1896-01-20 New York City, New York, USA
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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The Many Faces of Dracula | Daniel (archive footage) | 2000-01-01 |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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Dracula in the Movies | 1992-01-01 | |
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Daniel (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
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Batmania: From Comics to Screen | Dr. Daka (archive footage) | 1989-01-01 |
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
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That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-06-21 |
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Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Dr. Duryea alias Frankenstein | 1971-12-01 |
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Cutter's Trail | Froteras | 1970-02-10 |
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Doom of Dracula | The Hunchback (archive footage) | 1966-01-01 |
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The Hanged Man | Uncle Picaud | 1964-11-18 |
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Force of Impulse | Antonio Marino | 1961-11-01 |
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Disneyland '59 | Self | 1959-06-15 |
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The Young Don't Cry | Plug | 1957-07-26 |
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This Could Be the Night | Leon | 1957-05-14 |
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Yaqui Drums | Yacqi Jack | 1956-10-13 |
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Rebel in Town | Bedloe Mason | 1956-07-30 |
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Rage at Dawn | Simeon 'Sim' Reno | 1955-03-26 |
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Violent Saturday | Chapman, Bank Robber | 1955-04-01 |
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The Last Command | General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana | 1955-08-03 |
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Hit the Deck | Mr. Peroni | 1955-02-24 |
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New York Confidential | Ben Dagajanian | 1955-02-15 |
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Desert Sands | Sgt. Diepel | 1955-11-18 |
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Man on a Bus | Mr Stein | 1955-05-01 |
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Sitting Bull | Sitting Bull | 1954-10-06 |
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Saskatchewan | Batouche | 1954-03-30 |
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Fighter Attack | Bruno | 1953-11-29 |
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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Socrates Houlis | 1953-12-02 |
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Ride the Man Down | Sheriff Joe Kneen | 1952-11-25 |
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Clash by Night | Uncle Vince | 1952-05-30 |
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Woman of the North Country | John Mulholland | 1952-07-23 |
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Denver and Rio Grande | Gil Harkness | 1952-05-16 |
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Bannerline | Frankie Scarbine | 1951-10-12 |
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The Mark of the Renegade | Luis | 1951-07-24 |
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Across the Wide Missouri | Looking Glass | 1951-10-12 |
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Black Hand | Louis Lorelli | 1950-03-12 |
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Annie Get Your Gun | Chief Sitting Bull | 1950-05-17 |
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Rio Grande | Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan | 1950-11-15 |
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The Toast of New Orleans | Nicky Duvalle | 1950-08-24 |
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Please Believe Me | 'Lucky' Reilly | 1950-05-12 |
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That Midnight Kiss | Papa Donnetti | 1949-09-22 |
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Canadian Pacific | Dynamite Dawson | 1949-05-19 |
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The Kissing Bandit | Chico | 1948-11-14 |
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Joan of Arc | John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor | 1948-12-22 |
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The Beast with Five Fingers | Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio | 1947-02-08 |
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Humoresque | Rudy Boray | 1947-01-25 |
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Carnival in Costa Rica | Papa Rico Molina | 1947-03-28 |
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The Fugitive | A Police Informer | 1947-11-11 |
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Bad Bascomb | Bart Yancy | 1946-05-26 |
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It's Your America | French Soldier (uncredited) | 1946-07-25 |
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A Medal for Benny | Charley Martin | 1945-04-16 |
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Star in the Night | Nick Catapoli | 1945-10-13 |
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Strange Confession | Roger Graham | 1945-10-05 |
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The Southerner | Devers | 1945-04-30 |
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Getting Gertie's Garter | Charles, the Butler | 1945-11-27 |
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Waterfront | Dr. Karl Decker | 1944-06-10 |
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Two-Man Submarine | Dr. Augustus Hadley | 1944-03-16 |
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Dragon Seed | Japanese Kitchen Overseer | 1944-07-20 |
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The Monster Maker | Dr. Igor Markoff | 1944-04-15 |
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Voice in the Wind | Luigi | 1944-03-03 |
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Jungle Woman | Dr. Carl Fletcher | 1944-06-01 |
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House of Frankenstein | Daniel | 1944-12-15 |
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The Whistler | The Killer | 1944-03-30 |
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Enter Arsène Lupin | Ganimard | 1944-11-24 |
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Good Morning, Judge | Andre Bouchard | 1943-05-07 |
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Calling Dr. Death | Inspector Gregg | 1943-12-17 |
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Sahara | Giuseppe | 1943-09-22 |
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Behind the Rising Sun | Reo Seki | 1943-08-01 |
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Harrigan's Kid | Jed Jerrett | 1943-03-01 |
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Batman | Tito Daka | 1943-07-16 |
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Gung Ho! | Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos | 1943-12-20 |
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Tales of Manhattan | Costello | 1942-08-05 |
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A Gentleman at Heart | Gigi | 1942-01-16 |
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Dr. Renault's Secret | Noel | 1942-10-19 |
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The Man in the Trunk | Reginald DeWinters | 1942-09-19 |
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Dr. Broadway | Jack Venner | 1942-05-09 |
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The Pied Piper | Aristide Rougeron | 1942-08-21 |
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Sunday Punch | Matt Bassler | 1942-05-08 |
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Jackass Mail | Signor Michel O'Sullivan | 1942-07-01 |
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Mr. Dynamite | 'The Professor' | 1941-03-01 |
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Forced Landing | Andros Banshek | 1941-07-11 |
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The Corsican Brothers | Lorenzo | 1941-11-28 |
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Know For Sure | Tony Madroni | 1941-10-17 |
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Birth of the Blues | Blackie | 1941-11-07 |
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That Night in Rio | Machado | 1941-04-11 |
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Blood and Sand | Garabato | 1941-05-30 |
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Accent on Love | Manuel Lombroso | 1941-07-11 |
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A Night at Earl Carroll's | Steve Kalkus | 1940-12-06 |
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Typhoon | Mekaike | 1940-05-16 |
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Down Argentine Way | Casiano | 1940-10-11 |
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Queen of the Mob | George Frost | 1940-06-28 |
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Golden Gloves | Joe Taggerty | 1940-08-02 |
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We're in the Movies, Now! | Himself | 1939-03-18 |
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Undercover Doctor | Dr. Bartley Morgan | 1939-06-09 |
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Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police | Richard Lane (Archive Footage) | 1939-03-29 |
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Persons in Hiding | Freddie 'Gunner' Martin | 1939-02-10 |
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King of Chinatown | The Professor | 1939-03-17 |
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Hotel Imperial | Kuprin | 1939-05-11 |
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Beau Geste | Rasinoff | 1939-07-24 |
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Island of Lost Men | Gregory Prin | 1939-08-16 |
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Hunted Men | Henry Rice | 1938-05-27 |
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Richard Lane | 1938-08-05 |
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Her Jungle Love | Kuasa | 1938-04-15 |
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Tip-Off Girls | Joseph Valkus | 1938-04-01 |
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Illegal Traffic | Lewis Zomar | 1938-11-02 |
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King of Alcatraz | Steve Murkil | 1938-09-30 |
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Prison Farm | Noel Haskins | 1938-06-17 |
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The Grand Bounce | Hoodlum (uncredited) | 1937-05-22 |
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Night Club Scandal | Jack Reed - Gangster | 1937-11-11 |
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto | Adram | 1937-07-23 |
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We Who Are About to Die | Nick Trotti | 1937-01-08 |
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Hideaway | Mike Clarke | 1937-08-13 |
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Daughter of Shanghai | Frank Barden | 1937-12-17 |
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Song of the City | Mario | 1937-04-02 |
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Thunder Trail | Rafael Lopez | 1937-10-21 |
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It May Happen to You | Moxie | 1937-06-05 |
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Border Cafe | Rocky Alton | 1937-06-04 |
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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Mikhail Valdin | 1937-09-24 |
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Sea Racketeers | Harry Durant | 1937-08-20 |
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Special Investigator | Eddie Selton | 1936-05-08 |
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Moonlight Murder | André Bejac | 1936-03-27 |
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Anthony Adverse | Major Doumet | 1936-08-26 |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade | Subahdar-Major Puran Singh | 1936-10-20 |
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Ramona | Juan Can | 1936-09-25 |
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Exclusive Story | Comos | 1936-01-17 |
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Charlie Chan at the Circus | Tom Holt | 1936-03-27 |
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Absolute Quiet | Pedro | 1936-04-24 |
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Crack-Up | Operative #77 | 1936-12-14 |
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The Leathernecks Have Landed | Irenov | 1936-02-17 |
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Two in the Dark | Burt Mansfield | 1936-01-10 |
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Robin Hood of El Dorado | Three Fingered Jack | 1936-03-17 |
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The Return of Jimmy Valentine | Tony Scapelli | 1936-02-22 |
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Special Agent | Joe Durell | 1935-09-14 |
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Captain Blood | Cahusac | 1935-12-26 |
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Grand Vizier | 1935-01-11 |
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Black Fury | Steve Croner | 1935-05-18 |
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Little Big Shot | Bert | 1935-09-07 |
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Behind the Green Lights | Sam Dover | 1935-03-11 |
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Under the Pampas Moon | Tito | 1935-06-01 |
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Confidential | 'Lefty' Tate | 1935-10-16 |
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Front Page Woman | Robert Cardoza | 1935-07-11 |
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The President Vanishes | Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited) | 1934-11-17 |
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Upperworld | Lou Colima | 1934-04-28 |
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Marie Galante | French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited) | 1934-10-25 |
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One Is Guilty | Jack Allen | 1934-05-03 |
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Hell in the Heavens | Sgt. Chevalier | 1934-12-12 |
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British Agent | Commissioner of War Trotsky | 1934-09-15 |
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Return of the Terror | Steve Scola | 1934-07-07 |
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Girl in Danger | Russo | 1934-09-11 |
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Murder in Trinidad | Duval | 1934-05-16 |
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Sleepers East | Carl Izzard | 1934-01-01 |
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The Defense Rests | Monte Ballou | 1934-07-15 |
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The Hell Cat | Joe Morgan | 1934-06-16 |
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What's Your Racket | Dick Graves | 1934-03-06 |
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No Other Woman | Bonelli | 1933-01-06 |
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Elmer, the Great | Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish) | 1933-04-29 |
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The Avenger | Hanley | 1933-08-10 |
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Central Airport | Drunk in Wreck (uncredited) | 1933-04-15 |
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Infernal Machine | Bryan | 1933-04-08 |
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The Last Trail | John Ross | 1933-08-25 |
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The World Gone Mad | Ramon Salvadore | 1933-04-15 |
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Havana Widows | First Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 1933-11-18 |
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Frisco Jenny | Ed Harris (uncredited) | 1933-01-14 |
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The Whirlwind | Injun | 1933-04-13 |
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Arizona to Broadway | Tommy Monk | 1933-07-22 |
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The Mystery Squadron | Collins | 1933-12-21 |
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Ann Vickers | Dr. Sorelle | 1933-09-26 |
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Notorious But Nice | Joe Charney | 1933-08-04 |
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Silent Men | Jack Wilder | 1933-03-03 |
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The Devil's in Love | Salazar | 1933-07-21 |
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The Past of Mary Holmes | Gary Kent | 1933-01-20 |
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The Mad Game | Chopper Allen | 1933-10-27 |
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Captured! | Cpl. Guarand | 1933-08-19 |
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The Beast of the City | Pietro Cholo | 1932-02-13 |
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No Living Witness | Nick | 1932-09-13 |
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The Hatchet Man | Sun Yat Ming | 1932-02-06 |
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Two Seconds | Tony | 1932-05-28 |
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Big City Blues | Bootlegger (uncredited) | 1932-09-18 |
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Crooner | Nick Meyer | 1932-08-20 |
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The Famous Ferguson Case | Claude Wright | 1932-04-19 |
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Tiger Shark | Tony | 1932-09-24 |
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The Conquerors | Agitator | 1932-11-18 |
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The Kid from Spain | Pedro | 1932-11-17 |
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The Mouthpiece | Tony Rocco | 1932-03-21 |
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Homicide Squad | Hugo | 1931-08-01 |
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The Finger Points | "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited) | 1931-04-11 |
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Tonight or Never | Radio Announcer | 1931-01-04 |
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Ladies of the Big House | Witness Against Doremus (uncredited) | 1931-12-26 |
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Surrender | French Prisoner of War (uncredited) | 1931-12-06 |
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The Royal Bed | Laker | 1931-01-15 |
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Gun Smoke | Mink Gordon (uncredited) | 1931-04-10 |
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Good Intentions | Charlie Hattrick | 1930-06-29 |
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Double Cross Roads | Dyke's Lookout | 1930-04-20 |
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Cheer Up and Smile | Gangster Robbing Pierre's (uncredited) | 1930-06-22 |
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Scotland Yard | Dr. Remur | 1930-10-19 |
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What Price Glory | French Soldier (uncredited) | 1926-11-23 |
