Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born January 20, 1896
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.
MovieThe Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Daniel (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieDracula in the Movies
1992
as (archive footage)
MovieDracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Daniel (archive footage)
MovieBatmania: From Comics to Screen
1989
as Dr. Daka (archive footage)
MovieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThat's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieDracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
MovieCutter's Trail
1970
as Froteras
MovieDoom of Dracula
1966
as The Hunchback (archive footage)
TVI Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Bilejik
TVGet Smart
1965
as Sam Vittorio
TVGreen Acres
1965
as Chief Yellow Horse
MovieThe Hanged Man
1964
as Uncle Picaud
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Uncle Giuliano
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Mr. Toto
MovieForce of Impulse
1961
as Antonio Marino
TVRoute 66
1960
TVGuestward, Ho!
1960
as Hawkeye
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Bucco
MovieDisneyland '59
1959
as Self
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
TVThe Texan
1958
as Walt Pierce
TVCimarron City
1958
TVThe Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Miguel Ramierez
TVShirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Iagoo
TVWagon Train
1957
as Old Man Charvanaugh
TVThe New Adventures of Charlie Chan
1957
MovieThe Young Don't Cry
1957
as Plug
MovieThis Could Be the Night
1957
as Leon
MovieYaqui Drums
1956
as Yacqi Jack
MovieRebel in Town
1956
as Bedloe Mason
MovieDesert Sands
1955
as Sgt. Diepel
MovieThe Last Command
1955
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
MovieMan on a Bus
1955
as Mr Stein
MovieViolent Saturday
1955
as Chapman, Bank Robber
MovieRage at Dawn
1955
as Simeon 'Sim' Reno
MovieHit the Deck
1955
as Mr. Peroni
MovieNew York Confidential
1955
as Ben Dagajanian
TVClimax!
1954
as Mr. Combie
MovieSitting Bull
1954
as Sitting Bull
MovieSaskatchewan
1954
as Batouche
MovieBeneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Socrates Houlis
MovieFighter Attack
1953
as Bruno
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
MovieRide the Man Down
1952
as Sheriff Joe Kneen
Life with Luigi
1952
as Luigi Basco
MovieWoman of the North Country
1952
as John Mulholland
MovieClash by Night
1952
as Uncle Vince
MovieDenver and Rio Grande
1952
as Gil Harkness
MovieAcross the Wide Missouri
1951
as Looking Glass
MovieBannerline
1951
as Frankie Scarbine
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Ridley
MovieThe Mark of the Renegade
1951
as Luis
MovieRio Grande
1950
as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Onorio
MovieThe Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Nicky Duvalle
MovieAnnie Get Your Gun
1950
as Chief Sitting Bull
MoviePlease Believe Me
1950
as 'Lucky' Reilly
MovieBlack Hand
1950
as Louis Lorelli
MovieThat Midnight Kiss
1949
as Papa Donnetti
MovieCanadian Pacific
1949
as Dynamite Dawson
MovieJoan of Arc
1948
as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
MovieThe Kissing Bandit
1948
as Chico
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieThe Fugitive
1947
as A Police Informer
MovieCarnival in Costa Rica
1947
as Papa Rico Molina
MovieThe Beast with Five Fingers
1947
as Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
MovieHumoresque
1947
as Rudy Boray
MovieIt's Your America
1946
as French Soldier (uncredited)
MovieBad Bascomb
1946
as Bart Yancy
MovieGetting Gertie's Garter
1945
as Charles, the Butler
MovieStar in the Night
1945
as Nick Catapoli
MovieStrange Confession
1945
as Roger Graham
MovieThe Southerner
1945
as Devers
MovieA Medal for Benny
1945
as Charley Martin
MovieHouse of Frankenstein
1944
as Daniel
MovieEnter Arsène Lupin
1944
as Ganimard
MovieDragon Seed
1944
as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
MovieWaterfront
1944
as Dr. Karl Decker
MovieJungle Woman
1944
as Dr. Carl Fletcher
MovieThe Monster Maker
1944
as Dr. Igor Markoff
MovieThe Whistler
1944
as The Killer
MovieTwo-Man Submarine
1944
as Dr. Augustus Hadley
MovieVoice in the Wind
1944
as Luigi
MovieGung Ho!
1943
as Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
MovieCalling Dr. Death
1943
as Inspector Gregg
MovieSahara
1943
as Giuseppe
MovieBehind the Rising Sun
1943
as Reo Seki
MovieBatman
1943
as Tito Daka
MovieGood Morning, Judge
1943
as Andre Bouchard
MovieHarrigan's Kid
1943
as Jed Jerrett
MovieDr. Renault's Secret
1942
as Noel
MovieThe Man in the Trunk
1942
as Reginald DeWinters
MovieThe Pied Piper
1942
as Aristide Rougeron
MovieTales of Manhattan
1942
as Costello
MovieJackass Mail
1942
as Signor Michel O'Sullivan
MovieDr. Broadway
1942
as Jack Venner
MovieSunday Punch
1942
as Matt Bassler
MovieA Gentleman at Heart
1942
as Gigi
MovieThe Corsican Brothers
1941
as Lorenzo
MovieBirth of the Blues
1941
as Blackie
MovieKnow For Sure
1941
as Tony Madroni
MovieAccent on Love
1941
as Manuel Lombroso
MovieForced Landing
1941
as Andros Banshek
MovieBlood and Sand
1941
as Garabato
MovieThat Night in Rio
1941
as Machado
MovieMr. Dynamite
1941
as 'The Professor'
MovieA Night at Earl Carroll's
1940
as Steve Kalkus
MovieDown Argentine Way
1940
as Casiano
MovieGolden Gloves
1940
as Joe Taggerty
MovieQueen of the Mob
1940
as George Frost
MovieTyphoon
1940
as Mekaike
MovieIsland of Lost Men
1939
as Gregory Prin
MovieBeau Geste
1939
as Rasinoff
MovieUndercover Doctor
1939
as Dr. Bartley Morgan
MovieHotel Imperial
1939
as Kuprin
MovieBulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939
as Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
We're in the Movies, Now!
1939
as Himself
MovieKing of Chinatown
1939
as The Professor
MoviePersons in Hiding
1939
as Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
MovieIllegal Traffic
1938
as Lewis Zomar
MovieKing of Alcatraz
1938
as Steve Murkil
MovieBulldog Drummond in Africa
1938
as Richard Lane
MoviePrison Farm
1938
as Noel Haskins
MovieHunted Men
1938
as Henry Rice
MovieHer Jungle Love
1938
as Kuasa
MovieTip-Off Girls
1938
as Joseph Valkus
MovieDaughter of Shanghai
1937
as Frank Barden
MovieNight Club Scandal
1937
as Jack Reed - Gangster
MovieThunder Trail
1937
as Rafael Lopez
MovieBulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
as Mikhail Valdin
MovieSea Racketeers
1937
as Harry Durant
MovieHideaway
1937
as Mike Clarke
MovieThink Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
as Adram
MovieIt May Happen to You
1937
as Moxie
MovieBorder Cafe
1937
as Rocky Alton
MovieThe Grand Bounce
1937
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
MovieSong of the City
1937
as Mario
MovieWe Who Are About to Die
1937
as Nick Trotti
MovieCrack-Up
1936
as Operative #77
MovieThe Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
MovieRamona
1936
as Juan Can
MovieAnthony Adverse
1936
as Major Doumet
MovieSpecial Investigator
1936
as Eddie Selton
MovieAbsolute Quiet
1936
as Pedro
MovieCharlie Chan at the Circus
1936
as Tom Holt
MovieMoonlight Murder
1936
as André Bejac
MovieRobin Hood of El Dorado
1936
as Three Fingered Jack
MovieThe Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936
as Tony Scapelli
MovieThe Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
as Irenov
MovieExclusive Story
1936
as Comos
MovieTwo in the Dark
1936
as Burt Mansfield
MovieCaptain Blood
1935
as Cahusac
MovieConfidential
1935
as 'Lefty' Tate
MovieSpecial Agent
1935
as Joe Durell
MovieLittle Big Shot
1935
as Bert
MovieFront Page Woman
1935
as Robert Cardoza
MovieUnder the Pampas Moon
1935
as Tito
MovieBlack Fury
1935
as Steve Croner
MovieBehind the Green Lights
1935
as Sam Dover
MovieThe Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Grand Vizier
MovieHell in the Heavens
1934
as Sgt. Chevalier
MovieThe President Vanishes
1934
as Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
MovieMarie Galante
1934
as French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
MovieBritish Agent
1934
as Commissioner of War Trotsky
MovieGirl in Danger
1934
as Russo
MovieThe Defense Rests
1934
as Monte Ballou
MovieReturn of the Terror
1934
as Steve Scola
MovieThe Hell Cat
1934
as Joe Morgan
MovieMurder in Trinidad
1934
as Duval
MovieOne Is Guilty
1934
as Jack Allen
MovieUpperworld
1934
as Lou Colima
MovieWhat's Your Racket
1934
as Dick Graves
MovieSleepers East
1934
as Carl Izzard
MovieThe Mystery Squadron
1933
as Collins
MovieHavana Widows
1933
as First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
MovieThe Mad Game
1933
as Chopper Allen
MovieAnn Vickers
1933
as Dr. Sorelle
MovieThe Last Trail
1933
as John Ross
MovieCaptured!
1933
as Cpl. Guarand
MovieThe Avenger
1933
as Hanley
MovieNotorious But Nice
1933
as Joe Charney
MovieArizona to Broadway
1933
as Tommy Monk
MovieThe Devil's in Love
1933
as Salazar
MovieElmer, the Great
1933
as Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
MovieThe World Gone Mad
1933
as Ramon Salvadore
MovieCentral Airport
1933
as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
MovieThe Whirlwind
1933
as Injun
MovieInfernal Machine
1933
as Bryan
MovieSilent Men
1933
as Jack Wilder
MovieThe Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Gary Kent
MovieFrisco Jenny
1933
as Ed Harris (uncredited)
MovieNo Other Woman
1933
as Bonelli
MovieThe Conquerors
1932
as Agitator
MovieThe Kid from Spain
1932
as Pedro
MovieTiger Shark
1932
as Tony
MovieBig City Blues
1932
as Bootlegger (uncredited)
MovieNo Living Witness
1932
as Nick
MovieCrooner
1932
as Nick Meyer
MovieTwo Seconds
1932
as Tony
MovieThe Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Claude Wright
MovieThe Mouthpiece
1932
as Tony Rocco
MovieThe Beast of the City
1932
as Pietro Cholo
MovieThe Hatchet Man
1932
as Sun Yat Ming
MovieLadies of the Big House
1931
as Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
MovieSurrender
1931
as French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
MovieHomicide Squad
1931
as Hugo
MovieThe Finger Points
1931
as "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
MovieGun Smoke
1931
as Mink Gordon (uncredited)
MovieThe Royal Bed
1931
as Laker
MovieTonight or Never
1931
as Radio Announcer
MovieScotland Yard
1930
as Dr. Remur
MovieGood Intentions
1930
as Charlie Hattrick
MovieCheer Up and Smile
1930
as Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
MovieDouble Cross Roads
1930
as Dyke's Lookout
MovieWhat Price Glory
1926
as French Soldier (uncredited)
