Harry Carey
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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."
Known for
Credits
Red River (1948)
as Mr. Melville
Duel in the Sun (1946)
as Lem Smoot
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as President of the Senate
Angel and the Badman (1947)
as Marshal Wistful McClintock
Air Force (1943)
as Crew Chief
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936)
as Phil Yonne
The Spoilers (1942)
as Dextry
You and Me (1938)
as Mr. Morris
Barbary Coast (1935)
as Jed Slocum
Directed by John Ford (1971)
as (archive footage)
Kid Galahad (1937)
as Silver Jackson
So Dear to My Heart (1948)
as Head Judge at County Fair
Annapolis Salute (1937)
as Chief Martin
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as Commandant
The Way Out (1915)
as The Bandit
Six-Shooter Justice (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
Without Honor (1932)
as Pete Marlan
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
as Daniel Howitt
The Sea of Grass (1947)
as Doc J. Reid
Racing Lady (1937)
as Tom Martin
The Film Parade (1933)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
An Unseen Enemy (1912)
as The Safecracker
The Law and His Son (1913)
as Manning
Bare Fists (1919)
as Cheyenne Harry
Sundown (1941)
as Dewey
Happy Land (1943)
as Edward "Gramp" Marsh
Souls at Sea (1937)
as Captain of the William Brown
America Saved from War (1916)
as Tom Larnigan
Roaring Rails (1924)
as Big Bill Benson
The Kickback (1922)
as White Horse Harry
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Film Fun (1955)
as (archive footage)
Gateway (1938)
as Commissioner Nelson
Concentration (1914)
as First Son
Parachute Battalion (1941)
as Bill Richards
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
as George Vale Melton
In Diplomatic Circles (1913)
as The Butler
Land of Liberty (1939)
as (archive footage)
Trader Horn (1931)
as Aloysius "Trader" Horn
The Mirror (1913)
as First Tramp
Buffalo Stampede (1933)
as Clark Sprague
The Power of the People (1916)
as Tom Larnigan
Born Reckless (1937)
as Dad Martin
The Ranchero's Revenge (1913)
as The Schemer
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
as Snapper's Sidekick
Desert Driven (1923)
as Bob
The Secret Man (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Well (1913)
as Giuseppe, the Farmhand
Man of the Forest (1933)
as Jim Gayner
Law and Order (1932)
as Ed Brandt
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
as Assyrian Traitor
So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
as A Thief
Black and White (1913)
Actor
King of Alcatraz (1938)
as Captain Glennan
Among the Living (1941)
as Dr. Ben Saunders
I Was Meant for You (1913)
as Luke
Hearts Up (1921)
as David Brent
Old King Coal (1916)
as Tom Larnigan
Code of the Streets (1939)
as Detective Lieutenant John Lewis
The Van Nostrand Tiara (1913)
as Society Detective
The Trail of '98 (1928)
as Jack Locasto
The Night Rider (1932)
as John Brown / Jim Blake
Secret Love (1916)
as Fergus Derrick
Three Mounted Men (1918)
as Cheyenne Harry
Hell Bent (1918)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
as William 'Bill' Barker
Legends of the West (1992)
as Ed Brandt in 'Law and Order' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sunset Pass (1933)
as John Hesbitt
The Great Moment (1944)
as Professor John C. Warren
Red Hicks Defies the World (1913)
as In Crowd (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody (1936)
as John Russell
The Detective's Stratagem (1913)
as Keene, the Detective
Tiger Thompson (1924)
as Tiger Thompson
The Last Outlaw (1936)
as Dean Payton
Man to Man (1922)
as Steve Packard
The Last of the Clintons (1935)
as Trigger Carson
A Marked Man (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Wrong Bottle (1913)
Actor
A Woman's Fool (1918)
as Lin McLean
Straight Shooting (1917)
as "Cheyenne" Harry
Good Men and True (1922)
as J. Wesley Pringle
Cavalier of the West (1931)
as Captain John Allister
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
as The Doctor
Beyond the Border (1925)
as Bob Smith
The Stolen Treaty (1913)
as The Detective
Bucking Broadway (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Scarlet Drop (1918)
as Harry Ridge
A Little Journey (1927)
as Alexander Smith
Her Convert (1915)
as The Converted Cracksman
Aces Wild (1936)
as Cheyenne Harry Morgan
Sutter's Gold (1936)
as Kit Carson
The Sheriff's Dilemma (1915)
as The Sheriff
Roped (1919)
as Cheyenne Harry
Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)
as The Thief
Brutality (1912)
as At Theatre
The Crook and the Girl (1913)
as The Crook
Lest We Forget (1937)
as Himself
The Wrong Man (1917)
as Jack Wilson
The Border Patrol (1928)
as Bill Storm
The Ace of the Saddle (1919)
as Cheyenne Harry Henderson
The Vengeance of Galora (1913)
as A Prospector
The Lightning Rider (1924)
as Phlip Morgan
The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
as Second Bandit
The Strong Man's Burden (1913)
as Bob - the Younger Brother
A Gamble with Death (1913)
as The Cowpuncher
Border Cafe (1937)
as Tex Stevens
The Abandoned Well (1913)
as The Adopted Son
The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
as The Sheriff
The Miracle Baby (1923)
as Neil Allison
Old Offenders (1915)
as Norris
The Last of the Mohicans (1932)
as Hawkeye
A Gambler's Honor (1913)
as The Gambler
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)
as (archive footage)
A Tender-Hearted Crook (1913)
as The Thief
The Miser's Legacy (1915)
as Jackson - The Crook
The Wallop (1921)
as John Wesley Pringle
A Knight of the Range (1916)
as Cheyenne Harry
Canyon of the Fools (1923)
as Bob
A Woman's Eyes (1916)
as Tom Horn
The Outlaw and the Lady (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Accusing Finger (1936)
as Sen. Nash
The Texas Trail (1925)
as Pete Grainger
Sky Giant (1938)
as Col. Cornelius Stockton
My Son Is Guilty (1939)
as Police Officer Tim Kerry
The Vanishing Legion (1931)
as 'Happy' Cardigan
The Hero of Little Italy (1913)
as Tony
For the Love of a Girl (1916)
as Black La Rue
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919)
as Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst
Inside Information (1939)
as Captain Bill Dugan
The Three Godfathers (1916)
as Bob Sangster
All for Science (1913)
as The Young Man
A Modest Hero (1913)
Actor
Riders of Vengeance (1919)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Fox (1921)
as Ol' Santa Fe
Marked Men (1919)
as Cheyenne Harry
Graft (1915)
as Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12)
Cheyenne's Pal (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)
as The Thief
The Movie Album (1932)
as (archive footage)
Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940)
as Captain Bailey
The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)
as Older Crook
Oil and Water (1913)
as The Stage Manager / At Dinner
The Tenderfoot's Money (1913)
as The Gambler
His Fireman's Conscience (1914)
as Engineer Daily
Port of Missing Girls (1938)
as Captain Josiah Storm
The Devil Horse (1932)
as Bob Norton / Roberts
The Harbor Transportation Trust (1916)
as Tom Larnigan
Street of Missing Men (1939)
as Charles Putnam
Wagon Trail (1935)
as Sheriff Clay Hartley
Burning Bridges (1928)
as Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely
The One She Loved (1912)
as The Neighbor's Friend
The Informer (1912)
as The Confederate Corporal
Heredity (1912)
as The White Renegade Father
Wild Mustang (1935)
as Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton
The Painted Lady (1912)
as At Ice Cream Festival
The Wedding Guest (1916)
as The Squarest Sheriff Alive
For Her Government (1913)
Actor
In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)
as Bob Cole
If We Only Knew (1913)
as The Sailor
Hair-Trigger Burke (1917)
as Hair Trigger Burke
The Gambler's I.O.U. (1915)
as Dave Dawson
Soft Shoes (1925)
as Pat Halahan
A Dangerous Foe (1913)
as The 'Bull'
Danger Patrol (1937)
as Sam "Easy" Street
China's Little Devils (1945)
as Doc Temple
A 44-Calibre Mystery (1917)
as Sheriff Cheyenne Harry
The Bad Man of Cheyenne (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
A Cry for Help (1912)
as The Thief
The Night Hawk (1924)
as 'The Hawk'
A Chance Deception (1913)
as Raffles
West Is West (1920)
as Dick Rainboldt
The Freeze-Out (1921)
as Ohio, the Stranger
My Hero (1912)
as Indian
Near To Earth (1913)
Actor
The Left-Handed Man (1913)
as The Left-Handed Thief
Powdersmoke Range (1935)
as Tucson Smith
Overland Red (1920)
as Overland Red
The Mysterious Outlaw (1917)
as Buck Lessen
Sundown Slim (1920)
as Sundown Slim
Guilty (1916)
as Ramon Valentine
The Jackals of a Great City (1916)
as Tom Wayne
Behind the Lines (1916)
as Dr. Ralph Hamlin
His Desperate Deed (1915)
as Burleigh
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
as P.G. Delano
Madonna of the Storm (1913)
Actor
The Frontier Trail (1926)
as Jim Cardigan
Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927)
as Tom Munson
The Flaming Forties (1924)
as Bill Jones
The Stolen Bride (1913)
as The Husband
When Love Forgives (1913)
as Second Criminal
Brute Force (1914)
as In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)
The Soul Herder (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Switchtower (1913)
Actor
The Man from Red Gulch (1925)
as Alexander 'Sandy' Morton
Her Dormant Love (1915)
as Dandy Dick - The Fugitive
A Frightful Blunder (1913)
as The Superintendent
The Almost Good Man (1917)
as Dick Glenning
A Fight For Love (1919)
as Cheyenne Harry
Her Hand (1914)
as Ivan
Ghost Town (1936)
as Cheyenne Harry Morgan
The Passing of Hell's Crown (1916)
as Blaze
Blue Streak McCoy (1920)
as Job McCoy
Her Father's Silent Partner (1914)
Actor
Truth Stranger Than Fiction (1915)
as Crook
The Honor of an Outlaw (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
Blood Money (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Master Cracksman (1914)
as Gentleman Joe, the Cracksman
Waifs (1914)
Actor
The Stopped Clock (1913)
as The Detective
The Bad Lands (1925)
as Patrick Angus O'Toole
Bad Company (1931)
as McBaine
The Enemy's Baby (1913)
as Miller
Rider of the Law (1919)
as Jim Kyneton
Silent Sanderson (1925)
as Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson
A Double Winning (1915)
as 2nd Sportsman
Love's Lariat (1916)
as Sky High
The Fighting Gringo (1917)
as William 'Red' Saunders
A Nest Unfeathered (1914)
as The Foreman
Thieves' Gold (1918)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Devil's Own (1916)
as Shifty
A Misappropriated Turkey (1913)
as The Bartender
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (1913)
as Third Thief
Wild Women (1918)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Heart of a Bandit (1915)
as Texas Pete - the Bandit
Satan Town (1926)
as Bill Scott
A Day's Adventure (1915)
as Hogan - Leader of the Crooks
McVeagh of the South Seas (1914)
as Cyril Bruce McVeagh
Pirate Gold (1913)
Actor
The Railroad Monopoly (1916)
as Tom Larnigan
Gentleman Joe (1910)
Actor
The Seventh Bandit (1926)
as David Scanlon
The Golden Bullet (1917)
as Jack
Brothers (1913)
as The Mother's Favorite Son
Bill Sharkey's Last Game (1910)
Actor
The Drifter (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
The Insurance Swindlers (1916)
as Tom Larnigan
Friends (1912)
as Bob Kyne - the Prospector
Bullet Proof (1920)
as Pierre Winton
Driftin' Thru (1926)
as Daniel Brown
Olaf—An Atom (1913)
as Olaf, an Atom
Rustler's Paradise (1935)
as Cheyenne Kincaid
Under the Shadow of the Law (1913)
as The Convict
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)
as 2nd Clan Member
Desperate Trails (1921)
as Bart Carson
Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
as In Audience
The Stolen Loaf (1913)
as The Butler
The Prairie Pirate (1925)
as Brian 'The Yellow Seal' Delaney
Goin' Straight (1917)
as Cheyenne Harry
Border Devils (1932)
as Jim Gray
The Phantom Riders (1918)
as Cheyenne Harry
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings (1915)
as Miles Rand
The Committee on Credentials (1916)
as Ballaret Bill
The Work Habit (1913)
as The Son-in-Law
As It Happened (1915)
as The New Foreman
The Love Transcendent (1915)
as The Prospector
The Conspiracy (1916)
as Dick Olney
The Canceled Mortgage (1915)
as 1st Road Agent
The Night Riders (1916)
as The Apache Kid
Grinding Life Down (1916)
as Tom Larnigan
Crashin' Thru (1923)
as Blake
'If Only' Jim (1920)
as Jim Golden
Broken Ways (1913)
as The Sheriff
Human Stuff (1920)
as James 'Jim' Pierce
Just Jim (1915)
as Jim
The Sorrowful Shore (1913)
as The Widowed Father