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Harry Carey
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born January 15, 1878Died September 21, 1947 (69 years)
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."
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."
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Filmography
| 1992 | John Ford · as Cheyenne Harry [in "a Gun Fightin' Gentleman"] |
| 1992 | Legends of the West · as Ed Brandt In 'law And Order' |
| 1992 | Legends of the American West · as Cast |
| 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks · as Snapper's Sidekick |
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · as Elderly Hero |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford · as (archive Footage) |
| 1948 | So Dear to My Heart · as Head Judge At County Fair |
| 1948 | Red River · as Mr. Melville |
| 1947 | Angel and the Badman · as Marshal Wistful Mcclintock |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass · as Doc J. Reid |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun · as Lem Smoot |
| 1945 | China's Little Devils · as Doc Temple |
| 1944 | The Great Moment · as Professor John C. Warren |
| 1944 | Some of the Best · as Aloysius 'trader' Horn In Trader Horn |
| 1943 | Happy Land · as Edward "gramp" Marsh |
| 1943 | |
| 1942 | The Spoilers · as Dextry |
| 1941 | Among the Living · as Dr. Ben Saunders |
| 1941 | Sundown · as Dewey |
| 1941 | Parachute Battalion · as Bill Richards |
| 1941 | The Shepherd of the Hills · as Daniel Howitt |
| 1940 | They Knew What They Wanted · as The Doctor |
| 1940 | Beyond Tomorrow · as George Vale Melton |
| 1939 | My Son Is Guilty · as Police Officer Tim Kerry |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · as President Of The Senate |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty · as (archive Footage) |
| 1939 | Inside Information · as Captain Bill Dugan |
| 1939 | Code of the Streets · as Detective Lieutenant John Lewis |
| 1939 | Burn 'Em Up O'Connor · as P.g. Delano |
| 1938 | The Law West of Tombstone · as William 'bill' Barker |
| 1938 | King of Alcatraz · as Captain Glennan |
| 1938 | Gateway · as Commissioner Nelson |
| 1938 | Sky Giant · as Col. Cornelius Stockton |
| 1938 | You and Me · as Mr. Morris |
| 1938 | Port of Missing Girls · as Captain Josiah Storm |
| 1937 | Danger Patrol · as Sam "easy" Street |
| 1937 | Annapolis Salute · as Chief Martin |
| 1937 | Souls at Sea · as Captain Of The William Brown |
| 1937 | Born Reckless · as Dad Martin |
| 1937 | Border Cafe · as Tex Stevens |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad · as Silver Jackson |
| 1937 | Racing Lady · as Tom Martin |
| 1936 | Little Miss Nobody · as John Russell |
| 1936 | Aces Wild · as Cheyenne Harry Morgan |
| 1936 | The Accusing Finger · as Sen. Nash |
| 1936 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie · as Phil Yonne |
| 1936 | The Last Outlaw · as Dean Payton |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold · as Kit Carson |
| 1936 | The Prisoner of Shark Island · as Commandant |
| 1936 | Ghost Town · as Cheyenne Harry Morgan |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast · as Jed Slocum |
| 1935 | The Last of the Clintons · as Trigger Carson |
| 1935 | Wild Mustang · as Joe 'wild Mustang' Norton |
| 1935 | Powdersmoke Range · as Tucson Smith |
| 1935 | Wagon Trail · as Sheriff Clay Hartley |
| 1933 | Man of the Forest · as Jim Gayner |
| 1933 | The Thundering Herd · as Clark Sprague |
| 1932 | The Devil Horse · as Bob Norton / Roberts |
| 1932 | The Night Rider · as John Brown / Jim Blake |
| 1932 | The Last of the Mohicans · as Hawkeye |
| 1932 | Border Devils · as Jim Gray |
| 1932 | Law and Order · as Ed Brandt |
| 1932 | Without Honor · as Pete Marlan |
| 1931 | Cavalier of the West · as Captain John Allister |
| 1931 | Bad Company · as Mcbaine |
| 1931 | The Vanishing Legion · as 'happy' Cardigan |
| 1931 | Trader Horn · as Aloysius "trader" Horn |
| 1928 | Burning Bridges · as Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely |
| 1928 | The Trail of '98 · as Jack Locasto |
| 1927 | Slide, Kelly, Slide · as Tom Munson |
| 1925 | The Prairie Pirate · as Brian 'the Yellow Seal' Delaney |
| 1924 | Roaring Rails · as Big Bill Benson |
| 1921 | Desperate Trails · as Bart Carson |
| 1921 | The Freeze-Out · as Ohio, The Stranger |
| 1919 | Marked Men · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1919 | A Gun Fightin' Gentleman · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1919 | Rider of the Law · as Jim Kyneton |
| 1919 | Ace of the Saddle · as Cheyenne Harry Henderson |
| 1919 | The Outcasts of Poker Flat · as Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst |
| 1919 | Riders of Vengeance · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1919 | Bare Fists · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1919 | A Fight for Love · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1919 | Roped · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1918 | Three Mounted Men · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1918 | A Woman's Fool · as Lin Mclean |
| 1918 | Hell Bent · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1918 | The Scarlet Drop · as Harry Ridge |
| 1918 | Thieves' Gold · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1918 | Wild Women · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1918 | The Phantom Riders · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1917 | Bucking Broadway · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1917 | A Marked Man · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1917 | The Secret Man · as Cheyenne Harry |
| 1917 | Straight Shooting · as "cheyenne" Harry |
| 1917 | The Fighting Gringo · as William 'red' Saunders |
| 1916 | The Three Godfathers · as Bob Sangster |
| 1914 | McVeagh of the South Seas · as Cyril Bruce Mcveagh |
| 1914 | Judith of Bethulia · as Assyrian Traitor |
| 1912 | The Musketeers of Pig Alley · as Snapper's Sidekick |
| 1912 | The Painted Lady · as At Ice Cream Festival |
| 1912 | An Unseen Enemy · as The Safecracker |