J. Carrol Naish
Known for Acting · 218 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 (22)
Wagon Train
1957
as Old Man Charvanaugh
Get Smart
1965
as Sam Vittorio
Climax!
1954
as Mr. Combie
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Bilejik
The Untouchables
1959
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Bucco
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Burke's Law
1963
as Mr. Toto
Green Acres
1965
as Chief Yellow Horse
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Miguel Ramierez
Route 66
1960
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Uncle Giuliano
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Iagoo
The Texan
1958
as Walt Pierce
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Onorio / Charlie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Guestward, Ho!
1960
as Hawkeye
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
1957
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Ridley / Mr. Gallup
Cimarron City
1958
General Electric Theater
1953
Life with Luigi
1952
as Luigi Basco
Movies (196)
Thunder Trail
1937
as Rafael Lopez
British Agent
1934
as Commissioner of War Trotsky
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rio Grande
1950
as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
Central Airport
1933
as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
Infernal Machine
1933
as Bryan
Batman
1943
as Tito Daka
Captain Blood
1935
as Cahusac
Sahara
1943
as Giuseppe
Canadian Pacific
1949
as Dynamite Dawson
Saskatchewan
1954
as Batouche
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Daniel
Hit the Deck
1955
as Mr. Peroni
Clash by Night
1952
as Uncle Vince
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Special Agent
1935
as Joe Durell
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as Gil Harkness
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Socrates Houlis
Doom of Dracula
1966
as The Hunchback (archive footage)
Joan of Arc
1948
as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
Force of Impulse
1961
as Antonio Marino
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
as Adram
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Girl in Danger
1934
as Russo
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
Dragon Seed
1944
as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
as Looking Glass
Violent Saturday
1955
as Chapman, Bank Robber
Front Page Woman
1935
as Robert Cardoza
The Mad Game
1933
as Chopper Allen
The Last Command
1955
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Undercover Doctor
1939
as Dr. Bartley Morgan
Beau Geste
1939
as Rasinoff
The Kissing Bandit
1948
as Chico
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936
as Tony Scapelli
The Corsican Brothers
1941
as Lorenzo
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Costello
Dracula in the Movies
1992
as (archive footage)
It May Happen to You
1937
as Moxie
This Could Be the Night
1957
as Leon
Tip-Off Girls
1938
as Joseph Valkus
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
as Reo Seki
The Fugitive
1947
as A Police Informer
Queen of the Mob
1940
as George Frost
The Whistler
1944
as The Killer
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Grand Vizier
Gung Ho!
1943
as Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
Sitting Bull
1954
as Sitting Bull
The Southerner
1945
as Devers
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Nicky Duvalle
No Living Witness
1932
as Nick
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
as Three Fingered Jack
Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
One Is Guilty
1934
as Jack Allen
Little Big Shot
1935
as Bert
Black Fury
1935
as Steve Croner
New York Confidential
1955
as Ben Dagajanian
Blood and Sand
1941
as Garabato
It's Your America
1946
as French Soldier (uncredited)
Jungle Woman
1944
as Dr. Carl Fletcher
Humoresque
1947
as Rudy Boray
That Midnight Kiss
1949
as Papa Donnetti
Please Believe Me
1950
as 'Lucky' Reilly
Rage at Dawn
1955
as Simeon 'Sim' Reno
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Major Doumet
The Hatchet Man
1932
as Sun Yat Ming
Ramona
1936
as Juan Can
The Pied Piper
1942
as Aristide Rougeron
The Monster Maker
1944
as Dr. Igor Markoff
Rebel in Town
1956
as Bedloe Mason
Hell in the Heavens
1934
as Sgt. Chevalier
Black Hand
1950
as Louis Lorelli
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Charley Martin
Desert Sands
1955
as Sgt. Diepel
Birth of the Blues
1941
as Blackie
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as Frank Barden
Two in the Dark
1936
as Burt Mansfield
Special Investigator
1936
as Eddie Selton
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938
as Richard Lane
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Daniel (archive footage)
Down Argentine Way
1940
as Casiano
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936
as Tom Holt
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947
as Papa Rico Molina
The Hanged Man
1964
as Uncle Picaud
Disneyland '59
1959
as Self
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Gary Kent
Crack-Up
1936
as Operative #77
Frisco Jenny
1933
as Ed Harris (uncredited)
Tonight or Never
1931
as Radio Announcer
Getting Gertie's Garter
1945
as Charles, the Butler
That Night in Rio
1941
as Machado
Dr. Renault's Secret
1942
as Noel
What Price Glory
1926
as French Soldier (uncredited)
Crooner
1932
as Nick Meyer
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939
as Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
Behind the Green Lights
1935
as Sam Dover
Elmer, the Great
1933
as Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
Two Seconds
1932
as Tony
The Devil's in Love
1933
as Salazar
King of Chinatown
1939
as The Professor
Tiger Shark
1932
as Tony
The Man in the Trunk
1942
as Reginald DeWinters
The World Gone Mad
1933
as Ramon Salvadore
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Daniel (archive footage)
Know For Sure
1941
as Tony Madroni
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
1989
as Dr. Daka (archive footage)
Bannerline
1951
as Frankie Scarbine
The Mark of the Renegade
1951
as Luis
Confidential
1935
as 'Lefty' Tate
Prison Farm
1938
as Noel Haskins
The Defense Rests
1934
as Monte Ballou
Golden Gloves
1940
as Joe Taggerty
What's Your Racket
1934
as Dick Graves
King of Alcatraz
1938
as Steve Murkil
Cutter's Trail
1970
as Froteras
Return of the Terror
1934
as Steve Scola
Sunday Punch
1942
as Matt Bassler
Calling Dr. Death
1943
as Inspector Gregg
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
as Gigi
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 218 credits spanning from 1926 to 2000, J. Carrol Naish has appeared in 196 films and 22 TV shows.
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- Thunder Trail (1937) — as Rafael Lopez
- British Agent (1934) — as Commissioner of War Trotsky
- That's Entertainment! (1974) — as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Rio Grande (1950) — as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
- Central Airport (1933) — as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
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