J. Carrol Naish

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-01-20 (77 years old)

Deathday

1973-01-24

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

J. Carrol Naish

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 de...

Acting

1971

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

as Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein

1932

The Beast of the City

as Pietro Cholo

1952

Clash by Night

as Uncle Vince

1950

Rio Grande

as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan

1953

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

as Socrates Houlis

1950

Annie Get Your Gun

as Chief Sitting Bull

1933

1947

Humoresque

as Rudy Boray

1932

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Burglar - Robber #1

1951

Across the Wide Missouri

as Looking Glass

1944

The Whistler

as The Killer

1947

The Beast with Five Fingers

as Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio

1950

Black Hand

as Louis Lorelli

1945

Strange Confession

as Roger Graham

1955

New York Confidential

as Ben Dagajanian

1944

1939

Beau Geste

as Rasinoff

1931

Tonight or Never

as Radio Announcer

1947

The Fugitive

as A Police Informer

1948

Joan of Arc

as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor

1944

Waterfront

as Dr. Karl Decker

1941

1940

1933

Ann Vickers

as Dr. Sorelle

1941

Blood and Sand

as Garabato

1936

The Charge of the Light Brigade

as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh

1935

1930

Good Intentions

as Charlie Hattrick

1933

Elmer, the Great

as Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)

1943

Calling Dr. Death

as Inspector Gregg

1934

Return of the Terror

as Steve Scola

1945

1937

1949

Canadian Pacific

as Dynamite Dawson

1935

Captain Blood

as Cahusac

1934

One Is Guilty

as Jack Allen

1955

Violent Saturday

as Chapman, Bank Robber

1943

Gung Ho!

as Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos

1941

Mr. Dynamite

as 'The Professor'

1950

The Toast of New Orleans

as Nicky Duvalle

1935

Special Agent

as Joe Durell

1942

The Pied Piper

as Aristide Rougeron

1935

Black Fury

as Steve Croner

1949

That Midnight Kiss

as Papa Donnetti

1950

Please Believe Me

as 'Lucky' Reilly

1941

1936

Robin Hood of El Dorado

as Three Fingered Jack

1964

The Hanged Man

as Uncle Picaud

1937

Daughter of Shanghai

as Frank Barden

1942

Jackass Mail

as Signor Michel O'Sullivan

1956

Rebel in Town

as Bedloe Mason

1954

Sitting Bull

as Sitting Bull

1936

Special Investigator

as Eddie Selton

1938

King of Alcatraz

as Steve Murkil

1935

1931

1935

Confidential

as 'Lefty' Tate

1943

Batman

as Tito Daka

1935

1944

Dragon Seed

as Japanese Kitchen Overseer

1938

1932

1942

Dr. Broadway

as Jack Venner

1933

The World Gone Mad

as Ramon Salvadore

1932

The Mouthpiece

as Tony Rocco

1941

Know For Sure

as Tony Madroni

1940

Golden Gloves

as Joe Taggerty

1932

1945

A Medal for Benny

as Charley Martin

1955

Hit the Deck

as Mr. Peroni

1948

1940

Queen of the Mob

as George Frost

1936

Ramona

as Juan Can

1932

The Hatchet Man

as Sun Yat Ming

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Daniel (archive footage)

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

as Daniel (archive footage)

1934

British Agent

as Commissioner of War Trotsky

1954

Saskatchewan

as Batouche

1935

Front Page Woman

as Robert Cardoza

1933

1952

Denver and Rio Grande

as Gil Harkness

1936

1932

Crooner

as Nick Meyer

1944

1943

Harrigan's Kid

as Jed Jerrett

1936

Two in the Dark

as Burt Mansfield

1939

Island of Lost Men

as Gregory Prin

1937

Border Cafe

as Rocky Alton

1933

Captured!

as Cpl. Guarand

1940

Typhoon

as Mekaike

1936

1955

Desert Sands

as Sgt. Diepel

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941

Accent on Love

as Manuel Lombroso

1943

1936

Moonlight Murder

as André Bejac

1933

No Other Woman

as Bonelli

1946

Bad Bascomb

as Bart Yancy

1951

Bannerline

as Frankie Scarbine

1937

Sea Racketeers

as Harry Durant

1947

Carnival in Costa Rica

as Papa Rico Molina

1953

1938

1939

King of Chinatown

as The Professor

1939

1933

1938

Tip-Off Girls

as Joseph Valkus

1930

Cheer Up and Smile

as Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)

1941

1936

Crack-Up

as Operative #77

1944

Two-Man Submarine

as Dr. Augustus Hadley

1933

The Mad Game

as Chopper Allen

1944

The Monster Maker

as Dr. Igor Markoff

1930

Scotland Yard

as Dr. Remur

1934

Upperworld

as Lou Colima

1933

Notorious But Nice

as Joe Charney

1944

Jungle Woman

as Dr. Carl Fletcher

1934

The Hell Cat

as Joe Morgan

1937

Hideaway

as Mike Clarke

1938

Hunted Men

as Henry Rice

1938

Illegal Traffic

as Lewis Zomar

1926

What Price Glory

as French Soldier (uncredited)

1937

1937

1937

The Grand Bounce

as Hoodlum (uncredited)

1933

Havana Widows

as First Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1938

Prison Farm

as Noel Haskins

1933

Arizona to Broadway

as Tommy Monk

1934

The President Vanishes

as Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)

1931

The Finger Points

as "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)

1934

The Defense Rests

as Monte Ballou

1955

Rage at Dawn

as Simeon 'Sim' Reno

1939

Undercover Doctor

as Dr. Bartley Morgan

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

as Claude Wright

1941

Forced Landing

as Andros Banshek

1952

Ride the Man Down

as Sheriff Joe Kneen

1939

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

as Richard Lane (Archive Footage)

1956

Yaqui Drums

as Yacqi Jack

1945

Getting Gertie's Garter

as Charles, the Butler

1939

Persons in Hiding

as Freddie 'Gunner' Martin

1933

Silent Men

as Jack Wilder

1937

Night Club Scandal

as Jack Reed - Gangster

1955

The Last Command

as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

1932

The Conquerors

as Agitator

1945

Star in the Night

as Nick Catapoli

1937

Thunder Trail

as Rafael Lopez

1942

Sunday Punch

as Matt Bassler

1942

The Man in the Trunk

as Reginald DeWinters

1943

Good Morning, Judge

as Andre Bouchard

1943

Sahara

as Giuseppe

1931

Surrender

as French Prisoner of War (uncredited)

1931

Ladies of the Big House

as Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)

1934

Marie Galante

as French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)

1932

Big City Blues

as Bootlegger (uncredited)

1933

Central Airport

as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)

1934

1952

Woman of the North Country

as John Mulholland

1933

1931

Gun Smoke

as Mink Gordon

1933

The Last Trail

as John Ross

1934

1934

Sleepers East

as Carl Izzard

1961

Force of Impulse

as Antonio Marino

1933

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1931

1933

The Avenger

as Hanley

1936

Anthony Adverse

as Major Doumet

1934

Hell in the Heavens

as Sgt. Chevalier

1966

Doom of Dracula

as The Hunchback (archive footage)

1946

It's Your America

as French Soldier (uncredited)

1959

1955

Man on a Bus

as Mr Stein

1970

Cutter's Trail

as Froteras

1989

Batmania: From Comics to Screen

as Dr. Daka (archive footage)

1933

Frisco Jenny

as Ed Harris (uncredited)

1930

Double Cross Roads

as Dyke's Lookout

1940

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