9.0
9.0
The Vanishing Legion
1931
as 'Happy' Cardigan
Harry Carey
Acting
Born:January 16, 1878
Died:September 21, 1947(aged 69)
Birthplace:The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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CommunityBiography
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."
Filmography (263 movies)
9.0
9.0
Street of Missing Men
1939
as Charles Putnam
7.8
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as President of the Senate
7.5
7.5
My Son Is Guilty
1939
as Police Officer Tim Kerry
7.3
7.3
Red River
1948
as Mr. Melville
7.0
7.0
Soft Shoes
1925
as Pat Halahan
7.0
7.0
Kid Galahad
1937
as Silver Jackson
7.0
7.0
Code of the Streets
1939
as Detective Lieutenant John Lewis
6.9
6.9
Directed by John Ford
1971
as (archive footage)
6.8
6.8
Roaring Rails
1924
as Big Bill Benson
6.8
6.8
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as Commandant
6.6
6.6
So Dear to My Heart
1948
as Head Judge at County Fair
6.5
6.5
You and Me
1938
as Mr. Morris
6.5
6.5
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Daniel Howitt
6.5
6.5
Air Force
1943
as Crew Chief
6.5
6.5
Gateway
1938
as Commissioner Nelson
6.5
6.5
Barbary Coast
1935
as Jed Slocum
6.4
6.4
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Marshal Wistful McClintock
6.4
6.4
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as Phil Yonne
6.3
6.3
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Lem Smoot
6.3
6.3
Souls at Sea
1937
as Captain of the William Brown
6.3
6.3
Border Cafe
1937
as Tex Stevens
6.2
6.2
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
as Snapper's Sidekick
6.2
6.2
Judith of Bethulia
1914
as Assyrian Traitor
6.2
6.2
Happy Land
1943
as Edward "Gramp" Marsh
6.2
6.2
The Spoilers
1942
as Dextry
6.1
6.1
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Doc J. Reid
6.0
6.0
Sunset Pass
1933
as John Hesbitt
6.0
6.0
Straight Shooting
1917
as "Cheyenne" Harry
6.0
6.0
Among the Living
1941
as Dr. Ben Saunders
6.0
6.0
Under the Shadow of the Law
1913
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Annapolis Salute
1937
as Chief Martin
6.0
6.0
The Last of the Mohicans
1932
as Hawkeye
6.0
6.0
Little Miss Nobody
1936
as John Russell
5.9
5.9
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
as A Thief
5.9
5.9
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
as George Vale Melton
5.9
5.9
The Trail of '98
1928
as Jack Locasto
5.8
5.8
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
as The Doctor
5.7
5.7
King of Alcatraz
1938
as Captain Glennan
5.7
5.7
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913
as The Thief
5.6
5.6
The Great Moment
1944
as Professor John C. Warren
5.6
5.6
An Unseen Enemy
1912
as The Safecracker
5.5
5.5
The Last of the Clintons
1935
as Trigger Carson
5.5
5.5
Without Honor
1932
as Pete Marlan
5.5
5.5
The Painted Lady
1912
as At Ice Cream Festival
5.5
5.5
Man of the Forest
1933
as Jim Gayner
5.5
5.5
Bucking Broadway
1917
Producer
5.5
5.5
Friends
1912
as Bob Kyne - the Prospector
5.5
5.5
The Last Outlaw
1936
as Dean Payton
5.5
5.5
Parachute Battalion
1941
as Bill Richards
5.4
5.4
Sundown
1941
as Dewey
5.3
5.3
Trader Horn
1931
as Aloysius "Trader" Horn
5.3
5.3
Brute Force
1914
as In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
Racing Lady
1937
as Tom Martin
5.3
5.3
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
as Older Crook
5.3
5.3
Hell Bent
1918
Writer
5.3
5.3
Border Devils
1932
as Jim Gray
5.3
5.3
Danger Patrol
1937
as Sam "Easy" Street
5.1
5.1
Born Reckless
1937
as Dad Martin
5.0
5.0
The Secret Man
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
5.0
5.0
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
5.0
5.0
The Switchtower
1913
5.0
5.0
The Strong Man's Burden
1913
as Bob - the Younger Brother
5.0
5.0
Roped
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
5.0
5.0
A Fight For Love
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
5.0
5.0
Bare Fists
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
5.0
5.0
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939
as P.G. Delano
5.0
5.0
Marked Men
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
5.0
5.0
The Ace of the Saddle
1919
as Cheyenne Harry Henderson
5.0
5.0
Rider of the Law
1919
as Jim Kyneton
5.0
5.0
A Knight of the Range
1916
as Cheyenne Harry
5.0
5.0
The Sheriff's Baby
1913
