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: 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 | 1971-09-20 |
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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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Rebel in Town | Bedloe Mason | 1956-07-30 |
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Yaqui Drums | Yacqi Jack | 1956-10-13 |
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Violent Saturday | Chapman, Bank Robber | 1955-04-01 |
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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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New York Confidential | Ben Dagajanian | 1955-02-15 |
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Rage at Dawn | Simeon 'Sim' Reno | 1955-03-26 |
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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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Saskatchewan | Batouche | 1954-03-30 |
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Sitting Bull | Sitting Bull | 1954-10-06 |
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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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Denver and Rio Grande | Gil Harkness | 1952-05-16 |
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Woman of the North Country | John Mulholland | 1952-07-23 |
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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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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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Please Believe Me | 'Lucky' Reilly | 1950-05-12 |
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Black Hand | Louis Lorelli | 1950-03-12 |
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The Toast of New Orleans | Nicky Duvalle | 1950-08-24 |
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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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That Midnight Kiss | Papa Donnetti | 1949-09-22 |
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Canadian Pacific | Dynamite Dawson | 1949-05-19 |
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Joan of Arc | John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor | 1948-12-22 |
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The Kissing Bandit | Chico | 1948-11-14 |
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The Beast with Five Fingers | Police Commissario Ovidio Castanio | 1947-02-08 |
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Carnival in Costa Rica | Papa Rico Molina | 1947-03-28 |
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Humoresque | Rudy Boray | 1947-01-25 |
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The Fugitive | A Police Informer | 1947-11-11 |
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It's Your America | French Soldier (uncredited) | 1946-07-25 |
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Bad Bascomb | Bart Yancy | 1946-05-26 |
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The Southerner | Devers | 1945-04-30 |
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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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A Medal for Benny | Charley Martin | 1945-04-16 |
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Getting Gertie's Garter | Charles, the Butler | 1945-11-27 |
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Jungle Woman | Dr. Carl Fletcher | 1944-06-01 |
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Enter Arsène Lupin | Ganimard | 1944-11-24 |
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The Whistler | The Killer | 1944-03-30 |
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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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Waterfront | Dr. Karl Decker | 1944-06-10 |
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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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House of Frankenstein | Daniel | 1944-12-15 |
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Behind the Rising Sun | Reo Seki | 1943-08-01 |
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Gung Ho! | Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos | 1943-12-20 |
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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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Harrigan's Kid | Jed Jerrett | 1943-03-01 |
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Batman | Tito Daka | 1943-07-16 |
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Good Morning, Judge | Andre Bouchard | 1943-05-07 |
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Tales of Manhattan | Costello | 1942-08-05 |
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The Man in the Trunk | Reginald DeWinters | 1942-09-19 |
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Sunday Punch | Matt Bassler | 1942-05-08 |
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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 Pied Piper | Aristide Rougeron | 1942-08-21 |
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Jackass Mail | Signor Michel O'Sullivan | 1942-07-01 |
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Dr. Broadway | Jack Venner | 1942-05-09 |
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Know For Sure | Tony Madroni | 1941-01-01 |
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Forced Landing | Andros Banshek | 1941-07-11 |
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That Night in Rio | Machado | 1941-04-11 |
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Mr. Dynamite | 'The Professor' | 1941-03-01 |
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Blood and Sand | Garabato | 1941-05-30 |
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The Corsican Brothers | Lorenzo | 1941-11-28 |
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Accent on Love | Manuel Lombroso | 1941-07-11 |
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Birth of the Blues | Blackie | 1941-11-07 |
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Down Argentine Way | Casiano | 1940-10-11 |
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Typhoon | Mekaike | 1940-05-16 |
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Queen of the Mob | George Frost | 1940-06-28 |
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A Night at Earl Carroll's | Steve Kalkus | 1940-12-06 |
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Golden Gloves | Joe Taggerty | 1940-08-02 |
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Island of Lost Men | Gregory Prin | 1939-08-16 |
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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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Beau Geste | Rasinoff | 1939-07-24 |
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We're in the Movies, Now! | Himself | 1939-03-18 |
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Hotel Imperial | Kuprin | 1939-05-11 |
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King of Chinatown | The Professor | 1939-03-17 |
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Undercover Doctor | Dr. Bartley Morgan | 1939-06-09 |
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Tip-Off Girls | Joseph Valkus | 1938-04-01 |
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Her Jungle Love | Kuasa | 1938-04-15 |
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King of Alcatraz | Steve Murkil | 1938-09-30 |
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Richard Lane | 1938-08-05 |
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Illegal Traffic | Lewis Zomar | 1938-11-02 |
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Hunted Men | Henry Rice | 1938-05-27 |
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Prison Farm | Noel Haskins | 1938-06-17 |
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Daughter of Shanghai | Frank Barden | 1937-12-17 |
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto | Adram | 1937-07-23 |
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Night Club Scandal | Jack Reed - Gangster | 1937-11-11 |
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Thunder Trail | Rafael Lopez | 1937-10-21 |
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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Mikhail Valdin | 1937-09-24 |
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The Grand Bounce | Hoodlum (uncredited) | 1937-05-22 |
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Song of the City | Mario | 1937-04-02 |
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Border Cafe | Rocky Alton | 1937-06-04 |
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Sea Racketeers | Harry Durant | 1937-08-20 |
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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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It May Happen to You | Moxie | 1937-06-05 |
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Ramona | Juan Can | 1936-09-25 |
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Anthony Adverse | Major Doumet | 1936-08-26 |
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Exclusive Story | Comos | 1936-01-17 |
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Two in the Dark | Burt Mansfield | 1936-01-10 |
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Special Investigator | Eddie Selton | 1936-05-08 |
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Robin Hood of El Dorado | Three Fingered Jack | 1936-03-17 |
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Charlie Chan at the Circus | Tom Holt | 1936-03-27 |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade | Subahdar-Major Puran Singh | 1936-10-20 |
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Absolute Quiet | Pedro | 1936-04-24 |
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The Leathernecks Have Landed | Irenov | 1936-02-17 |
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Crack-Up | Operative #77 | 1936-12-14 |
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Moonlight Murder | André Bejac | 1936-03-27 |
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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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Under the Pampas Moon | Tito | 1935-06-01 |
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Special Agent | Joe Durell | 1935-09-14 |
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Behind the Green Lights | Sam Dover | 1935-03-11 |
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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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Confidential | 'Lefty' Tate | 1935-10-16 |
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Front Page Woman | Robert Cardoza | 1935-07-11 |
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What's Your Racket | Dick Graves | 1934-03-06 |
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Murder in Trinidad | Duval | 1934-05-16 |
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Return of the Terror | Steve Scola | 1934-07-07 |
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One Is Guilty | Jack Allen | 1934-05-03 |
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Upperworld | Lou Colima | 1934-04-28 |
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Hell in the Heavens | Sgt. Chevalier | 1934-12-12 |
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Sleepers East | Carl Izzard | 1934-01-01 |
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Girl in Danger | Russo | 1934-09-11 |
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The Hell Cat | Joe Morgan | 1934-06-16 |
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Marie Galante | French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited) | 1934-10-25 |
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British Agent | Commissioner of War Trotsky | 1934-09-15 |
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The President Vanishes | Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited) | 1934-11-17 |
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The Defense Rests | Monte Ballou | 1934-07-15 |
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The Avenger | Hanley | 1933-08-10 |
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Frisco Jenny | Ed Harris (uncredited) | 1933-01-14 |
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The Past of Mary Holmes | Gary Kent | 1933-01-20 |
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Infernal Machine | Bryan | 1933-04-08 |
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Central Airport | Drunk in Wreck (uncredited) | 1933-04-15 |
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The Last Trail | John Ross | 1933-08-25 |
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Captured! | Cpl. Guarand | 1933-08-19 |
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No Other Woman | Bonelli | 1933-01-06 |
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Havana Widows | First Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 1933-11-18 |
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Notorious But Nice | Joe Charney | 1933-08-04 |
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The World Gone Mad | Ramon Salvadore | 1933-04-15 |
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The Devil's in Love | Salazar | 1933-07-21 |
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The Mad Game | Chopper Allen | 1933-10-27 |
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Elmer, the Great | Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish) | 1933-04-29 |
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Arizona to Broadway | Tommy Monk | 1933-07-22 |
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The Whirlwind | Injun | 1933-04-13 |
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Silent Men | Jack Wilder | 1933-03-03 |
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Ann Vickers | Dr. Sorelle | 1933-09-26 |
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The Mystery Squadron | Collins | 1933-12-21 |
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The Hatchet Man | Sun Yat Ming | 1932-02-06 |
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The Kid from Spain | Pedro | 1932-11-17 |
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Tiger Shark | Tony | 1932-09-24 |
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The Beast of the City | Pietro Cholo | 1932-02-13 |
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Two Seconds | Tony | 1932-05-28 |
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No Living Witness | Nick | 1932-09-13 |
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The Mouthpiece | Tony Rocco | 1932-03-21 |
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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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The Conquerors | Agitator | 1932-11-18 |
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Big City Blues | Bootlegger (uncredited) | 1932-09-18 |
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Ladies of the Big House | Witness Against Doremus (uncredited) | 1931-12-26 |
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Tonight or Never | Radio Announcer | 1931-01-04 |
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Gun Smoke | Mink Gordon (uncredited) | 1931-04-10 |
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Homicide Squad | Hugo | 1931-08-01 |
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The Royal Bed | Laker | 1931-01-15 |
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The Finger Points | "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited) | 1931-04-11 |
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Surrender | French Prisoner of War (uncredited) | 1931-12-06 |
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Double Cross Roads | Dyke's Lookout | 1930-04-20 |
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Good Intentions | Charlie Hattrick | 1930-06-29 |
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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 |
