He became a dialect specialist, and was called upon to play character roles of many nationalities, including southern european (especially italian), eastern european, latin american, american indians, middle eastern, south asian, east. James hong recalls the time j Carrol naish had him fired from the new adventures of charlie chan j Carrol naish gave the producers of the crime series an ultimatum after james hong flubbed one line Carrol naish, who was of irish heritage, plays the evil japanese dr Daka who is trying to help his countrymen take over the united states with the use of a special radium gun
During filming one day, naish exploded in a racist tirade against hong after he missed only a single line, exclaiming, what is this? A school for chinese actors?! despite hong's attempts to apologize, naish had him fired from the. Carrol naish put on the makeup and act out those stereotypes as the title role of the tv show the new adventures of charlie chan. i was hurt, but in that sense, [the. For at that time, j Carrol naish was making 30 movies a year and played virtually every nationality in filmdom—italians, japanese, hindus, arabs, chinese, jews and mexicans —every nationality. Carrol naish, was born joseph patrick carrol naish on jan 21, 1896 in new york city, ny
