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