Harry Carey
Known for Acting · 266 credits
- Born
- 1878-01-16
- Died
- 1947-09-21
- 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."
Known For
Movies (266)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as President of the Senate
Red River
1948
as Mr. Melville
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Lem Smoot
The Spoilers
1942
as Dextry
My Hero
1912
as Indian
Barbary Coast
1935
as Jed Slocum
Without Honor
1932
as Pete Marlan
The Wallop
1921
as John Wesley Pringle
Racing Lady
1937
as Tom Martin
Heredity
1912
as The White Renegade Father
Silent Sanderson
1925
as Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson
Marked Men
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Doc J. Reid
Wagon Trail
1935
as Sheriff Clay Hartley
Happy Land
1943
as Edward "Gramp" Marsh
You and Me
1938
as Mr. Morris
Driftin' Thru
1926
as Daniel Brown
Desert Driven
1923
as Bob
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Marshal Wistful McClintock
Brothers
1913
as The Mother's Favorite Son
The Fox
1921
as Ol' Santa Fe
Kid Galahad
1937
as Silver Jackson
Judith of Bethulia
1914
as Assyrian Traitor
Buffalo Stampede
1933
as Clark Sprague
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Daniel Howitt
Gateway
1938
as Commissioner Nelson
Air Force
1943
as Crew Chief
Film Fun
1955
as (archive footage)
Sutter's Gold
1936
as Kit Carson
Directed by John Ford
1971
as (archive footage)
Hell Bent
1918
as Cheyenne Harry
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as Commandant
Law and Order
1932
as Ed Brandt
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Straight Shooting
1917
as "Cheyenne" Harry
Among the Living
1941
as Dr. Ben Saunders
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
as (archive footage)
So Dear to My Heart
1948
as Head Judge at County Fair
Sunset Pass
1933
as John Hesbitt
Annapolis Salute
1937
as Chief Martin
The Harbor Transportation Trust
1916
as Tom Larnigan
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
as George Vale Melton
Sundown
1941
as Dewey
Broken Ways
1913
as The Sheriff
The Last Outlaw
1936
as Dean Payton
Crashin' Thru
1923
as Blake
Bucking Broadway
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
Secret Love
1916
as Fergus Derrick
The Informer
1912
as The Confederate Corporal
The Well
1913
as Giuseppe, the Farmhand
Near To Earth
1913
Parachute Battalion
1941
as Bill Richards
The Secret Man
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
The Mirror
1913
as First Tramp
Land of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
Ghost Town
1936
as Cheyenne Harry Morgan
Border Devils
1932
as Jim Gray
Cavalier of the West
1931
as Captain John Allister
Sundown Slim
1920
as Sundown Slim
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
as Older Crook
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as Phil Yonne
Bare Fists
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
as In Audience
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913
as The Thief
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
The Accusing Finger
1936
as Sen. Nash
Hair-Trigger Burke
1917
as Hair Trigger Burke
Brutality
1912
as At Theatre
King of Alcatraz
1938
as Captain Glennan
The Fighting Gringo
1917
as William 'Red' Saunders
The Painted Lady
1912
as At Ice Cream Festival
Trader Horn
1931
as Aloysius "Trader" Horn
Just Jim
1915
as Jim
Friends
1912
as Bob Kyne - the Prospector
The Kickback
1922
as White Horse Harry
Powdersmoke Range
1935
as Tucson Smith
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
as Snapper's Sidekick
The Great Moment
1944
as Professor John C. Warren
Code of the Streets
1939
as Detective Lieutenant John Lewis
Man of the Forest
1933
as Jim Gayner
Rider of the Law
1919
as Jim Kyneton
The Frontier Trail
1926
as Jim Cardigan
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
as A Thief
The Crook and the Girl
1913
as The Crook
Sky Giant
1938
as Col. Cornelius Stockton
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912
as 2nd Clan Member
The One She Loved
1912
as The Neighbor's Friend
The Stolen Loaf
1913
as The Butler
The Tenderfoot's Money
1913
as The Gambler
Her Convert
1915
as The Converted Cracksman
Bad Company
1931
as McBaine
Desperate Trails
1921
as Bart Carson
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
as The Doctor
The Almost Good Man
1917
as Dick Glenning
Souls at Sea
1937
as Captain of the William Brown
Legends of the West
1992
as Ed Brandt in 'Law and Order' (archive footage) (uncredited)
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912
as Bob Cole
If We Only Knew
1913
as The Sailor
Satan Town
1926
as Bill Scott
A 44-Calibre Mystery
1917
as Sheriff Cheyenne Harry
The Ace of the Saddle
1919
as Cheyenne Harry Henderson
Man to Man
1922
as Steve Packard
The Wrong Man
1917
as Jack Wilson
The Devil Horse
1932
as Bob Norton / Roberts
The Freeze-Out
1921
as Ohio, the Stranger
The Switchtower
1913
Graft
1915
as Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12)
The Law West of Tombstone
1938
as William 'Bill' Barker
Good Men and True
1922
as J. Wesley Pringle
Oil and Water
1913
as The Stage Manager / At Dinner
Born Reckless
1937
as Dad Martin
The Trail of '98
1928
as Jack Locasto
Border Cafe
1937
as Tex Stevens
The Last of the Clintons
1935
as Trigger Carson
The Sheriff's Baby
1913
as Second Bandit
A Marked Man
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
I Was Meant for You
1913
as Luke
The Wrong Bottle
1913
Port of Missing Girls
1938
as Captain Josiah Storm
The Night Rider
1932
as John Brown / Jim Blake
About 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… With 266 credits spanning from 1910 to 2000, Harry Carey has appeared in 266 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Harry Carey Movies
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) — as President of the Senate
- Red River (1948) — as Mr. Melville
- Duel in the Sun (1946) — as Lem Smoot
- The Spoilers (1942) — as Dextry
- My Hero (1912) — as Indian
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