J. Carrol Naish
Acting
Born January 20, 1896 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Films (194)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
1989
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
That's Entertainment!
1974
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
Cutter's Trail
1970
Doom of Dracula
1966
The Hanged Man
1964
Force of Impulse
1961
Disneyland '59
1959
The Young Don't Cry
1957
This Could Be the Night
1957
Yaqui Drums
1956
Rebel in Town
1956
Desert Sands
1955
The Last Command
1955
Man on a Bus
1955
Violent Saturday
1955
Rage at Dawn
1955
Hit the Deck
1955
New York Confidential
1955
Sitting Bull
1954
Saskatchewan
1954
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
Fighter Attack
1953
Ride the Man Down
1952
Woman of the North Country
1952
Clash by Night
1952
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
Bannerline
1951
The Mark of the Renegade
1951
Rio Grande
1950
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
Please Believe Me
1950
Black Hand
1950
That Midnight Kiss
1949
Canadian Pacific
1949
Joan of Arc
1948
The Kissing Bandit
1948
The Fugitive
1947
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947
Humoresque
1947
It's Your America
1946
Bad Bascomb
1946
Getting Gertie's Garter
1945
Star in the Night
1945
Strange Confession
1945
The Southerner
1945
A Medal for Benny
1945
House of Frankenstein
1944
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944
Dragon Seed
1944
Waterfront
1944
Jungle Woman
1944
The Monster Maker
1944
The Whistler
1944
Two-Man Submarine
1944
Voice in the Wind
1944
Gung Ho!
1943
Calling Dr. Death
1943
Sahara
1943
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
Batman
1943
Good Morning, Judge
1943
Harrigan's Kid
1943
Dr. Renault's Secret
1942
The Man in the Trunk
1942
The Pied Piper
1942
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Jackass Mail
1942
Dr. Broadway
1942
Sunday Punch
1942
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
The Corsican Brothers
1941
Birth of the Blues
1941
Know For Sure
1941
Accent on Love
1941
Forced Landing
1941
Blood and Sand
1941
That Night in Rio
1941
Mr. Dynamite
1941
A Night at Earl Carroll's
1940
Down Argentine Way
1940
Golden Gloves
1940
Queen of the Mob
1940
Typhoon
1940
Island of Lost Men
1939
Beau Geste
1939
Undercover Doctor
1939
Hotel Imperial
1939
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939
We're in the Movies, Now!
1939
King of Chinatown
1939
Persons in Hiding
1939
Illegal Traffic
1938
King of Alcatraz
1938
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938
Prison Farm
1938
Hunted Men
1938
Her Jungle Love
1938
Tip-Off Girls
1938
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
Night Club Scandal
1937
Thunder Trail
1937
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
Sea Racketeers
1937
Hideaway
1937
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
It May Happen to You
1937
Border Cafe
1937
The Grand Bounce
1937
Song of the City
1937
We Who Are About to Die
1937
Crack-Up
1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
Ramona
1936
Anthony Adverse
1936
Special Investigator
1936
Absolute Quiet
1936
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936
Moonlight Murder
1936
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
Exclusive Story
1936
Two in the Dark
1936
Captain Blood
1935
Confidential
1935
Special Agent
1935
Little Big Shot
1935
Front Page Woman
1935
Under the Pampas Moon
1935
Black Fury
1935
Behind the Green Lights
1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
Hell in the Heavens
1934
The President Vanishes
1934
Marie Galante
1934
British Agent
1934
Girl in Danger
1934
The Defense Rests
1934
Return of the Terror
1934
The Hell Cat
1934
Murder in Trinidad
1934
One Is Guilty
1934
Upperworld
1934
What's Your Racket
1934
Sleepers East
1934
The Mystery Squadron
1933
Havana Widows
1933
The Mad Game
1933
Ann Vickers
1933
The Last Trail
1933
Captured!
1933
The Avenger
1933
Notorious But Nice
1933
Arizona to Broadway
1933
The Devil's in Love
1933
Elmer, the Great
1933
The World Gone Mad
1933
Central Airport
1933
The Whirlwind
1933
Infernal Machine
1933
Silent Men
1933
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
Frisco Jenny
1933
No Other Woman
1933
The Conquerors
1932
The Kid from Spain
1932
Tiger Shark
1932
Big City Blues
1932
No Living Witness
1932
Crooner
1932
Two Seconds
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
The Mouthpiece
1932
The Beast of the City
1932
The Hatchet Man
1932
Ladies of the Big House
1931
Surrender
1931
Homicide Squad
1931
The Finger Points
1931
Gun Smoke
1931
The Royal Bed
1931
Tonight or Never
1931
Scotland Yard
1930
Good Intentions
1930
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
Double Cross Roads
1930
What Price Glory
1926