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J. Carrol Naish

Born 20/01/1896 in New York City, New York, USA

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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.

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Filmography (Movies)

The Many Faces of Dracula

Character:Daniel (archive footage)

Release Date:01/01/2000

That's Entertainment! III

Character:(archive footage)

Release Date:01/07/1994

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Character:Daniel (archive footage)

Release Date:01/01/1991

Batmania: From Comics to Screen

Character:Dr. Daka (archive footage)

Release Date:01/01/1989

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Release Date:25/02/1983

That's Entertainment!

Character:(archive footage) (uncredited)

Release Date:21/06/1974

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Character:Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein

Release Date:20/09/1971

Cutter's Trail

Character:Froteras

Release Date:10/02/1970

Doom of Dracula

Character:The Hunchback (archive footage)

Release Date:01/01/1966

The Hanged Man

Character:Uncle Picaud

Release Date:18/11/1964

Force of Impulse

Character:Antonio Marino

Release Date:01/11/1961

Disneyland '59

Character:Self

Release Date:15/06/1959

The Young Don't Cry

Character:Plug

Release Date:26/07/1957

This Could Be the Night

Character:Leon

Release Date:14/05/1957

Yaqui Drums

Character:Yacqi Jack

Release Date:13/10/1956

Rebel in Town

Character:Bedloe Mason

Release Date:30/07/1956

Desert Sands

Character:Sgt. Diepel

Release Date:18/11/1955

The Last Command

Character:General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

Release Date:03/08/1955

Man on a Bus

Character:Mr Stein

Release Date:01/05/1955

Violent Saturday

Character:Chapman, Bank Robber

Release Date:01/04/1955

Rage at Dawn

Character:Simeon 'Sim' Reno

Release Date:26/03/1955

Hit the Deck

Character:Mr. Peroni

Release Date:24/02/1955

New York Confidential

Character:Ben Dagajanian

Release Date:15/02/1955

Sitting Bull

Character:Sitting Bull

Release Date:06/10/1954

Saskatchewan

Character:Batouche

Release Date:30/03/1954

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Character:Socrates Houlis

Release Date:02/12/1953

Fighter Attack

Character:Bruno

Release Date:29/11/1953

Ride the Man Down

Character:Sheriff Joe Kneen

Release Date:25/11/1952

Woman of the North Country

Character:John Mulholland

Release Date:23/07/1952

Clash by Night

Character:Uncle Vince

Release Date:30/05/1952

Denver and Rio Grande

Character:Gil Harkness

Release Date:16/05/1952

Across the Wide Missouri

Character:Looking Glass

Release Date:12/10/1951

Bannerline

Character:Frankie Scarbine

Release Date:12/10/1951

The Mark of the Renegade

Character:Luis

Release Date:24/07/1951

Rio Grande

Character:Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan

Release Date:15/11/1950

The Toast of New Orleans

Character:Nicky Duvalle

Release Date:24/08/1950

Annie Get Your Gun

Character:Chief Sitting Bull

Release Date:17/05/1950

Please Believe Me

Character:'Lucky' Reilly

Release Date:12/05/1950

Black Hand

Character:Louis Lorelli

Release Date:12/03/1950

That Midnight Kiss

Character:Papa Donnetti

Release Date:22/09/1949

Canadian Pacific

Character:Dynamite Dawson

Release Date:19/05/1949

Joan of Arc

Character:John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor

Release Date:22/12/1948

The Kissing Bandit

Character:Chico

Release Date:14/11/1948

The Fugitive

Character:A Police Informer

Release Date:11/11/1947

Carnival in Costa Rica

Character:Papa Rico Molina

Release Date:28/03/1947

The Beast with Five Fingers

Character:Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio

Release Date:08/02/1947

Humoresque

Character:Rudy Boray

Release Date:25/01/1947

It's Your America

Character:French Soldier (uncredited)

Release Date:25/07/1946

Bad Bascomb

Character:Bart Yancy

Release Date:26/05/1946

Getting Gertie's Garter

Character:Charles, the Butler

Release Date:27/11/1945

Star in the Night

Character:Nick Catapoli

Release Date:13/10/1945

Strange Confession

Character:Roger Graham

Release Date:05/10/1945

The Southerner

Character:Devers

Release Date:30/04/1945

A Medal for Benny

Character:Charley Martin

Release Date:16/04/1945

House of Frankenstein

Character:Daniel

Release Date:15/12/1944

Enter Arsène Lupin

Character:Ganimard

Release Date:24/11/1944

Dragon Seed

Character:Japanese Kitchen Overseer

Release Date:20/07/1944

Waterfront

Character:Dr. Karl Decker

Release Date:10/06/1944

Jungle Woman

Character:Dr. Carl Fletcher

Release Date:01/06/1944

The Monster Maker

Character:Dr. Igor Markoff

Release Date:15/04/1944

The Whistler

Character:The Killer

Release Date:30/03/1944

Two-Man Submarine

Character:Dr. Augustus Hadley

Release Date:16/03/1944

Voice in the Wind

Character:Luigi

Release Date:03/03/1944

Gung Ho!

Character:Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos

Release Date:20/12/1943

Calling Dr. Death

Character:Inspector Gregg

Release Date:17/12/1943

Sahara

Character:Giuseppe

Release Date:22/09/1943

Behind the Rising Sun

Character:Reo Seki

Release Date:01/08/1943

Batman

Character:Tito Daka

Release Date:16/07/1943

Good Morning, Judge

Character:Andre Bouchard

Release Date:07/05/1943

Harrigan's Kid

Character:Jed Jerrett

Release Date:01/03/1943

Dr. Renault's Secret

Character:Noel

Release Date:19/10/1942

The Man in the Trunk

Character:Reginald DeWinters

Release Date:19/09/1942

The Pied Piper

Character:Aristide Rougeron

Release Date:21/08/1942

Tales of Manhattan

Character:Costello

Release Date:05/08/1942

Jackass Mail

Character:Signor Michel O'Sullivan

Release Date:01/07/1942

Dr. Broadway

Character:Jack Venner

Release Date:09/05/1942

Sunday Punch

Character:Matt Bassler

Release Date:08/05/1942

A Gentleman at Heart

Character:Gigi

Release Date:16/01/1942

The Corsican Brothers

Character:Lorenzo

Release Date:28/11/1941

Birth of the Blues

Character:Blackie

Release Date:07/11/1941

Accent on Love

Character:Manuel Lombroso

Release Date:11/07/1941

Forced Landing

Character:Andros Banshek

Release Date:11/07/1941

Blood and Sand

Character:Garabato

Release Date:30/05/1941

That Night in Rio

Character:Machado

Release Date:11/04/1941

Mr. Dynamite

Character:'The Professor'

Release Date:01/03/1941

Know For Sure

Character:Tony Madroni

Release Date:01/01/1941

A Night at Earl Carroll's

Character:Steve Kalkus

Release Date:06/12/1940

Down Argentine Way

Character:Casiano

Release Date:11/10/1940

Golden Gloves

Character:Joe Taggerty

Release Date:02/08/1940

Queen of the Mob

Character:George Frost

Release Date:28/06/1940

Typhoon

Character:Mekaike

Release Date:16/05/1940

Island of Lost Men

Character:Gregory Prin

Release Date:16/08/1939

Beau Geste

Character:Rasinoff

Release Date:24/07/1939

Undercover Doctor

Character:Dr. Bartley Morgan

Release Date:09/06/1939

Hotel Imperial

Character:Kuprin

Release Date:11/05/1939

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Character:Richard Lane (Archive Footage)

Release Date:29/03/1939

We're in the Movies, Now!

Character:Himself

Release Date:18/03/1939

King of Chinatown

Character:The Professor

Release Date:17/03/1939

Persons in Hiding

Character:Freddie 'Gunner' Martin

Release Date:10/02/1939

Illegal Traffic

Character:Lewis Zomar

Release Date:02/11/1938

King of Alcatraz

Character:Steve Murkil

Release Date:30/09/1938

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

Character:Richard Lane

Release Date:05/08/1938

Prison Farm

Character:Noel Haskins

Release Date:17/06/1938

Hunted Men

Character:Henry Rice

Release Date:27/05/1938

Her Jungle Love

Character:Kuasa

Release Date:15/04/1938

Tip-Off Girls

Character:Joseph Valkus

Release Date:01/04/1938

Daughter of Shanghai

Character:Frank Barden

Release Date:17/12/1937

Night Club Scandal

Character:Jack Reed - Gangster

Release Date:11/11/1937

Thunder Trail

Character:Rafael Lopez

Release Date:21/10/1937

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Character:Mikhail Valdin

Release Date:24/09/1937

Sea Racketeers

Character:Harry Durant

Release Date:20/08/1937

Hideaway

Character:Mike Clarke

Release Date:13/08/1937

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Character:Adram

Release Date:23/07/1937

It May Happen to You

Character:Moxie

Release Date:05/06/1937

Border Cafe

Character:Rocky Alton

Release Date:04/06/1937

The Grand Bounce

Character:Hoodlum (uncredited)

Release Date:22/05/1937

Song of the City

Character:Mario

Release Date:02/04/1937

We Who Are About to Die

Character:Nick Trotti

Release Date:08/01/1937

Crack-Up

Character:Operative #77

Release Date:14/12/1936

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Character:Subahdar-Major Puran Singh

Release Date:20/10/1936

Ramona

Character:Juan Can

Release Date:25/09/1936

Anthony Adverse

Character:Major Doumet

Release Date:26/08/1936

Special Investigator

Character:Eddie Selton

Release Date:08/05/1936

Absolute Quiet

Character:Pedro

Release Date:24/04/1936

Charlie Chan at the Circus

Character:Tom Holt

Release Date:27/03/1936

Moonlight Murder

Character:André Bejac

Release Date:27/03/1936

Robin Hood of El Dorado

Character:Three Fingered Jack

Release Date:17/03/1936

The Leathernecks Have Landed

Character:Irenov

Release Date:17/02/1936

Exclusive Story

Character:Comos

Release Date:17/01/1936

Two in the Dark

Character:Burt Mansfield

Release Date:10/01/1936

Captain Blood

Character:Cahusac

Release Date:26/12/1935

Confidential

Character:'Lefty' Tate

Release Date:16/10/1935

Special Agent

Character:Joe Durell

Release Date:14/09/1935

Little Big Shot

Character:Bert

Release Date:07/09/1935

Front Page Woman

Character:Robert Cardoza

Release Date:11/07/1935

Under the Pampas Moon

Character:Tito

Release Date:01/06/1935

Black Fury

Character:Steve Croner

Release Date:18/05/1935

Behind the Green Lights

Character:Sam Dover

Release Date:11/03/1935

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Character:Grand Vizier

Release Date:11/01/1935

Hell in the Heavens

Character:Sgt. Chevalier

Release Date:12/12/1934

The President Vanishes

Character:Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)

Release Date:17/11/1934

Marie Galante

Character:French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)

Release Date:25/10/1934

British Agent

Character:Commissioner of War Trotsky

Release Date:15/09/1934

Girl in Danger

Character:Russo

Release Date:11/09/1934

The Defense Rests

Character:Monte Ballou

Release Date:15/07/1934

Return of the Terror

Character:Steve Scola

Release Date:07/07/1934

The Hell Cat

Character:Joe Morgan

Release Date:16/06/1934

Murder in Trinidad

Character:Duval

Release Date:16/05/1934

One Is Guilty

Character:Jack Allen

Release Date:03/05/1934

Upperworld

Character:Lou Colima

Release Date:28/04/1934

What's Your Racket

Character:Dick Graves

Release Date:06/03/1934

Sleepers East

Character:Carl Izzard

Release Date:01/01/1934

The Mystery Squadron

Character:Collins

Release Date:21/12/1933

Havana Widows

Character:First Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Release Date:18/11/1933

The Mad Game

Character:Chopper Allen

Release Date:27/10/1933

Ann Vickers

Character:Dr. Sorelle

Release Date:26/09/1933

The Last Trail

Character:John Ross

Release Date:25/08/1933

Captured!

Character:Cpl. Guarand

Release Date:19/08/1933

The Avenger

Character:Hanley

Release Date:10/08/1933

Notorious But Nice

Character:Joe Charney

Release Date:04/08/1933

Arizona to Broadway

Character:Tommy Monk

Release Date:22/07/1933

The Devil's in Love

Character:Salazar

Release Date:21/07/1933

Elmer, the Great

Character:Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)

Release Date:29/04/1933

The World Gone Mad

Character:Ramon Salvadore

Release Date:15/04/1933

Central Airport

Character:Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)

Release Date:15/04/1933

The Whirlwind

Character:Injun

Release Date:13/04/1933

Infernal Machine

Character:Bryan

Release Date:08/04/1933

Silent Men

Character:Jack Wilder

Release Date:03/03/1933

The Past of Mary Holmes

Character:Gary Kent

Release Date:20/01/1933

Frisco Jenny

Character:Ed Harris (uncredited)

Release Date:14/01/1933

No Other Woman

Character:Bonelli

Release Date:06/01/1933

The Conquerors

Character:Agitator

Release Date:18/11/1932

The Kid from Spain

Character:Pedro

Release Date:17/11/1932

Tiger Shark

Character:Tony

Release Date:24/09/1932

Big City Blues

Character:Bootlegger (uncredited)

Release Date:18/09/1932

No Living Witness

Character:Nick

Release Date:13/09/1932

Crooner

Character:Nick Meyer

Release Date:20/08/1932

Two Seconds

Character:Tony

Release Date:28/05/1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

Character:Claude Wright

Release Date:19/04/1932

The Mouthpiece

Character:Tony Rocco

Release Date:21/03/1932

The Beast of the City

Character:Pietro Cholo

Release Date:13/02/1932

The Hatchet Man

Character:Sun Yat Ming

Release Date:06/02/1932

Ladies of the Big House

Character:Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)

Release Date:26/12/1931

Surrender

Character:French Prisoner of War (uncredited)

Release Date:06/12/1931

Homicide Squad

Character:Hugo

Release Date:01/08/1931

The Finger Points

Character:"The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)

Release Date:11/04/1931

Gun Smoke

Character:Mink Gordon (uncredited)

Release Date:10/04/1931

The Royal Bed

Character:Laker

Release Date:15/01/1931

Tonight or Never

Character:Radio Announcer

Release Date:04/01/1931

Scotland Yard

Character:Dr. Remur

Release Date:19/10/1930

Good Intentions

Character:Charlie Hattrick

Release Date:29/06/1930

Cheer Up and Smile

Character:Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)

Release Date:22/06/1930

Double Cross Roads

Character:Dyke's Lookout

Release Date:20/04/1930

What Price Glory

Character:French Soldier (uncredited)

Release Date:23/11/1926

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