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