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