J. Carrol Naish
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-01-20
Day of Death
1973-01-24 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
J. Carrol Naish
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.
Known For
Acting
(2000)
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Daniel (archive footage)
(1994)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1991)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Daniel (archive footage)
(1989)
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
as Dr. Daka (archive footage)
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1971)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
as Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
(1970)
Cutter's Trail
as Froteras
(1966)
Doom of Dracula
as The Hunchback (archive footage)
(1964)
The Hanged Man
as Uncle Picaud
(1961)
Force of Impulse
as Antonio Marino
(1959)
Disneyland '59
as Self
(1957)
The Young Don't Cry
as Plug
(1957)
This Could Be the Night
as Leon
(1956)
Rebel in Town
as Bedloe Mason
(1956)
Yaqui Drums
as Yacqi Jack
(1955)
Desert Sands
as Sgt. Diepel
(1955)
Hit the Deck
as Mr. Peroni
(1955)
Rage at Dawn
as Simeon 'Sim' Reno
(1955)
Violent Saturday
as Chapman, Bank Robber
(1955)
New York Confidential
as Ben Dagajanian
(1955)
The Last Command
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
(1955)
Man on a Bus
as Mr Stein
(1954)
Sitting Bull
as Sitting Bull
(1954)
Saskatchewan
as Batouche
(1953)
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
as Socrates Houlis
(1953)
Fighter Attack
as Bruno
(1952)
Clash by Night
as Uncle Vince
(1952)
Woman of the North Country
as John Mulholland
(1952)
Ride the Man Down
as Sheriff Joe Kneen
(1952)
Denver and Rio Grande
as Gil Harkness
(1951)
Across the Wide Missouri
as Looking Glass
(1951)
The Mark of the Renegade
as Luis
(1951)
Bannerline
as Frankie Scarbine
(1950)
Annie Get Your Gun
as Chief Sitting Bull
(1950)
The Toast of New Orleans
as Nicky Duvalle
(1950)
Rio Grande
as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
(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)
Joan of Arc
as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
(1948)
The Kissing Bandit
as Chico
(1947)
Carnival in Costa Rica
as Papa Rico Molina
(1947)
The Fugitive
as A Police Informer
(1947)
Humoresque
as Rudy Boray
(1947)
The Beast with Five Fingers
as Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
(1946)
Bad Bascomb
as Bart Yancy
(1946)
It's Your America
as French Soldier (uncredited)
(1945)
Strange Confession
as Roger Graham
(1945)
Star in the Night
as Nick Catapoli
(1945)
The Southerner
as Devers
(1945)
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Charles, the Butler
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Charley Martin
(1944)
Voice in the Wind
as Luigi
(1944)
House of Frankenstein
as Daniel
(1944)
Waterfront
as Dr. Karl Decker
(1944)
The Monster Maker
as Dr. Igor Markoff
(1944)
Dragon Seed
as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
(1944)
Jungle Woman
as Dr. Carl Fletcher
(1944)
Two-Man Submarine
as Dr. Augustus Hadley
(1944)
The Whistler
as The Killer
(1944)
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Ganimard
(1943)
Calling Dr. Death
as Inspector Gregg
(1943)
Good Morning, Judge
as Andre Bouchard
(1943)
Sahara
as Giuseppe
(1943)
Behind the Rising Sun
as Reo Seki
(1943)
Gung Ho!
as Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
(1943)
Batman
as Tito Daka
(1943)
Harrigan's Kid
as Jed Jerrett
(1942)
Tales of Manhattan
as Burglar - Robber #1
(1942)
The Pied Piper
as Aristide Rougeron
(1942)
A Gentleman at Heart
as Gigi
(1942)
Dr. Broadway
as Jack Venner
(1942)
Jackass Mail
as Signor Michel O'Sullivan
(1942)
Sunday Punch
as Matt Bassler
(1942)
The Man in the Trunk
as Reginald DeWinters
(1942)
Dr. Renault's Secret
as Noel
(1941)
Birth of the Blues
as Blackie
(1941)
Accent on Love
as Manuel Lombroso
(1941)
The Corsican Brothers
as Lorenzo
(1941)
Forced Landing
as Andros Banshek
(1941)
Blood and Sand
as Garabato
(1941)
Mr. Dynamite
as 'The Professor'
(1941)
Know For Sure
as Tony Madroni
(1941)
That Night in Rio
as Machado
(1940)
Down Argentine Way
as Casiano
(1940)
A Night at Earl Carroll's
as Steve Kalkus
(1940)
Typhoon
as Mekaike
(1940)
Golden Gloves
as Joe Taggerty
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
as George Frost
(1939)
King of Chinatown
as The Professor
(1939)
Persons in Hiding
as Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
(1939)
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
as Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
(1939)
Island of Lost Men
as Gregory Prin
(1939)
Beau Geste
as Rasinoff
(1939)
Hotel Imperial
as Kuprin
(1939)
Undercover Doctor
as Dr. Bartley Morgan
(1939)
We're in the Movies, Now!
