J. Carrol 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. 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.

Known For

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

Personal Info

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