Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Known For:Acting
Gender:Male
Birthday:1878-01-15
Place of Birth:The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As: Henry DeWitt Carey II / H.D. Carey / Harry D. Carey / Harry Carey Sr. /
Known For: Acting Gender: Male Birthday: 1878-01-15 More

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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."
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So Dear to My Heart
Drama Family Animation
The Sea of Grass
Drama Western Romance
Angel and the Badman
Western Romance Adventure Action
Duel in the Sun
Western Romance Drama
Happy Land
Drama Fantasy War
Air Force
Action Drama War Adventure
The Spoilers
Drama Western
Sundown
War Drama Adventure
Beyond Tomorrow
Drama Fantasy Romance
Sky Giant
Action Adventure Drama Romance
You and Me
Crime Romance Comedy
Danger Patrol
Action Drama Romance
Born Reckless
Adventure Crime
Border Cafe
Western Music Romance
Kid Galahad
Crime Drama Romance
Racing Lady
Drama Romance
The Accusing Finger
Crime Action Romance Drama
Barbary Coast
Romance Western Drama
Rustler's Paradise
Western Action Drama
Wagon Trail
Action Drama Romance
Sunset Pass
Adventure Western Romance Action
The Film Parade
History Documentary
Border Devils
Action Adventure Romance
The Vanishing Legion
Action Mystery Western Crime
Trader Horn
Action Adventure
The Trail of '98
Adventure Action
Soft Shoes
Western Romance Crime Comedy
Bullet Proof
Action Western
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
Comedy Crime Western
Roped
Comedy Western
Wild Women
Comedy Western
The Fighting Gringo
Adventure Western
The Devil's Own
Drama Western Documentary
Love's Lariat
Western Comedy
Grinding Life Down
Drama Documentary
Brute Force
Adventure Action Drama History Comedy
Judith of Bethulia
Drama History War
Olaf—An Atom
Drama Fantasy
Near To Earth
Drama Romance
Heredity
Drama Western
Friends
Western Romance
  • name:Harry Carey
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Male
  • Birthday:1878-01-15
  • Place of Birth:The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
  • Also Known As: Henry DeWitt Carey II · H.D. Carey · Harry D. Carey · Harry Carey Sr. ·
  • 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."
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