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J. Carrol Naish 1896 - 1973

J. Carrol Naish of San Diego, San Diego County, California United States was born on January 21, 1896 in New York, NY, and died at age 77 years old on January 24, 1973 in La Jolla, CA. J. Naish was buried on January 27, 1973 at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles.

J. Carrol Naish

J.Carrol Naish

La Jolla in San Diego, San Diego County, California United States

January 21, 1896

New York, New York, United States

January 24, 1973

La Jolla, California, United States

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Introduction

J. Carrol Naish was an American character actor who appeared in over 200 credits during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He received two Oscar nominations for his supporting roles in the films Sahara (1943) and A Medal for Benny (1945), the latter of which also earned him a Golden Globe1. Naish launched his prolific film career on the cusp of the transition from silent films to talkies, between 1926 and 1930.
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1896

Birthday

January 21, 1896

Birthdate

New York, New York United States

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

Irish Catholic. One wife for life.
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Place of worship
Religious Beliefs

Catholic. Married for life.
Professional Career

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1926 What Price Glory French Soldier Uncredited 1930 Cheer Up and Smile Bit Part Uncredited 1931 The Royal Bed Laker Credited as Carrol Naish 1931 Gun Smoke Mink Gordon 1931 Surrender French Prisoner of War Uncredited 1931 Tonight or Never Radio Announcer Uncredited 1931 The Finger Points Phone Voice ("The Finger is on You") Uncredited 1932 The Hatchet Man Sun Yat Ming Credited as J. Carroll Naish Alternative title: The Honorable Mr. Wong 1932 The Beast of the City Cholo 1932 No Living Witness Nick 1932 The Mouthpiece Tony Rocco Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1932 The Famous Ferguson Case Claude Wright 1932 Two Seconds Tony Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1932 Crooner Nick Meyer 1932 Big City Blues Bootlegger Uncredited 1932 Tiger Shark Tony Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1932 The Kid from Spain Pedro 1932 Frisco Jenny Ed Harris Uncredited 1933 No Other Woman Bonelli 1933 The Past of Mary Holmes Gary Kent 1933 Infernal Machine Bryan Uncredited 1933 Central Airport Drunk in wreck Uncredited 1933 The World Gone Mad Ramon Salvadore 1933 Elmer, the Great Jerry Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1933 The Devil's in Love Salazar 1933 Arizona to Broadway Tommy Monk 1933 Captured! Cpl. Guarand Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1933 Ann Vickers Dr. Sorelle Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1933 The Mad Game Chopper Allen 1933 Havana Widows First Taxi Driver Uncredited 1933 The Mystery Squadron Collins Film serial 1934 Upper World Lou Colima Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1934 What's Your Racket? Dick Graves 1934 Murder in Trinidad Duval 1934 One Is Guilty Jack Allen 1934 British Agent Commissioner of War Trotsky Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1934 Maria Galante French Sailor Painting Ship Uncredited 1934 The President Vanishes Anti-War Demonstrator Uncredited 1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Grand Vizier 1935 Black Fury Steve Croner 1935 Front Page Woman Robert Cardoza Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1935 The Crusades Arab Slave Dealer Uncredited 1935 Little Big Shot Bert Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1935 Special Agent Joe Durell Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1935 Confidential 'Lefty' Tate 1935 Captain Blood Cahusac Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1936 Two in the Dark Burt Mansfield 1936 Exclusive Story Comos 1936 Robin Hood of El Dorad Three-Fingered Jack 1936 Charlie Chan at the Circus Tom Holt 1936 Moonlight Murder Bejac 1936 Absolute Quiet Pedro 1936 Special Investigator Edward J. Selton 1936 Anthony Adverse Maj. Doumet Credited as J. Carroll Naish 1936 Ramona Juan Can 1936 The Charge of the Light Brigade Subahdar-Major Puran Singh 1936 Exclusive Story Comos 1936 Crack-Up Operative #77 1937 Border Cafe Rocky Alton 1937 Think Fast, Mr. Moto Adram 1937 Hideaway Mike Clarke 1937 Sea Racketeers Harry Durant 1937 Bulldog Drummond Comes Back Mikhail Valdin 1937 Thunder Trail Rafael Lopez 1937 Daughter of Shanghai Frank Barden 1938 Her Jungle Love Kuasa 1938 Bulldog Drummond in Africa Richard Lane 1938 King of Alcatraz Steve Murkil 1939 Persons in Hiding Freddie 'Gunner' Martin 1939 Hotel