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person_profile-Harry Carey

Harry Carey Died at age: 69

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Harry Carey

Date of Birth:

Jan 15, 1878

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 21, 1947

Biography of

Harry Carey

    Henry DeWitt Carey II (January 16, 1878 - September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars, usually cast as a Western hero. One of his best known performances is as the president of the United States Senate in the drama film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

    He was the father of Harry Carey Jr., who was also a prominent actor. Born in New York City to a Judge of Special Sessions who was also president of a sewing machine company. Grew up on City Island, New York. Attended Hamilton Military Academy and turned down an appointment to West Point to attend New York University, where his law school classmates included future New York City mayor James J. Walker. After a boating accident which led to pneumonia, Carey wrote a play while recuperating and toured the country in it for three years, earning a great deal of money, all of which evaporated after his next play was a failure.

    In 1911, his friend Henry B. Walthall introduced him to director D.W. Griffith, for whom Carey was to make many films. Carey married twice, the second time to actress Olive Fuller Golden (aka Olive Carey, who introduced him to future director John Ford. Carey influenced Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle to use Ford as a director, and a partnership was born that lasted until a rift in the friendship in 1921. During this time, Carey grew into one of the most popular Western stars of the early motion picture, occasionally writing and directing films as well. In the '30s he moved slowly into character roles and was nominated for an Oscar for one of them, the President of the Senate in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). He worked once more with Ford, in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936), and appeared once with his son, Harry Carey Jr., in Howard Hawks' Red River (1948). He died after a protracted bout with emphysema and cancer. Ford dedicated his remake of 3 Godfathers (1948) "To Harry Carey--Bright Star Of The Early Western Sky."

Photos of

Harry Carey

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Filmography of

Harry Carey

Found 136 Movies in total

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

Legends of the West

Ed Brandt in 'Law and Order' ( Actor )

... 1992

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1972

Directed by John Ford

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1971

So Dear to My Heart

Head Judge at County Fair ( Actor )

... 1948

Red River

Mr. Melville ( Actor )

... 1948

The Sea of Grass

Doc J. Reid ( Actor )

... 1947

Angel and the Badman

Marshal Wistful McClintock ( Actor )

... 1947

Duel in the Sun

Lem Smoot ( Actor )

... 1946

China's Little Devils

Doc Temple ( Actor )

... 1945

The Great Moment

Professor John C. Warren ( Actor )

... 1944

Happy Land

Edward "Gramp" Marsh ( Actor )

... 1943

Air Force

Crew Chief ( Actor )

... 1943

The Spoilers

Dextry ( Actor )

... 1942

Among the Living

Dr. Ben Saunders ( Actor )

... 1941

Sundown

Dewey ( Actor )

... 1941

Parachute Battalion

Bill Richards ( Actor )

... 1941

The Shepherd of the Hills

Daniel Howitt ( Actor )

... 1941

They Knew What They Wanted

The Doctor ( Actor )

... 1940

Beyond Tomorrow

George Vale Melton ( Actor )

... 1940

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Captain Bailey ( Actor )

... 1940

My Son Is Guilty

Police Officer Tim Kerry ( Actor )

... 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

President of the Senate ( Actor )

... 1939

Land of Liberty

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1939

Inside Information

Captain Bill Dugan ( Actor )

... 1939

Street of Missing Men

Charles Putnam ( Actor )

... 1939

Code of the Streets

Detective Lieutenant John Lewis ( Actor )

... 1939

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

P.G. Delano ( Actor )

... 1939

The Law West of Tombstone

William 'Bill' Barker ( Actor )

... 1938

King of Alcatraz

Captain Glennan ( Actor )

... 1938

Gateway

Commissioner Nelson ( Actor )

... 1938

Sky Giant

Col. Cornelius Stockton ( Actor )

... 1938

You and Me

Mr. Morris ( Actor )

... 1938

Port of Missing Girls

Captain Josiah Storm ( Actor )

... 1938

Danger Patrol

Sam Street ( Actor )

... 1937

Annapolis Salute

Chief Martin ( Actor )

... 1937

Souls at Sea

Captain of the William Brown ( Actor )

... 1937

Born Reckless

Dad Martin ( Actor )

... 1937

Border Cafe

Tex Stevens ( Actor )

... 1937

Kid Galahad

Silver Jackson ( Actor )

... 1937

Racing Lady

Tom Martin ( Actor )

... 1937

Aces Wild

Cheyenne Harry Morgan ( Actor )

... 1936

The Accusing Finger

Sen. Nash ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

The Last Outlaw

Dean Payton ( Actor )

... 1936

Little Miss Nobody

John Russell ( Actor )

... 1936

Sutter's Gold

Kit Carson ( Actor )

... 1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Commandant ( Actor )

... 1936

Ghost Town

Cheyenne Harry Morgan ( Actor )

... 1936

The Last of the Clintons

Trigger Carson ( Actor )

... 1935

Wild Mustang

Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton ( Actor )

... 1935

Barbary Coast

Jed Slocum ( Actor )

... 1935

Powdersmoke Range

Tucson Smith ( Actor )

... 1935

Rustler's Paradise

Cheyenne Kincaid ( Actor )

... 1935

Wagon Trail

Sheriff Clay Hartley ( Actor )

