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name: "J. Carrol Naish"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/j-carrol-naish"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 January 1896"
died: "24 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T00:43:59.637199+00:00"
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# J. Carrol Naish

Actor. Born 20 January 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 24 January 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 January 1896, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 24 January 1973
- **Active:** 1935–1942
- **Also known as:** Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish, Joseph Carrol Naish, J. Carroll Naish, Carroll Naish, Carrol Naish, Carol Naish, J. Carrol Nash
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Drama 2, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $6m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Carrol_Naish, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q642876, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30686

## Biography

J. Carrol Naish was an American character actor. Born Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish in New York City on 21 January 1896, he began performing in vaudeville as a child and later appeared on stage in New York and Paris. He arrived in California in 1926 and made his film debut that year, going on to appear in more than 200 films.

Naish specialised in dialect roles portraying characters of many nationalities. He received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for *Sahara* (1943) and *A Medal for Benny* (1945), winning the Golden Globe Award for the latter. Other notable film roles include *Captain Blood* (1935), *Beau Geste* (1939), *Rio Grande* (1950) and *House of Frankenstein* (1944). He also starred in the radio series *Life with Luigi* (1948–1953) and appeared in television series such as *Get Smart* and *Batman*.

Naish was married to actress Gladys Heaney from 1929 until his death from emphysema on 24 January 1973 in La Jolla, California. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Anthony Adverse* (1936), Fi1m 57, as Major Doumet — [page](https://film.one/film/anthony-adverse.md)
- *Captain Blood* (1935), Fi1m 80, as Cahusac — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *The Lives of a Bengal Lancer* (1935), Fi1m 74, as Grand Vizier — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-a-bengal-lancer.md)

