Blood · as Cahusac |
| 1935 | Confidential · as 'lefty' Tate |
| 1935 | The Crusades · as Arab Slave Dealer |
| 1935 | Special Agent · as Joe Durell |
| 1935 | Little Big Shot · as Bert |
| 1935 | Front Page Woman · as Robert Cardoza |
| 1935 | Under the Pampas Moon · as Tito |
| 1935 | Black Fury · as Steve Croner |
| 1935 | Behind the Green Lights · as Sam Dover |
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · as Grand Vizier |
| 1934 | The President Vanishes · as Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Marie Galante · as French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited) |
| 1934 | British Agent · as Commissioner Of War Trotsky |
| 1934 | Girl in Danger · as Russo |
| 1934 | The Defense Rests · as Monte Ballou |
| 1934 | Upperworld · as Lou Colima |
| 1933 | The Mystery Squadron · as Collins |
| 1933 | Havana Widows · as First Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Mad Game · as Chopper Allen |
| 1933 | Ann Vickers · as Dr. Sorelle |
| 1933 | The Big Chance · as Undetermined Role |
| 1933 | The Last Trail · as John Ross |
| 1933 | Captured! · as Cpl. Guarand |
| 1933 | Notorious But Nice · as Joe Charney |
| 1933 | Arizona to Broadway · as Tommy Monk |
| 1933 | The Devil's in Love · as Salazar |
| 1933 | Elmer, the Great · as Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish) |
| 1933 | Central Airport · as Drunk In Wreck (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The World Gone Mad · as Ramon Salvadore |
| 1933 | No Other Woman · as Bonelli |
| 1932 | Frisco Jenny · as Ed Harris |
| 1932 | Afraid to Talk · as Joe Skelli (replaced By Matt Mc Hugh) |
| 1932 | The Conquerors · as Agitator |
| 1932 | The Kid from Spain · as Pedro |
| 1932 | Tiger Shark · as Tony |
| 1932 | Big City Blues · as Bootlegger (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Crooner · as Nick Meyer |
| 1932 | Week-End Marriage · as Joe |
| 1932 | Two Seconds · as Tony |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case · as Claude Wright |
| 1932 | The Mouthpiece · as Tony Rocco |
| 1932 | It's Tough to Be Famous · as Lt. Blake |
| 1932 | The Beast of the City · as Pietro Cholo |
| 1932 | The Hatchet Man · as Sun Yat Ming |
| 1931 | Tonight or Never · as Radio Announcer |
| 1931 | Ladies of the Big House · as Witness Against Doremus (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Surrender · as French Prisoner Of War (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Kick In · as Sam |
| 1931 | The Finger Points · as "the Finger Is On You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Gun Smoke · as Mink Gordon |
| 1931 | The Royal Bed · as Laker |
| 1930 | Scotland Yard · as Dr. Remur |
| 1930 | Cheer Up and Smile · as Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited) |
| 1926 | What Price Glory · as French Soldier (uncredited) |