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 n…
Movies & TV Shows
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I Dream of Jeannie (1965) — Bilejik
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Get Smart (1965) — Sam Vittorio
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Rio Grande (1950) — Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
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Captain Blood (1935) — Cahusac
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House of Frankenstein (1944) — Daniel
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Sahara (1943) — Giuseppe
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Clash by Night (1952) — Uncle Vince
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The Untouchables (1959) — Joseph H. 'Joe' Bucco
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Batman (1943) — Tito Daka
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Beau Geste (1939) — Rasinoff
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Joan of Arc (1948) — John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
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Annie Get Your Gun (1950) — Chief Sitting Bull
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) — Subahdar-Major Puran Singh
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Violent Saturday (1955) — Chapman, Bank Robber
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Green Acres (1965) — Chief Yellow Horse
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — Uncle Giuliano
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Humoresque (1947) — Rudy Boray
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The Southerner (1945) — Devers
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That's Entertainment! (1974) — (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Blood and Sand (1941) — Garabato
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Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) — Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) — Grand Vizier
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The Beast with Five Fingers (1947) — Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio
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The Fugitive (1947) — A Police Informer
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That's Entertainment! III (1994) — (archive footage)
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Tales of Manhattan (1942) — Costello
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Across the Wide Missouri (1951) — Looking Glass
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Calling Dr. Death (1943) — Inspector Gregg
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Anthony Adverse (1936) — Major Doumet
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Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) — Miguel Ramierez
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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) — Socrates Houlis
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Canadian Pacific (1949) — Dynamite Dawson
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) — Adram
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The Whistler (1944) — The Killer
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Rage at Dawn (1955) — Simeon 'Sim' Reno
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Wagon Train (1957) — Old Man Charvanaugh
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Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) — Tom Holt
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Down Argentine Way (1940) — Casiano
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Black Hand (1950) — Louis Lorelli
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The Monster Maker (1944) — Dr. Igor Markoff