## Complete filmography (213)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Many Faces of Dracula* (2000), as Daniel (archive footage)
- *That's Entertainment! III* (1994), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Dracula in the Movies* (1992), as (archive footage)
- *Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook* (1991), as Daniel (archive footage)
- *Batmania: From Comics to Screen* (1989), as Dr. Daka (archive footage)
- *That's Entertainment!* (1974), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Dracula vs. Frankenstein* (1971), as Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
- *Cutter's Trail* (1970), as Froteras
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), series, as Bilejik
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Sam Vittorio
- *Green Acres* (1965), series, as Chief Yellow Horse
- *The Hanged Man* (1964), as Uncle Picaud
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Uncle Giuliano
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Mr. Toto
- *Force of Impulse* (1961), as Antonio Marino
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor
- *Guestward, Ho!* (1960), series, as Hawkeye
- *The Untouchables* (1959), series, as Joseph H. 'Joe' Bucco
- *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Texan* (1958), series, as Walt Pierce
- *Cimarron City* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen* (1958), series, Actor
- *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958), series, as Miguel Ramierez
- *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, as Iagoo
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Old Man Charvanaugh
- *The New Adventures of Charlie Chan* (1957), series, Actor
- *The Young Don't Cry* (1957), as Plug
- *This Could Be the Night* (1957), as Leon
- *Yaqui Drums* (1956), as Yacqi Jack
- *Rebel in Town* (1956), as Bedloe Mason
- *Desert Sands* (1955), as Sgt. Diepel
- *The Last Command* (1955), as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
- *Man on a Bus* (1955), as Mr Stein
- *Violent Saturday* (1955), as Chapman, Bank Robber
- *Rage at Dawn* (1955), as Simeon 'Sim' Reno
- *Hit the Deck* (1955), as Mr. Peroni
- *New York Confidential* (1955), as Ben Dagajanian
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Mr. Combie
- *Sitting Bull* (1954), as Sitting Bull
- *Saskatchewan* (1954), as Batouche
- *Beneath the 12-Mile Reef* (1953), as Socrates Houlis
- *Fighter Attack* (1953), as Bruno
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, Actor
- *Ride the Man Down* (1952), as Sheriff Joe Kneen
- *Life with Luigi* (1952), series, as Luigi Basco
- *Woman of the North Country* (1952), as John Mulholland
- *Clash by Night* (1952), as Uncle Vince
- *Denver and Rio Grande* (1952), as Gil Harkness
- *Across the Wide Missouri* (1951), as Looking Glass
- *Bannerline* (1951), as Frankie Scarbine
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Ridley, Mr. Gallup
- *The Mark of the Renegade* (1951), as Luis
- *Rio Grande* (1950), as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Onorio, Charlie
- *The Toast of New Orleans* (1950), as Nicky Duvalle
- *Annie Get Your Gun* (1950), as Chief Sitting Bull
- *Please Believe Me* (1950), as 'Lucky' Reilly
- *Black Hand* (1950), as Louis Lorelli
- *That Midnight Kiss* (1949), as Papa Donnetti
- *Canadian Pacific* (1949), as Dynamite Dawson
- *Joan of Arc* (1948), as John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
- *The Kissing Bandit* (1948), as Chico
- *The Fugitive* (1947), as A Police Informer
- *Carnival in Costa Rica* (1947), as Papa Rico Molina
- *The Beast with Five Fingers* (1947), as Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
- *Humoresque* (1947), as Rudy Boray
- *It's Your America* (1946), as French Soldier (uncredited)
- *Bad Bascomb* (1946), as Bart Yancy
- *Getting Gertie's Garter* (1945), as Charles, the Butler
- *Star in the Night* (1945), as Nick Catapoli
- *Strange Confession* (1945), as Roger Graham
- *The Southerner* (1945), as Devers
- *A Medal for Benny* (1945), as Charley Martin
- *House of Frankenstein* (1944), as Daniel
- *Enter Arsène Lupin* (1944), as Ganimard
- *Dragon Seed* (1944), as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
- *Waterfront* (1944), as Dr. Karl Decker
- *Jungle Woman* (1944), as Dr. Carl Fletcher
- *The Monster Maker* (1944), as Dr. Igor Markoff
- *The Whistler* (1944), as The Killer
- *Two-Man Submarine* (1944), as Dr. Augustus Hadley
- *Voice in the Wind* (1944), as Luigi
- *Gung Ho!* (1943), as Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
- *Calling Dr. Death* (1943), as Inspector Gregg
- *Sahara* (1943), as Giuseppe
- *Behind the Rising Sun* (1943), as Reo Seki
- *Batman* (1943), as Tito Daka
- *Good Morning, Judge* (1943), as Andre Bouchard
- *Harrigan's Kid* (1943), as Jed Jerrett
- *Dr. Renault's Secret* (1942), as Noel
- *The Man in the Trunk* (1942), as Reginald DeWinters
- *The Pied Piper* (1942), as Aristide Rougeron
- *Tales of Manhattan* (1942), as Costello
- *Jackass Mail* (1942), as Signor Michel O'Sullivan
- *Dr. Broadway* (1942), as Jack Venner
- *Sunday Punch* (1942), as Matt Bassler
- *A Gentleman at Heart* (1942), as Gigi
- *The Corsican Brothers* (1942), as Lorenzo
- *Birth of the Blues* (1941), as Blackie
- *Know For Sure* (1941), as Tony Madroni
- *Forced Landing* (1941), as Andros Banshek
- *Accent on Love* (1941), as Manuel Lombroso
- *Blood and Sand* (1941), as Garabato
- *That Night in Rio* (1941), as Machado
- *Mr. Dynamite* (1941), as 'The Professor'
- *A Night at Earl Carroll's* (1940), as Steve Kalkus
- *Down Argentine Way* (1940), as Casiano
- *Golden Gloves* (1940), as Joe Taggerty
- *Queen of the Mob* (1940), as George Frost
- *Typhoon* (1940), as Mekaike
- *Island of Lost Men* (1939), as Gregory Prin
- *Beau Geste* (1939), as Rasinoff
- *Undercover Doctor* (1939), as Dr. Bartley Morgan
- *Hotel Imperial* (1939), as Kuprin
- *Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police* (1939), as Richard Lane (Archive Footage)
- *King of Chinatown* (1939), as The Professor
- *Persons in Hiding* (1939), as Freddie 'Gunner' Martin
- *Illegal Traffic* (1938), as Lewis Zomar
- *King of Alcatraz* (1938), as Steve Murkil
- *Bulldog Drummond in Africa* (1938), as Richard Lane
- *Prison Farm* (1938), as Noel Haskins
- *Hunted Men* (1938), as Henry Rice
- *Her Jungle Love* (1938), as Kuasa
- *Tip-Off Girls* (1938), as Joseph Valkus
