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
The Untouchables
1959
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Bucco
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Bilejik
Green Acres
1965
as Chief Yellow Horse
Route 66
1960
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Miguel Ramierez
Burke's Law
1963
as Mr. Toto
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Uncle Giuliano
The Texan
1958
as Walt Pierce
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Iagoo
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Onorio / Charlie
Guestward, Ho!
1960
as Hawkeye
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
General Electric Theater
1953
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
Know For Sure
1941
as Tony Madroni
Batman
1943
as Tito Daka
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Tiger Shark
1932
as Tony
Sitting Bull
1954
as Sitting Bull
Special Agent
1935
as Joe Durell
Sea Racketeers
1937
as Harry Durant
Absolute Quiet
1936
as Pedro
The Southerner
1945
as Devers
Captain Blood
1935
as Cahusac
Saskatchewan
1954
as Batouche
Joan of Arc
1948
as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
Crack-Up
1936
as Operative #77
The Conquerors
1932
as Agitator
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
as Looking Glass
Clash by Night
1952
as Uncle Vince
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Major Doumet
Central Airport
1933
as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
Jungle Woman
1944
as Dr. Carl Fletcher
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Captured!
1933
as Cpl. Guarand
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Daniel
Ramona
1936
as Juan Can
Marie Galante
1934
as French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
Undercover Doctor
1939
as Dr. Bartley Morgan
British Agent
1934
as Commissioner of War Trotsky
Canadian Pacific
1949
as Dynamite Dawson
Moonlight Murder
1936
as André Bejac
Gung Ho!
1943
as Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hell Cat
1934
as Joe Morgan
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
Hideaway
1937
as Mike Clarke
The Fugitive
1947
as A Police Informer
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Grand Vizier
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
as Chief Sitting Bull
Frisco Jenny
1933
as Ed Harris (uncredited)
Beau Geste
1939
as Rasinoff
The Last Command
1955
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Arizona to Broadway
1933
as Tommy Monk
Blood and Sand
1941
as Garabato
The Kissing Bandit
1948
as Chico
Rage at Dawn
1955
as Simeon 'Sim' Reno
Havana Widows
1933
as First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Corsican Brothers
1941
as Lorenzo
Violent Saturday
1955
as Chapman, Bank Robber
Desert Sands
1955
as Sgt. Diepel
Thunder Trail
1937
as Rafael Lopez
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Charley Martin
Confidential
1935
as 'Lefty' Tate
Humoresque
1947
as Rudy Boray
No Living Witness
1932
as Nick
Exclusive Story
1936
as Comos
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947
as Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
Dragon Seed
1944
as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
This Could Be the Night
1957
as Leon
Cutter's Trail
1970
as Froteras
Scotland Yard
1930
as Dr. Remur
Golden Gloves
1940
as Joe Taggerty
Her Jungle Love
1938
as Kuasa
Hit the Deck
1955
as Mr. Peroni
Little Big Shot
1935
as Bert
Infernal Machine
1933
as Bryan
Calling Dr. Death
1943
as Inspector Gregg
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Costello
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as Gil Harkness
Big City Blues
1932
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
Good Intentions
1930
as Charlie Hattrick
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Claude Wright
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Socrates Houlis
Rebel in Town
1956
as Bedloe Mason
New York Confidential
1955
as Ben Dagajanian
The Mouthpiece
1932
as Tony Rocco
Silent Men
1933
as Jack Wilder
Typhoon
1940
as Mekaike
Crooner
1932
as Nick Meyer
Sunday Punch
1942
as Matt Bassler
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
as Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
That Night in Rio
1941
as Machado
Prison Farm
1938
as Noel Haskins
Disneyland '59
1959
as Self
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
as Three Fingered Jack
Hotel Imperial
1939
as Kuprin
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
as Reo Seki
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936
as Tom Holt
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
as Mikhail Valdin
Please Believe Me
1950
as 'Lucky' Reilly
We Who Are About to Die
1937
as Nick Trotti
Ann Vickers
1933
as Dr. Sorelle
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Gary Kent
The Mad Game
1933
as Chopper Allen
The Whistler
1944
as The Killer
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
as Adram
Homicide Squad
1931
as Hugo
Persons in Hiding
1939
as Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
Queen of the Mob
1940
as George Frost
Special Investigator
1936
as Eddie Selton
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Daniel (archive footage)
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Nicky Duvalle
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Black Hand
1950
as Louis Lorelli
Fighter Attack
1953
as Bruno
Upperworld
1934
as Lou Colima
Black Fury
1935
as Steve Croner
Surrender
1931
as French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
King of Chinatown
1939
as The Professor
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
as Gigi
Murder in Trinidad
1934
as Duval
Hell in the Heavens
1934
as Sgt. Chevalier
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939
as Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
Accent on Love
1941
as Manuel Lombroso
Two-Man Submarine
1944
as Dr. Augustus Hadley
Two in the Dark
1936
as Burt Mansfield
Strange Confession
1945
as Roger Graham
Island of Lost Men
1939
as Gregory Prin
Bannerline
1951
as Frankie Scarbine
Front Page Woman
1935
as Robert Cardoza
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
- Know For Sure (1941) — as Tony Madroni
- Batman (1943) — as Tito Daka
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — as (archive footage)
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