Philip Carey
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Philip Carey (born July 15, 1925, although some reports listed his birth year as 1935) is an American actor.
Carey has made appearances in films such as Calamity Jane (1953), Pushover (1954) and Monster (1979). Carey also had roles on the TV series Laredo and Little House on the Prairie.
He is perhaps best known for his role as the protective Texan patriarch Asa Buchanan on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role he has played since 1980.
Carey became well-known for a series of tongue-in-cheek television commercials for Granny Goose potato chips, in which he self-identified as "Granny Goose", portraying the company's spokesperson as a tough cowboy.
Carey was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 2006. He is currently undergoing chemotherapy.
In Late March 2007, it was announced that Carey would be exiting the show after nearly thirty years after he turned down an offer that would see him dropped to recurrring status with the show. He should last air sometime in May. [1]
