![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|||||
![]() |
![]() |
||||
![]() |
![]() |
||||
![]() |
![]() |
Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish was born in Appearing in more than two hundred
movies, his first appearance in a motion picture was the silent What Price Glory
(1926). On two occasions twenty years later, Naish was nominated for Academy
Awards for Best Supporting Actor. His first such nomination was for his work in J.
Carrol Naish, although of Irish descent, played numerous ethnic roles during his long, varied career in films, television,
and on the radio. (Ironically, he was never cast as an Irish character!) From
1948 until 1953 Naish starred in the hit radio comedy-drama Life With Luigi, playing
an Italian immigrant named Luigi Basco. During
the 1950s, Naish's career turned primarily to the medium of television. It was
during this period, certainly owing to his success in playing a variety of ethnic characters, that he was selected to portray
none other than Charlie Chan. Interestingly, J. Carrol Naish had, twenty years
earlier, played opposite Warner Oland in Charlie Chan at the Circus as the villainous
Gangor the snake charmer. In
this new series, produced independently by Television Programs of America, Incorporated, Naish would be teamed for most of
the 39 episodes with James Hong, who became Chan's Number One Son, Barry. The New Adventures of Charlie Chan was an Anglo-American co-production with all but
the first five episodes being made in In
this new series, Charlie Chan was retired from official police work. Now, he
and his son, Barry, would be on a lengthy "vacation" during which they would either find themselves thrust into cases or helping
friends of the detective or others who, facing varying levels of desperation, requested Chan's assistance. These cases, nearly all centering on murder and surrounding intrigue, were a series of fast-paced
adventures fit into a short 26-minute format, and with a budget that probably approximated that of their Monogram Pictures
predecessors. With
the completion of one season's shooting, and being shown on television in Britain (1957-58) and the United States (1958-59),
as well as in Canada and possibly in other English-speaking countries during the late '50s and beyond, Charlie Chan’s
"Indian summer" of new adventures, came to an end. The detective's long,
storied career was finally over. In
a manner possibly befitting the final summers of Charlie Chan's life, J. Carrol Naish would live on until January
24, 1973, spending much of his last years in the picturesque San Diego, California beach community of
La Jolla studying philosophy and theology.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
![]() |
||||
![]() |
||||
![]() |
||||