as Second Bandit
5.0
5.0
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
as The Sheriff
4.8
4.8
Cavalier of the West
1931
as Captain John Allister
4.7
4.7
McVeagh of the South Seas
1914
Director
4.7
4.7
The Accusing Finger
1936
as Sen. Nash
4.7
4.7
The Scarlet Drop
1918
as Harry Ridge
4.7
4.7
Sky Giant
1938
as Col. Cornelius Stockton
4.6
4.6
Bad Company
1931
as McBaine
4.5
4.5
The Phantom Riders
1918
Producer
4.5
4.5
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912
as 2nd Clan Member
4.5
4.5
Law and Order
1932
as Ed Brandt
4.5
4.5
Thieves' Gold
1918
as Cheyenne Harry
4.5
4.5
Wild Women
1918
Producer
4.5
4.5
Three Mounted Men
1918
as Cheyenne Harry
4.5
4.5
A Marked Man
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
4.5
4.5
Cheyenne's Pal
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
4.5
4.5
The Soul Herder
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
4.0
4.0
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940
as Captain Bailey
4.0
4.0
Film Fun
1955
as (archive footage)
4.0
4.0
A Woman's Fool
1918
as Lin McLean
4.0
4.0
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
as Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst
4.0
4.0
China's Little Devils
1945
as Doc Temple
4.0
4.0
The Devil Horse
1932
as Bob Norton / Roberts
4.0
4.0
The Wallop
1921
as John Wesley Pringle
4.0
4.0
The Freeze-Out
1921
as Ohio, the Stranger
4.0
4.0
Desperate Trails
1921
as Bart Carson
4.0
4.0
The Law West of Tombstone
1938
as William 'Bill' Barker
3.3
3.3
Buffalo Stampede
1933
as Clark Sprague
3.2
3.2
Wagon Trail
1935
as Sheriff Clay Hartley
3.0
3.0
Riders of Vengeance
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
3.0
3.0
Ghost Town
1936
as Cheyenne Harry Morgan
1.8
1.8
Bill Sharkey's Last Game
1910
The Love Transcendent
1915
as The Prospector
The Sheriff's Dilemma
1915
as The Sheriff
The Miser's Legacy
1915
as Jackson - The Crook
The Gambler's I.O.U.
1915
as Dave Dawson
A Double Winning
1915
as 2nd Sportsman
A Day's Adventure
1915
as Hogan - Leader of the Crooks
The Canceled Mortgage
1915
as 1st Road Agent
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
1915
as Crook
Her Dormant Love
1915
as Dandy Dick - The Fugitive
The Way Out
1915
as The Bandit
Her Convert
1915
as The Converted Cracksman
Old Offenders
1915
as Norris
As It Happened
1915
as The New Foreman
Graft
1915
as Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12)
The Power of the People
1916
as Tom Larnigan
Grinding Life Down
1916
as Tom Larnigan
The Railroad Monopoly
1916
as Tom Larnigan
America Saved from War
1916
as Tom Larnigan
Old King Coal
1916
as Tom Larnigan
The Insurance Swindlers
1916
as Tom Larnigan
The Harbor Transportation Trust
1916
as Tom Larnigan
The Passing of Hell's Crown
1916
as Blaze
The Wedding Guest
1916
as The Squarest Sheriff Alive
The Jackals of a Great City
1916
as Tom Wayne
For the Love of a Girl
1916
Director
A Woman's Eyes
1916
as Tom Horn
The Devil's Own
1916
as Shifty
The Conspiracy
1916
as Dick Olney
Guilty
1916
as Ramon Valentine
Blood Money
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
The Night Riders
1916
as The Apache Kid
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
The Outlaw and the Lady
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
The Drifter
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
Goin' Straight
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
Hair-Trigger Burke
1917
as Hair Trigger Burke
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
A 44-Calibre Mystery
1917
as Sheriff Cheyenne Harry
The Almost Good Man
1917
as Dick Glenning
Six-Shooter Justice
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
The Mysterious Outlaw
1917
as Buck Lessen
The Golden Bullet
1917
as Jack
The Wrong Man
1917
as Jack Wilson
Inside Information
1939
as Captain Bill Dugan
Burning Bridges
1928
as Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely
Satan Town
1926
as Bill Scott
The Frontier Trail
1926
as Jim Cardigan
The Seventh Bandit
1926
as David Scanlon
Driftin' Thru
1926
as Daniel Brown
The Man from Red Gulch
1925
as Alexander 'Sandy' Morton
The Texas Trail
1925
as Pete Grainger
Silent Sanderson
1925
as Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson
'If Only' Jim
1920
as Jim Golden
Good Men and True
1922
as J. Wesley Pringle
Crashin' Thru
1923
as Blake
