J. Carrol Naish
J. Carrol Naish was a character actor who launched his prolific film career on the cusp of the transition from silent films to talkies (between 1926 and 1930), eventually appearing in nearly 200 films total. The Irish-descended New Yorker became legendary for mastering a potpourri of foreign accents, yet he ironicaly played virtually every ethnicity except Irish over the course of his career. After making scores of appearances--including roles as numerous villains and gangsters, among other types--throughout the '30s and early '40s, Naish first earned critical acclaim in 1943, playing Giuseppe, the Italian prisoner in the Humphrey Bogart war drama "Sahara," for which Naish received a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination. He followed up that accolade in 1945 with another Oscar nomination (and a Golden Globe win) for his key, non-ethnic supporting role in "A Medal for Benny," a drama which starred Dorothy Lamour. In the '50s, Naish went from straight western roles, such as a Union lieutenant general in the John Ford classic "Rio Grande" (starring John Wayne) to playing the title character in "Sitting Bull," a role which was more vintage Naish. Meanwhile, he gained greater fame that same decade on television, where he first appeared in 1952 as the star of the two-episode comedy "Life with Luigi," and later, in his highest profile TV role, playing the title character of the syndicated mystery "The New Adventures of Charlie Chan," where he appeared for 39-episodes in 1957. Naish passed away from emphysema at the age of 77.
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J. Carrol Naish
Filmography
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Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Dr. Frankenstein aka Dr. Durea (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cutter's Trail | Froteras (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hanged Man | Uncle Picaud (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Force of Impulse | Antonio Marino (Character) | - | 1961 |
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This Could Be the Night | Leon (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Young Don't Cry | Plug (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rebel in Town | Bedloe Mason (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yaqui Drums | Yacqi Jack (Character) | - | 1956 |
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The Last Command | General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Desert Sands | Sgt. Diepel (Character) | - | 1955 |
80% |
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Violent Saturday | Chapman (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Rage at Dawn | Simeon "Sim" Reno (Character) | - | 1955 |
67% |
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Hit the Deck | Mr. Peroni (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Saskatchewan | Batouche (Character) | - | 1954 |
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Sitting Bull | Sitting Bull (Character) | - | 1954 |
60% |
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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Socrates "Soc" Houlis (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fighter Attack | Bruno (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ride the Man Down | Sheriff Joe Kneen (Character) | - | 1953 |
63% |
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Clash by Night | Uncle Vince (Character) | - | 1952 |
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Denver & Rio Grande | Gil Harkness (Character) | - | 1952 |
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Across the Wide Missouri | Looking Glass (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bannerline | Frankie Scarbine (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mark of the Renegade | Luis (Character) | - | 1951 |
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The Black Hand | Louis Lorelli (Character) | - | 1950 |
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The Toast of New Orleans | Nicky Duvalle (Character) | - | 1950 |
100% |
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Annie Get Your Gun | Chief Sitting Bull (Character) | - | 1950 |
75% |
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Rio Grande | Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Please Believe Me | "Lucky" Reilly (Character) | - | 1950 |
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That Midnight Kiss | Papa Donnetti (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Canadian Pacific | Dynamite Dawson (Character) | - | 1949 |
90% |
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Joan of Arc | John (Character) | - | 1948 |
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The Kissing Bandit | Chico (Character) | - | 1948 |
71% |
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The Fugitive | A Police Informer (Character) | - | 1947 |
57% |
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Humoresque | Rudy Boray (Character) | - | 1946 |
94% |
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The Beast With Five Fingers | Commissario Ovidio Castanio (Character) | - | 1946 |
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Bad Bascomb | Bart Yancy (Character) | - | 1946 |
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Strange Confession | Roger Graham (Character) | - | 1945 |
55% |
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House of Frankenstein | Daniel (Character) | - | 1945 |
93% |
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The Southerner | Devers (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Star in the Night | Nick Catapoli (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Medal for Benny | Charley Martin (Character) | - | 1945 |
71% | No Score Yet | Getting Gertie's Garter | Charles - the Butler (Character) | - | 1945 |
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The Whistler | The Killer (Character) | - | 1944 |
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Jungle Woman | Dr. Carl Fletcher (Character) | - | 1944 |
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Dragon Seed | Japanese Kitchen Overseer (Character) | - | 1944 |
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Waterfront | Dr. Karl Decker (Character) | - | 1944 |
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The Monster Maker | Dr. Igor Markoff (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Voice in the Wind | Luigi (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Enter Arsene Lupin | Ganimard (Character) | - | 1944 |
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Calling Dr. Death | Inspector Gregg (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Behind the Rising Sun | Reo Seki (Character) | - | 1943 |
92% |
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Sahara | Giuseppe (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Gung Ho! | Lt. C.J. Cristoforos (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harrigan's Kid | Jed Jerrett (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunday Punch | Unknown (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jackass Mail | Signor Michel O'Sullivan (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Dr. Renault's Secret | Noel (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Gentleman at Heart | Gigi (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Broadway | Jack Venner (Character) | - | 1942 |
