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Dracula vs. Frankenstein

as Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein

1971
The Hanged Man

as Uncle Picaud

1964
Rebel in Town

as Bedloe Mason

1956
Rage at Dawn

as Simeon 'Sim' Reno

1955
New York Confidential

as Ben Dagajanian

1955
Violent Saturday

as Chapman, Bank Robber

1955
The Last Command

as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

1955
Hit the Deck

as Mr. Peroni

1955
Desert Sands

as Sgt. Diepel

1955
Sitting Bull

as Sitting Bull

1954
Saskatchewan

as Batouche

1954
Fighter Attack

as Bruno

1953
Clash by Night

as Uncle Vince

1952
Denver and Rio Grande

as Gil Harkness

1952
Ride the Man Down

as Sheriff Joe Kneen

1952
Across the Wide Missouri

as Looking Glass

1951
Bannerline

as Frankie Scarbine

1951
Rio Grande

as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan

1950
Annie Get Your Gun

as Chief Sitting Bull

1950
Black Hand

as Louis Lorelli

1950
The Toast of New Orleans

as Nicky Duvalle

1950
Please Believe Me

as 'Lucky' Reilly

1950
Canadian Pacific

as Dynamite Dawson

1949
That Midnight Kiss

as Papa Donnetti

1949
Joan of Arc

as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor

1948
The Kissing Bandit

as Chico

1948
Humoresque

as Rudy Boray

1947
The Fugitive

as A Police Informer

1947
The Beast with Five Fingers

as Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio

1947
J. Carrol Naish J. Carrol Naish

Birthday

1896-01-21

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.
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