Birthday: 1896-01-21
Deathday: 1973-01-02
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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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.
Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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1944 | 48 | Sahara (1943) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
1946 | 50 | A Medal for Benny (1945) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
Career | 0 |
Date | Location | Team | Receives | Team | Receives | Team | Receives |
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Year | Title | Character | |
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1971-09-20 | Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein | |
1970-02-10 | Cutter's Trail | Froteras | |
1966-01-01 | Doom of Dracula | The Hunchback | |
1964-11-18 | The Hanged Man | Uncle Picaud | |
1961-11-01 | Force of Impulse | Antonio Marino | |
1957-07-26 | The Young Don't Cry | Plug | |
1957-05-14 | This Could Be the Night | Leon | |
1956-10-13 | Yaqui Drums | Yacqi Jack | |
1956-07-30 | Rebel in Town | Bedloe Mason | |
1955-11-18 | Desert Sands | Sgt. Diepel | |
1955-08-03 | The Last Command | General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana | |
1955-05-01 | Man on a Bus | Mr Stein | |
1955-04-01 | Violent Saturday | Chapman, Bank Robber | |
1955-03-26 | Rage at Dawn | Simeon 'Sim' Reno | |
1955-02-24 | Hit the Deck | Mr. Peroni | |
1955-02-15 | New York Confidential | Ben Dagajanian | |
1954-10-06 | Sitting Bull | Sitting Bull | |
1954-03-30 | Saskatchewan | Batouche | |
1953-12-02 | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Socrates Houlis | |
1953-11-29 | Fighter Attack | Bruno | |
1952-11-25 | Ride the Man Down | Sheriff Joe Kneen | |
1952-07-23 | Woman of the North Country | John Mulholland | |
1952-05-30 | Clash by Night | Uncle Vince | |
1952-05-16 | Denver and Rio Grande | Gil Harkness | |
1951-10-12 | Across the Wide Missouri | Looking Glass | |
1951-10-12 | Bannerline | Frankie Scarbine | |
1951-07-24 | The Mark of the Renegade | Luis | |
1950-11-15 | Rio Grande | Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan | |
1950-08-24 | The Toast of New Orleans | Nicky Duvalle | |
1950-05-17 | Annie Get Your Gun | Chief Sitting Bull | |
1950-05-12 | Please Believe Me | 'Lucky' Reilly | |
1950-03-12 | Black Hand | Louis Lorelli | |
1949-09-22 | That Midnight Kiss | Papa Donnetti | |
1949-05-19 | Canadian Pacific | Dynamite Dawson | |
1948-12-22 | Joan of Arc | John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor | |
1948-11-14 | The Kissing Bandit | Chico | |
1947-11-11 | The Fugitive | A Police Informer | |
1947-03-28 | Carnival in Costa Rica | Papa Rico Molina | |
1947-02-08 | The Beast with Five Fingers | Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio | |
1947-01-25 | Humoresque | Rudy Boray | |
1946-07-25 | It's Your America | French Soldier (uncredited) | |
1946-05-26 | Bad Bascomb | Bart Yancy | |
1945-11-27 | Getting Gertie's Garter | Charles, the Butler | |
1945-10-13 | Star in the Night | Nick Catapoli | |
1945-10-05 | Strange Confession | Roger Graham | |
1945-04-30 | The Southerner | Devers | |
1945-04-16 | A Medal for Benny | Charley Martin | |
1944-12-01 | House of Frankenstein | Daniel | |
1944-11-24 | Enter Arsène Lupin | Ganimard | |