- *Daughter of Shanghai* (1937), as Frank Barden
- *Night Club Scandal* (1937), as Jack Reed - Gangster
- *Thunder Trail* (1937), as Rafael Lopez
- *Bulldog Drummond Comes Back* (1937), as Mikhail Valdin
- *Sea Racketeers* (1937), as Harry Durant
- *Hideaway* (1937), as Mike Clarke
- *Think Fast, Mr. Moto* (1937), as Adram
- *It May Happen to You* (1937), as Moxie
- *Border Cafe* (1937), as Rocky Alton
- *The Grand Bounce* (1937), as Hoodlum (uncredited)
- *Song of the City* (1937), as Mario
- *We Who Are About to Die* (1937), as Nick Trotti
- *Crack-Up* (1936), as Operative #77
- *The Charge of the Light Brigade* (1936), as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
- *Ramona* (1936), as Juan Can
- *Anthony Adverse* (1936), as Major Doumet — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/anthony-adverse.md)
- *Special Investigator* (1936), as Eddie Selton
- *Absolute Quiet* (1936), as Pedro
- *Charlie Chan at the Circus* (1936), as Tom Holt
- *Moonlight Murder* (1936), as André Bejac
- *Robin Hood of El Dorado* (1936), as Three Fingered Jack
- *The Return of Jimmy Valentine* (1936), as Tony Scapelli
- *The Leathernecks Have Landed* (1936), as Irenov
- *Exclusive Story* (1936), as Comos
- *Two in the Dark* (1936), as Burt Mansfield
- *Captain Blood* (1935), as Cahusac — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *Confidential* (1935), as 'Lefty' Tate
- *Special Agent* (1935), as Joe Durell
- *Little Big Shot* (1935), as Bert
- *Front Page Woman* (1935), as Robert Cardoza
- *Under the Pampas Moon* (1935), as Tito
- *Black Fury* (1935), as Steve Croner
- *Behind the Green Lights* (1935), as Sam Dover
- *The Lives of a Bengal Lancer* (1935), as Grand Vizier — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-a-bengal-lancer.md)
- *Hell in the Heavens* (1934), as Sgt. Chevalier
- *The President Vanishes* (1934), as Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited)
- *Marie Galante* (1934), as French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
- *British Agent* (1934), as Commissioner of War Trotsky
- *Girl in Danger* (1934), as Russo
- *The Defense Rests* (1934), as Monte Ballou
- *Return of the Terror* (1934), as Steve Scola
- *The Hell Cat* (1934), as Joe Morgan
- *Murder in Trinidad* (1934), as Duval
- *One Is Guilty* (1934), as Jack Allen
- *Upperworld* (1934), as Lou Colima
- *What's Your Racket* (1934), as Dick Graves
- *Sleepers East* (1934), as Carl Izzard
- *The Mystery Squadron* (1933), as Collins
- *Havana Widows* (1933), as First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- *The Mad Game* (1933), as Chopper Allen
- *Ann Vickers* (1933), as Dr. Sorelle
- *The Last Trail* (1933), as John Ross
- *Captured!* (1933), as Cpl. Guarand
- *The Avenger* (1933), as Hanley
- *Notorious But Nice* (1933), as Joe Charney
- *Arizona to Broadway* (1933), as Tommy Monk
- *The Devil's in Love* (1933), as Salazar
- *Elmer, the Great* (1933), as Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)
- *Central Airport* (1933), as Drunk in Wreck (uncredited)
- *The World Gone Mad* (1933), as Ramon Salvadore
- *The Whirlwind* (1933), as Injun
- *Infernal Machine* (1933), as Bryan
- *Silent Men* (1933), as Jack Wilder
- *The Past of Mary Holmes* (1933), as Gary Kent
- *Frisco Jenny* (1933), as Ed Harris (uncredited)
- *No Other Woman* (1933), as Bonelli
- *The Conquerors* (1932), as Agitator
- *The Kid from Spain* (1932), as Pedro
- *Tiger Shark* (1932), as Tony
- *Big City Blues* (1932), as Bootlegger (uncredited)
- *No Living Witness* (1932), as Nick
- *Crooner* (1932), as Nick Meyer
- *Two Seconds* (1932), as Tony
- *The Famous Ferguson Case* (1932), as Claude Wright
- *The Mouthpiece* (1932), as Tony Rocco
- *The Beast of the City* (1932), as Pietro Cholo
- *The Hatchet Man* (1932), as Sun Yat Ming
- *Ladies of the Big House* (1931), as Witness Against Doremus (uncredited)
- *Surrender* (1931), as French Prisoner of War (uncredited)
- *Homicide Squad* (1931), as Hugo
- *The Finger Points* (1931), as "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
- *Gun Smoke* (1931), as Mink Gordon (uncredited)
- *The Royal Bed* (1931), as Laker
- *Tonight or Never* (1931), as Radio Announcer
- *Scotland Yard* (1930), as Dr. Remur
- *Good Intentions* (1930), as Charlie Hattrick
- *Cheer Up and Smile* (1930), as Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited)
- *Double Cross Roads* (1930), as Dyke's Lookout
- *What Price Glory* (1926), as French Soldier (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Photo of J. Carrol Naish as Luigi Basco from the radio program Life With Luigi. (1950)](https://film.one/media/person/1228048/gallery-8e37ad05b802.jpg) Photo of J. Carrol Naish as Luigi Basco from the radio program Life With Luigi. (1950) — CBS Radio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/J._Carrol_Naish_Life_With_Luigi_1950.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![J. Carrol Naish and Edward G. Robinson in a scene from the American drama film Two Seconds (1932).](https://film.one/media/person/1228048/gallery-1e6bf69479c2.jpg) J. Carrol Naish and Edward G. Robinson in a scene from the American drama film Two Seconds (1932). — First National Pictures / Vitaphone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/J._Carrol_Naish_Edward_G._Robinson_Two_Seconds_1932.jpg/1280px-J._Carrol_Naish_Edward_G._Robinson_Two_Seconds_1932.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![J. Carrol Naish](https://film.one/media/person/1228048/gallery-2a84df4b0be1.png) J. Carrol Naish — Trailer Screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/J_Carroll_Naish_in_Hit_The_Deck_%28Trailer%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![J. Carrol Naish](https://film.one/media/person/1228048/gallery-d035f25258b1.jpg) J. Carrol Naish — Image via TMDB
- ![J. Carrol Naish](https://film.one/media/person/1228048/gallery-6339d5d3bb8b.jpg) J. Carrol Naish — Image via TMDB
- ![J. Carrol Naish](https://film.one/media/person/1228048/gallery-30685c1b6773.jpg) J. Carrol Naish — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1946: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *A Medal for Benny*
- 1944: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Sahara*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1946: Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (won), for *A Medal for Benny*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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