100% |
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The Pied Piper | Aristide Rougeron (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forced Landing | Andros Banshek (Character) | - | 1941 |
100% |
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Blood and Sand | Garabato (Character) | - | 1941 |
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That Night in Rio | Machado (Character) | - | 1941 |
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The Corsican Brothers | Lorenzo (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Dynamite | Professor (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Birth of the Blues | Blackie (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Accent on Love | Manuel Lombroso (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Down Argentine Way | Casiano (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Golden Gloves | Joe Taggerty (Character) | - | 1940 |
56% | No Score Yet | Queen of the Mob | George Frost (Character) | - | 1940 |
92% |
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Beau Geste | Rasinoff (Character) | - | 1939 |
60% | No Score Yet | Island of Lost Men | Gregory Prin (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Persons in Hiding | Freddie "Gunner" Martin (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Undercover Doctor | Dr. Bartley Morgan (Character) | - | 1939 |
20% | No Score Yet | King of Chinatown | Professor (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Jungle Love | Kuasa (Character) | - | 1938 |
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Richard Lane (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tip-Off Girls | Joseph Valkus (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Illegal Traffic | Lewis Zomar (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thunder Trail | Rafael Lopez (Character) | - | 1937 |
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto | Adram (Character) | - | 1937 |
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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Mikhail Valdin (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sea Racketeers | Harry Durant (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It May Happen to You | Moxie (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Song of the City | Mario (Character) | - | 1937 |
95% |
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Daughter of Shanghai | Frank Barden (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Border Cafe | Rocky Alton (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hideaway | Mike Clarke (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | We Who Are About to Die | Nick Trotti (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Exclusive Story | Comos (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moonlight Murder | Bejac (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ramona | Juan Can (Character) | - | 1936 |
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Charlie Chan at the Circus | Tom Holt (Character) | - | 1936 |
71% |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade | Subahdar-Major Puran Singh (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two in the Dark | Burt Mansfield (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Absolute Quiet | Pedro (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robin Hood of El Dorado | Three Fingered Jack (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Special Investigator | Edward J. "Eddie" Selton (Character) | - | 1936 |
80% |
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Front Page Woman | Robert Cardoza (Character) | - | 1935 |
83% |
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Black Fury | Steve Croner (Character) | - | 1935 |
100% |
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Grand Vizier (Character) | - | 1935 |
100% |
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Captain Blood | Cahusac (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Confidential | "Lefty" Tate (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Special Agent | Joe Durell (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Big Shot | Bert (Character) | - | 1935 |
100% |
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The Crusades | Arab Slave Dealer (Character) | - | 1935 |
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British Agent | Commissioner of War Trotsky (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hell Cat | Joe Morgan (Character) | - | 1934 |
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Upperworld | Lou Colima (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder in Trinidad | Duval (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girl in Danger | Russo (Character) | - | 1934 |
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Frisco Jenny | Ed Harris (Character) | - | 1933 |
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Ann Vickers | Dr. Sorelle (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Arizona to Broadway | Tommy Monk (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captured | Cptl. Guarand (Character) | - | 1933 |
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Elmer the Great | Jerry (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mad Game | Chopper Allen (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Past of Mary Holmes | Gary Kent (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Other Woman | Bonelli (Character) | - | 1933 |
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The Kid From Spain | Pedro (Character) | - | 1932 |
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It's Tough to Be Famous | Lt. Blake (Character) | - | 1932 |
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The Beast of the City | Pietro Cholo (Character) | - | 1932 |
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Tiger Shark | Tony (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big City Blues | Bootlegger (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Famous Ferguson Case | Claude Wright (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crooner | Nick Meyer (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Week-end Marriage | Joe (Character) | - | 1932 |
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The Hatchet Man | Sun Yat Ming (Character) | - | 1932 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 84% | Get Smart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Green Acres | Chief Yellow Horse (Guest Star) | 1967 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | 58% | I Dream of Jeannie | Bilejik (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Old Man Charvanaugh (Guest Star) | 1959-1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Gun | Maj. Clint Langley (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alcoa Hour | Murillo (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |