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.
196 movies · 22 shows
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000·3.5
That's Entertainment! III
1994·7.0
Dracula in the Movies
1992·10.0
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991·9.5
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
1989·7.8
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·7.0
That's Entertainment!
1974·7.4
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971·4.5
Cutter's Trail
1970·8.0
Doom of Dracula
1966·10.0
The Hanged Man
1964·5.1
Force of Impulse
1961·4.3
Disneyland '59
1959·7.3
The Young Don't Cry
1957·7.0
This Could Be the Night
1957·6.1
Yaqui Drums
1956·9.0
Rebel in Town
1956·7.1
Desert Sands
1955·5.0
The Last Command
1955·6.7
Man on a Bus
1955·5.5
Violent Saturday
1955·6.7
Rage at Dawn
1955·6.2
Hit the Deck
1955·5.0
New York Confidential
1955·6.0
Sitting Bull
1954·5.3
Saskatchewan
1954·6.0
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953·6.0
Fighter Attack
1953·4.5
Ride the Man Down
1952·7.7
Woman of the North Country
1952·5.0
Clash by Night
1952·6.7
Denver and Rio Grande
1952·5.6
Across the Wide Missouri
1951·6.1
Bannerline
1951·6.8
The Mark of the Renegade
1951·5.7
Rio Grande
1950·6.8
The Toast of New Orleans
1950·5.2
Annie Get Your Gun
1950·6.7
Please Believe Me
1950·5.1
Black Hand
1950·6.2
That Midnight Kiss
1949·6.2
Canadian Pacific
1949·5.2
Joan of Arc
1948·6.2
The Kissing Bandit
1948·5.2
The Fugitive
1947·6.0
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947·7.0
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947·6.4
Humoresque
1947·7.0
It's Your America
1946·6.5
Bad Bascomb
1946·7.3
Getting Gertie's Garter
1945·4.7
Star in the Night
1945·7.5
Strange Confession
1945·6.9
The Southerner
1945·6.6
A Medal for Benny
1945·5.6
House of Frankenstein
1944·6.1
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944·6.2
Dragon Seed
1944·6.7
Waterfront
1944·4.9
Jungle Woman
1944·5.2
The Monster Maker
1944·5.2
The Whistler
1944·6.0
Two-Man Submarine
1944·8.0
Voice in the Wind
1944·5.5
Gung Ho!
1943·5.4
Calling Dr. Death
1943·6.4
Sahara
1943·7.2
Behind the Rising Sun
1943·6.1
Batman
1943·6.2
Good Morning, Judge
1943·10.0
Harrigan's Kid
1943·7.0
Dr. Renault's Secret
1942·5.5
The Man in the Trunk
1942·9.0
The Pied Piper
1942·6.9
Tales of Manhattan
1942·6.4
Jackass Mail
1942·7.5
Dr. Broadway
1942·6.0
Sunday Punch
1942·6.0
A Gentleman at Heart
1942·7.5
The Corsican Brothers
1941·7.0
Birth of the Blues
1941·6.2
Know For Sure
1941·4.2
Accent on Love
1941·7.5
Forced Landing
1941·6.0
Blood and Sand
1941·6.5
That Night in Rio
1941·6.3
Mr. Dynamite
1941·9.0
A Night at Earl Carroll's
1940·4.5
Down Argentine Way
1940·6.3
Golden Gloves
1940·6.0
Queen of the Mob
1940·6.2
Typhoon
1940·6.7
Island of Lost Men
1939·5.6
Beau Geste
1939·7.0
Undercover Doctor
1939·6.7
Hotel Imperial
1939·7.0
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939·6.2
We're in the Movies, Now!
1939·4.0
King of Chinatown
1939·5.6
Persons in Hiding
1939·3.8
Illegal Traffic
1938·6.6
King of Alcatraz
1938·6.0
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938·5.8
Prison Farm
1938·6.8
Hunted Men
1938·5.7
Her Jungle Love
1938·7.5
Tip-Off Girls
1938·7.5
Daughter of Shanghai
1937·5.4
Night Club Scandal
1937·4.3
Thunder Trail
1937·8.0
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937·6.2
Sea Racketeers
1937·4.7
Hideaway
1937·6.0
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937·6.2
It May Happen to You
1937·5.5
Border Cafe
1937·7.0
The Grand Bounce
1937·7.0
Song of the City
1937·8.0
We Who Are About to Die
1937·7.0
Crack-Up
1936·5.9
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936·6.6
Ramona
1936·5.8
Anthony Adverse
1936·5.7
Special Investigator
1936·5.4
Absolute Quiet
1936·5.6
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936·6.4
Moonlight Murder
1936·4.8
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936·5.2
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936·10.0
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936·7.0
Exclusive Story
1936·7.2
Two in the Dark
1936·6.1
Captain Blood
1935·7.2
Confidential
1935·6.3
Special Agent
1935·6.2
Little Big Shot
1935·7.3
Front Page Woman
1935·5.9
Under the Pampas Moon
1935·5.5
Black Fury
1935·6.3
Behind the Green Lights
1935·8.0
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935·6.6
Hell in the Heavens
1934·5.0
The President Vanishes
1934·6.0
Marie Galante
1934·4.9
British Agent
1934·5.8
Girl in Danger
1934·8.0
The Defense Rests
1934·7.1
Return of the Terror
1934·6.5
The Hell Cat
1934·8.0
Murder in Trinidad
1934·0.0
One Is Guilty
1934·4.3
Upperworld
1934·6.1
What's Your Racket
1934·8.0
Sleepers East
1934·7.0
The Mystery Squadron
1933·6.5
Havana Widows
1933·6.6
The Mad Game
1933·10.0
Ann Vickers
1933·5.8
The Last Trail
1933·7.0
Captured!
1933·5.5
The Avenger
1933·8.0
Notorious But Nice
1933·6.7
Arizona to Broadway
1933·7.5
The Devil's in Love
1933·6.0
Elmer, the Great
1933·5.1
The World Gone Mad
1933·4.8
Central Airport
1933·6.0
The Whirlwind
1933·8.0
Infernal Machine
1933·7.0
Silent Men
1933·9.0
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933·10.0
Frisco Jenny
1933·6.7
No Other Woman
1933·5.1
The Conquerors
1932·5.6
The Kid from Spain
1932·6.6
Tiger Shark
1932·6.5
Big City Blues
1932·5.8
No Living Witness
1932·10.0
Crooner
1932·6.5
Two Seconds
1932·6.3
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932·6.6
The Mouthpiece
1932·6.1
The Beast of the City
1932·5.9
The Hatchet Man
1932·5.4
Ladies of the Big House
1931·6.0
Surrender
1931·5.5
Homicide Squad
1931·8.0
The Finger Points
1931·6.4
Gun Smoke
1931·6.7
The Royal Bed
1931·4.3
Tonight or Never
1931·6.2
Scotland Yard
1930·7.0
Good Intentions
1930·9.0
Cheer Up and Smile
1930·10.0
Double Cross Roads
1930·9.0
What Price Glory
1926·6.4