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.
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)
This Could Be the Night
as Leon
(1957)
The Young Don't Cry
as Plug
(1956)
Rebel in Town
as Bedloe Mason
(1956)
Yaqui Drums
as Yacqi Jack
(1955)
New York Confidential
as Ben Dagajanian
(1955)
Violent Saturday
as Chapman, Bank Robber
(1955)
Rage at Dawn
as Simeon 'Sim' Reno
(1955)
The Last Command
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
(1955)
Hit the Deck
as Mr. Peroni
(1955)
Desert Sands
as Sgt. Diepel
(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)
Denver and Rio Grande
as Gil Harkness
(1952)
Ride the Man Down
as Sheriff Joe Kneen
(1951)
Across the Wide Missouri
as Looking Glass
(1951)
Bannerline
as Frankie Scarbine
(1951)
The Mark of the Renegade
as Luis
(1950)
Rio Grande
as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
(1950)
Annie Get Your Gun
as Chief Sitting Bull
(1950)
Black Hand
as Louis Lorelli
(1950)
Please Believe Me
as 'Lucky' Reilly
(1950)
The Toast of New Orleans
as Nicky Duvalle
(1949)
Canadian Pacific
as Dynamite Dawson
(1949)
That Midnight Kiss
as Papa Donnetti
(1948)
Joan of Arc
as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
(1948)
The Kissing Bandit
as Chico
(1947)
Humoresque
as Rudy Boray
(1947)
The Fugitive
as A Police Informer
(1947)
The Beast with Five Fingers
as Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
(1947)
Carnival in Costa Rica
as Papa Rico Molina
(1946)
Bad Bascomb
as Bart Yancy
(1946)
It's Your America
as French Soldier (uncredited)
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Charley Martin
(1945)
The Southerner
as Devers
(1945)
Strange Confession
as Roger Graham
(1945)
Star in the Night
as Nick Catapoli
(1945)
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Charles, the Butler
(1944)
House of Frankenstein
as Daniel
(1944)
Dragon Seed
as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
(1944)
Jungle Woman
as Dr. Carl Fletcher
(1944)
The Whistler
as The Killer
(1944)
Waterfront
as Dr. Karl Decker
(1944)
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Ganimard
(1944)
The Monster Maker
as Dr. Igor Markoff
(1944)
Voice in the Wind
as Luigi
(1944)
Two-Man Submarine
as Dr. Augustus Hadley
(1943)
Batman
as Tito Daka
(1943)
Sahara
as Giuseppe
(1943)
Gung Ho!
as Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
(1943)
Calling Dr. Death
as Inspector Gregg
(1943)
Behind the Rising Sun
as Reo Seki
(1943)
Good Morning, Judge
as Andre Bouchard
(1943)
Harrigan's Kid
as Jed Jerrett
(1942)
Dr. Broadway
as Jack Venner
(1942)
Tales of Manhattan
as Burglar - Robber #1
(1942)
The Man in the Trunk
as Reginald DeWinters
(1942)
The Pied Piper
as Aristide Rougeron
(1942)
Sunday Punch
as Matt Bassler
(1942)
Dr. Renault's Secret
as Noel
(1942)
A Gentleman at Heart
as Gigi
(1942)
Jackass Mail
as Signor Michel O'Sullivan
(1941)
Blood and Sand
as Garabato
(1941)
The Corsican Brothers
as Lorenzo
(1941)
Forced Landing
as Andros Banshek
(1941)
Mr. Dynamite
as 'The Professor'
(1941)
That Night in Rio
as Machado
(1941)
Birth of the Blues
as Blackie
(1941)
Know For Sure
as Tony Madroni
(1941)
Accent on Love
as Manuel Lombroso
(1940)
Down Argentine Way
as Casiano
(1940)
Golden Gloves
as Joe Taggerty
(1940)
Typhoon
as Mekaike
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
as George Frost
(1940)
A Night at Earl Carroll's
as Steve Kalkus
(1939)
Beau Geste
as Rasinoff
(1939)
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
as Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
(1939)
Hotel Imperial
as Kuprin
(1939)
King of Chinatown
as The Professor
(1939)
Undercover Doctor
as Dr. Bartley Morgan
(1939)
Island of Lost Men
as Gregory Prin
(1939)
Persons in Hiding
as Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
(1939)
We're in the Movies, Now!