Imperial Kuprin 1939 Beau Geste Rasinoff 1939 Island of Lost Men Gregory Prin 1940 Typhoon Mekaike 1940 Queen of the Mob George Frost 1940 Golden Gloves Joe Taggerty 1940 Down Argentine Way Casiano 1941 Mr. Dynamite Professor 1941 That Night in Rio Machado 1941 Blood and Sand Garabato 1941 Accent on Love Manuel Lombroso 1941 Forced Landing Andros Banshek 1941 Birth of the Blues Blackie 1941 The Corsican Brothers Lorenzo 1942 A Gentleman at Heart Gigi 1942 Sunday Punch Matt Bassler 1942 Dr. Broadway Jack Venner 1942 Jackass Mail Signor Michel O'Sullivan 1942 The Pied Piper Aristide Rougeron 1942 Tales of Manhattan Costello 1942 Dr. Renault's Secret Noel 1943 Batman Dr. Tito Daka/Prince Daka Film serial 1943 Behind the Rising Sun Reo Seki 1943 Sahara Giuseppe Nominated: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 1943 Calling Dr. Death Inspector Gregg 1943 Gung Ho! Lt. C.J. Cristoforos 1944 Voice in the Wind Luigi 1944 The Whistler The Killer 1944 The Monster Maker Dr. Igor Markoff 1944 Jungle Woman Dr. Carl Fletcher 1944 Waterfront Dr. Karl Decker 1944 Dragon Seed Japanese Kitchen Overseer 1944 Enter Arsène Lupin Ganimard 1944 House of Frankenstein Daniel 1945 A Medal for Benny Charley Martin Won: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 1945 The Southerner Devers 1945 Strange Confession Roger Graham Alternative title: The Missing Head 1945 Star in the Night Nick Catapoli Short film 1945 Getting Gertie's Garter Charles, the butler 1946 Bad Bascomb Bart Yancy 1946 The Beast with Five Fingers Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio 1946 Humoresque Rudy Boray 1947 Carnival in Costa Rica Papa Rico Molina 1947 The Fugitive A Police Informer 1948 Joan of Arc John, Count of Luxembourg (Joan's captor) 1948 The Kissing Bandit Chico 1949 Canadian Pacific Dynamite Dawson 1949 That Midnight Kiss Papa Donnetti 1950 Black Hand Louis Lorelli 1950 Please Believe Me "Lucky" Reilly 1950 Annie Get Your Gun Chief Sitting Bull 1950 The Toast of New Orleans Nicky Duvalle 1950 Rio Grande Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan 1951 The Mark of the Renegade Luis 1951 Across the Wide Missouri Looking Glass 1951 Bannerline Frankie Scarbine 1952 Denver and Rio Grande Gil Harkness 1952 Clash by Night Uncle Vince 1952 Ride the Man Down Sheriff Joe Kneen 1952 The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima Narrator Uncredited 1953 Fighter Attack Bruno 1953 Beneath the 12-Mile Reef Socrates "Soc" Houlis 1954 Saskatchewan Batouche 1954 Sitting Bull Sitting Bull 1955 New York Confidential Ben Dagajanian 1955 Hit the Deck Mr. Peroni 1955 Rage at Dawn Simeon "Sim" Reno 1955 Violent Saturday Chapman, Bank Robber 1955 The Last Command General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana 1955 Desert Sands Sgt. Diepel 1956 Rebel in Town Bedloe Mason 1956 Yaqui Drums Yacqi Jack 1957 This Could Be the Night Leon 1957 The Young Don't Cry Plug 1961 Force of Impulse Antonio Marino 1971 Dracula vs. Frankenstein Dr. Frankenstein, aka Dr. Duryea Television Year Title Role Notes 1952–1953 Life with Luigi Luigi Basco Unknown episodes 1956 Climax! Mr. Combie Episode: "An Episode of Sparrows" 1956 The Alcoa Hour Murillo Episode: "Key Largo" 1956 Crossroads Rabbi Arnold Fischel 2 episodes, including "The White Carnation" 1957–1958 The New Adventures of Charlie Chan Charlie Chan 39 episodes 1957 The Texan Walt Pierce Episode: "The First Notch" 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Papa Episode: "My Father, the Fool" 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive Miguel Ramierez Episode: "Ricochet" 1958 Cimarron City Rare Crowder Episode: "The Blood Line" 1959 The Restless Gun Maj. Quint Langley Episode: "Blood of Courage" 1959 Whirlybirds Taylor Episode: "Two of a Kind" 1959–1960 Wagon Train Various roles 2 episodes 1960 The Untouchables Joe Bucco Episode: "The Noise of Death" 1960–1961 Guestward, Ho! Hawkeye 38 episodes 1963 Route 66 Mike Donato Episode: "And Make Thunder His Tribute" 1964 The Hanged Man Uncle Picaud Television film 1964 Burke's Law Mr. Toto Episode: "Who Killed Supersleuth?" 1965 I Dream of Jeannie Bilejik Episode: "Djinn and Water" 1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Uncle Giuliano Episode: "The Super-Colossal Affair" 1967 Green Acres Chief Yellow Horse Episode: "It's So Peaceful in the Country" 1969 Bonanza Anselmo Episode: "A Severe Case of Matrimony" 1968 Get Smart Sam Vittorio Episode: "The Secret of Sam Vittorio" Radio broadcasts Year Program Episode/source 1945 Suspense "Footfalls"[11] 1946 The Fifth Horseman Aftermath 1952 Suspense Treasure Hunt[12] 1953 Family Theater Two Tickets for Stockholm[13] References He did, however, play the Irish-American General Sheridan in Rio Grande.
Personal Life & Family

