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)
Rage at Dawn
as Simeon 'Sim' Reno
(1955)
Violent Saturday
as Chapman, Bank Robber
(1955)
The Last Command
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
(1955)
New York Confidential
as Ben Dagajanian
(1955)
Desert Sands
as Sgt. Diepel
(1955)
Hit the Deck
as Mr. Peroni
(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)
Ride the Man Down
as Sheriff Joe Kneen
(1952)
Woman of the North Country
as John Mulholland
(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)
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)
The Fugitive
as A Police Informer
(1947)
Humoresque
as Rudy Boray
(1947)
Carnival in Costa Rica
as Papa Rico Molina
(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)
The Southerner
as Devers
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Charley Martin
(1945)
Strange Confession
as Roger Graham
(1945)
Star in the Night
as Nick Catapoli
(1945)
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Charles, the Butler
(1944)
The Monster Maker
as Dr. Igor Markoff
(1944)
Dragon Seed
as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
(1944)
House of Frankenstein
as Daniel
(1944)
The Whistler
as The Killer
(1944)
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Ganimard
(1944)
Jungle Woman
as Dr. Carl Fletcher
(1944)
Waterfront
as Dr. Karl Decker
(1944)
Two-Man Submarine
as Dr. Augustus Hadley
(1944)
Voice in the Wind
as Luigi
(1943)
Batman
as Tito Daka
(1943)
Gung Ho!
as Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
(1943)
Sahara
as Giuseppe
(1943)
Behind the Rising Sun
as Reo Seki
(1943)
Calling Dr. Death
as Inspector Gregg
(1943)
Harrigan's Kid
as Jed Jerrett
(1943)
Good Morning, Judge
as Andre Bouchard
(1942)
Tales of Manhattan
as Burglar - Robber #1
(1942)
Dr. Broadway
as Jack Venner
(1942)
Sunday Punch
as Matt Bassler
(1942)
The Pied Piper
as Aristide Rougeron
(1942)
A Gentleman at Heart
as Gigi
(1942)
Jackass Mail
as Signor Michel O'Sullivan
(1942)
The Man in the Trunk
as Reginald DeWinters
(1942)
Dr. Renault's Secret
as Noel
(1941)
Blood and Sand
as Garabato
(1941)
The Corsican Brothers
as Lorenzo
(1941)
That Night in Rio
as Machado
(1941)
Mr. Dynamite
as 'The Professor'
(1941)
Forced Landing
as Andros Banshek
(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)
Queen of the Mob
as George Frost
(1940)
Typhoon
as Mekaike
(1940)
A Night at Earl Carroll's
as Steve Kalkus
(1939)
Beau Geste
as Rasinoff
(1939)
Hotel Imperial
as Kuprin
(1939)
King of Chinatown
as The Professor
(1939)
Island of Lost Men
as Gregory Prin
(1939)
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
as Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
(1939)
Undercover Doctor
as Dr. Bartley Morgan
(1939)
Persons in Hiding
as Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
(1939)
We're in the Movies, Now!
as Himself
(1938)
Prison Farm
as Noel Haskins
(1938)
King of Alcatraz
as Steve Murkil
(1938)
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
as Richard Lane
(1938)
Her Jungle Love
as Kuasa
(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)
Daughter of Shanghai
as Frank Barden
(1937)
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
as Adram
(1937)
Border Cafe
as Rocky Alton
(1937)
We Who Are About to Die
as Nick Trotti
(1937)
Hideaway
as Mike Clarke
(1937)
It May Happen to You
as Moxie
(1937)
Night Club Scandal
as Jack Reed - Gangster
(1937)
Thunder Trail
as Rafael Lopez
(1937)
Song of the City
as Mario
(1937)
Sea Racketeers
as Harry Durant
(1937)
The Grand Bounce
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
(1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
(1936)
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Three Fingered Jack
(1936)
Anthony Adverse
as Major Doumet
(1936)
Two in the Dark
as Burt Mansfield
(1936)
Absolute Quiet
as Pedro
(1936)
Moonlight Murder
as André Bejac
(1936)
Charlie Chan at the Circus
as Tom Holt
(1936)
Exclusive Story
as Comos
(1936)
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Irenov
(1936)
Ramona
as Juan Can
(1936)
Special Investigator
as Eddie Selton
(1936)
Crack-Up
as Operative #77
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Cahusac
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Grand Vizier
(1935)
Black Fury
as Steve Croner
(1935)
Front Page Woman
as Robert Cardoza
(1935)
Special Agent
as Joe Durell
(1935)
Confidential
as 'Lefty' Tate
(1935)
Under the Pampas Moon
as Tito
(1935)
Behind the Green Lights
as Sam Dover
(1935)
Little Big Shot
as Bert
(1934)
The President Vanishes
as Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
(1934)
British Agent
as Commissioner of War Trotsky
(1934)
Marie Galante
as French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
(1934)
One Is Guilty
as Jack Allen
(1934)
Upperworld
as Lou Colima
(1934)
Sleepers East
as Carl Izzard
(1934)
The Defense Rests
as Monte Ballou
(1934)
Hell in the Heavens
as Sgt. Chevalier
(1934)
Return of the Terror
as Steve Scola
(1934)
The Hell Cat
as Joe Morgan
(1934)
Murder in Trinidad
as Duval
(1934)
Girl in Danger
as Russo
(1933)
Elmer, the Great
as Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
(1933)
Frisco Jenny
as Ed Harris (uncredited)
(1933)
Central Airport
as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
(1933)
The Mad Game
as Chopper Allen
(1933)
Havana Widows
as First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1933)
Captured!
as Cpl. Guarand
(1933)
No Other Woman
as Bonelli
(1933)
Infernal Machine
as Bryan
(1933)
The World Gone Mad
as Ramon Salvadore
(1933)
Ann Vickers
as Dr. Sorelle
(1933)
Notorious But Nice
as Joe Charney
(1933)
The Past of Mary Holmes
as Gary Kent
(1933)
Silent Men
as Jack Wilder
(1933)
The Devil's in Love
as Salazar
(1933)
The Avenger
as Hanley
(1933)
The Last Trail
as John Ross
(1933)
Arizona to Broadway
as Tommy Monk
(1933)
The Whirlwind
as Injun
(1933)
The Mystery Squadron
as Collins
(1932)
Tiger Shark
as Tony
(1932)
The Kid from Spain
as Pedro
(1932)
The Beast of the City
as Pietro Cholo
(1932)
Two Seconds
as Tony
(1932)
The Conquerors
as Agitator
(1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Claude Wright
(1932)
Crooner
as Nick Meyer
(1932)
The Mouthpiece
as Tony Rocco
(1932)
Big City Blues
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
(1932)
The Hatchet Man
as Sun Yat Ming
(1932)
No Living Witness
as Nick
(1931)
Tonight or Never
as Radio Announcer
(1931)
The Finger Points
as "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
(1931)
Ladies of the Big House
as Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
(1931)
The Royal Bed
as Laker
(1931)
Surrender
as French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
(1931)
Gun Smoke
as Mink Gordon
(1931)
Homicide Squad
as Hugo
(1930)
Cheer Up and Smile
as Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
(1930)
Double Cross Roads
as Dyke's Lookout
(1930)
Scotland Yard
as Dr. Remur
(1930)
Good Intentions
as Charlie Hattrick
(1926)
What Price Glory
as French Soldier (uncredited)