as Himself
(1938)
Prison Farm
as Noel Haskins
(1938)
King of Alcatraz
as Steve Murkil
(1938)
Her Jungle Love
as Kuasa
(1938)
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
as Richard Lane
(1938)
Hunted Men
as Henry Rice
(1938)
Illegal Traffic
as Lewis Zomar
(1938)
Tip-Off Girls
as Joseph Valkus
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
as Mikhail Valdin
(1937)
We Who Are About to Die
as Nick Trotti
(1937)
Hideaway
as Mike Clarke
(1937)
Daughter of Shanghai
as Frank Barden
(1937)
Song of the City
as Mario
(1937)
Border Cafe
as Rocky Alton
(1937)
Night Club Scandal
as Jack Reed - Gangster
(1937)
Sea Racketeers
as Harry Durant
(1937)
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
as Adram
(1937)
The Grand Bounce
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
(1937)
Thunder Trail
as Rafael Lopez
(1937)
It May Happen to You
as Moxie
(1936)
Exclusive Story
as Comos
(1936)
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Three Fingered Jack
(1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
(1936)
Absolute Quiet
as Pedro
(1936)
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Irenov
(1936)
Ramona
as Juan Can
(1936)
Moonlight Murder
as André Bejac
(1936)
Special Investigator
as Eddie Selton
(1936)
Two in the Dark
as Burt Mansfield
(1936)
Anthony Adverse
as Major Doumet
(1936)
Charlie Chan at the Circus
as Tom Holt
(1936)
Crack-Up
as Operative #77
(1935)
Under the Pampas Moon
as Tito
(1935)
Little Big Shot
as Bert
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Cahusac
(1935)
Confidential
as 'Lefty' Tate
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Grand Vizier
(1935)
Behind the Green Lights
as Sam Dover
(1935)
Front Page Woman
as Robert Cardoza
(1935)
Black Fury
as Steve Croner
(1935)
Special Agent
as Joe Durell
(1934)
The President Vanishes
as Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
(1934)
Sleepers East
as Carl Izzard
(1934)
Murder in Trinidad
as Duval
(1934)
The Defense Rests
as Monte Ballou
(1934)
One Is Guilty
as Jack Allen
(1934)
Upperworld
as Lou Colima
(1934)
The Hell Cat
as Joe Morgan
(1934)
Hell in the Heavens
as Sgt. Chevalier
(1934)
Marie Galante
as French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
(1934)
Return of the Terror
as Steve Scola
(1934)
British Agent
as Commissioner of War Trotsky
(1934)
Girl in Danger
as Russo
(1933)
The Past of Mary Holmes
as Gary Kent
(1933)
Elmer, the Great
as Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
(1933)
The Last Trail
as John Ross
(1933)
Ann Vickers
as Dr. Sorelle
(1933)
Frisco Jenny
as Ed Harris (uncredited)
(1933)
Notorious But Nice
as Joe Charney
(1933)
Havana Widows
as First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1933)
No Other Woman
as Bonelli
(1933)
Infernal Machine
as Bryan
(1933)
Captured!
as Cpl. Guarand
(1933)
The World Gone Mad
as Ramon Salvadore
(1933)
Central Airport
as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
(1933)
The Devil's in Love
as Salazar
(1933)
The Whirlwind
as Injun
(1933)
The Avenger
as Hanley
(1933)
Silent Men
as Jack Wilder
(1933)
The Mad Game
as Chopper Allen
(1933)
Arizona to Broadway
as Tommy Monk
(1933)
The Mystery Squadron
as Collins
(1932)
The Hatchet Man
as Sun Yat Ming
(1932)
The Mouthpiece
as Tony Rocco
(1932)
Two Seconds
as Tony
(1932)
The Beast of the City
as Pietro Cholo
(1932)
Tiger Shark
as Tony
(1932)
Big City Blues
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
(1932)
The Conquerors
as Agitator
(1932)
No Living Witness
as Nick
(1932)
The Kid from Spain
as Pedro
(1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Claude Wright
(1932)
Crooner
as Nick Meyer
(1931)
Surrender
as French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
(1931)
Homicide Squad
as Hugo
(1931)
The Royal Bed
as Laker
(1931)
The Finger Points
as "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
(1931)
Gun Smoke
as Mink Gordon
(1931)
Ladies of the Big House
as Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
(1931)
Tonight or Never
as Radio Announcer
(1930)
Good Intentions
as Charlie Hattrick
(1930)
Double Cross Roads
as Dyke's Lookout
(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)