Harry Carey
Age: 69 | From: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1878-01-16 16:31:24
Death: 1947-09-21 16:31:24
Aliases: Henry DeWitt Carey II , H.D. Carey , Harry D. Carey , Harry Carey Sr.
Gender: Male
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 265
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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's 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."
Most Famous Work
Red River
(1948) Mr. Melville
Duel in the Sun
(1946) Lem Smoot
Angel and the Badman
(1947) Marshal Wistful McClintock
Air Force
(1943) Crew Chief
The Shepherd of the Hills
(1941) Daniel Howitt
So Dear to My Heart
(1948) Head Judge at County Fair
Kid Galahad
(1937) Silver Jackson
The Spoilers
(1942) DextryActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | (archive footage) | |
| 1992 | Ed Brandt in 'Law and Order' | |
| 1972 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1971 | (archive footage) | |
| 1955 | (archive footage) | |
| 1948 | Head Judge at County Fair | |
| Mr. Melville | ||
| 1947 | Doc J. Reid | |
| Marshal Wistful McClintock | ||
| 1946 | Lem Smoot | |
| 1945 | Doc Temple | |
| 1944 | Professor John C. Warren | |
| 1943 | Edward "Gramp" Marsh | |
| Crew Chief | ||
| 1942 | Dextry | |
| 1941 | Dr. Ben Saunders | |
| Dewey | ||
| Bill Richards | ||
| Daniel Howitt | ||
| 1940 | The Doctor | |
| George Vale Melton | ||
| Captain Bailey | ||
| 1939 | Police Officer Tim Kerry | |
| President of the Senate | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Captain Bill Dugan | ||
| Charles Putnam | ||
| Detective Lieutenant John Lewis | ||
| P.G. Delano | ||
| 1938 | William 'Bill' Barker | |
| Captain Glennan | ||
| Commissioner Nelson | ||
| Col. Cornelius Stockton | ||
| Mr. Morris | ||
| Captain Josiah Storm | ||
| 1937 | Sam "Easy" Street | |
| Chief Martin | ||
| Captain of the William Brown | ||
| Dad Martin | ||
| Tex Stevens | ||
| Silver Jackson | ||
| Tom Martin | ||
| 1936 | Cheyenne Harry Morgan | |
| Sen. Nash | ||
| Phil Yonne | ||
| Dean Payton | ||
| John Russell | ||
| Kit Carson | ||
| Commandant | ||
| Cheyenne Harry Morgan | ||
| 1935 | Trigger Carson | |
| Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton | ||
| Jed Slocum | ||
| Tucson Smith | ||
| Cheyenne Kincaid | ||
| Sheriff Clay Hartley | ||
| 1933 | Jim Gayner | |
| John Hesbitt | ||
| Clark Sprague | ||
| (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1932 | Bob Norton / Roberts | |
| John Brown / Jim Blake | ||
| Hawkeye | ||
| Jim Gray | ||
| Ed Brandt | ||
| Pete Marlan | ||
| 1931 | Captain John Allister | |
| McBaine | ||
| 'Happy' Cardigan | ||
| Aloysius "Trader" Horn | ||
| 1928 | Bill Storm | |
| Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely | ||
| Jack Locasto | ||
| 1927 | Tom Munson | |
| Alexander Smith | ||
| 1926 | Bill Scott | |
| Jim Cardigan | ||
| David Scanlon | ||
| Daniel Brown | ||
| 1925 | Alexander 'Sandy' Morton | |
| Brian 'The Yellow Seal' Delaney | ||
| Patrick Angus O'Toole | ||
| Pete Grainger | ||
| Bob Smith | ||
| Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson | ||
| Pat Halahan | ||
| 1924 | Bill Jones | |
| Big Bill Benson | ||
| Tiger Thompson | ||
| Phlip Morgan | ||
| 'The Hawk' | ||
| 1923 | Neil Allison | |
| Bob | ||
| Blake | ||
| Bob | ||
| 1922 | J. Wesley Pringle | |
| White Horse Harry | ||
| Steve Packard | ||
| 1921 | Ol' Santa Fe | |
| Bart Carson | ||
| John Wesley Pringle | ||
| Ohio, the Stranger | ||
| David Brent | ||
| 1920 | Dick Rainboldt | |
| Sundown Slim | ||
| Job McCoy | ||
| Jim Golden | ||
| James 'Jim' Pierce | ||
| Pierre Winton | ||
| Overland Red | ||
| 1919 | Cheyenne Harry | |
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Jim Kyneton | ||
| Cheyenne Harry Henderson | ||
| Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| 1918 | Cheyenne Harry | |
| Lin McLean | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Harry Ridge | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| 1917 | Cheyenne Harry | |
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Jack Wilson | ||
| Jack | ||
| Buck Lessen | ||
| Dick Glenning | ||
| Sheriff Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Hair Trigger Burke | ||
| William 'Red' Saunders | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| 1916 | Ramon Valentine | |
| Dick Olney | ||
| Dr. Ralph Hamlin | ||
| Shifty | ||
| Tom Horn | ||
| Sky High | ||
| Black La Rue | ||
| Ballaret Bill | ||
| Tom Wayne | ||
| Bob Sangster | ||
| The Squarest Sheriff Alive | ||
| Blaze | ||
| Tom Larnigan | ||
| Cheyenne Harry | ||
| Tom Larnigan | ||
| Fergus Derrick | ||
| Tom Larnigan | ||
| Tom Larnigan | ||
| Tom Larnigan | ||
| Tom Larnigan | ||
| Tom Larnigan | ||
| 1915 | Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12) | |
| Miles Rand | ||
| Jim | ||
| The New Foreman | ||
| Norris | ||
| The Converted Cracksman | ||
| The Bandit | ||
| Dandy Dick - The Fugitive | ||
| Crook | ||
| 1st Road Agent | ||
| Hogan - Leader of the Crooks | ||
| 2nd Sportsman | ||
| Dave Dawson | ||
| Jackson - The Crook | ||
| The Sheriff | ||
| The Prospector | ||
| Burleigh | ||
| Texas Pete - the Bandit | ||
| 1914 | Cyril Bruce McVeagh | |
| Gentleman Joe, the Cracksman | ||
| In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited) | ||
| Ivan | ||
| Assyrian Traitor | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Foreman | ||
| Engineer Daily | ||
| N/A | ||
| First Son | ||
| 1913 | The Adopted Son | |
| N/A | ||
| The Young Man | ||
| Keene, the Detective | ||
| The Detective | ||
| N/A | ||
| Society Detective | ||
| The Thief | ||
| Manning | ||
| The Detective | ||
| N/A | ||
| Bob - the Younger Brother | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Crook | ||
| The Son-in-Law | ||
| The Convict | ||
| Second Criminal | ||
| Luke | ||
| A Prospector | ||
| The Bartender | ||
| First Tramp | ||
| The Gambler | ||
| The Cowpuncher | ||
| The Butler | ||
| N/A | ||
| Giuseppe, the Farmhand | ||
| Miller | ||
| In Crowd (uncredited) | ||
| The Widowed Father | ||
| The Schemer | ||
| The 'Bull' | ||
| Olaf, an Atom | ||
| The Butler | ||
| The Gambler | ||
| The Sailor | ||
| The Left-Handed Thief | ||
| The Superintendent | ||
| The Husband | ||
| Tony | ||
| Second Bandit | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Sheriff | ||
| The Sheriff | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Thief | ||
| Raffles | ||
| The Stage Manager / At Dinner | ||
| The Mother's Favorite Son | ||
| Third Thief | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Thief | ||
| 1912 | The Thief | |
| Older Crook | ||
| Indian | ||
| At Theatre | ||
| The Confederate Corporal | ||
| The White Renegade Father | ||
| Snapper's Sidekick | ||
| At Ice Cream Festival | ||
| The Neighbor's Friend | ||
| Bob Cole | ||
| 2nd Clan Member | ||
| A Thief | ||
| Bob Kyne - the Prospector | ||
| In Audience | ||
| The Safecracker | ||
| 1910 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | In Memory Of | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Story | |
| 1922 | Story | |
| 1921 | Story | |
| Story | ||
| 1920 | Scenario Writer | |
| 1919 | Story | |
| Story | ||
| Story | ||
| 1917 | Story | |
| Story | ||
| Story | ||
| Story | ||
| 1916 | Story | |
| Scenario Writer | ||
| 1914 | Story | |
| Writer | ||
| 1913 | Screenplay | |
| Story | ||
| Writer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 1917 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1914 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |