J. Carrol Naish: Played Everything But Irish by Trav S.D.

Today we celebrate character actor J. Carrol Naish (1896-1973). Two surprising things about Naish’s Irish heritage (his parents were Irish immigrants to the U.S.): 1) That it exists at all. Dark of hair and complexion, Naish was most often cast as Southern European, Mediterranean types, as well as Latin-Americans, Native-Americans, Middle Easterns, and Asians. People […]

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