as Himself
(1938)
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
as Richard Lane
(1938)
Hunted Men
as Henry Rice
(1938)
Illegal Traffic
as Lewis Zomar
(1938)
Prison Farm
as Noel Haskins
(1938)
Her Jungle Love
as Kuasa
(1938)
Tip-Off Girls
as Joseph Valkus
(1938)
King of Alcatraz
as Steve Murkil
(1937)
Border Cafe
as Rocky Alton
(1937)
Daughter of Shanghai
as Frank Barden
(1937)
Song of the City
as Mario
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
as Mikhail Valdin
(1937)
We Who Are About to Die
as Nick Trotti
(1937)
Hideaway
as Mike Clarke
(1937)
Thunder Trail
as Rafael Lopez
(1937)
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
as Adram
(1937)
Sea Racketeers
as Harry Durant
(1937)
Night Club Scandal
as Jack Reed - Gangster
(1937)
It May Happen to You
as Moxie
(1937)
The Grand Bounce
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
(1936)
Anthony Adverse
as Major Doumet
(1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
(1936)
Exclusive Story
as Comos
(1936)
Ramona
as Juan Can
(1936)
Moonlight Murder
as André Bejac
(1936)
Absolute Quiet
as Pedro
(1936)
Special Investigator
as Eddie Selton
(1936)
Crack-Up
as Operative #77
(1936)
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Three Fingered Jack
(1936)
Charlie Chan at the Circus
as Tom Holt
(1936)
Two in the Dark
as Burt Mansfield
(1936)
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Irenov
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Cahusac
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Grand Vizier
(1935)
Black Fury
as Steve Croner
(1935)
Special Agent
as Joe Durell
(1935)
Confidential
as 'Lefty' Tate
(1935)
Front Page Woman
as Robert Cardoza
(1935)
Under the Pampas Moon
as Tito
(1935)
Little Big Shot
as Bert
(1935)
Behind the Green Lights
as Sam Dover
(1934)
Marie Galante
as French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
(1934)
Upperworld
as Lou Colima
(1934)
The Defense Rests
as Monte Ballou
(1934)
The Hell Cat
as Joe Morgan
(1934)
British Agent
as Commissioner of War Trotsky
(1934)
Murder in Trinidad
as Duval
(1934)
Return of the Terror
as Steve Scola
(1934)
Sleepers East
as Carl Izzard
(1934)
One Is Guilty
as Jack Allen
(1934)
The President Vanishes
as Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
(1934)
Girl in Danger
as Russo
(1934)
Hell in the Heavens
as Sgt. Chevalier
(1933)
Havana Widows
as First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1933)
Frisco Jenny
as Ed Harris (uncredited)
(1933)
Central Airport
as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
(1933)
Elmer, the Great
as Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
(1933)
The Mystery Squadron
as Collins
(1933)
The Whirlwind
as Injun
(1933)
Ann Vickers
as Dr. Sorelle
(1933)
Arizona to Broadway
as Tommy Monk
(1933)
Infernal Machine
as Bryan
(1933)
The World Gone Mad
as Ramon Salvadore
(1933)
The Avenger
as Hanley
(1933)
Captured!
as Cpl. Guarand
(1933)
The Devil's in Love
as Salazar
(1933)
The Past of Mary Holmes
as Gary Kent
(1933)
The Last Trail
as John Ross
(1933)
The Mad Game
as Chopper Allen
(1933)
No Other Woman
as Bonelli
(1933)
Notorious But Nice
as Joe Charney
(1933)
Silent Men
as Jack Wilder
(1932)
The Conquerors
as Agitator
(1932)
The Mouthpiece
as Tony Rocco
(1932)
Two Seconds
as Tony
(1932)
Crooner
as Nick Meyer
(1932)
The Beast of the City
as Pietro Cholo
(1932)
Big City Blues
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
(1932)
The Kid from Spain
as Pedro
(1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Claude Wright
(1932)
Tiger Shark
as Tony
(1932)
The Hatchet Man
as Sun Yat Ming
(1932)
No Living Witness
as Nick
(1931)
Gun Smoke
as Mink Gordon
(1931)
Ladies of the Big House
as Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
(1931)
Homicide Squad
as Hugo
(1931)
The Royal Bed
as Laker
(1931)
Surrender
as French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
(1931)
The Finger Points
as "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
(1931)
Tonight or Never
as Radio Announcer
(1930)
Cheer Up and Smile
as Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
(1930)
Good Intentions
as Charlie Hattrick
(1930)
Scotland Yard
as Dr. Remur
(1930)
Double Cross Roads
as Dyke's Lookout
(1926)
What Price Glory
as French Soldier (uncredited)