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name: "John Carroll"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-carroll-103671"
fi1m_id: "john-carroll-103671"
imdb_id: "nm0140865"
tmdb_id: 103671
wikidata_id: "Q952198"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 July 1906"
died: "24 April 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:49:07.999064+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Carroll

## Identity

John Carroll

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-carroll-103671
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-carroll-103671
- **IMDb ID:** nm0140865
- **TMDB ID:** 103671
- **Wikidata ID:** Q952198
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carroll_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q952198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140865/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103671

Actor. Born 17 July 1906 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Died 24 April 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 July 1906, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- **Died:** 24 April 1979
- **Also known as:** Julian Lafaye
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carroll_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q952198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140865/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103671

## Biography

John Carroll (born Julian La Faye, 17 July 1906 – 24 April 1979) was an American actor and singer. He performed small roles under his birth name before adopting the name John Carroll in *Hi, Gaucho!* (1935). He appeared in Westerns in the 1930s, including as Zorro in the serial *Zorro Rides Again* (1937).

Carroll played Gent Shelton in *Only Angels Have Wings* (1939). He was the male lead in the Marx Brothers comedy *Go West* (1940) and played Woody Jason in *Flying Tigers* (1942). During the Second World War he served as a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot in North Africa, breaking his back in a crash before resuming his career. Later roles included Tate Kimbrough in *Decision at Sundown* (1957) and Lou Martin in *The Other Side of the Wind* (2018). His final screen appearance was in *Ride in a Pink Car* (1974).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Only Angels Have Wings* (1939), Fi1m 88, as Gent Shelton — [page](https://film.one/film/only-angels-have-wings.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

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

- *The Other Side of the Wind* (2018), as Lou Martin
- *Western von gestern* (1978), series, as James Vega / Zorro
- *Ride in a Pink Car* (1974), as Mr. Henry
- *A Boy Called Nuthin’* (1967), as Sagebrush
- *The Big Parade of Comedy* (1964), as Terry Turner in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Plunderers of Painted Flats* (1959), as Clint Jones
- *Decision at Sundown* (1957), as Tate Kimbrough
- *Johnny Trouble* (1957), Executive Producer
- *The Reluctant Bride* (1955), as Jeff Longstreet
- *Geraldine* (1953), as Grant Sanborn
- *The Farmer Takes a Wife* (1953), as Jotham Klore
- *Belle Le Grand* (1951), as John Kilton
- *Hit Parade of 1951* (1950), as Joe Blake / Eddie Paul
- *Surrender* (1950), as Gregg Delaney
- *The Avengers* (1950), as Don Careless / Francisco Suarez
- *Angel in Exile* (1948), as Charlie Dakin
- *I, Jane Doe* (1948), as Stephen Curtis
- *Old Los Angeles* (1948), as Johnny Morrell
- *The Flame* (1947), as George MacAllister
- *The Fabulous Texan* (1947), as John Wesley Baker
- *Hollywood Wonderland* (1947), as Actor in Canoe (clip from "Swingtime in the Movies", 1938) (uncredited)
- *Wyoming* (1947), as Glenn Forrester
- *Fiesta* (1947), as Jose 'Pepe' Ortega
- *A Letter for Evie* (1946), as Edgar "Wolf" Larson
- *Bedside Manner* (1945), as Morgan Hale
- *Musical Movieland* (1944), as Ranger Bob Crain
- *Hit Parade of 1943* (1943), as Rick Farrell
- *The Youngest Profession* (1943), as John Carroll
- *Flying Tigers* (1942), as Woody Jason
- *Pierre of the Plains* (1942), as Pierre
- *Rio Rita* (1942), as Ricardo Montera
- *Lady Be Good* (1941), as Buddy Crawford
- *This Woman Is Mine* (1941), as Ovide de Montigny
- *Sunny* (1941), as Larry Warren
- *Go West* (1940), as Terry Turner
- *Hired Wife* (1940), as Jose de Briganza
- *Susan and God* (1940), as Clyde Rochester
- *Phantom Raiders* (1940), as John Ramsell Jr.
- *Congo Maisie* (1940), as Dr. Michael Shane
- *Wolf Call* (1939), as Michael Vance
- *Only Angels Have Wings* (1939), as Gent Shelton — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/only-angels-have-wings.md)
- *Swingtime in the Movies* (1938), as Rick Arden
- *I Am a Criminal* (1938), as Brad McArthur
- *Rose of the Rio Grande* (1938), as El Gato
- *Zorro Rides Again* (1937), as James Vega/Zorro
- *We Who Are About to Die* (1937), as Joe Donahue
- *Pilot X* (1936), as Jerry Blackwood
- *The Accusing Finger* (1936), as Dominic Petrelli, convict
- *Murder on a Bridle Path* (1936), as Latigo Wells
- *Muss 'em Up* (1936), as Gene Leland
- *Hi, Gaucho!* (1935), as Lucio Bolario
- *New Moon* (1930), as Russian Soldier on Ship
- *Doughboys* (1930), as Doughboy in Elmer's Squad (uncredited)
- *Monte Carlo* (1930), as Wedding Guest Officer (uncredited)
- *Devil-May-Care* (1929), as Bonapartist (uncredited)
- *Marianne* (1929), as Doughboy (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Movita (aka Movita Castaneda) and John Carroll in Wolf Call - publicity still (original image cropped : see source) (1939)](https://film.one/media/person/3858016/gallery-e8d83d57ea45.jpg) Movita (aka Movita Castaneda) and John Carroll in Wolf Call - publicity still (original image cropped : see source) (1939) — unknown (Monogram Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Movita-John_Carroll_in_Wolf_Call.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![John Carroll](https://film.one/media/person/3858016/gallery-0222d16a420c.jpg) John Carroll — Image via TMDB

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