J. Carrol Naish
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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
Credits
Captain Blood (1935)
as Cahusac
Rio Grande (1950)
as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
The Fugitive (1947)
as A Police Informer
House of Frankenstein (1944)
as Daniel
Saskatchewan (1954)
as Batouche
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
as Chief Sitting Bull
Joan of Arc (1948)
as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
The Last Command (1955)
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Thunder Trail (1937)
as Rafael Lopez
Violent Saturday (1955)
as Chapman, Bank Robber
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That Night in Rio (1941)
as Machado
Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
as Looking Glass
British Agent (1934)
as Commissioner of War Trotsky
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
as Socrates Houlis
Blood and Sand (1941)
as Garabato
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
as Gil Harkness
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
as Nick Trotti
This Could Be the Night (1957)
as Leon
Sahara (1943)
as Giuseppe
The Corsican Brothers (1942)
as Lorenzo
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
as Grand Vizier
The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
as Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
as Claude Wright
Dragon Seed (1944)
as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Clash by Night (1952)
as Uncle Vince
Infernal Machine (1933)
as Bryan
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
as Nicky Duvalle
The Kissing Bandit (1948)
as Chico
Canadian Pacific (1949)
as Dynamite Dawson
Hit the Deck (1955)
as Mr. Peroni
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
as Costello
Undercover Doctor (1939)
as Dr. Bartley Morgan
Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
as Noel
Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)
as Adram
Beau Geste (1939)
as Rasinoff
Black Hand (1950)
as Louis Lorelli
Batman (1943)
as Tito Daka
Anthony Adverse (1936)
as Major Doumet
The Beast of the City (1932)
as Pietro Cholo
Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)
as Richard Lane
Two in the Dark (1936)
as Burt Mansfield
Star in the Night (1945)
as Nick Catapoli
Crack-Up (1936)
as Operative #77
Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
as Charles, the Butler
The Mark of the Renegade (1951)
as Luis
Island of Lost Men (1939)
as Gregory Prin
Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
as Reo Seki
Special Agent (1935)
as Joe Durell
Gung Ho! (1943)
as Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
Birth of the Blues (1941)
as Blackie
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
as Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
Woman of the North Country (1952)
as John Mulholland
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Daniel (archive footage)
Central Airport (1933)
as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
The Southerner (1945)
as Devers
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Daniel (archive footage)
A Medal for Benny (1945)
as Charley Martin
Return of the Terror (1934)
as Steve Scola
Sitting Bull (1954)
as Sitting Bull
Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)
as Papa Rico Molina
Queen of the Mob (1940)
as George Frost
New York Confidential (1955)
as Ben Dagajanian
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
as Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
Cutter's Trail (1970)
as Froteras
Humoresque (1947)
as Rudy Boray
Jungle Woman (1944)
as Dr. Carl Fletcher
It May Happen to You (1937)
as Moxie
Front Page Woman (1935)
as Robert Cardoza
A Gentleman at Heart (1942)
as Gigi
The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
as Gary Kent
Ride the Man Down (1952)
as Sheriff Joe Kneen
Ladies of the Big House (1931)
as Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
The Kid from Spain (1932)
as Pedro
Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
as Three Fingered Jack
Down Argentine Way (1940)
as Casiano
The Defense Rests (1934)
as Monte Ballou
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
as Tom Holt
It's Your America (1946)
as French Soldier (uncredited)
Man on a Bus (1955)
as Mr Stein
Hell in the Heavens (1934)
as Sgt. Chevalier
A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940)
as Steve Kalkus
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
as Mikhail Valdin
Voice in the Wind (1944)
as Luigi
Bannerline (1951)
