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Born: January 21, 1896
The birthday of a wonderful actor...on television he could be seen playing the title role on "Life with Luigi" in the 1950's...a role he also played on radio. He also starred as Charlie Chan on television series "The New Adventures of Charlie Chan", another 1950's television series. Among his guest parts he appeared on "Green Acres", "Get Smart" and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
On the big screen he could be seen in Sahara, House of Frankenstein, Sitting Bull and Dracula vs. Frankenstein just to name a few.
70 years ago this year he appeared as the villianous Dr. Daka in the movie serial Batman which featured Lewis Wilson as Batman, Douglas Croft as Robin, Shirley Patterson as Linda Page and William Austin as Alfred Pennyworth. It was the first time adventures of the Caped Crusader were brought to the big screen.
The great actor passed away on January 24, 1973.
In Memoriam Remembers:
J. Carrol Naish
The birthday of a wonderful actor...on television he could be seen playing the title role on "Life with Luigi" in the 1950's...a role he also played on radio. He also starred as Charlie Chan on television series "The New Adventures of Charlie Chan", another 1950's television series. Among his guest parts he appeared on "Green Acres", "Get Smart" and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
On the big screen he could be seen in Sahara, House of Frankenstein, Sitting Bull and Dracula vs. Frankenstein just to name a few.
70 years ago this year he appeared as the villianous Dr. Daka in the movie serial Batman which featured Lewis Wilson as Batman, Douglas Croft as Robin, Shirley Patterson as Linda Page and William Austin as Alfred Pennyworth. It was the first time adventures of the Caped Crusader were brought to the big screen.
The great actor passed away on January 24, 1973.
In Memoriam Remembers:
J. Carrol Naish