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
Burglar - Robber #1
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
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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
191
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-01-20
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish