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Harry Carey

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."

Personal information

Birthday

1878-01-15

Birth Place

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

'If Only' Jim

'If Only' Jim

1920

0.0

Movie
A 44-Calibre Mystery

A 44-Calibre Mystery

1917

0.0

Movie
A Chance Deception

A Chance Deception

1913

0.0

Movie
A Cry for Help

A Cry for Help

1912

0.0

Movie
A Dangerous Foe

A Dangerous Foe

1913

0.0

Movie
A Day's Adventure

A Day's Adventure

1915

0.0

Movie
A Double Winning

A Double Winning

1915

0.0

Movie
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

1912

4.5

Movie
A Fight For Love

A Fight For Love

1919

5.0

Movie
A Frightful Blunder

A Frightful Blunder

1913

0.0

Movie
A Gamble with Death

A Gamble with Death

1913

0.0

Movie
A Gambler's Honor

A Gambler's Honor

1913

0.0

Movie
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman

A Gun Fightin' Gentleman

1919

5.0

Movie
A Knight of the Range

A Knight of the Range

1916

5.0

Movie
A Little Journey

A Little Journey

1927

0.0

Movie
A Marked Man

A Marked Man

1917

4.5

Movie
A Misappropriated Turkey

A Misappropriated Turkey

1913

0.0

Movie
A Modest Hero

A Modest Hero

1913

0.0

Movie
A Nest Unfeathered

A Nest Unfeathered

1914

0.0

Movie
A Tender-Hearted Crook

A Tender-Hearted Crook

1913

0.0

Movie
A Woman's Eyes

A Woman's Eyes

1916

0.0

Movie
A Woman's Fool

A Woman's Fool

1918

4.0

Movie
Aces Wild

Aces Wild

1936

0.0

Movie
Air Force

Air Force

1943

6.4

Movie
All for Science

All for Science

1913

0.0

Movie
America Saved from War

America Saved from War

1916

0.0

Movie
Among the Living

Among the Living

1941

6.1

Movie
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods

An Adventure in the Autumn Woods

1913

0.0

Movie
An Unseen Enemy

An Unseen Enemy

1912

5.6

Movie
Angel and the Badman

Angel and the Badman

1947

6.3

Movie
Annapolis Salute

Annapolis Salute

1937

6.0

Movie
As It Happened

As It Happened

1915

0.0

Movie
Bad Company

Bad Company

1931

4.6

Movie
Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast

1935

6.5

Movie
Bare Fists

Bare Fists

1919

5.0

Movie
Behind the Lines

Behind the Lines

1916

0.0

Movie
Beyond the Border

Beyond the Border

1925

0.0

Movie
Beyond Tomorrow

Beyond Tomorrow

1940

6.0

Movie
Bill Sharkey's Last Game

Bill Sharkey's Last Game

1910

1.8

Movie
Black and White

Black and White

1913

0.0

Movie
Blood Money

Blood Money

1917

0.0

Movie
Blue Streak McCoy

Blue Streak McCoy

1920

0.0

Movie
Border Cafe

Border Cafe

1937

6.3

Movie
Border Devils

Border Devils

1932

5.3

Movie
Born Reckless

Born Reckless

1937

5.5

Movie
Broken Ways

Broken Ways

1913

0.0

Movie
Brothers

Brothers

1913

0.0

Movie
Brutality

Brutality

1912

0.0

Movie
Brute Force

Brute Force

1914

5.3

Movie
Bucking Broadway

Bucking Broadway

1917

5.5

Movie
Bullet Proof

Bullet Proof

1920

0.0

Movie
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

1939

5.0

Movie
Burning Bridges

Burning Bridges

1928

0.0

Movie
Canyon of the Fools

Canyon of the Fools

1923

0.0

Movie
Cavalier of the West

Cavalier of the West

1931

4.8

Movie
Cheyenne's Pal

Cheyenne's Pal

1917

4.5

Movie
China's Little Devils

China's Little Devils

1945

4.0

Movie
Code of the Streets

Code of the Streets

1939

7.0

Movie
Concentration

Concentration

1914

0.0

Movie
Crashin' Thru

Crashin' Thru

1923

0.0

Movie
Danger Patrol

Danger Patrol

1937

5.3

Movie
Desert Driven

Desert Driven

1923

0.0

Movie
Desperate Trails

Desperate Trails

1921

4.0

Movie
Directed by John Ford

Directed by John Ford

1971

6.8

Movie
Driftin' Thru

Driftin' Thru

1926

0.0

Movie
Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

1946

6.3

Movie
Film Fun

Film Fun

1955

4.0

Movie
For Her Government

For Her Government

1913

0.0

Movie
For the Love of a Girl

For the Love of a Girl

1916

0.0

Movie
Friends

Friends

1912

5.5

Movie
Gateway

Gateway

1938

6.5

Movie
Gentleman Joe

Gentleman Joe

1910

0.0

Movie
Ghost Town

Ghost Town

1936

5.0

Movie
Goin' Straight

Goin' Straight

1917

0.0

Movie
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

2000

0.0

Movie
Good Men and True

Good Men and True

1922

0.0

Movie
Graft

Graft

1915

0.0

Movie
Grinding Life Down

Grinding Life Down

1916

0.0

Movie
Guilty

Guilty

1916

0.0

Movie
Hair-Trigger Burke

Hair-Trigger Burke

1917

0.0

Movie
Happy Land

Happy Land

1943

6.2

Movie
Hearts Up

Hearts Up

1921

0.0

Movie
Hell Bent

Hell Bent

1918

5.2

Movie
Her Convert

Her Convert

1915

0.0

Movie
Her Dormant Love

Her Dormant Love

1915

0.0

Movie
Her Father's Silent Partner

Her Father's Silent Partner

1914

0.0

Movie
Her Hand

Her Hand

1914

0.0

Movie
Heredity

Heredity

1912

0.0

Movie
His Desperate Deed

His Desperate Deed

1915

0.0

Movie
His Fireman's Conscience

His Fireman's Conscience

1914

0.0

Movie
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

6.0

Movie
Human Stuff

Human Stuff

1920

0.0

Movie
I Was Meant for You

I Was Meant for You

1913

0.0

Movie
If We Only Knew

If We Only Knew

1913

0.0

Movie
In Diplomatic Circles

In Diplomatic Circles

1913

0.0

Movie
In the Aisles of the Wild

In the Aisles of the Wild

1912

0.0

Movie
Inside Information

Inside Information

1939

0.0

Movie
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings

Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings

1915

0.0

Movie
Judith of Bethulia

Judith of Bethulia

1914

6.3

Movie
Just Jim

Just Jim

1915

0.0

Movie
Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad

1937

6.9

Movie
King of Alcatraz

King of Alcatraz

1938

5.7

Movie
Land of Liberty

Land of Liberty

1939

0.0

Movie
Law and Order

Law and Order

1932

4.0

Movie
Legends of the West

Legends of the West

1992

0.0

Movie
Little Miss Nobody

Little Miss Nobody

1936

6.0

Movie
Love in an Apartment Hotel

Love in an Apartment Hotel

1913

0.0

Movie
Love's Lariat

Love's Lariat

1916

0.0

Movie
Madonna of the Storm

Madonna of the Storm

1913

0.0

Movie
Man of the Forest

Man of the Forest

1933

5.5

Movie
Man to Man

Man to Man

1922

0.0

Movie
Marked Men

Marked Men

1919

5.0

Movie
McVeagh of the South Seas

McVeagh of the South Seas

1914

4.7

Movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

7.9

Movie
My Hero

My Hero

1912

0.0

Movie
My Son Is Guilty

My Son Is Guilty

1939

8.0

Movie
Near To Earth

Near To Earth

1913

0.0

Movie
Oil and Water

Oil and Water

1913

0.0

Movie
Olaf—An Atom

Olaf—An Atom

1913

0.0

Movie
Old King Coal

Old King Coal

1916

0.0

Movie
Old Offenders

Old Offenders

1915

0.0

Movie
Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

1940

4.0

Movie
Overland Red

Overland Red

1920

0.0

Movie
Parachute Battalion

Parachute Battalion

1941

5.5

Movie
Pirate Gold

Pirate Gold

1913

0.0

Movie
Port of Missing Girls

Port of Missing Girls

1938

0.0

Movie
Powdersmoke Range

Powdersmoke Range

1935

0.0

Movie
Racing Lady

Racing Lady

1937

5.3

Movie
Red Hicks Defies the World

Red Hicks Defies the World

1913

0.0

Movie
Red River

Red River

1948

7.3

Movie
Rider of the Law

Rider of the Law

1919

5.0

Movie
Riders of Vengeance

Riders of Vengeance

1919

3.0

Movie
Roaring Rails

Roaring Rails

1924

6.8

Movie
Roped

Roped

1919

5.0

Movie
Rustler's Paradise

Rustler's Paradise

1935

0.0

Movie
Satan Town

Satan Town

1926

0.0

Movie
Secret Love

Secret Love

1916

0.0

Movie
Silent Sanderson

Silent Sanderson

1925

0.0

Movie
Six-Shooter Justice

Six-Shooter Justice

1917

0.0

Movie
Sky Giant

Sky Giant

1938

4.7

Movie
Slide, Kelly, Slide

Slide, Kelly, Slide

1927

0.0

Movie
So Dear to My Heart

So Dear to My Heart

1948

6.5

Movie
So Near, Yet So Far

So Near, Yet So Far

1912

5.9

Movie
Soft Shoes

Soft Shoes

1925

7.0

Movie
Souls at Sea

Souls at Sea

1937

5.9

Movie
Straight Shooting

Straight Shooting

1917

5.9

Movie
Street of Missing Men

Street of Missing Men

1939

9.0

Movie
Sundown

Sundown

1941

5.4

Movie
Sundown Slim

Sundown Slim

1920

0.0

Movie
Sunset Pass

Sunset Pass

1933

6.0

Movie
Sutter's Gold

Sutter's Gold

1936

0.0

Movie
The Abandoned Well

The Abandoned Well

1913

0.0

Movie
The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger

1936

4.7

Movie
The Ace of the Saddle

The Ace of the Saddle

1919

5.0

Movie
The Almost Good Man

The Almost Good Man

1917

0.0

Movie
The Bad Lands

The Bad Lands

1925

0.0

Movie
The Bad Man of Cheyenne

The Bad Man of Cheyenne

1917

0.0

Movie
The Border Patrol

The Border Patrol

1928

0.0

Movie
The Burglar’s Dilemma

The Burglar’s Dilemma

1912

5.3

Movie
The Canceled Mortgage

The Canceled Mortgage

1915

0.0

Movie
The Committee on Credentials

The Committee on Credentials

1916

0.0

Movie
The Conspiracy

The Conspiracy

1916

0.0

Movie
The Crook and the Girl

The Crook and the Girl

1913

0.0

Movie
The Detective's Stratagem

The Detective's Stratagem

1913

0.0

Movie
The Devil Horse

The Devil Horse

1932

2.0

Movie
The Devil's Own

The Devil's Own

1916

0.0

Movie
The Drifter

The Drifter

1917

0.0

Movie
The Enemy's Baby

The Enemy's Baby

1913

0.0

Movie
The Fighting Gringo

The Fighting Gringo

1917

0.0

Movie
The Film Parade

The Film Parade

1933

0.0

Movie
The Flaming Forties

The Flaming Forties

1924

0.0

Movie
The Fox

The Fox

1921

0.0

Movie
The Freeze-Out

The Freeze-Out

1921

4.0

Movie
The Frontier Trail

The Frontier Trail

1926

0.0

Movie
The Gambler's I.O.U.

The Gambler's I.O.U.

1915

0.0

Movie
The Golden Bullet

The Golden Bullet

1917

0.0

Movie
The Great Moment

The Great Moment

1944

5.8

Movie
The Harbor Transportation Trust

The Harbor Transportation Trust

1916

0.0

Movie
The Heart of a Bandit

The Heart of a Bandit

1915

0.0

Movie
The Hero of Little Italy

The Hero of Little Italy

1913

0.0

Movie
The Honor of an Outlaw

The Honor of an Outlaw

1917

0.0

Movie
The Informer

The Informer

1912

0.0

Movie
The Insurance Swindlers

The Insurance Swindlers

1916

0.0

Movie
The Jackals of a Great City

The Jackals of a Great City

1916

0.0

Movie
The Kickback

The Kickback

1922

0.0

Movie
The Last of the Clintons

The Last of the Clintons

1935

5.0

Movie
The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans

1932

6.0

Movie
The Last Outlaw

The Last Outlaw

1936

5.5

Movie
The Law and His Son

The Law and His Son

1913

0.0

Movie
The Law West of Tombstone

The Law West of Tombstone

1938

4.0

Movie
The Left-Handed Man

The Left-Handed Man

1913

0.0

Movie
The Lightning Rider

The Lightning Rider

1924

0.0

Movie
The Love Transcendent

The Love Transcendent

1915

0.0

Movie
The Man from Red Gulch

The Man from Red Gulch

1925

0.0

Movie
The Master Cracksman

The Master Cracksman

1914

0.0

Movie
The Miracle Baby

The Miracle Baby

1923

0.0

Movie
The Mirror

The Mirror

1913

0.0

Movie
The Miser's Legacy

The Miser's Legacy

1915

0.0

Movie
The Musketeers of Pig Alley

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

1912

6.2

Movie
The Mysterious Outlaw

The Mysterious Outlaw

1917

0.0

Movie
The Night Hawk

The Night Hawk

1924

0.0

Movie
The Night Rider

The Night Rider

1932

0.0

Movie
The One She Loved

The One She Loved

1912

0.0

Movie
The Outcasts of Poker Flat

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1919

4.0

Movie
The Outlaw and the Lady

The Outlaw and the Lady

1917

0.0

Movie
The Painted Lady

The Painted Lady

1912

5.5

Movie
The Passing of Hell's Crown

The Passing of Hell's Crown

1916

0.0

Movie
The Phantom Riders

The Phantom Riders

1918

4.5

Movie
The Power of the People

The Power of the People

1916

0.0

Movie
The Prairie Pirate

The Prairie Pirate

1925

0.0

Movie
The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

6.9

Movie
The Railroad Monopoly

The Railroad Monopoly

1916

0.0

Movie
The Ranchero's Revenge

The Ranchero's Revenge

1913

0.0

Movie
The Scarlet Drop

The Scarlet Drop

1918

3.5

Movie
The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass

1947

6.2

Movie
The Secret Man

The Secret Man

1917

5.0

Movie
The Seventh Bandit

The Seventh Bandit

1926

0.0

Movie
The Shepherd of the Hills

The Shepherd of the Hills

1941

6.6

Movie
The Sheriff's Baby

The Sheriff's Baby

1913

5.0

Movie
The Sheriff's Dilemma

The Sheriff's Dilemma

1915

0.0

Movie
The Sorrowful Shore

The Sorrowful Shore

1913

0.0

Movie
The Soul Herder

The Soul Herder

1917

4.5

Movie
The Spoilers

The Spoilers

1942

6.2

Movie
The Stolen Bride

The Stolen Bride

1913

0.0

Movie
The Stolen Loaf

The Stolen Loaf

1913

0.0

Movie
The Stolen Treaty

The Stolen Treaty

1913

0.0

Movie
The Stopped Clock

The Stopped Clock

1913

0.0

Movie
The Strong Man's Burden

The Strong Man's Burden

1913

5.0

Movie
The Switchtower

The Switchtower

1913

5.0

Movie
The Telephone Girl and the Lady

The Telephone Girl and the Lady

1913

5.0

Movie
The Tenderfoot's Money

The Tenderfoot's Money

1913

0.0

Movie
The Texas Trail

The Texas Trail

1925

0.0

Movie
The Three Godfathers

The Three Godfathers

1916

0.0

Movie
The Thundering Herd

The Thundering Herd

1933

3.8

Movie
The Trail of '98

The Trail of '98

1928

6.2

Movie
The Unwelcome Guest

The Unwelcome Guest

1913

5.0

Movie
The Van Nostrand Tiara

The Van Nostrand Tiara

1913

0.0

Movie
The Vanishing Legion

The Vanishing Legion

1931

9.0

Movie
The Vengeance of Galora

The Vengeance of Galora

1913

0.0

Movie
The Wallop

The Wallop

1921

4.0

Movie
The Way Out

The Way Out

1915

0.0

Movie
The Wedding Guest

The Wedding Guest

1916

0.0

Movie
The Well

The Well

1913

0.0

Movie
The Work Habit

The Work Habit

1913

0.0

Movie
The Wrong Bottle

The Wrong Bottle

1913

0.0

Movie
The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man

1917

0.0

Movie
They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted

1940

5.6

Movie
Thieves' Gold

Thieves' Gold

1918

4.5

Movie
Three Mounted Men

Three Mounted Men

1918

4.5

Movie
Tiger Thompson

Tiger Thompson

1924

0.0

Movie
Trader Horn

Trader Horn

1931

5.3

Movie
Truth Stranger Than Fiction

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

1915

0.0

Movie
Two Daughters of Eve

Two Daughters of Eve

1912

0.0

Movie
Under the Shadow of the Law

Under the Shadow of the Law

1913

0.0

Movie
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

1936

6.3

Movie
Wagon Trail

Wagon Trail

1935

4.0

Movie
Waifs

Waifs

1914

0.0

Movie
West Is West

West Is West

1920

0.0

Movie
When Love Forgives

When Love Forgives

1913

0.0

Movie
Wild Mustang

Wild Mustang

1935

0.0

Movie
Wild Women

Wild Women

1918

4.5

Movie
Without Honors

Without Honors

1932

5.0

Movie
You and Me

You and Me

1938

6.7

Movie