J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish

January 20, 1896

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), whi…

Known For

29 titles
1
Rio Grande

Rio Grande

1950 · 1h 45m · Movie

A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.

7.0
2
Sahara

Sahara

1943 · 1h 37m · Movie

After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.

7.5
3
House of Frankenstein

House of Frankenstein

1944 · 1h 11m · Movie

A deranged scientist escapes from prison and recruits Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolf Man to get revenge on his behalf.

6.2
4
Clash by Night

Clash by Night

1952 · 1h 45m · Movie

Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.

7.0
5
Beau Geste

Beau Geste

1939 · 1h 52m · Movie

Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.

7.5
6
The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936 · 1h 55m · Movie

A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.

7.0
7
Humoresque

Humoresque

1947 · 2h 5m · Movie

A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.

7.3
8
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

1948 · 2h 25m · Movie

The abbreviated life of the 15th-century French heroine.

6.4
9
The Southerner

The Southerner

1945 · 1h 32m · Movie

The life of the poor Tucker family who worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature was against them.

7.1
10
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

1935 · 1h 49m · Movie

Three British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.

7.0
11
Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

1941 · 2h 5m · Movie

Illiterate peasant Juan Gallardo rises meteorically to fame and fortune in the bullfight arena only to sow the seeds of his own fall.

6.8
12
The Beast with Five Fingers

The Beast with Five Fingers

1947 · 1h 28m · Movie

In a turn-of-the-century Renaissance Italian mansion, its tyrannical owner, a wheelchair-bound one-handed pianist with a strong belief in the occult is murdered.

6.5
13
The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1947 · 1h 44m · Movie

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.

6.3
14
Tonight or Never

Tonight or Never

1931 · 1h 20m · Movie

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.

6.6
15
Calling Dr. Death

Calling Dr. Death

1943 · 1h 3m · Movie

A doctor is not sure if he murdered his beautiful but wicked wife, and has his attractive nurse try to find the truth by hypnotizing him.

6.1
16
The Whistler

The Whistler

1944 · 59m · Movie

A depressed man hires an assassin to kill him when he least expects it, but when his life takes an upward turn, he finds he now wishes to live.

6.3
17
Special Agent

Special Agent

1935 · 1h 16m · Movie

Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Alexander Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates wit...

6.4
18
Canadian Pacific

Canadian Pacific

1949 · 1h 35m · Movie

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.

5.9
19
Hit the Deck

Hit the Deck

1955 · 1h 52m · Movie

Three sailors come ashore and take the city by storm, but can they win the hearts of three women by song?

6.5
20
Strange Confession

Strange Confession

1945 · 1h 2m · Movie

A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in tragedy.

6.5
21
The Corsican Brothers

The Corsican Brothers

1941 · 1h 51m · Movie

After their parents are killed, co-joined twin boys are separated, with one raised as a gentleman in Paris and the other in the mountains becoming a bandit.

6.5
22
The Kissing Bandit

The Kissing Bandit

1948 · 1h 40m · Movie

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become "The Kissing Bandit".

5.3
23
Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great

1933 · 1h 12m · Movie

Country bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.

6.0
24
Dr. Renault's Secret

Dr. Renault's Secret

1942 · 58m · Movie

Dr. Larry Forbes visits the château of Dr. Robert Renault, uncle of his fiancée Madelon, who is idolized by Renault's assistant, a strange émigré from Java.

6.1
25
King of Chinatown

King of Chinatown

1939 · 57m · Movie

Violence and death stalk the Chinese of a big American city, but one man, Dr. Chang Ling, and his daughter, Dr. Mary Ling, defy the racketeers who are responsible, and, against terrific odds, bring peace to their oppressed neighbors.

6.2
26
Island of Lost Men

Island of Lost Men

1939 · 1h 8m · Movie

A Chinese general, who disappeared in the Malaysian jungles with stolen government funds, is sought by his cabaret-singing daughter who wants to clear his name.

5.8
27
Enter Arsene Lupin

Enter Arsene Lupin

1944 · 1h 12m · Movie

A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She doesn't realize it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.

6.1
28
Dr. Broadway

Dr. Broadway

1942 · 1h 8m · Movie

New York City physician, Dr. Timothy Kane, knows Broadway, the Great White Way and all of its characters thoroughly, as does his receptionist, Connie Madigan. A man Kane had sent to prison is now dying, and asks Kane to locate a d...

6.5
29
Man on a Bus

Man on a Bus

1955 · 28m · Movie

Six people who have emigrated to Israel from different countries are all on a bus traveling through the Negev Desert. They find themselves stranded overnight in the bus. To pass the time, each begins to tell the story behind their...

5.0
PhonoFilm
Made with ❤️ by PhonoFilm Team  -  © 2026 PhonoFilm. All rights reserved  -  All systems operational