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J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1896-01-20

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Gentleman at Heart

A Gentleman at Heart

1942

6.0

Movie
A Medal for Benny

A Medal for Benny

1945

4.5

Movie
Absolute Quiet

Absolute Quiet

1936

5.5

Movie
Accent on Love

Accent on Love

1941

6.0

Movie
Across the Wide Missouri

Across the Wide Missouri

1951

5.9

Movie
Ann Vickers

Ann Vickers

1933

5.9

Movie
Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

1950

6.8

Movie
Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse

1936

5.7

Movie
Arizona to Broadway

Arizona to Broadway

1933

7.0

Movie
Bad Bascomb

Bad Bascomb

1946

6.2

Movie
Bannerline

Bannerline

1951

6.0

Movie
Batman

Batman

1943

6.4

Movie
Batmania: From Comics to Screen

Batmania: From Comics to Screen

1989

7.5

Movie
Beau Geste

Beau Geste

1939

7.0

Movie
Behind the Green Lights

Behind the Green Lights

1935

0.0

Movie
Behind the Rising Sun

Behind the Rising Sun

1943

5.7

Movie
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

1953

5.8

Movie
Big City Blues

Big City Blues

1932

5.3

Movie
Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues

1941

5.3

Movie
Black Fury

Black Fury

1935

6.4

Movie
Black Hand

Black Hand

1950

6.1

Movie
Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

1941

6.4

Movie
Border Cafe

Border Cafe

1937

6.3

Movie
British Agent

British Agent

1934

5.5

Movie
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

1937

6.1

Movie
Bulldog Drummond in Africa

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

1938

5.5

Movie
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

1939

6.1

Movie
poster

Burke's Law

1963

6.0

TV
Calling Dr. Death

Calling Dr. Death

1943

6.5

Movie
Canadian Pacific

Canadian Pacific

1949

5.3

Movie
Captain Blood

Captain Blood

1935

7.2

Movie
Captured!

Captured!

1933

5.6

Movie
Carnival in Costa Rica

Carnival in Costa Rica

1947

6.0

Movie
Central Airport

Central Airport

1933

6.1

Movie
Charlie Chan at the Circus

Charlie Chan at the Circus

1936

6.2

Movie
Cheer Up and Smile

Cheer Up and Smile

1930

0.0

Movie
poster

Cimarron City

1958

5.0

TV
Clash by Night

Clash by Night

1952

6.6

Movie
poster

Climax!

1954

3.0

TV
Confidential

Confidential

1935

5.6

Movie
Crack-Up

Crack-Up

1936

5.7

Movie
Crooner

Crooner

1932

5.0

Movie
Cutter's Trail

Cutter's Trail

1970

7.5

Movie
Daughter of Shanghai

Daughter of Shanghai

1937

5.4

Movie
Denver and Rio Grande

Denver and Rio Grande

1952

5.5

Movie
Desert Sands

Desert Sands

1955

4.4

Movie
Disneyland '59

Disneyland '59

1959

6.5

Movie
Doom of Dracula

Doom of Dracula

1966

0.0

Movie
Down Argentine Way

Down Argentine Way

1940

6.0

Movie
Dr. Broadway

Dr. Broadway

1942

5.0

Movie
Dr. Renault's Secret

Dr. Renault's Secret

1942

5.2

Movie
Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

1971

4.6

Movie
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

10.0

Movie
Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed

1944

6.4

Movie
Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great

1933

4.9

Movie
Enter Arsène Lupin

Enter Arsène Lupin

1944

6.0

Movie
Exclusive Story

Exclusive Story

1936

6.5

Movie
Fighter Attack

Fighter Attack

1953

4.5

Movie
Force of Impulse

Force of Impulse

1961

2.5

Movie
Forced Landing

Forced Landing

1941

4.0

Movie
Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny

1933

6.3

Movie
Front Page Woman

Front Page Woman

1935

5.8

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
poster

Get Smart

1965

7.9

TV
Getting Gertie's Garter

Getting Gertie's Garter

1945

3.0

Movie
Girl in Danger

Girl in Danger

1934

0.0

Movie
Golden Gloves

Golden Gloves

1940

5.0

Movie
Good Intentions

Good Intentions

1930

0.0

Movie
Good Morning, Judge

Good Morning, Judge

1943

0.0

Movie
poster

Green Acres

1965

7.3

TV
poster

Guestward, Ho!

1960

4.0

TV
Gun Smoke

Gun Smoke

1931

5.5

Movie
Gung Ho!

Gung Ho!

1943

5.3

Movie
Harrigan's Kid

Harrigan's Kid

1943

0.0

Movie
Havana Widows

Havana Widows

1933

5.8

Movie
Hell in the Heavens

Hell in the Heavens

1934

4.7

Movie
Her Jungle Love

Her Jungle Love

1938

6.2

Movie
Hideaway

Hideaway

1937

4.0

Movie
Hit the Deck

Hit the Deck

1955

4.8

Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

6.5

Movie
Homicide Squad

Homicide Squad

1931

0.0

Movie
Hotel Imperial

Hotel Imperial

1939

6.0

Movie
House of Frankenstein

House of Frankenstein

1944

6.0

Movie
Humoresque

Humoresque

1947

7.1

Movie
Hunted Men

Hunted Men

1938

6.0

Movie
poster

I Dream of Jeannie

1965

7.8

TV
Illegal Traffic

Illegal Traffic

1938

6.5

Movie
Infernal Machine

Infernal Machine

1933

0.0

Movie
Island of Lost Men

Island of Lost Men

1939

5.7

Movie
It May Happen to You

It May Happen to You

1937

5.0

Movie
It's Your America

It's Your America

1946

6.5

Movie
Jackass Mail

Jackass Mail

1942

7.0

Movie
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

1948

6.1

Movie
Jungle Woman

Jungle Woman

1944

4.9

Movie
King of Alcatraz

King of Alcatraz

1938

5.7

Movie
King of Chinatown

King of Chinatown

1939

5.8

Movie
Know For Sure

Know For Sure

1941

3.8

Movie
Ladies of the Big House

Ladies of the Big House

1931

6.0

Movie
Little Big Shot

Little Big Shot

1935

6.0

Movie
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
Man on a Bus

Man on a Bus

1955

4.0

Movie
Marie Galante

Marie Galante

1934

4.8

Movie
Moonlight Murder

Moonlight Murder

1936

5.0

Movie
Mr. Dynamite

Mr. Dynamite

1941

0.0

Movie
Murder in Trinidad

Murder in Trinidad

1934

0.0

Movie
New York Confidential

New York Confidential

1955

5.8

Movie
Night Club Scandal

Night Club Scandal

1937

4.0

Movie
No Living Witness

No Living Witness

1932

0.0

Movie
No Other Woman

No Other Woman

1933

5.2

Movie
Notorious But Nice

Notorious But Nice

1933

5.5

Movie
One Is Guilty

One Is Guilty

1934

3.5

Movie
Persons in Hiding

Persons in Hiding

1939

3.5

Movie
Please Believe Me

Please Believe Me

1950

5.0

Movie
Prison Farm

Prison Farm

1938

5.7

Movie
Queen of the Mob

Queen of the Mob

1940

4.5

Movie
Rage at Dawn

Rage at Dawn

1955

6.1

Movie
Ramona

Ramona

1936

5.1

Movie
Rebel in Town

Rebel in Town

1956

7.0

Movie
Return of the Terror

Return of the Terror

1934

6.0

Movie
Ride the Man Down

Ride the Man Down

1952

6.5

Movie
Rio Grande

Rio Grande

1950

6.8

Movie
Robin Hood of El Dorado

Robin Hood of El Dorado

1936

4.7

Movie
poster

Route 66

1960

6.3

TV
Sahara

Sahara

1943

7.2

Movie
Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

1954

5.9

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard

1930

0.0

Movie
Sea Racketeers

Sea Racketeers

1937

0.0

Movie
poster

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958

5.8

TV
Silent Men

Silent Men

1933

0.0

Movie
Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull

1954

5.0

Movie
Sleepers East

Sleepers East

1934

0.0

Movie
Song of the City

Song of the City

1937

6.0

Movie
Special Agent

Special Agent

1935

6.3

Movie
Special Investigator

Special Investigator

1936

5.8

Movie
Star in the Night

Star in the Night

1945

7.2

Movie
Strange Confession

Strange Confession

1945

6.8

Movie
Sunday Punch

Sunday Punch

1942

5.0

Movie
Surrender

Surrender

1931

5.0

Movie
Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

1942

6.3

Movie
That Midnight Kiss

That Midnight Kiss

1949

5.0

Movie
That Night in Rio

That Night in Rio

1941

6.2

Movie
That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974

7.3

Movie
That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994

7.0

Movie
The Avenger

The Avenger

1933

6.0

Movie
The Beast of the City

The Beast of the City

1932

5.9

Movie
The Beast with Five Fingers

The Beast with Five Fingers

1947

6.3

Movie
The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936

6.5

Movie
The Conquerors

The Conquerors

1932

5.7

Movie
The Corsican Brothers

The Corsican Brothers

1941

6.6

Movie
The Defense Rests

The Defense Rests

1934

7.0

Movie
The Devil's in Love

The Devil's in Love

1933

6.0

Movie
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
The Famous Ferguson Case

The Famous Ferguson Case

1932

6.0

Movie
The Finger Points

The Finger Points

1931

6.6

Movie
The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1947

5.9

Movie
poster

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

1958

0.0

TV
The Grand Bounce

The Grand Bounce

1937

6.5

Movie
The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man

1964

4.6

Movie
The Hatchet Man

The Hatchet Man

1932

4.9

Movie
The Hell Cat

The Hell Cat

1934

6.0

Movie
The Kid from Spain

The Kid from Spain

1932

6.6

Movie
The Kissing Bandit

The Kissing Bandit

1948

3.0

Movie
The Last Command

The Last Command

1955

6.4

Movie
The Last Trail

The Last Trail

1933

0.0

Movie
The Leathernecks Have Landed

The Leathernecks Have Landed

1936

5.0

Movie
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

1935

6.6

Movie
The Mad Game

The Mad Game

1933

0.0

Movie
poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

7.2

TV
The Man in the Trunk

The Man in the Trunk

1942

0.0

Movie
The Many Faces of Dracula

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000

3.5

Movie
The Mark of the Renegade

The Mark of the Renegade

1951

5.2

Movie
The Monster Maker

The Monster Maker

1944

5.1

Movie
The Mouthpiece

The Mouthpiece

1932

5.9

Movie
The Mystery Squadron

The Mystery Squadron

1933

6.0

Movie
poster

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan

1957

5.5

TV
The Past of Mary Holmes

The Past of Mary Holmes

1933

0.0

Movie
The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper

1942

6.8

Movie
The President Vanishes

The President Vanishes

1934

7.0

Movie
The Royal Bed

The Royal Bed

1931

4.4

Movie
The Southerner

The Southerner

1945

6.6

Movie
poster

The Texan

1958

5.0

TV
The Toast of New Orleans

The Toast of New Orleans

1950

5.2

Movie
poster

The Untouchables

1959

7.9

TV
The Whirlwind

The Whirlwind

1933

0.0

Movie
The Whistler

The Whistler

1944

5.9

Movie
The World Gone Mad

The World Gone Mad

1933

4.3

Movie
The Young Don't Cry

The Young Don't Cry

1957

6.2

Movie
Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

1937

5.9

Movie
This Could Be the Night

This Could Be the Night

1957

5.6

Movie
Thunder Trail

Thunder Trail

1937

6.0

Movie
Tiger Shark

Tiger Shark

1932

6.8

Movie
Tip-Off Girls

Tip-Off Girls

1938

6.0

Movie
Tonight or Never

Tonight or Never

1931

5.9

Movie
Two in the Dark

Two in the Dark

1936

5.9

Movie
Two Seconds

Two Seconds

1932

6.1

Movie
Two-Man Submarine

Two-Man Submarine

1944

6.0

Movie
Typhoon

Typhoon

1940

5.0

Movie
Under the Pampas Moon

Under the Pampas Moon

1935

5.0

Movie
Undercover Doctor

Undercover Doctor

1939

5.5

Movie
Upperworld

Upperworld

1934

6.3

Movie
Violent Saturday

Violent Saturday

1955

6.7

Movie
Voice in the Wind

Voice in the Wind

1944

5.2

Movie
poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

6.9

TV
Waterfront

Waterfront

1944

5.1

Movie
We Who Are About to Die

We Who Are About to Die

1937

6.8

Movie
We're in the Movies, Now!

We're in the Movies, Now!

1939

4.0

Movie
poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.3

TV
What Price Glory

What Price Glory

1926

6.0

Movie
Woman of the North Country

Woman of the North Country

1952

4.5

Movie
Yaqui Drums

Yaqui Drums

1956

0.0

Movie