... 1935

Man of the Forest

Jim Gayner ( Actor )

... 1933

Sunset Pass

John Hesbitt ( Actor )

... 1933

The Thundering Herd

Clark Sprague ( Actor )

... 1933

The Film Parade

(archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The Devil Horse

Bob Norton / Roberts ( Actor )

... 1932

The Night Rider

John Brown / Jim Blake ( Actor )

... 1932

The Last of the Mohicans

Hawkeye ( Actor )

... 1932

Border Devils

Jim Gray ( Actor )

... 1932

Law and Order

Ed Brandt ( Actor )

... 1932

Without Honors

Pete Marlan ( Actor )

... 1932

Cavalier of the West

Captain John Allister ( Actor )

... 1931

Bad Company

McBaine ( Actor )

... 1931

The Vanishing Legion

'Happy' Cardigan ( Actor )

... 1931

Trader Horn

Aloysius "Trader" Horn ( Actor )

... 1931

The Border Patrol

Bill Storm ( Actor )

... 1928

Burning Bridges

Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely ( Actor )

... 1928

The Trail of '98

Jack Locasto ( Actor )

... 1928

Slide, Kelly, Slide

Tom Munson ( Actor )

... 1927

A Little Journey

Alexander Smith ( Actor )

... 1927

Satan Town

Bill Scott ( Actor )

... 1926

The Seventh Bandit

David Scanlon ( Actor )

... 1926

Driftin' Thru

Daniel Brown ( Actor )

... 1926

The Man from Red Gulch

Alexander 'Sandy' Morton ( Actor )

... 1925

The Prairie Pirate

Brian 'The Yellow Seal' Delaney ( Actor )

... 1925

The Bad Lands

Patrick Angus O'Toole ( Actor )

... 1925

The Texas Trail

Pete Grainger ( Actor )

... 1925

Beyond the Border

Bob Smith ( Actor )

... 1925

Silent Sanderson

Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson ( Actor )

... 1925

Soft Shoes

Pat Halahan ( Actor )

Story

... 1925

The Flaming Forties

Bill Jones ( Actor )

... 1924

Roaring Rails

Big Bill Benson ( Actor )

... 1924

Tiger Thompson

Tiger Thompson ( Actor )

... 1924

The Lightning Rider

Phlip Morgan ( Actor )

... 1924

The Night Hawk

'The Hawk' ( Actor )

... 1924

Desert Driven

Bob ( Actor )

... 1923

Crashin' Thru

Blake ( Actor )

... 1923

Good Men and True

J. Wesley Pringle ( Actor )

... 1922

The Kickback

White Horse Harry ( Actor )

Story

... 1922

Man to Man

Steve Packard ( Actor )

... 1922

The Fox

Ol' Santa Fe ( Actor )

Story

... 1921

Desperate Trails

Bart Carson ( Actor )

... 1921

The Wallop

John Wesley Pringle ( Actor )

... 1921

The Freeze-Out

Ohio, the Stranger ( Actor )

... 1921

Hearts Up

David Brent ( Actor )

Story

... 1921

West Is West

Dick Rainboldt ( Actor )

... 1920

Sundown Slim

Sundown Slim ( Actor )

... 1920

Blue Streak McCoy

Job McCoy ( Actor )

... 1920

'If Only' Jim

Jim Golden ( Actor )

... 1920

Human Stuff

James 'Jim' Pierce ( Actor )

Scenario Writer

... 1920

Bullet Proof

Pierre Winton ( Actor )

... 1920

Overland Red

Overland Red ( Actor )

... 1920

Marked Men

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

... 1919

A Gun Fightin' Gentleman

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

Story

... 1919

Rider of the Law

Jim Kyneton ( Actor )

... 1919

The Ace of the Saddle

Cheyenne Harry Henderson ( Actor )

... 1919

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst ( Actor )

... 1919

Riders of Vengeance

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

Story

... 1919

Bare Fists

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

... 1919

A Fight For Love

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

... 1919

Roped

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

... 1919

Three Mounted Men

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

... 1918

A Woman's Fool

Lin McLean ( Actor )

... 1918

Hell Bent

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

Story

... 1918

The Scarlet Drop

Harry Ridge ( Actor )

... 1918

Thieves' Gold

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

... 1918

Wild Women

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

Producer

... 1918

The Phantom Riders

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

Producer

... 1918

Bucking Broadway

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

Producer

... 1917

A Marked Man

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

... 1917

The Secret Man

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

... 1917

Straight Shooting

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

... 1917

The Fighting Gringo

William 'Red' Saunders ( Actor )

... 1917

Behind the Lines

Dr. Ralph Hamlin ( Actor )

... 1916

Love's Lariat

Sky High ( Actor )

Director

... 1916

The Three Godfathers

Bob Sangster ( Actor )

... 1916

A Knight of the Range

Cheyenne Harry ( Actor )

Scenario Writer

... 1916

Graft

Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12) ( Actor )

... 1915

Just Jim

Jim ( Actor )

... 1915

McVeagh of the South Seas

Cyril Bruce McVeagh ( Actor )

Story

... 1914

The Master Cracksman

Gentleman Joe, the Cracksman ( Actor )

Writer

... 1914

Judith of Bethulia

Assyrian Traitor ( Actor )

... 1914