J. Carrol Naish
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Wagon Train
Old Man Charvanaugh
1957
Series
Get Smart
Sam Vittorio
1965
Series
Green Acres
Chief Yellow Horse
1965
Series
I Dream of Jeannie
Bilejik
1965
Series
The Untouchables
Joseph H. 'Joe' Bucco
1959
Series
Climax!
Mr. Combie
1954
Series
Burke's Law
Mr. Toto
1963
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Miguel Ramierez
1958
Series
Route 66
1960
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Uncle Giuliano
1964
Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Series
The Texan
Walt Pierce
1958
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Iagoo
1958
Lux Video Theatre
Onorio
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Charlie
1950
Series
Guestward, Ho!
Hawkeye
1960
Series
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
Film
Rio Grande
Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
1950
Series
Cimarron City
1958
Series
General Electric Theater
1953
Film
Sahara
Giuseppe
1943
Film
Joan of Arc
John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
1948
Film
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Ridley
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mr. Gallup
1951
Film
Captain Blood
Cahusac
1935
Film
Batman
Tito Daka
1943
Film
Clash by Night
Uncle Vince
1952
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
Film
Blood and Sand
Garabato
1941
Series
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
1957
Film
House of Frankenstein
Daniel
1944
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Film
British Agent
Commissioner of War Trotsky
1934
Film
Beau Geste
Rasinoff
1939
Film
The Last Command
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
1955
Film
Tales of Manhattan
Costello
1942
Film
Dragon Seed
Japanese Kitchen Overseer
1944
Film
Gung Ho!
Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
1943
Film
Crack-Up
Operative #77
1936
Film
Undercover Doctor
Dr. Bartley Morgan
1939
Film
Hunted Men
Henry Rice
1938
Film
Canadian Pacific
Dynamite Dawson
1949
Film
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
1936
Film
Bannerline
Frankie Scarbine
1951
Film
Violent Saturday
Chapman, Bank Robber
1955
Film
The Southerner
Devers
1945
Film
Jungle Woman
Dr. Carl Fletcher
1944
Film
Thunder Trail
Rafael Lopez
1937
Film
Saskatchewan
Batouche
1954
Film
Annie Get Your Gun
Chief Sitting Bull
1950
Film
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Grand Vizier
1935
Film
Across the Wide Missouri
Looking Glass
1951
Film
Special Agent
Joe Durell
1935
Film
New York Confidential
Ben Dagajanian
1955
Film
The Fugitive
A Police Informer
1947
Film
The Beast with Five Fingers
Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
1947
Film
Cutter's Trail
Froteras
1970
Film
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
1954
Film
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Socrates Houlis
1953
Film
Anthony Adverse
Major Doumet
1936
Film
Hotel Imperial
Kuprin
1939
Film
Central Airport
Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
1933
Film
The Toast of New Orleans
Nicky Duvalle
1950
Film
The Corsican Brothers
Lorenzo
1941
Film
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
1971
Film
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
1992
Film
Hell in the Heavens
Sgt. Chevalier
1934
Film
Ann Vickers
Dr. Sorelle
1933
Film
The Kissing Bandit
Chico
1948
Film
Hit the Deck
Mr. Peroni
1955
Film
The Hell Cat
Joe Morgan
1934
Film
Infernal Machine
Bryan
1933
Film
That Night in Rio
Machado
1941
Film
Front Page Woman
Robert Cardoza
1935
Film
The Pied Piper
Aristide Rougeron
1942
Film
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Adram
1937
Film
Getting Gertie's Garter
Charles, the Butler
1945
Film
Girl in Danger
Russo
1934
Film
Her Jungle Love
Kuasa
1938
Film
Golden Gloves
Joe Taggerty
1940
Film
The Hanged Man
Uncle Picaud
1964
Film
Black Hand
Louis Lorelli
1950
Film
King of Chinatown
The Professor
1939
Film
Upperworld
Lou Colima
1934
Film
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Daniel (archive footage)
1991
Film
Rebel in Town
Bedloe Mason
1956
Film
Moonlight Murder
André Bejac
1936
Film
Elmer, the Great
Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
1933
Film
Daughter of Shanghai
Frank Barden
1937
Film
The Mad Game
Chopper Allen
1933
Film
Two Seconds
Tony
1932
Film
Ride the Man Down
Sheriff Joe Kneen
1952
Film
Dr. Broadway
Jack Venner
1942
Film
A Medal for Benny
Charley Martin
1945
Film
Calling Dr. Death
Inspector Gregg
1943
Film
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
Tony Scapelli
1936
Film
Big City Blues
Bootlegger (uncredited)
1932
Film
King of Alcatraz
Steve Murkil
1938
Life with Luigi
Luigi Basco
1952
Film
Denver and Rio Grande
Gil Harkness
1952
Film
Border Cafe
Rocky Alton
1937
Film
A Gentleman at Heart
Gigi
1942
Film
Down Argentine Way
Casiano
1940
Film
Little Big Shot
Bert
1935
Film
Rage at Dawn
Simeon 'Sim' Reno
1955
Film
Doom of Dracula
The Hunchback (archive footage)
1966
Film
Humoresque
Rudy Boray
1947
Film
Forced Landing
Andros Banshek
1941
Film
Notorious But Nice
Joe Charney
1933
Film
Disneyland '59
Self
1959
Film
The Mark of the Renegade
Luis
1951
Film
The Beast of the City
Pietro Cholo
1932
Film
Frisco Jenny
Ed Harris (uncredited)
1933
Film
The Whistler
The Killer
1944
Film
No Living Witness
Nick
1932
Film
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Three Fingered Jack
1936
Film
Crooner
Nick Meyer
1932
Film
Fighter Attack
Bruno
1953
Film
Typhoon
Mekaike
1940
Film
Ramona
Juan Can
1936
Film
This Could Be the Night
Leon
1957
Film
Marie Galante
French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
1934
Film
Dr. Renault's Secret
Noel
1942
Film
Queen of the Mob
George Frost
1940
Film
The President Vanishes
Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
1934
Film
The Conquerors
Agitator
1932
Film
Desert Sands
Sgt. Diepel
1955
Film
Strange Confession
Roger Graham
1945
Film
Black Fury
Steve Croner
1935
Film
Star in the Night
Nick Catapoli
1945
Film
Gun Smoke
Mink Gordon (uncredited)
1931
Film
Carnival in Costa Rica
Papa Rico Molina
1947
Film
Tip-Off Girls
Joseph Valkus
1938
Film
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
1939
Film
Behind the Rising Sun
Reo Seki
1943
Film
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Mikhail Valdin
1937
Film
Enter Arsène Lupin
Ganimard
1944
Film
We Who Are About to Die
Nick Trotti
1937
Film
Please Believe Me
'Lucky' Reilly
1950
Film
Prison Farm
Noel Haskins
1938
Film
Arizona to Broadway
Tommy Monk
1933
Film
The Defense Rests
Monte Ballou
1934
Film
It May Happen to You
Moxie
1937
Film
The Royal Bed
Laker
1931
Film
The Many Faces of Dracula
Daniel (archive footage)
2000
Film
Night Club Scandal
Jack Reed - Gangster
1937
Film
Bad Bascomb
Bart Yancy
1946
Film
The Monster Maker
Dr. Igor Markoff
1944
Film
Birth of the Blues
Blackie
1941
Film
What's Your Racket
Dick Graves
1934
Film
Ladies of the Big House
Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
1931
Film
That Midnight Kiss
Papa Donnetti
1949
Film
Illegal Traffic
Lewis Zomar
1938
Film
Tiger Shark
Tony
1932
Film
Yaqui Drums
Yacqi Jack
1956
Film
Return of the Terror
Steve Scola
1934
Film
The Man in the Trunk
Reginald DeWinters
1942
Film
Captured!
Cpl. Guarand
1933
Film
Two-Man Submarine
Dr. Augustus Hadley
1944
Film
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Irenov
1936
Film
Man on a Bus
Mr Stein
1955
Film
One Is Guilty
Jack Allen
1934
Film
Tonight or Never
Radio Announcer
1931
Film
The Famous Ferguson Case
Claude Wright
1932
Film
The Past of Mary Holmes
Gary Kent
1933
Film
Woman of the North Country
John Mulholland
1952
Film
The World Gone Mad
Ramon Salvadore
1933
Film
Voice in the Wind
Luigi
1944
Film
Exclusive Story
Comos
1936
Film
Island of Lost Men
Gregory Prin
1939
Film
Confidential
'Lefty' Tate
1935
Film
Scotland Yard
Dr. Remur
1930
Film
Absolute Quiet
Pedro
1936
Film
Sunday Punch
Matt Bassler
1942
Film
The Kid from Spain
Pedro
1932
Film
The Devil's in Love
Salazar
1933
Film
Homicide Squad
Hugo
1931
Film
Persons in Hiding
Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
1939
Film
The Finger Points
"The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
1931
Film
Know For Sure
Tony Madroni
1941
Film
Good Intentions
Charlie Hattrick
1930
Film
Havana Widows
First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1933
Film
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Richard Lane
1938
Film
The Hatchet Man
Sun Yat Ming
1932
Film
Double Cross Roads
Dyke's Lookout
1930
Film
What Price Glory
French Soldier (uncredited)
1926
Film
Accent on Love
Manuel Lombroso
1941
Film
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
Dr. Daka (archive footage)
1989
Film
Two in the Dark
Burt Mansfield
1936
Film
Murder in Trinidad
Duval
1934
Film
Song of the City
Mario
1937
Film
Charlie Chan at the Circus
Tom Holt
1936
Film
Silent Men
Jack Wilder
1933
Film
Waterfront
Dr. Karl Decker
1944
Film
Jackass Mail
Signor Michel O'Sullivan
1942
Film
Under the Pampas Moon
Tito
1935
Film
It's Your America
French Soldier (uncredited)
1946
Film
Sleepers East
Carl Izzard
1934
Film
Special Investigator
Eddie Selton
1936
Film
Cheer Up and Smile
Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
1930
Film
The Mouthpiece
Tony Rocco
1932
Film
Force of Impulse
Antonio Marino
1961
Film
The Mystery Squadron
Collins
1933
Film
Mr. Dynamite
'The Professor'
1941
Film
The Avenger
Hanley
1933
Film
Surrender
French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
1931
Film
Behind the Green Lights
Sam Dover
1935
Film
Sea Racketeers
Harry Durant
1937
Film
Good Morning, Judge
Andre Bouchard
1943
Film
No Other Woman
Bonelli
1933
We're in the Movies, Now!
Himself
1939
Film
The Grand Bounce
Hoodlum (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Young Don't Cry
Plug
1957
Film
Hideaway
Mike Clarke
1937
Film
A Night at Earl Carroll's
Steve Kalkus
1940
Film
The Last Trail
John Ross
1933
Film
The Whirlwind
Injun
1933
Film
Harrigan's Kid
Jed Jerrett
1943