J. Carrol Naish
Acting
🎂 1896-01-20
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.
Cast credits(216)
Self
1948
Mr. Toto
1963
Bilejik
1965
Old Man Charvanaugh
1957
Walt Pierce
1958
Miguel Ramierez
1958
1960
Uncle Giuliano
1964
1958
1965
1957
Mr. Combie
1954
Hawkeye
1960
Iagoo
1958
1958
Joseph H. 'Joe' Bucco
1959
Chief Yellow Horse
1965
1958
Onorio
1950
Charlie
1950
1953
Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
1943
Mikhail Valdin
1937
Ridley
1951
Mr. Gallup
1951
Dr. Igor Markoff
1944
John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
1948
Socrates Houlis
1953
Sitting Bull
1954
Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
1950
Giuseppe
1943
Tito Daka
1943
Cahusac
1935
Garabato
1941
Looking Glass
1951
Devers
1945
Dynamite Dawson
1949
Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
1936
Simeon 'Sim' Reno
1955
Rasinoff
1939
Uncle Vince
1952
Chief Sitting Bull
1950
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
(archive footage)
1994
Laker
1931
Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
1939
Daniel
1944
Richard Lane
1938
Batouche
1954
Chico
1948
Chapman, Bank Robber
1955
Matt Bassler
1942
Burglar - Robber #1
1942
Leon
1957
Sheriff Joe Kneen
1952
Henry Rice
1938
Daniel (archive footage)
2000
Rudy Boray
1947
Robert Cardoza
1935
A Police Informer
1947
Major Doumet
1936
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
1955
Japanese Kitchen Overseer
1944
John Mulholland
1952
Aristide Rougeron
1942
Three Fingered Jack
1936
Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
1947
Lorenzo
1941
Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
1971
Commissioner of War Trotsky
1934
Lou Colima
1934
Charley Martin
1945
Lewis Zomar
1938
Pedro
1932
Mr. Peroni
1955
Ben Dagajanian
1955
Papa Donnetti
1949
Russo
1934
Tom Holt
1936
'Lefty' Tate
1935
Pietro Cholo
1932
Noel Haskins
1938
Grand Vizier
1935
Blackie
1941
Duval
1934
"The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
1931
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Casiano
1940
Dr. Augustus Hadley
1944
Steve Croner
1935
Carl Izzard
1934
Inspector Gregg
1943
Dr. Bartley Morgan
1939
Joe Morgan
1934
John Ross
1933
'Lucky' Reilly
1950
French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
1934
Mekaike
1940
Burt Mansfield
1936
Self
1959
Joe Taggerty
1940
Cpl. Guarand
1933
Ed Harris (uncredited)
1933
Uncle Picaud
1964
Pedro
1936
Gil Harkness
1952
Louis Lorelli
1950
Joe Durell
1935
Tony
1932
Froteras
1970
Hanley
1933
Kuprin
1939
Dr. Sorelle
1933
Kuasa
1938
Salazar
1933
Tommy Monk
1933
Steve Scola
1934
Claude Wright
1932
Papa Rico Molina
1947
Sgt. Diepel
1955
Reo Seki
1943
Dr. Carl Fletcher
1944
George Frost
1940
Bedloe Mason
1956
André Bejac
1936
Ramon Salvadore
1933
Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
1933
Frankie Scarbine
1951
Signor Michel O'Sullivan
1942
Bart Yancy
1946
Charles, the Butler
1945
Roger Graham
1945
Juan Can
1936
Luis
1951
Gary Kent
1933
Tony Rocco
1932
Chopper Allen
1933
The Killer
1944
Gregory Prin
1939
Steve Kalkus
1940
Monte Ballou
1934
Nick
1932
Adram
1937
Bert
1935
Sgt. Chevalier
1934
Daniel (archive footage)
1991
Irenov
1936
Bonelli
1933
Frank Barden
1937
'The Professor'
1941
Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
1933
Machado
1941
Eddie Selton
1936
Tony
1932
Nicky Duvalle
1950
Mink Gordon
1931
French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
1931
French Soldier (uncredited)
1926
Andros Banshek
1941
Nick Catapoli
1945
Plug
1957
Nick Meyer
1932
Dr. Karl Decker
1944
Charlie Hattrick
1930
Agitator
1932
Rocky Alton
1937
Dr. Remur
1930
Hugo
1931
Dyke's Lookout
1930
Tito
1935
Radio Announcer
1931
The Professor
1939
Andre Bouchard
1943
Joseph Valkus
1938
Operative #77
1936
Comos
1936
Antonio Marino
1961
Steve Murkil
1938
Jack Reed - Gangster
1937
Jack Allen
1934
Nick Trotti
1937
First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1933
Bruno
1953
Mr Stein
1955
Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
1934
Noel
1942
Jack Venner
1942
Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
1931
Yacqi Jack
1956
Rafael Lopez
1937
Ganimard
1944
Bryan
1933
Himself
1939
Sun Yat Ming
1932
Dr. Daka (archive footage)
1989
Injun
1933
Mike Clarke
1937
Luigi
1944
Collins
1933
Bootlegger (uncredited)
1932
Harry Durant
1937
Tony Madroni
1941
Sam Dover
1935
Gigi
1942
The Hunchback (archive footage)
1966
Hoodlum (uncredited)
1937
Jack Wilder
1933
Reginald DeWinters
1942
Jed Jerrett
1943
Joe Charney
1933
Moxie
1937
Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
1939
French Soldier (uncredited)
1946
Manuel Lombroso
1941
Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
1930
Mario
1937