J. Carrol Naish

Acting · 1.0 popularity

Age

130

Movies

196

Born: January 20, 1896 – January 24, 1973
From: New York City, New York, USA

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.

Works

196 films

Rio Grande

19506.8

Joan of Arc

19486.2

That's Entertainment!

19747.4

That's Entertainment! III

19947.0

Captain Blood

19357.2

Batman

19436.2

Beau Geste

19397.0

Saskatchewan

19546.0

Sahara

19437.2

The Charge of the Light Brigade

19366.5

Front Page Woman

19355.9

Force of Impulse

19614.3

Clash by Night

19526.7

Blood and Sand

19416.5

Special Agent

19356.2

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

19536.0

Infernal Machine

19337.0

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

19714.5

One Is Guilty

19344.3

Gung Ho!

19435.4

British Agent

19345.8

Thunder Trail

19378.0

Undercover Doctor

19396.7

Hit the Deck

19555.0

House of Frankenstein

19446.1

Across the Wide Missouri

19516.1

Crack-Up

19365.9

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

19356.6

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

19837.0

The Mark of the Renegade

19515.7

Doom of Dracula

196610.0

The Fugitive

19476.0

Annie Get Your Gun

19506.7

Hell in the Heavens

19345.0

The Last Command

19556.7

Violent Saturday

19556.7

Dr. Broadway

19426.0

The Toast of New Orleans

19505.2

Bannerline

19516.8

Denver and Rio Grande

19525.6

No Living Witness

193210.0

The Southerner

19456.6

Dragon Seed

19446.7

The Corsican Brothers

19417.0

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

19376.2

Canadian Pacific

19495.2

The Hanged Man

19645.1

The Beast of the City

19325.9

Rage at Dawn

19556.2

Humoresque

19477.0

Two Seconds

19326.3

Central Airport

19336.0

Crooner

19326.5

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

19919.5

Black Hand

19506.2

Jungle Woman

19445.2

Girl in Danger

19348.0

Robin Hood of El Dorado

19365.2

The Beast with Five Fingers

19476.4

Black Fury

19356.3

The Defense Rests

19347.1

The Return of Jimmy Valentine

193610.0

Dracula in the Movies

199210.0

This Could Be the Night

19576.1

The Many Faces of Dracula

20003.5

Sitting Bull

19545.3

The Kissing Bandit

19485.2

Tales of Manhattan

19426.4

New York Confidential

19556.0

Disneyland '59

19597.3

Absolute Quiet

19365.6

Behind the Rising Sun

19436.1

The Whistler

19446.0

Getting Gertie's Garter

19454.7

Ride the Man Down

19527.7

Typhoon

19406.7

Ann Vickers

19335.8

The Young Don't Cry

19577.0

It May Happen to You

19375.5

The Mouthpiece

19326.1

A Night at Earl Carroll's

19404.5

The Pied Piper

19426.9

Cheer Up and Smile

193010.0

Queen of the Mob

19406.2

The Hatchet Man

19325.4

We Who Are About to Die

19377.0

Little Big Shot

19357.3

Prison Farm

19386.8

King of Chinatown

19395.6

That Midnight Kiss

19496.2

Bad Bascomb

19467.3

Exclusive Story

19367.2

Her Jungle Love

19387.5

Strange Confession

19456.9

Tip-Off Girls

19387.5

Anthony Adverse

19365.7

A Gentleman at Heart

19427.5

Marie Galante

19344.9

The Monster Maker

19445.2

That Night in Rio

19416.3

Desert Sands

19555.0

King of Alcatraz

19386.0

Down Argentine Way

19406.3

Daughter of Shanghai

19375.4

Under the Pampas Moon

19355.5

The President Vanishes

19346.0

Captured!

19335.5

Batmania: From Comics to Screen

19897.8

Ladies of the Big House

19316.0

Two in the Dark

19366.1

Woman of the North Country

19525.0

Good Morning, Judge

194310.0

Persons in Hiding

19393.8

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

19385.8

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

19396.2

Night Club Scandal

19374.3

The Mad Game

193310.0

Hideaway

19376.0

Border Cafe

19377.0

Calling Dr. Death

19436.4

Carnival in Costa Rica

19477.0

What's Your Racket

19348.0

Fighter Attack

19534.5

Tiger Shark

19326.5

The Hell Cat

19348.0

Dr. Renault's Secret

19425.5

The Leathernecks Have Landed

19367.0

Gun Smoke

19316.7

A Medal for Benny

19455.6

Special Investigator

19365.4

Rebel in Town

19567.1

It's Your America

19466.5

The Conquerors

19325.6

Arizona to Broadway

19337.5

Big City Blues

19325.8

Return of the Terror

19346.5

Star in the Night

19457.5

Upperworld

19346.1

The World Gone Mad

19334.8

Murder in Trinidad

1934

Moonlight Murder

19364.8

Charlie Chan at the Circus

19366.4

Elmer, the Great

19335.1

Tonight or Never

19316.2

Jackass Mail

19427.5

Silent Men

19339.0

The Devil's in Love

19336.0

Yaqui Drums

19569.0

Hunted Men

19385.7

What Price Glory

19266.4

The Famous Ferguson Case

19326.6

Birth of the Blues

19416.2

Sunday Punch

19426.0

Sea Racketeers

19374.7

Hotel Imperial

19397.0

Man on a Bus

19555.5

Know For Sure

19414.2

Voice in the Wind

19445.5

Cutter's Trail

19708.0

The Past of Mary Holmes

193310.0

Golden Gloves

19406.0

The Kid from Spain

19326.6

Enter Arsène Lupin

19446.2

Ramona

19365.8

The Finger Points

19316.4

The Last Trail

19337.0

Illegal Traffic

19386.6

The Royal Bed

19314.3

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

19376.2

Scotland Yard

19307.0

Good Intentions

19309.0

Behind the Green Lights

19358.0

Surrender

19315.5

Island of Lost Men

19395.6

Mr. Dynamite

19419.0

Frisco Jenny

19336.7

Havana Widows

19336.6

Double Cross Roads

19309.0

The Mystery Squadron

19336.5

Waterfront

19444.9

Please Believe Me

19505.1

The Man in the Trunk

19429.0

Forced Landing

19416.0

Accent on Love

19417.5

Two-Man Submarine

19448.0

Homicide Squad

19318.0

The Whirlwind

19338.0

Confidential

19356.3

The Avenger

19338.0

No Other Woman

19335.1

Song of the City

19378.0

The Grand Bounce

19377.0

Sleepers East

19347.0

Harrigan's Kid

19437.0

We're in the Movies, Now!

19394.0

Notorious But Nice

19336.7