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