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Harry Carey‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1878-01-15

Popularity

star7.4

Harry Carey

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Harry Carey

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1878-01-15

Popularity

star7.4

Biography

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."

Movie Credits

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington‌
star7.9
calendar 1939

Red River

Red River‌
star7.3
calendar 1948

Angel and the Badman

Angel and the Badman‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

Beyond Tomorrow

Beyond Tomorrow‌
star6.2
calendar 1940

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun‌
star6.3
calendar 1946

Desperate Trails

Desperate Trails‌
star4.0
calendar 1921

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Outside the Three-Mile Limit‌
star4.0
calendar 1940

The Freeze-Out

The Freeze-Out‌
star4.0
calendar 1921

The Great Moment

The Great Moment‌
star5.8
calendar 1944

Bullet Proof

Bullet Proof‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

The Musketeers of Pig Alley‌
star6.2
calendar 1912

Among the Living

Among the Living‌
star6.1
calendar 1941

The Shepherd of the Hills

The Shepherd of the Hills‌
star6.6
calendar 1941

Souls at Sea

Souls at Sea‌
star5.9
calendar 1937

The Committee on Credentials

The Committee on Credentials‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Spoilers

The Spoilers‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

The Fox

The Fox‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

Air Force

Air Force‌
star6.4
calendar 1943

You and Me

You and Me‌
star6.7
calendar 1938

The Bad Lands

The Bad Lands‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad‌
star6.9
calendar 1937

The Sheriff's Baby

The Sheriff's Baby‌
star5.0
calendar 1913

Trader Horn

Trader Horn‌
star5.3
calendar 1931

In the Aisles of the Wild

In the Aisles of the Wild‌
star0.0
calendar 1912

Bill Sharkey's Last Game

Bill Sharkey's Last Game‌
star1.8
calendar 1910

Pirate Gold

Pirate Gold‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

Gentleman Joe

Gentleman Joe‌
star0.0
calendar 1910

Sundown

Sundown‌
star5.4
calendar 1941

Two Daughters of Eve

Two Daughters of Eve‌
star0.0
calendar 1912

A Cry for Help

A Cry for Help‌
star0.0
calendar 1912

Brothers

Brothers‌
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calendar 1913

Love in an Apartment Hotel

Love in an Apartment Hotel‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Left-Handed Man

The Left-Handed Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

A Chance Deception

A Chance Deception‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

A Modest Hero

A Modest Hero‌
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calendar 1913

A Misappropriated Turkey

A Misappropriated Turkey‌
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calendar 1913

The Hero of Little Italy

The Hero of Little Italy‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

Madonna of the Storm

Madonna of the Storm‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Wrong Bottle

The Wrong Bottle‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

An Adventure in the Autumn Woods

An Adventure in the Autumn Woods‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

A Frightful Blunder

A Frightful Blunder‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

If We Only Knew

If We Only Knew‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Tenderfoot's Money

The Tenderfoot's Money‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

Heredity

Heredity‌
star0.0
calendar 1912

My Hero

My Hero‌
star0.0
calendar 1912

Brutality

Brutality‌
star0.0
calendar 1912

Near To Earth

Near To Earth‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Stolen Loaf

The Stolen Loaf‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

A Dangerous Foe

A Dangerous Foe‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Ranchero's Revenge

The Ranchero's Revenge‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Sorrowful Shore

The Sorrowful Shore‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Well

The Well‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

In Diplomatic Circles

In Diplomatic Circles‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

A Gamble with Death

A Gamble with Death‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Switchtower

The Switchtower‌
star5.0
calendar 1913

Red Hicks Defies the World

Red Hicks Defies the World‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Enemy's Baby

The Enemy's Baby‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Vengeance of Galora

The Vengeance of Galora‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

A Gambler's Honor

A Gambler's Honor‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

When Love Forgives

When Love Forgives‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Mirror

The Mirror‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island‌
star6.9
calendar 1936

Under the Shadow of the Law

Under the Shadow of the Law‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

I Was Meant for You

I Was Meant for You‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

Brute Force

Brute Force‌
star5.3
calendar 1914

The Crook and the Girl

The Crook and the Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Work Habit

The Work Habit‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Law and His Son

The Law and His Son‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Stolen Treaty

The Stolen Treaty‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Van Nostrand Tiara

The Van Nostrand Tiara‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Stopped Clock

The Stopped Clock‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

All for Science

All for Science‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Detective's Stratagem

The Detective's Stratagem‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Abandoned Well

The Abandoned Well‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

For Her Government

For Her Government‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

Concentration

Concentration‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted‌
star5.6
calendar 1940

Without Honors

Without Honors‌
star5.0
calendar 1932

The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass‌
star6.2
calendar 1947

Bucking Broadway

Bucking Broadway‌
star5.5
calendar 1917

An Unseen Enemy

An Unseen Enemy‌
star5.6
calendar 1912

King of Alcatraz

King of Alcatraz‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

His Desperate Deed

His Desperate Deed‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

The Heart of a Bandit

The Heart of a Bandit‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

Judith of Bethulia

Judith of Bethulia‌
star6.3
calendar 1914

A Nest Unfeathered

A Nest Unfeathered‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

Waifs

Waifs‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

His Fireman's Conscience

His Fireman's Conscience‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

Just Jim

Just Jim‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

Her Father's Silent Partner

Her Father's Silent Partner‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

Her Hand

Her Hand‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

The Master Cracksman

The Master Cracksman‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

The Love Transcendent

The Love Transcendent‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

The Miser's Legacy

The Miser's Legacy‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

The Gambler's I.O.U.

The Gambler's I.O.U.‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

Truth Stranger Than Fiction‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

The Canceled Mortgage

The Canceled Mortgage‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

A Double Winning

A Double Winning‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

The Sheriff's Dilemma

The Sheriff's Dilemma‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

A Day's Adventure

A Day's Adventure‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

Her Dormant Love

Her Dormant Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

The Way Out

The Way Out‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

Her Convert

Her Convert‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

Old Offenders

Old Offenders‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

As It Happened

As It Happened‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

The Power of the People

The Power of the People‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

Grinding Life Down

Grinding Life Down‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

Graft

Graft‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

America Saved from War

America Saved from War‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

Old King Coal

Old King Coal‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Railroad Monopoly

The Railroad Monopoly‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Harbor Transportation Trust

The Harbor Transportation Trust‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

A Knight of the Range

A Knight of the Range‌
star5.0
calendar 1916

Law and Order

Law and Order‌
star4.0
calendar 1932

The Insurance Swindlers

The Insurance Swindlers‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Passing of Hell's Crown

The Passing of Hell's Crown‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Wedding Guest

The Wedding Guest‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

For the Love of a Girl

For the Love of a Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Jackals of a Great City

The Jackals of a Great City‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Devil's Own

The Devil's Own‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

A Woman's Eyes

A Woman's Eyes‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Conspiracy

The Conspiracy‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

Guilty

Guilty‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

Blood Money

Blood Money‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

Sky Giant

Sky Giant‌
star4.7
calendar 1938

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Goin' Straight

Goin' Straight‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

The Outlaw and the Lady

The Outlaw and the Lady‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

The Drifter

The Drifter‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

The Bad Man of Cheyenne

The Bad Man of Cheyenne‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

The Honor of an Outlaw

The Honor of an Outlaw‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

The Almost Good Man

The Almost Good Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

A 44-Calibre Mystery

A 44-Calibre Mystery‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

Hair-Trigger Burke

Hair-Trigger Burke‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

Six-Shooter Justice

Six-Shooter Justice‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

The Mysterious Outlaw

The Mysterious Outlaw‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

The Golden Bullet

The Golden Bullet‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

Human Stuff

Human Stuff‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Inside Information

Inside Information‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger‌
star4.7
calendar 1936

Burning Bridges

Burning Bridges‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Satan Town

Satan Town‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The Frontier Trail

The Frontier Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The Seventh Bandit

The Seventh Bandit‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Driftin' Thru

Driftin' Thru‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The Man from Red Gulch

The Man from Red Gulch‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

The Texas Trail

The Texas Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Silent Sanderson

Silent Sanderson‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Crashin' Thru

Crashin' Thru‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

Good Men and True

Good Men and True‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

'If Only' Jim

'If Only' Jim‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Desert Driven

Desert Driven‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

Tiger Thompson

Tiger Thompson‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

The Miracle Baby

The Miracle Baby‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

Overland Red

Overland Red‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Legends of the West

Legends of the West‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

The Vanishing Legion

The Vanishing Legion‌
star9.0
calendar 1931

Border Devils

Border Devils‌
star5.3
calendar 1932

The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

The Law West of Tombstone

The Law West of Tombstone‌
star4.0
calendar 1938

Ghost Town

Ghost Town‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

The Thundering Herd

The Thundering Herd‌
star3.8
calendar 1933

The Night Rider

The Night Rider‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

The Devil Horse

The Devil Horse‌
star2.0
calendar 1932

The Painted Lady

The Painted Lady‌
star5.5
calendar 1912

Man of the Forest

Man of the Forest‌
star5.5
calendar 1933

Wagon Trail

Wagon Trail‌
star4.0
calendar 1935

So Near, Yet So Far

So Near, Yet So Far‌
star5.9
calendar 1912

The Prairie Pirate

The Prairie Pirate‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Friends

Friends‌
star5.5
calendar 1912

The Burglar’s Dilemma

The Burglar’s Dilemma‌
star5.3
calendar 1912

Border Cafe

Border Cafe‌
star6.3
calendar 1937

Racing Lady

Racing Lady‌
star5.3
calendar 1937

The Last of the Clintons

The Last of the Clintons‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

Annapolis Salute

Annapolis Salute‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Parachute Battalion

Parachute Battalion‌
star5.5
calendar 1941

Born Reckless

Born Reckless‌
star5.5
calendar 1937

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor‌
star5.0
calendar 1939

Little Miss Nobody

Little Miss Nobody‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Happy Land

