
J. Carrol Naish
Born: 1896-01-20
Place of Birth: 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.
Known For

Calling Dr. Death

Under the Pampas Moon

Batmania: From Comics to Screen

The Kid from Spain

The Hanged Man

The Toast of New Orleans

Tiger Shark

The Man in the Trunk

Beau Geste

Scotland Yard

Accent on Love

Two Seconds

Prison Farm

Man on a Bus

The Whistler

Sahara

Violent Saturday

The Fugitive

Dragon Seed

Jungle Woman

Tales of Manhattan

Good Intentions

Forced Landing

Yaqui Drums

Strange Confession

Golden Gloves

Jackass Mail

The President Vanishes

The Last Trail

Homicide Squad

Marie Galante

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

The Famous Ferguson Case

A Gentleman at Heart

Dr. Broadway

The Conquerors

Special Agent

Moonlight Murder

Black Fury

Sitting Bull

Captured!

Surrender

Special Investigator

That's Entertainment!

Saskatchewan

Ann Vickers

Crack-Up

Daughter of Shanghai

Bannerline

British Agent

Frisco Jenny

Confidential

Black Hand

Typhoon

Two-Man Submarine

The Hatchet Man

Waterfront

Ramona

The Defense Rests

Hotel Imperial

Upperworld

Rage at Dawn

The Kissing Bandit

Undercover Doctor

Rio Grande

Tip-Off Girls

Birth of the Blues

Hunted Men

The Devil's in Love

Good Morning, Judge

Thunder Trail

Mr. Dynamite

Island of Lost Men

Silent Men

That Midnight Kiss

Infernal Machine

The Young Don't Cry

The Beast of the City

Batman

Bad Bascomb

House of Frankenstein

Central Airport

King of Alcatraz

Please Believe Me

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

That's Entertainment! III

King of Chinatown

Voice in the Wind

Annie Get Your Gun

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Enter Arsène Lupin

Captain Blood

Crooner

Her Jungle Love

Know For Sure

No Other Woman

Hell in the Heavens

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Hell Cat

Getting Gertie's Garter

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

The Last Command

Little Big Shot

Hit the Deck

Blood and Sand

Front Page Woman

Joan of Arc

No Living Witness

Behind the Green Lights

One Is Guilty

Force of Impulse

New York Confidential

The Monster Maker

The Southerner

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Gung Ho!

Ride the Man Down

Clash by Night

The Corsican Brothers

Humoresque

The Pied Piper

Tonight or Never

It May Happen to You

The Mad Game

Night Club Scandal

Down Argentine Way

Anthony Adverse

Canadian Pacific

Dr. Renault's Secret

Girl in Danger

Across the Wide Missouri

Woman of the North Country

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

What Price Glory

Behind the Rising Sun

The Royal Bed

This Could Be the Night

Ladies of the Big House

Rebel in Town

Desert Sands

The Leathernecks Have Landed

Robin Hood of El Dorado

The Many Faces of Dracula

The Beast with Five Fingers

The Mystery Squadron

Elmer, the Great

Sleepers East

Denver and Rio Grande

Star in the Night

What's Your Racket

That Night in Rio

The Whirlwind

The Finger Points

Doom of Dracula

The Mouthpiece

A Medal for Benny

Song of the City

It's Your America

Disneyland '59

Two in the Dark

Havana Widows

Murder in Trinidad

Illegal Traffic

Persons in Hiding

Sunday Punch

The Avenger

The Mark of the Renegade

Queen of the Mob

Charlie Chan at the Circus

Hideaway

Cutter's Trail

Harrigan's Kid

Border Cafe

Big City Blues

Double Cross Roads

We Who Are About to Die

Return of the Terror

Arizona to Broadway

Absolute Quiet

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Carnival in Costa Rica

The Past of Mary Holmes

Fighter Attack

The World Gone Mad

Exclusive Story

Cheer Up and Smile

A Night at Earl Carroll's

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Notorious But Nice

Gun Smoke
