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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Man on a Bus | Mr Stein | 1955-05-01 |
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The Last Command | General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana | 1955-08-03 |
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Violent Saturday | Chapman, Bank Robber | 1955-04-01 |
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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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Rage at Dawn | Simeon 'Sim' Reno | 1955-03-26 |
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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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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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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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Across the Wide Missouri | Looking Glass | 1951-10-12 |
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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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Please Believe Me | 'Lucky' Reilly | 1950-05-12 |
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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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Black Hand | Louis Lorelli | 1950-03-12 |
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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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Carnival in Costa Rica | Papa Rico Molina | 1947-03-28 |
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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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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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The Southerner | Devers | 1945-04-30 |
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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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Star in the Night | Nick Catapoli | 1945-10-13 |
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The Whistler | The Killer | 1944-03-30 |
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Voice in the Wind | Luigi | 1944-03-03 |
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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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Two-Man Submarine | Dr. Augustus Hadley | 1944-03-16 |
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Jungle Woman | Dr. Carl Fletcher | 1944-06-01 |
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House of Frankenstein | Daniel | 1944-12-01 |
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Enter Arsène Lupin | Ganimard | 1944-11-24 |
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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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Gung Ho! | Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos | 1943-12-20 |
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Good Morning, Judge | Andre Bouchard | 1943-05-07 |
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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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Behind the Rising Sun | Reo Seki | 1943-08-01 |
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Sunday Punch | Matt Bassler | 1942-05-08 |
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Tales of Manhattan | Burglar - Robber #1 | 1942-08-05 |
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A Gentleman at Heart | Gigi | 1942-01-16 |
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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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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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The Pied Piper | Aristide Rougeron | 1942-08-21 |
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Mr. Dynamite | 'The Professor' | 1941-03-01 |
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Accent on Love | Manuel Lombroso | 1941-07-11 |
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Blood and Sand | Garabato | 1941-05-30 |
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Birth of the Blues | Blackie | 1941-11-07 |
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The Corsican Brothers | Lorenzo | 1941-11-28 |
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That Night in Rio | Machado | 1941-04-11 |
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Forced Landing | Andros Banshek | 1941-07-11 |
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Know For Sure | Tony Madroni | 1941-01-01 |
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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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Down Argentine Way | Casiano | 1940-10-11 |
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Golden Gloves | Joe Taggerty | 1940-08-02 |
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Hotel Imperial | Kuprin | 1939-05-11 |
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Undercover Doctor | Dr. Bartley Morgan | 1939-06-09 |
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Beau Geste | Rasinoff | 1939-07-24 |
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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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Island of Lost Men | Gregory Prin | 1939-08-16 |
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We're in the Movies, Now! | Himself | 1939-03-18 |
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Her Jungle Love | Kuasa | 1938-04-15 |
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Prison Farm | Noel Haskins | 1938-06-17 |
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Hunted Men | Henry Rice | 1938-05-27 |
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Illegal Traffic | Lewis Zomar | 1938-11-02 |
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Richard Lane | 1938-08-05 |
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King of Alcatraz | Steve Murkil | 1938-09-30 |
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Tip-Off Girls | Joseph Valkus | 1938-04-01 |
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Night Club Scandal | Jack Reed - Gangster | 1937-11-11 |
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Border Cafe | Rocky Alton | 1937-06-04 |
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Daughter of Shanghai | Frank Barden | 1937-12-17 |
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We Who Are About to Die | Nick Trotti | 1937-01-08 |
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The Grand Bounce | Hoodlum (uncredited) | 1937-05-22 |
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It May Happen to You | Moxie | 1937-06-05 |
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Sea Racketeers | Harry Durant | 1937-08-20 |
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Song of the City | Mario | 1937-04-02 |
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto | Adram | 1937-07-23 |
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Hideaway | Mike Clarke | 1937-08-13 |
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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Mikhail Valdin | 1937-09-24 |
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Thunder Trail | Rafael Lopez | 1937-10-21 |
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The Leathernecks Have Landed | Irenov | 1936-02-17 |
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Ramona | Juan Can | 1936-09-25 |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade | Subahdar-Major Puran Singh | 1936-10-20 |
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Crack-Up | Operative #77 | 1936-12-14 |
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Two in the Dark | Burt Mansfield | 1936-01-10 |
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Exclusive Story | Comos | 1936-01-17 |
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Anthony Adverse | Major Doumet | 1936-08-26 |
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Moonlight Murder | André Bejac | 1936-03-27 |
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Absolute Quiet | Pedro | 1936-04-24 |
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Charlie Chan at the Circus | Tom Holt | 1936-03-27 |
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Robin Hood of El Dorado | Three Fingered Jack | 1936-03-17 |
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Special Investigator | Eddie Selton | 1936-05-08 |
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Behind the Green Lights | Sam Dover | 1935-03-11 |
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Grand Vizier | 1935-01-11 |
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Captain Blood | Cahusac | 1935-12-26 |
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Special Agent | Joe Durell | 1935-09-14 |
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Little Big Shot | Bert | 1935-09-07 |
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Black Fury | Steve Croner | 1935-05-18 |
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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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Under the Pampas Moon | Tito | 1935-06-01 |
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The Hell Cat | Joe Morgan | 1934-06-16 |
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Murder in Trinidad | Duval | 1934-05-16 |
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Upperworld | Lou Colima | 1934-04-28 |
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One Is Guilty | Jack Allen | 1934-05-03 |
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Girl in Danger | Russo | 1934-09-11 |
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Sleepers East | Carl Izzard | 1934-01-01 |
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British Agent | Commissioner of War Trotsky | 1934-09-15 |
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The Defense Rests | Monte Ballou | 1934-07-15 |
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The President Vanishes | Anti-War Demonstrator (uncredited) | 1934-11-17 |
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Return of the Terror | Steve Scola | 1934-07-07 |
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Hell in the Heavens | Sgt. Chevalier | 1934-12-12 |
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Marie Galante | French Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited) | 1934-10-25 |
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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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The Last Trail | John Ross | 1933-08-25 |
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Central Airport | Drunk in Wreck (uncredited) | 1933-04-15 |
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The Avenger | Hanley | 1933-08-10 |
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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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Elmer, the Great | Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish) | 1933-04-29 |
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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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Havana Widows | First Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 1933-11-18 |
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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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Silent Men | Jack Wilder | 1933-03-03 |
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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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No Living Witness | Nick | 1932-09-13 |
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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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The Hatchet Man | Sun Yat Ming | 1932-02-06 |
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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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The Finger Points | "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited) | 1931-04-11 |
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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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The Royal Bed | Laker | 1931-01-15 |
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Homicide Squad | Hugo | 1931-08-01 |
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Surrender | French Prisoner of War (uncredited) | 1931-12-06 |
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Gun Smoke | Mink Gordon | 1931-04-10 |
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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 |
