Harry Carey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

265

Gender

Male

Birthday

1878-01-16

Day of death

1947-09-21 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Harry Carey

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

  • The Wallop

    The Wallop

  • Bucking Broadway

    Bucking Broadway

  • Red River

    Red River

  • Wagon Trail

    Wagon Trail

  • An Unseen Enemy

    An Unseen Enemy

  • Born Reckless

    Born Reckless

  • The Three Godfathers

    The Three Godfathers

  • The Law West of Tombstone

    The Law West of Tombstone

  • Souls at Sea

    Souls at Sea

  • The Phantom Riders

    The Phantom Riders

  • The Informer

    The Informer

  • The Insurance Swindlers

    The Insurance Swindlers

  • The Accusing Finger

    The Accusing Finger

  • Code of the Streets

    Code of the Streets

  • My Son Is Guilty

    My Son Is Guilty

  • A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

    A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

  • The Committee on Credentials

    The Committee on Credentials

  • Crashin' Thru

    Crashin' Thru

  • Sunset Pass

    Sunset Pass

  • Sundown

    Sundown

  • The Man from Red Gulch

    The Man from Red Gulch

  • Duel in the Sun

    Duel in the Sun

  • The Railroad Monopoly

    The Railroad Monopoly

  • The Burglar’s Dilemma

    The Burglar’s Dilemma

  • Satan Town

    Satan Town

  • Without Honor

    Without Honor

  • Marked Men

    Marked Men

  • The Harbor Transportation Trust

    The Harbor Transportation Trust

  • Riders of Vengeance

    Riders of Vengeance

  • King of Alcatraz

    King of Alcatraz

  • The Bad Lands

    The Bad Lands

  • A Frightful Blunder

    A Frightful Blunder

  • Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

    Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

  • Broken Ways

    Broken Ways

  • The Left-Handed Man

    The Left-Handed Man

  • The Painted Lady

    The Painted Lady

  • The Soul Herder

    The Soul Herder

  • Wild Women

    Wild Women

  • Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings

    Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings

  • The Honor of an Outlaw

    The Honor of an Outlaw

  • Hell Bent

    Hell Bent

  • Thieves' Gold

    Thieves' Gold

  • Rider of the Law

    Rider of the Law

  • Buffalo Stampede

    Buffalo Stampede

  • Bullet Proof

    Bullet Proof

  • Aces Wild

    Aces Wild

  • The Shepherd of the Hills

    The Shepherd of the Hills

  • The Spoilers

    The Spoilers

  • Barbary Coast

    Barbary Coast

  • Near To Earth

    Near To Earth

  • Parachute Battalion

    Parachute Battalion

  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  • Secret Love

    Secret Love

  • Heredity

    Heredity

  • Overland Red

    Overland Red

  • The Golden Bullet

    The Golden Bullet

  • The Trail of '98

    The Trail of '98

  • Ghost Town

    Ghost Town

  • Straight Shooting

    Straight Shooting

  • The Stolen Loaf

    The Stolen Loaf

  • The Wrong Man

    The Wrong Man

  • Port of Missing Girls

    Port of Missing Girls

  • The Flaming Forties

    The Flaming Forties

  • Blood Money

    Blood Money

  • The Last of the Clintons

    The Last of the Clintons

  • Gateway

    Gateway

  • A Gambler's Honor

    A Gambler's Honor

  • The Scarlet Drop

    The Scarlet Drop

  • 'If Only' Jim

    'If Only' Jim

  • Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

    Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

  • Cavalier of the West

    Cavalier of the West

  • So Dear to My Heart

    So Dear to My Heart

  • The Fox

    The Fox

  • The Sea of Grass

    The Sea of Grass

  • Hair-Trigger Burke

    Hair-Trigger Burke

  • Angel and the Badman

    Angel and the Badman

  • A Marked Man

    A Marked Man

  • The Night Rider

    The Night Rider

  • Powdersmoke Range

    Powdersmoke Range

  • Kid Galahad

    Kid Galahad

  • The Devil Horse

    The Devil Horse

  • Graft

    Graft

  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

  • You and Me

    You and Me

  • Pirate Gold

    Pirate Gold

  • Border Cafe

    Border Cafe

  • Law and Order

    Law and Order

  • Among the Living

    Among the Living

  • Brute Force

    Brute Force

  • Air Force

    Air Force

  • Old King Coal

    Old King Coal

  • An Adventure in the Autumn Woods

    An Adventure in the Autumn Woods

  • So Near, Yet So Far

    So Near, Yet So Far

  • The Great Moment

    The Great Moment

  • Soft Shoes

    Soft Shoes

  • The Last Outlaw

    The Last Outlaw

  • Beyond Tomorrow

    Beyond Tomorrow

  • Love in an Apartment Hotel

    Love in an Apartment Hotel

  • Silent Sanderson

    Silent Sanderson

  • The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    The Musketeers of Pig Alley

  • Bad Company

    Bad Company

  • Blue Streak McCoy

    Blue Streak McCoy

  • The Sorrowful Shore

    The Sorrowful Shore

  • Six-Shooter Justice

    Six-Shooter Justice

  • Human Stuff

    Human Stuff

  • Canyon of the Fools

    Canyon of the Fools

  • Brutality

    Brutality

  • The Switchtower

    The Switchtower

  • Land of Liberty

    Land of Liberty

  • The Night Hawk

    The Night Hawk

  • Happy Land

    Happy Land

  • Slide, Kelly, Slide

    Slide, Kelly, Slide

  • Concentration

    Concentration

  • A Knight of the Range

    A Knight of the Range

  • Brothers

    Brothers

  • Man of the Forest

    Man of the Forest

  • The Last of the Mohicans

    The Last of the Mohicans

  • Behind the Lines

    Behind the Lines

  • Street of Missing Men

    Street of Missing Men

  • Annapolis Salute

    Annapolis Salute

  • The One She Loved

    The One She Loved

  • Little Miss Nobody

    Little Miss Nobody

  • The Border Patrol

    The Border Patrol

  • A Woman's Fool

    A Woman's Fool

  • Racing Lady

    Racing Lady

  • The Fighting Gringo

    The Fighting Gringo

  • The Tenderfoot's Money

    The Tenderfoot's Money

  • Sutter's Gold

    Sutter's Gold

  • Driftin' Thru

    Driftin' Thru

  • Grinding Life Down

    Grinding Life Down

  • The Passing of Hell's Crown

    The Passing of Hell's Crown

  • The Outcasts of Poker Flat

    The Outcasts of Poker Flat

  • Three Mounted Men

    Three Mounted Men

  • Waifs

    Waifs

  • A Gun Fightin' Gentleman

    A Gun Fightin' Gentleman

  • My Hero

    My Hero

  • Border Devils

    Border Devils

  • Outside the Three-Mile Limit

    Outside the Three-Mile Limit

  • In Diplomatic Circles

    In Diplomatic Circles

  • The Wedding Guest

    The Wedding Guest

  • Danger Patrol

    Danger Patrol

  • The Prisoner of Shark Island

    The Prisoner of Shark Island

  • If We Only Knew

    If We Only Knew

  • Guilty

    Guilty

  • Trader Horn

    Trader Horn

  • Directed by John Ford

    Directed by John Ford

  • Love's Lariat

    Love's Lariat

  • Two Daughters of Eve

    Two Daughters of Eve

  • They Knew What They Wanted

    They Knew What They Wanted

  • Desperate Trails

    Desperate Trails

  • The Jackals of a Great City

    The Jackals of a Great City

  • Sky Giant

    Sky Giant

  • A Woman's Eyes

    A Woman's Eyes

  • Goin' Straight

    Goin' Straight

  • Judith of Bethulia

    Judith of Bethulia

  • China's Little Devils

    China's Little Devils

  • Bare Fists

    Bare Fists

  • Legends of the West

    Legends of the West

  • Inside Information

    Inside Information

  • A Misappropriated Turkey

    A Misappropriated Turkey

  • The Almost Good Man

    The Almost Good Man

  • The Drifter

    The Drifter

  • The Outlaw and the Lady

    The Outlaw and the Lady

  • A Chance Deception

    A Chance Deception

  • A Modest Hero

    A Modest Hero

  • I Was Meant for You

    I Was Meant for You

  • The Prairie Pirate

    The Prairie Pirate

  • The Devil's Own

    The Devil's Own

  • For the Love of a Girl

    For the Love of a Girl

  • The Freeze-Out

    The Freeze-Out

  • The Secret Man

    The Secret Man

  • Roaring Rails

    Roaring Rails

  • Cheyenne's Pal

    Cheyenne's Pal

  • The Film Parade

    The Film Parade

  • Oil and Water

    Oil and Water

  • The Way Out

    The Way Out

  • In the Aisles of the Wild

    In the Aisles of the Wild

  • The Strong Man's Burden

    The Strong Man's Burden

  • Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

    Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

  • Rustler's Paradise

    Rustler's Paradise

  • The Lightning Rider

    The Lightning Rider

  • Lest We Forget

    Lest We Forget

  • Friends

    Friends

  • The Mirror