J. Carrol Naish At Birth - Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish Born January 21, 1896, in New York City, U.S. Died January 24, 1973 (aged 77) La Jolla, California, U.S. Resting Place Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Actor Years active 1926–1971 Spouse Gladys Heaney (m. 1929) Children 1 Naish was Luigi Basco in the radio program Life with Luigi (1950) Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish (January 21, 1896 – January 24, 1973) was an American actor. He appeared in over 200 credits during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Naish received two Oscar nominations for his supporting roles in the films Sahara (1943) and A Medal for Benny (1945), the latter of which also earned him a Golden Globe. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Career Naish's uncredited bit role in What Price Glory? (1926) launched his career in more than 200 films. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the first for his role as Giuseppe in the movie Sahara (1943), in which he delivers the propaganda speech: Mussolini is not as clever as Hitler, he can dress up his Italians only to look like thieves, cheats, and murderers, he cannot like Hitler, make them feel like that. He cannot like Hitler scrape from their conscience the knowledge right is right and wrong is wrong, or dig holes in their heads to plant his own Ten Commandments - Steal from thy neighbor, Cheat thy neighbor, Kill thy neighbor! But are my eyes blind that I must fall to my knees to worship a maniac who has made my country a concentration camp, who has made my people slaves? Must I kiss the hand that beats me, lick the boot that kicks me? NO! The second was for his performance as the title character's Hispanic father in the movie A Medal for Benny (1945). For the latter film, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. J. Carrol Naish was in the film Hit the Deck (1955) He often played villains from gangsters in numerous Paramount pictures to mad scientists, such as Dr. Daka in the Batman film serial. In the 1940s Naish was a supporting character in a number of horror films. He played Boris Karloff's assistant in House of Frankenstein (1944). Of Irish descent, he rarely played an Irishman, explaining, "When the part of an Irishman comes along, nobody ever thinks of me." He portrayed numerous other ethnicities including Southern European (especially Italian), Eastern European, Latin American, Native American, Middle Eastern, South Asian, East Asian, Pacific Islander—even African American, which earned him the moniker "Hollywood's one-man U.N." On radio, Naish starred as Luigi Basco on the popular CBS program Life with Luigi (1948–1953). Luigi's popularity resulted in a CBS television series of the same name, with Naish reprising his role. In 1955, Naish originated the role of Alfieri in the one-act, verse version of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge on Broadway, also starring Van Heflin and Eileen Heckart. In 1957–1958, Naish played the lead role in the television series The New Adventures of Charlie Chan. In 1971, he appeared in his final film role, Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971), as a mad scientist; a role descended from the original Dr. Frankenstein takes to murdering young women for experimentation in hopes of reviving his ancestor's creation, with help from his mute assistant, played by Lon Chaney Jr., whose film appearance was also his last. Personal Life Naish was married (from 1929 until his death) to actress Gladys Heaney; they had one daughter, Elaine. Death Naish retired to San Diego and died of emphysema on January 24, 1973, at Scripps Memorial Hospital in nearby La Jolla, California, three days after his 77th birthday. He is interred at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California. For his contributions to television, he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6145 Hollywood Boulevard.
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1973

Death

January 24, 1973

Death date

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Cause of death

La Jolla, California United States
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1973

Gravesite & Burial

January 27, 1973

Funeral date
Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California U.S.A.
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