
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.

Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Pietro Cholo
The Beast of the City

Uncle Vince
Clash by Night

Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
Rio Grande

Socrates Houlis
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Chief Sitting Bull
Annie Get Your Gun

Injun
The Whirlwind

Tom Holt
Charlie Chan at the Circus

Rudy Boray
Humoresque

Tony
Two Seconds

Costello
Tales of Manhattan

Looking Glass
Across the Wide Missouri

The Killer
The Whistler

Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
The Beast with Five Fingers

Louis Lorelli
Black Hand

Roger Graham
Strange Confession

Ben Dagajanian
New York Confidential

Luigi
Voice in the Wind

Rasinoff
Beau Geste

Radio Announcer
Tonight or Never

A Police Informer
The Fugitive

John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
Joan of Arc

Dr. Karl Decker
Waterfront

Lorenzo
The Corsican Brothers

Casiano
Down Argentine Way

Dr. Sorelle
Ann Vickers

Garabato
Blood and Sand

Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
The Charge of the Light Brigade

Grand Vizier
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Charlie Hattrick
Good Intentions

Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
Elmer, the Great

Inspector Gregg
Calling Dr. Death

Steve Scola
Return of the Terror

Devers
The Southerner

Mikhail Valdin
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Dynamite Dawson
Canadian Pacific

Cahusac
Captain Blood

Jack Allen
One Is Guilty

Chapman, Bank Robber
Violent Saturday

Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
Gung Ho!

Noel
Dr. Renault's Secret

'The Professor'
Mr. Dynamite

Nicky Duvalle
The Toast of New Orleans

Joe Durell
Special Agent

Aristide Rougeron
The Pied Piper

Steve Croner
Black Fury

Papa Donnetti
That Midnight Kiss

'Lucky' Reilly
Please Believe Me

Adram
Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Blackie
Birth of the Blues

Leon
This Could Be the Night

Three Fingered Jack
Robin Hood of El Dorado

Uncle Picaud
The Hanged Man

Frank Barden
Daughter of Shanghai

Signor Michel O'Sullivan
Jackass Mail

Bedloe Mason
Rebel in Town

Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull

Eddie Selton
Special Investigator

Steve Murkil
King of Alcatraz

Bert
Little Big Shot

Hugo
Homicide Squad

'Lefty' Tate
Confidential

Tito Daka
Batman

Sam Dover
Behind the Green Lights

Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Dragon Seed

Richard Lane
Bulldog Drummond in Africa

Tony
Tiger Shark

Jack Venner
Dr. Broadway

Ramon Salvadore
The World Gone Mad

Tony Rocco
The Mouthpiece

Tony Madroni
Know For Sure

Joe Taggerty
Golden Gloves

Pedro
The Kid from Spain

Charley Martin
A Medal for Benny

Mr. Peroni
Hit the Deck

Chico
The Kissing Bandit

Moxie
It May Happen to You

George Frost
Queen of the Mob

Juan Can
Ramona

Sun Yat Ming
The Hatchet Man

Daniel (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Daniel (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula

Plug
The Young Don't Cry

Commissioner of War Trotsky
British Agent

Batouche
Saskatchewan

Robert Cardoza
Front Page Woman

Collins
The Mystery Squadron

Gil Harkness
Denver and Rio Grande

Comos
Exclusive Story

Nick Meyer
Crooner

Ganimard
Enter Arsène Lupin

Jed Jerrett
Harrigan's Kid

Burt Mansfield
Two in the Dark

Gregory Prin
Island of Lost Men

Tito
Under the Pampas Moon

Rocky Alton
Border Cafe

Cpl. Guarand
Captured!

Mekaike
Typhoon

Pedro
Absolute Quiet

Sgt. Diepel
Desert Sands

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Manuel Lombroso
Accent on Love

Reo Seki
Behind the Rising Sun

André Bejac
Moonlight Murder

Bonelli
No Other Woman

Bart Yancy
Bad Bascomb

Frankie Scarbine
Bannerline

Harry Durant
Sea Racketeers

Papa Rico Molina
Carnival in Costa Rica

Bruno
Fighter Attack

Kuasa
Her Jungle Love

The Professor
King of Chinatown

Kuprin
Hotel Imperial

Salazar
The Devil's in Love

Joseph Valkus
Tip-Off Girls

Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
Cheer Up and Smile

Machado
That Night in Rio

Operative #77
Crack-Up

Dr. Augustus Hadley
Two-Man Submarine

Chopper Allen
The Mad Game

Dr. Igor Markoff
The Monster Maker

Luis
The Mark of the Renegade

Dr. Remur
Scotland Yard

Lou Colima
Upperworld

Joe Charney
Notorious But Nice

Dr. Carl Fletcher
Jungle Woman

Joe Morgan
The Hell Cat

Mike Clarke
Hideaway

Henry Rice
Hunted Men

Lewis Zomar
Illegal Traffic

French Soldier (uncredited)
What Price Glory

Mario
Song of the City

Nick Trotti
We Who Are About to Die

Hoodlum (uncredited)
The Grand Bounce

First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Havana Widows

Noel Haskins
Prison Farm

Tommy Monk
Arizona to Broadway

Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
The President Vanishes

"The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
The Finger Points

Monte Ballou
The Defense Rests

Simeon 'Sim' Reno
Rage at Dawn

Dr. Bartley Morgan
Undercover Doctor

(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!

Claude Wright
The Famous Ferguson Case

Andros Banshek
Forced Landing

Sheriff Joe Kneen
Ride the Man Down

Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Daniel
House of Frankenstein

Yacqi Jack
Yaqui Drums

Charles, the Butler
Getting Gertie's Garter

Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
Persons in Hiding

Jack Wilder
Silent Men

Jack Reed - Gangster
Night Club Scandal

General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
The Last Command

Agitator
The Conquerors

Nick Catapoli
Star in the Night

Rafael Lopez
Thunder Trail

Gigi
A Gentleman at Heart

Irenov
The Leathernecks Have Landed

Matt Bassler
Sunday Punch

Reginald DeWinters
The Man in the Trunk

Andre Bouchard
Good Morning, Judge

Giuseppe
Sahara

French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Surrender

Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
Ladies of the Big House

French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
Marie Galante

Bootlegger (uncredited)
Big City Blues

Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
Central Airport

Russo
Girl in Danger

John Mulholland
Woman of the North Country

Himself
We're in the Movies, Now!

Bryan
Infernal Machine

Mink Gordon (uncredited)
Gun Smoke

John Ross
The Last Trail

Duval
Murder in Trinidad

Carl Izzard
Sleepers East

Antonio Marino
Force of Impulse

Gary Kent
The Past of Mary Holmes

Nick
No Living Witness

(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III

Laker
The Royal Bed

Hanley
The Avenger

Major Doumet
Anthony Adverse

Sgt. Chevalier
Hell in the Heavens

The Hunchback (archive footage)
Doom of Dracula

French Soldier (uncredited)
It's Your America

Self
Disneyland '59

Mr Stein
Man on a Bus

Froteras
Cutter's Trail

Dr. Daka (archive footage)
Batmania: From Comics to Screen

Ed Harris (uncredited)
Frisco Jenny

Dyke's Lookout
Double Cross Roads

Steve Kalkus
A Night at Earl Carroll's

Dick Graves
What's Your Racket
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
194
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-01-20
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish