J. Carrol Naish
Known for Acting · 217 credits
- Born
- 1896-01-20
- Died
- 1973-01-24
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish · Joseph Carrol Naish · J. Carroll Naish · Carroll Naish · Carrol Naish · Carol 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.
Known For
TV Shows (21)
Wagon Train
1957
as Old Man Charvanaugh
Climax!
1954
as Mr. Combie
Get Smart
1965
as Sam Vittorio
Green Acres
1965
as Chief Yellow Horse
The Untouchables
1959
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Bucco
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Bilejik
Burke's Law
1963
as Mr. Toto
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Route 66
1960
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Miguel Ramierez
The Texan
1958
as Walt Pierce
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Uncle Giuliano
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Iagoo
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Onorio / Charlie
General Electric Theater
1953
Guestward, Ho!
1960
as Hawkeye
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Ridley / Mr. Gallup
Cimarron City
1958
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
1957
Movies (196)
Rio Grande
1950
as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
Sahara
1943
as Giuseppe
Batman
1943
as Tito Daka
Sitting Bull
1954
as Sitting Bull
Captured!
1933
as Cpl. Guarand
Special Agent
1935
as Joe Durell
Joan of Arc
1948
as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
Central Airport
1933
as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
Marie Galante
1934
as French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
Know For Sure
1941
as Tony Madroni
Captain Blood
1935
as Cahusac
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Conquerors
1932
as Agitator
Prison Farm
1938
as Noel Haskins
Good Intentions
1930
as Charlie Hattrick
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
The Fugitive
1947
as A Police Informer
Clash by Night
1952
as Uncle Vince
Dragon Seed
1944
as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Blood and Sand
1941
as Garabato
The Last Command
1955
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Canadian Pacific
1949
as Dynamite Dawson
Hideaway
1937
as Mike Clarke
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
as Looking Glass
Gung Ho!
1943
as Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
Arizona to Broadway
1933
as Tommy Monk
Jungle Woman
1944
as Dr. Carl Fletcher
Sea Racketeers
1937
as Harry Durant
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Daniel
Confidential
1935
as 'Lefty' Tate
Humoresque
1947
as Rudy Boray
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
Saskatchewan
1954
as Batouche
Absolute Quiet
1936
as Pedro
Tiger Shark
1932
as Tony
The Kissing Bandit
1948
as Chico
The Whistler
1944
as The Killer
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ride the Man Down
1952
as Sheriff Joe Kneen
The Corsican Brothers
1941
as Lorenzo
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Costello
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
The Southerner
1945
as Devers
Front Page Woman
1935
as Robert Cardoza
Beau Geste
1939
as Rasinoff
Rage at Dawn
1955
as Simeon 'Sim' Reno
Violent Saturday
1955
as Chapman, Bank Robber
The Hell Cat
1934
as Joe Morgan
British Agent
1934
as Commissioner of War Trotsky
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
as Chief Sitting Bull
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Daniel (archive footage)
The Mouthpiece
1932
as Tony Rocco
Desert Sands
1955
as Sgt. Diepel
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Grand Vizier
Black Fury
1935
as Steve Croner
The Hanged Man
1964
as Uncle Picaud
Golden Gloves
1940
as Joe Taggerty
Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
Black Hand
1950
as Louis Lorelli
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as Frank Barden
Ramona
1936
as Juan Can
Undercover Doctor
1939
as Dr. Bartley Morgan
Frisco Jenny
1933
as Ed Harris (uncredited)
Hotel Imperial
1939
as Kuprin
Moonlight Murder
1936
as André Bejac
Hit the Deck
1955
as Mr. Peroni
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Major Doumet
This Could Be the Night
1957
as Leon
Please Believe Me
1950
as 'Lucky' Reilly
Exclusive Story
1936
as Comos
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936
as Tom Holt
Down Argentine Way
1940
as Casiano
The Beast of the City
1932
as Pietro Cholo
Ann Vickers
1933
as Dr. Sorelle
Crack-Up
1936
as Operative #77
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as Gil Harkness
The Kid from Spain
1932
as Pedro
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
as Mikhail Valdin
Special Investigator
1936
as Eddie Selton
Little Big Shot
1935
as Bert
Cutter's Trail
1970
as Froteras
No Living Witness
1932
as Nick
Queen of the Mob
1940
as George Frost
King of Alcatraz
1938
as Steve Murkil
Thunder Trail
1937
as Rafael Lopez
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Socrates Houlis
Calling Dr. Death
1943
as Inspector Gregg
Upperworld
1934
as Lou Colima
The Mark of the Renegade
1951
as Luis
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Nicky Duvalle
The Pied Piper
1942
as Aristide Rougeron
Fighter Attack
1953
as Bruno
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
as Three Fingered Jack
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
as Reo Seki
King of Chinatown
1939
as The Professor
New York Confidential
1955
as Ben Dagajanian
Disneyland '59
1959
as Self
The World Gone Mad
1933
as Ramon Salvadore
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947
as Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
Island of Lost Men
1939
as Gregory Prin
Woman of the North Country
1952
as John Mulholland
Two-Man Submarine
1944
as Dr. Augustus Hadley
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
as Adram
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Charley Martin
Sunday Punch
1942
as Matt Bassler
We Who Are About to Die
1937
as Nick Trotti
Infernal Machine
1933
as Bryan
Big City Blues
1932
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
Silent Men
1933
as Jack Wilder
Strange Confession
1945
as Roger Graham
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
as Irenov
Song of the City
1937
as Mario
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944
as Ganimard
Bannerline
1951
as Frankie Scarbine
Accent on Love
1941
as Manuel Lombroso
Man on a Bus
1955
as Mr Stein
Havana Widows
1933
as First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Monster Maker
1944
as Dr. Igor Markoff
Homicide Squad
1931
as Hugo
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Claude Wright
About J. Carrol Naish
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 a… With 217 credits spanning from 1926 to 2000, J. Carrol Naish has appeared in 196 films and 21 TV shows.
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- Rio Grande (1950) — as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
- Sahara (1943) — as Giuseppe
- Batman (1943) — as Tito Daka
- Sitting Bull (1954) — as Sitting Bull
- Captured! (1933) — as Cpl. Guarand
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