1944-07-20 | Dragon Seed | Japanese Kitchen Overseer | |
1944-06-10 | Waterfront | Dr. Karl Decker | |
1944-06-01 | Jungle Woman | Dr. Carl Fletcher | |
1944-04-15 | The Monster Maker | Dr. Igor Markoff | |
1944-03-30 | The Whistler | The Killer | |
1944-03-16 | Two-Man Submarine | Dr. Augustus Hadley | |
1944-03-03 | Voice in the Wind | Luigi | |
1943-12-20 | Gung Ho! | Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos | |
1943-12-17 | Calling Dr. Death | Inspector Gregg | |
1943-09-22 | Sahara | Giuseppe | |
1943-08-01 | Behind the Rising Sun | Reo Seki | |
1943-07-16 | Batman | Tito Daka | |
1943-05-07 | Good Morning, Judge | Andre Bouchard | |
1943-03-01 | Harrigan's Kid | Jed Jerrett | |
1942-10-19 | Dr. Renault's Secret | Noel | |
1942-09-19 | The Man in the Trunk | Reginald DeWinters | |
1942-08-21 | The Pied Piper | Aristide Rougeron | |
1942-08-05 | Tales of Manhattan | Burglar - Robber #1 | |
1942-07-01 | Jackass Mail | Signor Michel O'Sullivan | |
1942-05-09 | Dr. Broadway | Jack Venner | |
1942-05-08 | Sunday Punch | Matt Bassler | |
1942-01-16 | A Gentleman at Heart | Gigi | |
1941-11-28 | The Corsican Brothers | Lorenzo | |
1941-11-07 | Birth of the Blues | Blackie | |
1941-07-11 | Accent on Love | Manuel Lombroso | |
1941-07-11 | Forced Landing | Andros Banshek | |
1941-05-30 | Blood and Sand | Garabato | |
1941-04-11 | That Night in Rio | Machado | |
1941-03-01 | Mr. Dynamite | 'The Professor' | |
1941-01-01 | Know For Sure | Tony Madroni | |
1940-10-11 | Down Argentine Way | Casiano | |
1940-08-02 | Golden Gloves | Joe Taggerty | |
1940-06-28 | Queen of the Mob | George Frost | |
1940-05-16 | Typhoon | Mekaike | |
1939-08-16 | Island of Lost Men | Gregory Prin | |
1939-07-24 | Beau Geste | Rasinoff | |
1939-06-09 | Undercover Doctor | Dr. Bartley Morgan | |
1939-05-11 | Hotel Imperial | Kuprin | |
1939-03-17 | King of Chinatown | The Professor | |
1939-02-10 | Persons in Hiding | Freddie 'Gunner' Martin | |
1938-11-02 | Illegal Traffic | Lewis Zomar | |
1938-09-30 | King of Alcatraz | Steve Murkil | |
1938-08-05 | Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Richard Lane | |
1938-06-17 | Prison Farm | Noel Haskins | |
1938-05-27 | Hunted Men | Henry Rice | |
1938-04-15 | Her Jungle Love | Kuasa | |
1938-04-01 | Tip-Off Girls | Joseph Valkus | |
1937-12-17 | Daughter of Shanghai | Frank Barden | |
1937-11-11 | Night Club Scandal | Jack Reed - Gangster | |
1937-10-21 | Thunder Trail | Rafael Lopez | |
1937-09-24 | Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Mikhail Valdin | |
1937-08-20 | Sea Racketeers | Harry Durant | |
1937-08-13 | Hideaway | Mike Clarke | |
1937-07-23 | Think Fast, Mr. Moto | Adram | |
1937-06-05 | It May Happen to You | Moxie | |
1937-06-04 | Border Cafe | Rocky Alton | |
1937-05-22 | The Grand Bounce | Hoodlum (uncredited) | |
1937-04-02 | Song of the City | Mario | |
1937-01-08 | We Who Are About to Die | Nick Trotti | |
1936-12-14 | Crack-Up | Operative #77 | |
1936-10-20 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Subahdar-Major Puran Singh | |
1936-09-25 | Ramona | Juan Can | |
1936-08-26 | Anthony Adverse | Major Doumet | |
1936-05-08 | Special Investigator | Eddie Selton | |
1936-04-24 | Absolute Quiet | Pedro | |
1936-03-27 | Charlie Chan at the Circus | Tom Holt | |
1936-03-27 | Moonlight Murder | André Bejac | |
1936-03-17 | Robin Hood of El Dorado | Three Fingered Jack | |
1936-02-17 | The Leathernecks Have Landed | Irenov | |
1936-01-17 | Exclusive Story | Comos | |
1936-01-10 | Two in the Dark | Burt Mansfield | |
1935-12-26 | Captain Blood | Cahusac | |
1935-10-16 | Confidential | 'Lefty' Tate | |
1935-09-14 | Special Agent | Joe Durell | |
1935-09-07 | Little Big Shot | Bert | |
1935-07-11 | Front Page Woman | Robert Cardoza | |
1935-06-01 | Under the Pampas Moon | Tito | |
1935-05-18 | Black Fury | Steve Croner | |
1935-03-11 | Behind the Green Lights | Sam Dover | |
1935-01-11 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Grand Vizier | |
1934-12-12 | Hell in the Heavens | Sgt. Chevalier | |
1934-11-17 | The President Vanishes | Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited) | |
1934-10-25 | Marie Galante | French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited) | |
1934-09-15 | British Agent | Commissioner of War Trotsky | |
1934-09-11 | Girl in Danger | Russo | |
1934-07-15 | The Defense Rests | Monte Ballou | |
1934-07-07 | Return of the Terror | Steve Scola | |
1934-06-16 | The Hell Cat | Joe Morgan | |
1934-05-16 | Murder in Trinidad | Duval | |
1934-05-03 | One Is Guilty | Jack Allen | |
1934-04-28 | Upperworld | Lou Colima | |
1934-01-01 | Sleepers East | Carl Izzard | |
1933-12-21 | The Mystery Squadron | Collins | |
1933-11-18 | Havana Widows | First Taxi Driver (uncredited) | |
1933-10-27 | The Mad Game | Chopper Allen | |
1933-09-26 | Ann Vickers | Dr. Sorelle | |
1933-08-25 | The Last Trail | John Ross | |
1933-08-19 | Captured! | Cpl. Guarand | |
1933-08-10 | The Avenger | Hanley | |
1933-08-04 | Notorious But Nice | Joe Charney | |
1933-07-22 | Arizona to Broadway | Tommy Monk | |
1933-07-21 | The Devil's in Love | Salazar | |
1933-04-29 | Elmer, the Great | Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish) | |
1933-04-15 | The World Gone Mad | Ramon Salvadore | |
1933-04-15 | Central Airport | Drunk in Wreck (uncredited) | |
1933-04-13 | The Whirlwind | Injun | |
1933-04-08 | Infernal Machine | Bryan | |
1933-03-03 | Silent Men | Jack Wilder | |
1933-01-20 | The Past of Mary Holmes | Gary Kent | |
1933-01-06 | No Other Woman | Bonelli | |
1932-11-18 | The Conquerors | Agitator | |
1932-11-17 | The Kid from Spain | Pedro | |
1932-09-24 | Tiger Shark | Tony | |
1932-09-18 | Big City Blues | Bootlegger (uncredited) | |
1932-09-13 | No Living Witness | Nick | |
1932-08-20 | Crooner | Nick Meyer | |
1932-05-28 | Two Seconds | Tony | |
1932-04-19 | The Famous Ferguson Case | Claude Wright | |
1932-03-21 | The Mouthpiece | Tony Rocco | |
1932-02-13 | The Beast of the City | Pietro Cholo | |
1932-02-06 | The Hatchet Man | Sun Yat Ming | |
1931-12-26 | Ladies of the Big House | Witness Against Doremus (uncredited) | |
1931-12-06 | Surrender | French Prisoner of War (uncredited) | |
1931-08-01 | Homicide Squad | Hugo | |
1931-04-11 | The Finger Points | "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited) | |
1931-04-10 | Gun Smoke | Mink Gordon | |
1931-01-15 | The Royal Bed | Laker | |
1931-01-04 | Tonight or Never | Radio Announcer | |
1930-10-19 | Scotland Yard | Dr. Remur | |
1930-06-29 | Good Intentions | Charlie Hattrick | |
1930-06-22 | Cheer Up and Smile | Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited) | |
1926-11-23 | What Price Glory | French Soldier (uncredited) |