J. Carrol Naish

Acting · 1.4 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

Captain Blood

19357.2

Force of Impulse

19614.3

Beau Geste

19397.0

Sahara

19437.2

Blood and Sand

19416.5

That's Entertainment!

19747.4

Batman

19436.2

The Charge of the Light Brigade

19366.5

Clash by Night

19526.7

That's Entertainment! III

19947.0

Front Page Woman

19355.9

Dragon Seed

19446.7

Thunder Trail

19378.0

House of Frankenstein

19446.1

British Agent

19345.8

Saskatchewan

19546.0

Special Agent

19356.2

Infernal Machine

19337.0

Hit the Deck

19555.0

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

19536.0

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

19714.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

19837.0

The Fugitive

19476.0

The Corsican Brothers

19417.0

Black Fury

19356.3

Annie Get Your Gun

19506.7

Denver and Rio Grande

19525.6

One Is Guilty

19344.3

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

19356.6

Canadian Pacific

19495.2

The Toast of New Orleans

19505.2

The Mark of the Renegade

19515.7

Gung Ho!

19435.4

The Southerner

19456.6

Violent Saturday

19556.7

Humoresque

19477.0

The Last Command

19556.7

Dr. Broadway

19426.0

Disneyland '59

19597.3

Undercover Doctor

19396.7

Dracula in the Movies

199210.0

Tales of Manhattan

19426.4

New York Confidential

19556.0

Central Airport

19336.0

No Living Witness

193210.0

Sitting Bull

19545.3

Across the Wide Missouri

19516.1

Crack-Up

19365.9

Jungle Woman

19445.2

Robin Hood of El Dorado

19365.2

Two Seconds

19326.3

The Whistler

19446.0

This Could Be the Night

19576.1

The Beast of the City

19325.9

Desert Sands

19555.0

Hell in the Heavens

19345.0

Doom of Dracula

196610.0

Black Hand

19506.2

The Hanged Man

19645.1

Hotel Imperial

19397.0

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

19376.2

The Mouthpiece

19326.1

The Beast with Five Fingers

19476.4

The World Gone Mad

19334.8

The Many Faces of Dracula

20003.5

Rage at Dawn

19556.2

King of Chinatown

19395.6

Bannerline

19516.8

The Kissing Bandit

19485.2

The Return of Jimmy Valentine

193610.0

Girl in Danger

19348.0

Tip-Off Girls

19387.5

Arizona to Broadway

19337.5

Typhoon

19406.7

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

19919.5

Anthony Adverse

19365.7

Getting Gertie's Garter

19454.7

Exclusive Story

19367.2

Queen of the Mob

19406.2

That Midnight Kiss

19496.2

Little Big Shot

19357.3

Gun Smoke

19316.7

Cheer Up and Smile

193010.0

Cutter's Trail

19708.0

A Night at Earl Carroll's

19404.5

Sunday Punch

19426.0

What's Your Racket

19348.0

Illegal Traffic

19386.6

Ann Vickers

19335.8

The Monster Maker

19445.2

A Medal for Benny

19455.6

Hunted Men

19385.7

Daughter of Shanghai

19375.4

It May Happen to You

19375.5

Crooner

19326.5

The Hatchet Man

19325.4

Strange Confession

19456.9

Ride the Man Down

19527.7

Her Jungle Love

19387.5

Prison Farm

19386.8

Tiger Shark

19326.5

Jackass Mail

19427.5

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

19385.8

Moonlight Murder

19364.8

That Night in Rio

19416.3

Calling Dr. Death

19436.4

Good Intentions

19309.0

Scotland Yard

19307.0

Dr. Renault's Secret

19425.5

Charlie Chan at the Circus

19366.4

Carnival in Costa Rica

19477.0

Captured!

19335.5

Please Believe Me

19505.1

The President Vanishes

19346.0

Absolute Quiet

19365.6

Night Club Scandal

19374.3

Golden Gloves

19406.0

Rebel in Town

19567.1

Birth of the Blues

19416.2

Marie Galante

19344.9

The Defense Rests

19347.1

We Who Are About to Die

19377.0

A Gentleman at Heart

19427.5

Bad Bascomb

19467.3

King of Alcatraz

19386.0

Persons in Hiding

19393.8

Ladies of the Big House

19316.0

Woman of the North Country

19525.0

Down Argentine Way

19406.3

Sea Racketeers

19374.7

Upperworld

19346.1

The Kid from Spain

19326.6

The Devil's in Love

19336.0

The Pied Piper

19426.9

Batmania: From Comics to Screen

19897.8

Enter Arsène Lupin

19446.2

The Mad Game

193310.0

The Young Don't Cry

19577.0

Hideaway

19376.0

Know For Sure

19414.2

Star in the Night

19457.5

Man on a Bus

19555.5

Fighter Attack

19534.5

Havana Widows

19336.6

Big City Blues

19325.8

Island of Lost Men

19395.6

The Last Trail

19337.0

Confidential

19356.3

Surrender

19315.5

The Finger Points

19316.4

The Leathernecks Have Landed

19367.0

Two in the Dark

19366.1

Behind the Rising Sun

19436.1

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

19396.2

Border Cafe

19377.0

Frisco Jenny

19336.7

What Price Glory

19266.4

The Mystery Squadron

19336.5

Elmer, the Great

19335.1

The Famous Ferguson Case

19326.6

The Past of Mary Holmes

193310.0

Good Morning, Judge

194310.0

Murder in Trinidad

1934

Two-Man Submarine

19448.0

Voice in the Wind

19445.5

Forced Landing

19416.0

Silent Men

19339.0

Yaqui Drums

19569.0

It's Your America

19466.5

Return of the Terror

19346.5

Mr. Dynamite

19419.0

Tonight or Never

19316.2

Under the Pampas Moon

19355.5

Song of the City

19378.0

Behind the Green Lights

19358.0

Double Cross Roads

19309.0

Special Investigator

19365.4

The Conquerors

19325.6

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

19376.2

The Hell Cat

19348.0

Notorious But Nice

19336.7

We're in the Movies, Now!

19394.0

Sleepers East

19347.0

Ramona

19365.8

The Royal Bed

19314.3

Waterfront

19444.9

Accent on Love

19417.5

The Avenger

19338.0

No Other Woman

19335.1

The Man in the Trunk

19429.0

The Whirlwind

19338.0

The Grand Bounce

19377.0

Homicide Squad

19318.0

Harrigan's Kid

19437.0