J. Carrol Naish
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-01-20
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
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Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
4.51
The Beast of the City
1932
5.80
Clash by Night
1952
6.60
Rio Grande
1950
6.80
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
5.90
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
6.70
The Whirlwind
1933
0.00
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936
6.20
Humoresque
1947
7.00
Two Seconds
1932
6.02
Tales of Manhattan
1942
6.21
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
5.90
The Whistler
1944
6.10
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947
6.30
Black Hand
1950
6.10
Strange Confession
1945
6.85
New York Confidential
1955
5.89
Voice in the Wind
1944
5.20
Beau Geste
1939
6.93
Tonight or Never
1931
5.90
The Fugitive
1947
5.90
Joan of Arc
1948
6.10
Waterfront
1944
4.60
The Corsican Brothers
1941
6.94
Down Argentine Way
1940
6.20
Ann Vickers
1933
5.46
Blood and Sand
1941
6.50
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
6.50
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
6.60
Good Intentions
1930
0.00
Elmer, the Great
1933
4.90
Calling Dr. Death
1943
6.36
Return of the Terror
1934
6.00
The Southerner
1945
6.50
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
6.10
Canadian Pacific
1949
5.00
Captain Blood
1935
7.20
One Is Guilty
1934
2.67
Violent Saturday
1955
6.70
Gung Ho!
1943
5.35
Dr. Renault's Secret
1942
5.28
Mr. Dynamite
1941
0.00
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
4.86
Special Agent
1935
6.20
The Pied Piper
1942
6.80
Black Fury
1935
6.30
That Midnight Kiss
1949
5.00
Please Believe Me
1950
4.75
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
6.06
Birth of the Blues
1941
6.00
This Could Be the Night
1957
5.58
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
4.20
The Hanged Man
1964
4.60
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
5.13
Jackass Mail
1942
7.00
Rebel in Town
1956
7.00
Sitting Bull
1954
5.20
Special Investigator
1936
5.17
King of Alcatraz
1938
5.70
Little Big Shot
1935
6.00
Homicide Squad
1931
0.00
Confidential
1935
5.80
Batman
1943
6.40
Behind the Green Lights
1935
6.00
Dragon Seed
1944
6.50
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938
5.50
Tiger Shark
1932
6.31
Dr. Broadway
1942
5.60
The World Gone Mad
1933
4.30
The Mouthpiece
1932
5.90
Know For Sure
1941
3.80
Golden Gloves
1940
5.00
The Kid from Spain
1932
6.60
A Medal for Benny
1945
4.50
Hit the Deck
1955
4.60
The Kissing Bandit
1948
3.80
It May Happen to You
1937
5.20
Queen of the Mob
1940
5.00
Ramona
1936
5.10
The Hatchet Man
1932
4.70
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
10.00
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
3.50
The Young Don't Cry
1957
6.20
British Agent
1934
5.56
Saskatchewan
1954
5.90
Front Page Woman
1935
5.80
The Mystery Squadron
1933
6.00
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
5.50
Exclusive Story
1936
6.50
Crooner
1932
5.00
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944
6.00
Harrigan's Kid
1943
0.00
Two in the Dark
1936
5.89
Island of Lost Men
1939
5.70
Under the Pampas Moon
1935
5.00
Border Cafe
1937
6.30
Captured!
1933
5.22
Typhoon
1940
5.00
Absolute Quiet
1936
5.50
Desert Sands
1955
4.17
Accent on Love
1941
6.00
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
5.70
Moonlight Murder
1936
4.20
No Other Woman
1933
4.50
Bad Bascomb
1946
6.20
Bannerline
1951
6.00
Sea Racketeers
1937
1.00
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947
6.00
Fighter Attack
1953
4.50
Her Jungle Love
1938
6.20
King of Chinatown
1939
5.80
Hotel Imperial
1939
6.00
The Devil's in Love
1933
5.00
Tip-Off Girls
1938
6.00
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
0.00
That Night in Rio
1941
6.20
Crack-Up
1936
5.54
Two-Man Submarine
1944
6.00
The Mad Game
1933
0.00
The Monster Maker
1944
5.10
The Mark of the Renegade
1951
5.20
Scotland Yard
1930
5.00
Upperworld
1934
6.30
Notorious But Nice
1933
5.50
Jungle Woman
1944
4.90
The Hell Cat
1934
6.00
Hideaway
1937
4.00
Hunted Men
1938
6.00
Illegal Traffic
1938
6.50
What Price Glory
1926
6.00
Song of the City
1937
6.00
We Who Are About to Die
1937
6.80
The Grand Bounce
1937
6.50
Havana Widows
1933
5.80
Prison Farm
1938
5.70
Arizona to Broadway
1933
7.00
The President Vanishes
1934
5.80
The Finger Points
1931
5.80
The Defense Rests
1934
7.00
Rage at Dawn
1955
6.10
Undercover Doctor
1939
5.50
That's Entertainment!
1974
7.40
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
6.20
Forced Landing
1941
4.00
Ride the Man Down
1952
6.50
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939
6.10
House of Frankenstein
1944
6.00
Yaqui Drums
1956
0.00
Getting Gertie's Garter
1945
3.00
Persons in Hiding
1939
2.67
Silent Men
1933
0.00
Night Club Scandal
1937
3.80
The Last Command
1955
6.40
The Conquerors
1932
4.80
Star in the Night
1945
7.40
Thunder Trail
1937
6.00
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
6.00
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
5.00
Sunday Punch
1942
5.00
The Man in the Trunk
1942
0.00
Good Morning, Judge
1943
0.00
Sahara
1943
7.19
Surrender
1931
5.00
Ladies of the Big House
1931
6.00
Marie Galante
1934
4.60
Big City Blues
1932
5.30
Central Airport
1933
6.10
Girl in Danger
1934
6.00
Woman of the North Country
1952
4.00
We're in the Movies, Now!
1939
4.00
Infernal Machine
1933
0.00
Gun Smoke
1931
5.50
The Last Trail
1933
0.00
Murder in Trinidad
1934
0.00
Sleepers East
1934
0.00
Force of Impulse
1961
2.50
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
0.00
No Living Witness
1932
0.00
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.00
The Royal Bed
1931
3.80
The Avenger
1933
6.00
Anthony Adverse
1936
5.68
Hell in the Heavens
1934
3.75
Doom of Dracula
1966
0.00
It's Your America
1946
6.50
Disneyland '59
1959
6.50
Man on a Bus
1955
4.00
Cutter's Trail
1970
7.50
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
1989
7.80
Frisco Jenny
1933
6.30
Double Cross Roads
1930
0.00
A Night at Earl Carroll's
1940
3.40