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
Get Smart
1965
as Sam Vittorio
Climax!
1954
as Mr. Combie
The Untouchables
1959
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Bucco
Green Acres
1965
as Chief Yellow Horse
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Bilejik
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 Texan
1958
as Walt Pierce
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Uncle Giuliano
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)
Sahara
1943
as Giuseppe
Rio Grande
1950
as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
Sitting Bull
1954
as Sitting Bull
Special Agent
1935
as Joe Durell
Joan of Arc
1948
as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
Batman
1943
as Tito Daka
Marie Galante
1934
as French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
Central Airport
1933
as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
The Conquerors
1932
as Agitator
Know For Sure
1941
as Tony Madroni
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Saskatchewan
1954
as Batouche
Captain Blood
1935
as Cahusac
Jungle Woman
1944
as Dr. Carl Fletcher
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
as Looking Glass
Crack-Up
1936
as Operative #77
The Southerner
1945
as Devers
Confidential
1935
as 'Lefty' Tate
Sea Racketeers
1937
as Harry Durant
Clash by Night
1952
as Uncle Vince
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Major Doumet
Canadian Pacific
1949
as Dynamite Dawson
Dragon Seed
1944
as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Good Intentions
1930
as Charlie Hattrick
Tiger Shark
1932
as Tony
Frisco Jenny
1933
as Ed Harris (uncredited)
Hideaway
1937
as Mike Clarke
The Fugitive
1947
as A Police Informer
Captured!
1933
as Cpl. Guarand
Undercover Doctor
1939
as Dr. Bartley Morgan
Absolute Quiet
1936
as Pedro
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blood and Sand
1941
as Garabato
Prison Farm
1938
as Noel Haskins
British Agent
1934
as Commissioner of War Trotsky
Rage at Dawn
1955
as Simeon 'Sim' Reno
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
Arizona to Broadway
1933
as Tommy Monk
Violent Saturday
1955
as Chapman, Bank Robber
The Hell Cat
1934
as Joe Morgan
Beau Geste
1939
as Rasinoff
Moonlight Murder
1936
as André Bejac
Desert Sands
1955
as Sgt. Diepel
The Kissing Bandit
1948
as Chico
Ramona
1936
as Juan Can
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
as Chief Sitting Bull
Exclusive Story
1936
as Comos
The Corsican Brothers
1941
as Lorenzo
The Last Command
1955
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Ride the Man Down
1952
as Sheriff Joe Kneen
The Kid from Spain
1932
as Pedro
Golden Gloves
1940
as Joe Taggerty
Gung Ho!
1943
as Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
Humoresque
1947
as Rudy Boray
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
The Mouthpiece
1932
as Tony Rocco
Her Jungle Love
1938
as Kuasa
Ann Vickers
1933
as Dr. Sorelle
Thunder Trail
1937
as Rafael Lopez
Hit the Deck
1955
as Mr. Peroni
Havana Widows
1933
as First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Black Hand
1950
as Louis Lorelli
Homicide Squad
1931
as Hugo
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as Frank Barden
Queen of the Mob
1940
as George Frost
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Daniel
The Mad Game
1933
as Chopper Allen
Cutter's Trail
1970
as Froteras
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Costello
The Defense Rests
1934
as Monte Ballou
Infernal Machine
1933
as Bryan
Little Big Shot
1935
as Bert
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Charley Martin
Surrender
1931
as French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Sunday Punch
1942
as Matt Bassler
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Daniel (archive footage)
This Could Be the Night
1957
as Leon
Hotel Imperial
1939
as Kuprin
The Whistler
1944
as The Killer
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Socrates Houlis
Please Believe Me
1950
as 'Lucky' Reilly
Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Death
1943
as Inspector Gregg
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as Gil Harkness
Silent Men
1933
as Jack Wilder
Scotland Yard
1930
as Dr. Remur
Front Page Woman
1935
as Robert Cardoza
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
as Mikhail Valdin
Upperworld
1934
as Lou Colima
No Living Witness
1932
as Nick
Fighter Attack
1953
as Bruno
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Gary Kent
New York Confidential
1955
as Ben Dagajanian
Star in the Night
1945
as Nick Catapoli
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Claude Wright
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
as Three Fingered Jack
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936
as Tom Holt
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939
as Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
Strange Confession
1945
as Roger Graham
Black Fury
1935
as Steve Croner
Accent on Love
1941
as Manuel Lombroso
Crooner
1932
as Nick Meyer
The Beast of the City
1932
as Pietro Cholo
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Grand Vizier
We Who Are About to Die
1937
as Nick Trotti
The Hanged Man
1964
as Uncle Picaud
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
as Adram
Girl in Danger
1934
as Russo
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
as Reo Seki
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
as Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
as Irenov
Big City Blues
1932
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
Forced Landing
1941
as Andros Banshek
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
as Gigi
That Midnight Kiss
1949
as Papa Donnetti
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944
as Ganimard
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Nicky Duvalle
The Pied Piper
1942
as Aristide Rougeron
Island of Lost Men
1939
as Gregory Prin
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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- Sahara (1943) — as Giuseppe
- Rio Grande (1950) — as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
- Sitting Bull (1954) — as Sitting Bull
- Special Agent (1935) — as Joe Durell
- Joan of Arc (1948) — as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
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