Harry Carey
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Harry Carey (January 16, 1878 – September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars.
Born Henry DeWitt Carey II in The Bronx, New York, he was the son of a prominent lawyer and judge. He attended Hamilton Military Academy then studied law at New York University.
Although Carey, one of Hollywood's finest character actors of the sound era, received an Oscar nomination for his role as the President of the Senate in the 1939 film, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, he is best remembered as one of the first stars of the Western film genre. He married actress Olive Fuller Golden (1896-1988) and they purchased a large ranch in Saugus, California, north of Los Angeles. Their son, Harry Carey, Jr. would become a character actor, also most famous for his roles in Westerns. They appeared together in the 1948 film, Red River, which was filmed late in 1946 and went unreleased for almost two years.
Carey also performed on the stage, debuting on Broadway in 1940.
A smoker, Harry Carey died in 1947 from a combination of lung cancer, emphysema and coronary thrombosis, at the age of 69. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in the family mausoleum in The Bronx, New York. In 1976, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Harry Carey has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1521 Vine Street. As an homage to him, John Wayne held his right elbow with his left hand in the closing shot of The Searchers, imitating a stance Carey himself often used in his films, while the film's director, John Ford, cast Carey's wife and son in prominent roles in the film.
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[edit] Filmography
Harry Carey began his film career in 1909. Over the next forty plus years he performed in more than two hundred and fifty films.
[edit] 1900s
- 1909 : Bill Sharkey's Last Game
[edit] 1910s
[edit] 1910
- Gentleman Joe
[edit] 1912
- An Unseen Enemy : The Thief
- Two Daughters of Eve : In Audience
- Friends : Bob Kyne (the prospector)
- So Near, Yet So Far : A Thief
- A Feud in the Kentucky Hills : Second Clan Member
- In the Aisles of the Wild : Bob Cole
- The One She Loved : The Neighbor's Friend
- The Painted Lady : At Ice Cream Festival
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley : Snapper's Sidekick
- Heredity : White Renegade Father
- Gold and Glitter : Lumberman
- The Informer : The Union Corporal
- Brutality : At Theatre
- My Hero : Indian
- The Burglar's Dilemma : Older Crook
- A Cry for Help : The Thief
- The God Within
[edit] 1913
- Three Friends : In Saloon / In First Factory
- The Telephone Girl and the Lady : The Thief
- Pirate Gold
- An Adventure in the Autumn Woods : Third Thief
- A Misappropriated Turkey : The Bartender
- Brothers : The Mother's Favorite Son
- Oil and Water : Stage Manager / At Dinner
- A Chance Deception : Raffles
- Love in an Apartment Hotel : The Thief
- The Wrong Bottle : Extra
- Broken Ways : The Sheriff
- A Girl's Stratagem
- The Unwelcome Guest : The Sheriff
- Near to Earth
- The Sheriff's Baby : Second Bandit
- The Hero of Little Italy : Tony
- The Stolen Bride : The Husband
- A Frightful Blunder : The Superintendent
- The Left-Handed Man : The Thief
- If We Only Knew : The Sailor
- The Tenderfoot's Money : The Gambler
- The Stolen Loaf : The Butler
- Olaf-An Atom : Olaf, an Atom
- A Dangerous Foe : The 'Bull'
- The Ranchero's Revenge : The Schemer
- Red Hicks Defies the World : In Crowd
- The Well : Giuseppe, the Farmhand
- In Diplomatic Circles : The Butler
- A Gamble with Death : The Cowpuncher
- The Sorrowful Shore : The Widowed Father
- The Enemy's Baby : Miller
- The Mistake
- A Gambler's Honor : The Gambler
- The Mirror : First Tramp
- The Vengeance of Galora : A Prospector
- When Love Forgives : Second Criminal
- Under the Shadow of the Law : The Convict
- I Was Meant for You : Luke
- Two Men of the Desert
- The Crook and the Girl : The Crook
- Black and White
- The Strong Man's Burden : Bob
- A Modest Hero
- The Stolen Treaty : The Detective
- The Law and His Son : Manning
- A Tender-Hearted Crook : The Thief
- The Van Nostrand Tiara : Society Detective
- Madonna of the Storm
- The Stopped Clock : The Detective
- The Detective's Stratagem : Keene, the Detective
- All for Science : The Young Man
- The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
[edit] 1914
- A Nest Unfeathered
- The Abandoned Well
- Her Father's Silent Partner
- Judith of Bethulia : Assyrian Traitor
- Brute Force : In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days)
- The Master Cracksman : Gentleman Joe, the Cracksman
- McVeagh of the South Seas : Cyril Bruce McVeagh
[edit] 1915
- The Sheriff's Dilemma
- Perils of the Jungle
- The Miser's Legacy
- The Heart of a Bandit
- His Desperate Deed
- Battle of Frenchman's Run
- The Gambler's I.O.U.