as Frankie Scarbine
Jackass Mail (1942)
as Signor Michel O'Sullivan
The Devil's in Love (1933)
as Salazar
The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936)
as Irenov
The Man in the Trunk (1942)
as Reginald DeWinters
The World Gone Mad (1933)
as Ramon Salvadore
We're in the Movies, Now! (1939)
as Himself
The Young Don't Cry (1957)
as Plug
Girl in Danger (1934)
as Russo
The Whistler (1944)
as The Killer
King of Chinatown (1939)
as The Professor
The Mad Game (1933)
as Chopper Allen
The Hanged Man (1964)
as Uncle Picaud
Rage at Dawn (1955)
as Simeon 'Sim' Reno
Under the Pampas Moon (1935)
as Tito
The President Vanishes (1934)
as Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
Hotel Imperial (1939)
as Kuprin
Her Jungle Love (1938)
as Kuasa
Disneyland '59 (1959)
as Self
What's Your Racket (1934)
as Dick Graves
Crooner (1932)
as Nick Meyer
The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936)
as Tony Scapelli
Black Fury (1935)
as Steve Croner
Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
as Frank Barden
Batmania: From Comics to Screen (1989)
as Dr. Daka (archive footage)
Behind the Green Lights (1935)
as Sam Dover
The Mouthpiece (1932)
as Tony Rocco
Cheer Up and Smile (1930)
as Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
Big City Blues (1932)
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
Two Seconds (1932)
as Tony
The Pied Piper (1942)
as Aristide Rougeron
Rebel in Town (1956)
as Bedloe Mason
No Living Witness (1932)
as Nick
Night Club Scandal (1937)
as Jack Reed - Gangster
King of Alcatraz (1938)
as Steve Murkil
Song of the City (1937)
as Mario
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
as Inspector Gregg
The Royal Bed (1931)
as Laker
Elmer, the Great (1933)
as Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
Tonight or Never (1931)
as Radio Announcer
The Hatchet Man (1932)
as Sun Yat Ming
Upperworld (1934)
as Lou Colima
Exclusive Story (1936)
as Comos
Frisco Jenny (1933)
as Ed Harris (uncredited)
Havana Widows (1933)
as First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Enter Arsène Lupin (1944)
as Ganimard
Ann Vickers (1933)
as Dr. Sorelle
Dr. Broadway (1942)
as Jack Venner
Marie Galante (1934)
as French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
Hunted Men (1938)
as Henry Rice
Tip-Off Girls (1938)
as Joseph Valkus
The Hell Cat (1934)
as Joe Morgan
Please Believe Me (1950)
as 'Lucky' Reilly
Fighter Attack (1953)
as Bruno
Arizona to Broadway (1933)
as Tommy Monk
Force of Impulse (1961)
as Antonio Marino
The Monster Maker (1944)
as Dr. Igor Markoff
Prison Farm (1938)
as Noel Haskins
Little Big Shot (1935)
as Bert
Desert Sands (1955)
as Sgt. Diepel
Moonlight Murder (1936)
as André Bejac
The Mystery Squadron (1933)
as Collins
One Is Guilty (1934)
as Jack Allen
Scotland Yard (1930)
as Dr. Remur
Confidential (1935)
as 'Lefty' Tate
Sleepers East (1934)
as Carl Izzard
Notorious But Nice (1933)
as Joe Charney
Strange Confession (1945)
as Roger Graham
Sunday Punch (1942)
as Matt Bassler
Forced Landing (1941)
as Andros Banshek
Tiger Shark (1932)
as Tony
The Finger Points (1931)
as "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Surrender (1931)
as French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Illegal Traffic (1938)
as Lewis Zomar
That Midnight Kiss (1949)
as Papa Donnetti
Golden Gloves (1940)
as Joe Taggerty
Ramona (1936)
as Juan Can
Absolute Quiet (1936)
as Pedro
Special Investigator (1936)
as Eddie Selton
Murder in Trinidad (1934)
as Duval
Captured! (1933)
as Cpl. Guarand
What Price Glory (1926)
as French Soldier (uncredited)
Know For Sure (1941)
as Tony Madroni
Mr. Dynamite (1941)
as 'The Professor'
Typhoon (1940)
as Mekaike
The Conquerors (1932)
as Agitator
Persons in Hiding (1939)
as Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
Harrigan's Kid (1943)
as Jed Jerrett
Gun Smoke (1931)
as Mink Gordon (uncredited)
Hideaway (1937)
as Mike Clarke
Double Cross Roads (1930)
as Dyke's Lookout
Silent Men (1933)
as Jack Wilder
The Last Trail (1933)
as John Ross
Waterfront (1944)
as Dr. Karl Decker
Good Morning, Judge (1943)
as Andre Bouchard
The Avenger (1933)
as Hanley
Two-Man Submarine (1944)
as Dr. Augustus Hadley
Bad Bascomb (1946)
as Bart Yancy
Sea Racketeers (1937)
as Harry Durant
Yaqui Drums (1956)
as Yacqi Jack
Border Cafe (1937)
as Rocky Alton
Homicide Squad (1931)
as Hugo
Good Intentions (1930)
as Charlie Hattrick
No Other Woman (1933)
as Bonelli
The Grand Bounce (1937)
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
The Whirlwind (1933)
as Injun
Accent on Love (1941)
as Manuel Lombroso