    The Mirror

  • Red Hicks Defies the World

    Red Hicks Defies the World

  • The Stopped Clock

    The Stopped Clock

  • The Kickback

    The Kickback

  • Black and White

    Black and White

  • America Saved from War

    America Saved from War

  • The Seventh Bandit

    The Seventh Bandit

  • Desert Driven

    Desert Driven

  • The Vanishing Legion

    The Vanishing Legion

  • The Canceled Mortgage

    The Canceled Mortgage

  • Roped

    Roped

  • Olaf—An Atom

    Olaf—An Atom

  • Good Men and True

    Good Men and True

  • The Power of the People

    The Power of the People

  • Bill Sharkey's Last Game

    Bill Sharkey's Last Game

  • The Ace of the Saddle

    The Ace of the Saddle

  • Film Fun

    Film Fun

  • Her Father's Silent Partner

    Her Father's Silent Partner

  • Madonna of the Storm

    Madonna of the Storm

  • Burning Bridges

    Burning Bridges

  • The Enemy's Baby

    The Enemy's Baby

  • Hearts Up

    Hearts Up

  • The Sheriff's Baby

    The Sheriff's Baby

  • Wild Mustang

    Wild Mustang

  • The Telephone Girl and the Lady

    The Telephone Girl and the Lady

  • Tiger Thompson

    Tiger Thompson

  • The Bad Man of Cheyenne

    The Bad Man of Cheyenne

  • The Night Riders

    The Night Riders

  • West Is West

    West Is West

  • The Frontier Trail

    The Frontier Trail

  • The Wrong Bottle

    The Wrong Bottle

  • The Law and His Son

    The Law and His Son

  • The Hero of Little Italy

    The Hero of Little Italy

  • Sundown Slim

    Sundown Slim

  • When Love Forgives

    When Love Forgives

  • The Unwelcome Guest

    The Unwelcome Guest

  • A Dangerous Foe

    A Dangerous Foe

  • The Stolen Treaty

    The Stolen Treaty

  • Man to Man

    Man to Man

  • Truth Stranger Than Fiction

    Truth Stranger Than Fiction

  • A 44-Calibre Mystery

    A 44-Calibre Mystery

  • The Conspiracy

    The Conspiracy

  • The Miracle Baby

    The Miracle Baby

  • The Master Cracksman

    The Master Cracksman

  • The Crook and the Girl

    The Crook and the Girl

  • The Mysterious Outlaw

    The Mysterious Outlaw

  • A Little Journey

    A Little Journey

  • The Stolen Bride

    The Stolen Bride

  • For Her Government

    For Her Government

  • The Detective's Stratagem

    The Detective's Stratagem

  • The Gambler's I.O.U.

    The Gambler's I.O.U.

  • The Work Habit

    The Work Habit

  • A Day's Adventure

    A Day's Adventure

  • The Van Nostrand Tiara

    The Van Nostrand Tiara

  • The Miser's Legacy

    The Miser's Legacy

  • Her Hand

    Her Hand

  • A Fight For Love

    A Fight For Love

  • Her Convert

    Her Convert

  • The Texas Trail

    The Texas Trail

  • The Vengeance of Galora

    The Vengeance of Galora

  • The Well

    The Well

  • The Love Transcendent

    The Love Transcendent

  • McVeagh of the South Seas

    McVeagh of the South Seas

  • A Cry for Help

    A Cry for Help

  • His Desperate Deed

    His Desperate Deed

  • Old Offenders

    Old Offenders

  • A Nest Unfeathered

    A Nest Unfeathered

  • The Ranchero's Revenge

    The Ranchero's Revenge

  • A Double Winning

    A Double Winning

  • The Heart of a Bandit

    The Heart of a Bandit

  • The Abandoned Well

    The Abandoned Well

  • Under the Shadow of the Law

    Under the Shadow of the Law

  • Her Dormant Love

    Her Dormant Love

  • Just Jim

    Just Jim

  • As It Happened

    As It Happened

  • A Tender-Hearted Crook

    A Tender-Hearted Crook

  • His Fireman's Conscience

    His Fireman's Conscience

  • Gentleman Joe

    Gentleman Joe

  • The Sheriff's Dilemma

    The Sheriff's Dilemma

  • A Gamble with Death

    A Gamble with Death

  • All for Science

    All for Science

  • Beyond the Border

    Beyond the Border