Happy Land‌
star6.2
calendar 1943

Port of Missing Girls

Port of Missing Girls‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Cavalier of the West

Cavalier of the West‌
star4.8
calendar 1931

A Gun Fightin' Gentleman

A Gun Fightin' Gentleman‌
star5.0
calendar 1919

Aces Wild

Aces Wild‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Sunset Pass

Sunset Pass‌
star6.0
calendar 1933

Straight Shooting

Straight Shooting‌
star5.9
calendar 1917

Danger Patrol

Danger Patrol‌
star5.3
calendar 1937

Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast‌
star6.5
calendar 1935

The Last Outlaw

The Last Outlaw‌
star5.5
calendar 1936

Land of Liberty

Land of Liberty‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

So Dear to My Heart

So Dear to My Heart‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Gateway

Gateway‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

Hell Bent

Hell Bent‌
star5.2
calendar 1918

The Three Godfathers

The Three Godfathers‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

West Is West

West Is West‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

The Kickback

The Kickback‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Sutter's Gold

Sutter's Gold‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

The Night Hawk

The Night Hawk‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Wild Mustang

Wild Mustang‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie‌
star6.3
calendar 1936

Roaring Rails

Roaring Rails‌
star6.8
calendar 1924

Black and White

Black and White‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Trail of '98

The Trail of '98‌
star6.2
calendar 1928

Powdersmoke Range

Powdersmoke Range‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Street of Missing Men

Street of Missing Men‌
star9.0
calendar 1939

My Son Is Guilty

My Son Is Guilty‌
star8.0
calendar 1939

Code of the Streets

Code of the Streets‌
star7.0
calendar 1939

China's Little Devils

China's Little Devils‌
star4.0
calendar 1945

The Strong Man's Burden

The Strong Man's Burden‌
star5.0
calendar 1913

Slide, Kelly, Slide

Slide, Kelly, Slide‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

The Secret Man

The Secret Man‌
star5.0
calendar 1917

Cheyenne's Pal

Cheyenne's Pal‌
star4.5
calendar 1917

The Soul Herder

The Soul Herder‌
star4.5
calendar 1917

A Marked Man

A Marked Man‌
star4.5
calendar 1917

Thieves' Gold

Thieves' Gold‌
star4.5
calendar 1918

The Scarlet Drop

The Scarlet Drop‌
star3.5
calendar 1918

The Phantom Riders

The Phantom Riders‌
star4.5
calendar 1918

Wild Women

Wild Women‌
star4.5
calendar 1918

A Woman's Fool

A Woman's Fool‌
star4.0
calendar 1918

Three Mounted Men

Three Mounted Men‌
star4.5
calendar 1918

Roped

Roped‌
star5.0
calendar 1919

McVeagh of the South Seas

McVeagh of the South Seas‌
star4.7
calendar 1914

A Little Journey

A Little Journey‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

A Fight For Love

A Fight For Love‌
star5.0
calendar 1919

Bare Fists

Bare Fists‌
star5.0
calendar 1919

Riders of Vengeance

Riders of Vengeance‌
star3.0
calendar 1919

Beyond the Border

Beyond the Border‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Broken Ways

Broken Ways‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Unwelcome Guest

The Unwelcome Guest‌
star5.0
calendar 1913

The Informer

The Informer‌
star0.0
calendar 1912

The One She Loved

The One She Loved‌
star0.0
calendar 1912

A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

A Feud in the Kentucky Hills‌
star4.5
calendar 1912

The Telephone Girl and the Lady

The Telephone Girl and the Lady‌
star5.0
calendar 1913

Soft Shoes

Soft Shoes‌
star7.0
calendar 1925

The Flaming Forties

The Flaming Forties‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Marked Men

Marked Men‌
star5.0
calendar 1919

The Film Parade

The Film Parade‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

The Ace of the Saddle

The Ace of the Saddle‌
star5.0
calendar 1919

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

The Outcasts of Poker Flat‌
star4.0
calendar 1919

Rider of the Law

Rider of the Law‌
star5.0
calendar 1919

Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings

Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

Bad Company

Bad Company‌
star4.6
calendar 1931

Oil and Water

Oil and Water‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

Behind the Lines

Behind the Lines‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

Love's Lariat

Love's Lariat‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

Canyon of the Fools

Canyon of the Fools‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

The Border Patrol

The Border Patrol‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Man to Man

Man to Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Blue Streak McCoy

Blue Streak McCoy‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

The Lightning Rider

The Lightning Rider‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Olaf—An Atom

Olaf—An Atom‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

Film Fun

Film Fun‌
star4.0
calendar 1955

The Fighting Gringo

The Fighting Gringo‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

Directed by John Ford

Directed by John Ford‌
star6.8
calendar 1971

The Stolen Bride

The Stolen Bride‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

Sundown Slim

Sundown Slim‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Rustler's Paradise

Rustler's Paradise‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Secret Love

Secret Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

A Tender-Hearted Crook

A Tender-Hearted Crook‌
star0.0
calendar 1913

The Wallop

The Wallop‌
star4.0
calendar 1921

Hearts Up

Hearts Up‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

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