Desert Driven
1923
as Bob
The Miracle Baby
1923
as Neil Allison
Tiger Thompson
1924
as Tiger Thompson
Just Jim
1915
as Jim
Secret Love
1916
as Fergus Derrick
The Prairie Pirate
1925
as Brian 'The Yellow Seal' Delaney
The Fighting Gringo
1917
as William 'Red' Saunders
Overland Red
1920
as Overland Red
Bullet Proof
1920
as Pierre Winton
Human Stuff
1920
as James 'Jim' Pierce
Blue Streak McCoy
1920
as Job McCoy
Aces Wild
1936
as Cheyenne Harry Morgan
The Border Patrol
1928
as Bill Storm
Canyon of the Fools
1923
as Bob
Man to Man
1922
as Steve Packard
Sundown Slim
1920
as Sundown Slim
Hearts Up
1921
as David Brent
Slide, Kelly, Slide
1927
as Tom Munson
The Fox
1921
as Ol' Santa Fe
Brutality
1912
as At Theatre
The Film Parade
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lest We Forget
1937
as Himself
The Informer
1912
as The Confederate Corporal
The One She Loved
1912
as The Neighbor's Friend
The Night Rider
1932
as John Brown / Jim Blake
Sutter's Gold
1936
as Kit Carson
Port of Missing Girls
1938
as Captain Josiah Storm
The Three Godfathers
1916
as Bob Sangster
West Is West
1920
as Dick Rainboldt
The Kickback
1922
as White Horse Harry
The Night Hawk
1924
as 'The Hawk'
Wild Mustang
1935
as Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton
Black and White
1913
Powdersmoke Range
1935
as Tucson Smith
A Little Journey
1927
as Alexander Smith
Beyond the Border
1925
as Bob Smith
Broken Ways
1913
as The Sheriff
The Flaming Forties
1924
as Bill Jones
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
1915
as Miles Rand
Oil and Water
1913
as The Stage Manager / At Dinner
Behind the Lines
1916
as Dr. Ralph Hamlin
Love's Lariat
1916
Director
The Lightning Rider
1924
as Phlip Morgan
Olaf—An Atom
1913
as Olaf, an Atom
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
as In Audience
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912
as Bob Cole
A Cry for Help
1912
as The Thief
The Left-Handed Man
1913
as The Left-Handed Thief
A Modest Hero
1913
Madonna of the Storm
1913
The Stolen Bride
1913
as The Husband
Legends of the West
1992
as Ed Brandt in 'Law and Order'
Rustler's Paradise
1935
as Cheyenne Kincaid
A Tender-Hearted Crook
1913
as The Thief
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
as (archive footage)
The Committee on Credentials
1916
as Ballaret Bill
The Bad Lands
1925
as Patrick Angus O'Toole
Pirate Gold
1913
Gentleman Joe
1910
Heredity
1912
as The White Renegade Father
My Hero
1912
as Indian
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913
as Third Thief
A Misappropriated Turkey
1913
as The Bartender
Brothers
1913
as The Mother's Favorite Son
A Chance Deception
1913
as Raffles
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913
as The Thief
The Wrong Bottle
1913
The Hero of Little Italy
1913
as Tony
A Frightful Blunder
1913
as The Superintendent
If We Only Knew
1913
as The Sailor
The Tenderfoot's Money
1913
as The Gambler
Near To Earth
1913
The Stolen Loaf
1913
as The Butler
A Dangerous Foe
1913
as The 'Bull'
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913
as The Schemer
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913
as In Crowd (uncredited)
The Well
1913
as Giuseppe, the Farmhand
In Diplomatic Circles
1913
as The Butler
A Gamble with Death
1913
as The Cowpuncher
The Sorrowful Shore
1913
as The Widowed Father
The Enemy's Baby
1913
as Miller
A Gambler's Honor
1913
Writer
The Mirror
1913
as First Tramp
The Vengeance of Galora
1913
as A Prospector
When Love Forgives
1913
as Second Criminal
I Was Meant for You
1913
as Luke
The Work Habit
1913
as The Son-in-Law
The Crook and the Girl
1913
as The Crook
The Stolen Treaty
1913
as The Detective
The Law and His Son
1913
as Manning
The Van Nostrand Tiara
1913
as Society Detective
The Stopped Clock
1913
as The Detective
The Detective's Stratagem
1913
as Keene, the Detective
All for Science
1913
as The Young Man
For Her Government
1913
The Abandoned Well
1913
as The Adopted Son
Concentration
1914
as First Son
Waifs
1914
His Fireman's Conscience
1914
as Engineer Daily
A Nest Unfeathered
1914
as The Foreman
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
Her Hand
1914
as Ivan
The Master Cracksman
1914
Writer
The Heart of a Bandit
1915
as Texas Pete - the Bandit
His Desperate Deed
1915
as Burleigh
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