- A Double Winning
- A Day's Adventure
- The Canceled Mortgage
- Truth Stranger Than Fiction
- Her Dormant Love
- The Way Out
- Her Convert
- As It Happened
- Just Jim : Jim
- Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings : Miles Rand
- Graft
[edit] 1916
- A Movie Star
- A Knight of the Range : Cheyenne Harry
- Secret Love : Fergus Derrick
- The Night Riders
- The Passing of Hell's Crown
- The Wedding Guest
- The Three Godfathers : Bob Sangster
- The Jackals of a Great City
- The Committee on Credentials
- For the Love of a Girl
- Love's Lariat : Sky High
- A Woman's Eyes
- The Devil's Own
- Behind the Lines : Dr. Ralph Hamlin
- The Conspiracy
- Guilty
- Red Saunders Plays Cupid
[edit] 1917
- Blood Money
- The Bad Man of Cheyenne
- The Outlaw and the Lady
- The Drifter
- Goin' Straight
- The Fighting Gringo : William 'Red' Saunders
- Hair-Trigger Burke
- The Honor of an Outlaw
- A 44-Calibre Mystery
- The Almost Good Man
- The Mysterious Outlaw
- The Golden Bullet
- The Wrong Man
- Six-Shooter Justice
- The Soul Herder : Cheyenne Harry
- Cheyenne's Pal : Cheyenne Harry
- Straight Shooting : Cheyenne Harry
- The Texas Sphinx
- The Secret Man : Cheyenne Harry
- A Marked Man : Cheyenne Harry
- Bucking Broadway : Cheyenne Harry
[edit] 1918
- The Phantom Riders : Cheyenne Harry
- Wild Women : Cheyenne Harry
- Thieves' Gold : Cheyenne Harry
- The Scarlet Drop : 'Kaintuck' Harry Ridge
- Hell Bent : Cheyenne Harry
- A Woman's Fool : Lin McLean
- Three Mounted Men : Cheyenne Harry
[edit] 1919
- Sure Shot Morgan
- Roped : Cheyenne Harry
- A Fight for Love : Cheyenne Harry
- Bare Fists : Cheyenne Harry
- Riders of Vengeance : Cheyenne Harry
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat : Sqaure Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst
- Ace of the Saddle : Cheyenne Harry Henderson
- Rider of the Law : Jim Kyneton
- A Gun Fightin' Gentleman : Cheyenne Harry
- Marked Men (film) : Cheyenne Harry
[edit] 1920s
[edit] 1920
- 'If Only' Jim : Jim Golden
- Overland Red : Overland Red
- Bullet Proof : Pierre Winton
- Human Stuff : James 'Jim' Pierce
- Blue Streak McCoy : Job McCoy
- Sundown Slim : Sundown Slim
- West Is West : Dick Rainboldt
[edit] 1921
- Hearts Up : David Brent
- The Freeze-Out : Ohio, the Stranger
- The Wallop : John Wesley Pringle
- Desperate Trails : Bart Carson
- The Fox : Ol' Santa Fe
[edit] 1922
- Man to Man : Steve Packard
- The Kickback : White Horse Harry
- Good Men and True : J. Wesley Pringle
[edit] 1923
- Canyon of the Fools : Bob
- Crashin' Thru : Blake
- Desert Driven : Bob
- The Miracle Baby : Neil Allison
[edit] 1924
- The Man From Texas
- The Night Hawk : The Hawk
- The Lightning Rider : Phlip Morgan
- Tiger Thompson : Tiger Thompson
- Roaring Rails : Big Bill Benson
- The Flaming Forties : Bill Jones
[edit] 1925
- Soft Shoes : Pat Halahan
- Beyond the Border : Bob Smith
- Silent Sanderson : Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson
- The Texas Trail : Pete Grainger
- The Bad Lands : Patrick Angus O'Toole
- The Prairie Pirate : Brian Delaney
- The Man From Red Gulch : Sandy
[edit] 1926
- Driftin' Thru : Daniel Brown
- The Seventh Bandit
- The Frontier Trail : Jim Cardigan
- Satan Town : Bill Scott
[edit] 1927
- A Little Journey : Alexander Smith
- Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
- Slide, Kelly, Slide : Tom Munson
[edit] 1928
- The Trail of '98 : Jack Locasto
- Burning Bridges : Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely
- The Border Patrol : Bill Storm
- Trader Horn : Aloysius 'Trader' Horn
[edit] 1930s
[edit] 1931
- The Vanishing Legion : 'Happy' Cardigan
- Bad Company : McBaine
- Cavalier of the West : Captain John Allister
[edit] 1932
- Without Honor : Pete Marlan, Texas Ranger
- Law and Order : Ed Brandt
- Border Devils : Jim Gray
- The Last of the Mohicans : Hawkeye
- The Night Rider : John Brown / Jim Blake
- Apache, cheval de la mort (The Devil Horse) : Bob Norton, aka Roberts
[edit] 1933
- The Thundering Herd : Clark Spraque, Hide Dealer
- Sunset Pass : John Hesbitt
- Man of the Forest : Jim Gaynor
[edit] 1935
- Wagon Trail : Sheriff Clay Hartley
- Rustler's Paradise : Cheyenne Kincaid
- Powdersmoke Range : Tucson Smith
- Barbary Coast Jed Slocum
- Wild Mustang : Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton
- Last of the Clintons : Trigger Carson
[edit] 1936
- The Prisoner of Shark Island : Commandant of Fort Jefferson
- Ghost Town : Cheyenne Harry Morgan
- Sutter's Gold : Kit Carson
- Little Miss Nobody : John Russell
- The Last Outlaw : Dean Payton
- Valiant Is the Word for Carrie : Phil Yonne
- The Accusing Finger : Sen. Nash
- Aces Wild : Cheyenne Harry Morgan
[edit] 1937
- Lest We Forget
- Racing Lady : Tom Martin
- Kid Galahad : Silver Jackson
- Border Cafe : Tex Stevens
- Born Reckless : Dad Martin
- Âmes à la mer (Souls at Sea) : Captain of the William Brown
- Annapolis Salute : Chief Martin
- Danger Patrol : Sam 'Easy' Street
[edit] 1938
- Port of Missing Girls : Captain Josiah Storm
- Casier judiciaire (You and Me) : Jerome Morris
- Sky Giant : Col. Cornelius Stockton
- Gateway : Commissioner Nelson
- King of Alcatraz : Captain Glennan
- The Law West of Tombstone : William 'Bill' Barker
[edit] 1939
- Burn 'Em Up O'Connor : Pinky G. Delano
- Code of the Streets : Detective Lieutenant John Lewis
- Street of Missing Men : Charles Putnam
- Inside Information : Captain Bill Dugan
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington : The Vice President
- My Son Is Guilty : Police Officer Tim Kerry
[edit] 1940s
- 1940 : Outside the Three-Mile Limit : Captain Bailey
- 1940 : Beyond Tomorrow : George Melton
- 1940 : They Knew What They Wanted : The doctor
- 1941 : The Shepherd of the Hills : Daniel Howitt
- 1941 : Parachute Battalion : MSgt. Bill 'Thunderhead' Richards
- 1941 : Sundown : Dewey
- 1941 : Among the Living : Doctor Ben Saunders
- 1942 : The Spoilers : Al Dextry
- 1943 : Air Force : Sgt. Robbie White (crew chief on Mary-Ann)
- 1943 : Happy Land : Gramp
- 1944 : The Great Moment : Prof. Warren
- 1945 : China's Little Devils
- 1946 : Duel in the Sun : Lem Smoot
- 1947 : Angel and the Badman : Territorial Marshal Wistful McClintock
- 1947 : The Sea of Grass : Doc J. Reid
- 1948 : Red River Mr. Melville
- 1948 : The Babe Ruth Story : St. Louis manager
- 1948 : So Dear to My Heart : Judge at County Fair
[edit] 1950s
- 1955 : Film Fun : Archive Footage
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Harry Carey at the Internet Movie Database
- Harry Carey at the Internet Broadway Database
- Harry Carey's Photo & Gravesite
Categories: American film actors | Western film actors | American stage actors | American silent film actors | Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nominees | Hollywood Walk of Fame | People from the Bronx | Lung cancer deaths | Deaths from cardiovascular disease | Deaths from emphysema | 1878 births | 1947 deaths