Acting
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. 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
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Film · 2000
Legends of the West
Film · 1992
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Film · 1972
Directed by John Ford
Film · 1971
Film Fun
Film · 1955
Red River
Film · 1948
So Dear to My Heart
Film · 1948
Angel and the Badman
Film · 1947
The Sea of Grass
Film · 1947
Duel in the Sun
Film · 1946
China's Little Devils
Film · 1945
The Great Moment
Film · 1944
Air Force
Film · 1943
Happy Land
Film · 1943
The Spoilers
Film · 1942
Among the Living
Film · 1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
Film · 1941
Sundown
Film · 1941
Parachute Battalion
Film · 1941
Beyond Tomorrow
Film · 1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Film · 1940
They Knew What They Wanted
Film · 1940
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Film · 1939
Inside Information
Film · 1939
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Film · 1939
Land of Liberty
Film · 1939
Street of Missing Men
Film · 1939
My Son Is Guilty
Film · 1939
Code of the Streets
Film · 1939
You and Me
Film · 1938
King of Alcatraz
Film · 1938
Sky Giant
Film · 1938
The Law West of Tombstone
Film · 1938
Port of Missing Girls
Film · 1938
Gateway
Film · 1938
Souls at Sea
Film · 1937
Kid Galahad
Film · 1937
Border Cafe
Film · 1937
Racing Lady
Film · 1937
Annapolis Salute
Film · 1937
Born Reckless
Film · 1937
Danger Patrol
Film · 1937
Lest We Forget
Film · 1937
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Film · 1936
The Accusing Finger
Film · 1936
Ghost Town
Film · 1936
Little Miss Nobody
Film · 1936
Aces Wild
Film · 1936
The Last Outlaw
Film · 1936
Sutter's Gold
Film · 1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Film · 1936
Wagon Trail
Film · 1935
The Last of the Clintons
Film · 1935
Barbary Coast
Film · 1935
Wild Mustang
Film · 1935
Powdersmoke Range
Film · 1935
Rustler's Paradise
Film · 1935
Buffalo Stampede
Film · 1933
Man of the Forest
Film · 1933
Sunset Pass
Film · 1933
The Film Parade
Film · 1933
Without Honor
Film · 1932
Law and Order
Film · 1932
Border Devils
Film · 1932
The Last of the Mohicans
Film · 1932
The Night Rider
Film · 1932
The Devil Horse
Film · 1932
The Movie Album
Film · 1932
Trader Horn
Film · 1931
The Vanishing Legion
Film · 1931
Cavalier of the West
Film · 1931
Bad Company
Film · 1931
Burning Bridges
Film · 1928
The Trail of '98
Film · 1928
The Border Patrol
Film · 1928
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Film · 1927
A Little Journey
Film · 1927
Satan Town
Film · 1926
The Frontier Trail
Film · 1926
The Seventh Bandit
Film · 1926
Driftin' Thru
Film · 1926
The Bad Lands
Film · 1925
The Man from Red Gulch
Film · 1925
The Texas Trail
Film · 1925
Silent Sanderson
Film · 1925
The Prairie Pirate
Film · 1925
Beyond the Border
Film · 1925
Soft Shoes
Film · 1925
Tiger Thompson
Film · 1924
The Night Hawk
Film · 1924
Roaring Rails
Film · 1924
The Flaming Forties
Film · 1924
The Lightning Rider
Film · 1924
Crashin' Thru
Film · 1923
The Miracle Baby
Film · 1923
Desert Driven
Film · 1923
Canyon of the Fools
Film · 1923
Good Men and True
Film · 1922
The Kickback
Film · 1922
Man to Man
Film · 1922
Desperate Trails
Film · 1921
The Freeze-Out
Film · 1921
The Fox
Film · 1921
The Wallop
Film · 1921
Hearts Up
Film · 1921
Bullet Proof
Film · 1920
Human Stuff
Film · 1920
'If Only' Jim
Film · 1920
Overland Red
Film · 1920
West Is West
Film · 1920
Blue Streak McCoy
Film · 1920
Sundown Slim
Film · 1920
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
Film · 1919
Roped
Film · 1919
A Fight For Love
Film · 1919
Bare Fists
Film · 1919
Riders of Vengeance
Film · 1919
Marked Men
Film · 1919
The Ace of the Saddle
Film · 1919
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Film · 1919
Rider of the Law
Film · 1919
Hell Bent
Film · 1918
The Phantom Riders
Film · 1918
Wild Women
Film · 1918
Thieves' Gold
Film · 1918
The Scarlet Drop
Film · 1918
A Woman's Fool
Film · 1918
Three Mounted Men
Film · 1918
Bucking Broadway
Film · 1917
Blood Money
Film · 1917
Goin' Straight
Film · 1917
The Outlaw and the Lady
Film · 1917
The Drifter
Film · 1917
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
Film · 1917
Hair-Trigger Burke
Film · 1917
The Honor of an Outlaw
Film · 1917
A 44-Calibre Mystery
Film · 1917
The Almost Good Man
Film · 1917
Six-Shooter Justice
Film · 1917
The Golden Bullet
Film · 1917
The Mysterious Outlaw
Film · 1917
The Wrong Man
Film · 1917
Straight Shooting
Film · 1917
Cheyenne's Pal
Film · 1917
The Secret Man
Film · 1917
The Soul Herder
Film · 1917
A Marked Man
Film · 1917
The Fighting Gringo
Film · 1917
The Committee on Credentials
Film · 1916
Grinding Life Down
Film · 1916
The Power of the People
Film · 1916
The Railroad Monopoly
Film · 1916
The Insurance Swindlers
Film · 1916
America Saved from War
Film · 1916
Old King Coal
Film · 1916
A Knight of the Range
Film · 1916
The Harbor Transportation Trust
Film · 1916
The Wedding Guest
Film · 1916
The Passing of Hell's Crown
Film · 1916
The Jackals of a Great City
Film · 1916
For the Love of a Girl
Film · 1916
The Devil's Own
Film · 1916
A Woman's Eyes
Film · 1916
The Conspiracy
Film · 1916
Guilty
Film · 1916
The Three Godfathers
Film · 1916
Behind the Lines
Film · 1916
Love's Lariat
Film · 1916
Secret Love
Film · 1916
The Night Riders
Film · 1916
His Desperate Deed
Film · 1915
The Heart of a Bandit
Film · 1915
Just Jim
Film · 1915
The Love Transcendent
Film · 1915
A Double Winning
Film · 1915
The Miser's Legacy
Film · 1915
The Gambler's I.O.U.
Film · 1915
A Day's Adventure
Film · 1915
The Canceled Mortgage
Film · 1915
The Sheriff's Dilemma
Film · 1915
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
Film · 1915
Her Dormant Love
Film · 1915
The Way Out
Film · 1915
Old Offenders
Film · 1915
Her Convert
Film · 1915
As It Happened
Film · 1915
Graft
Film · 1915
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
Film · 1915
Brute Force
Film · 1914
Concentration
Film · 1914
A Nest Unfeathered
Film · 1914
His Fireman's Conscience
Film · 1914
Waifs
Film · 1914
Her Father's Silent Partner
Film · 1914
The Master Cracksman
Film · 1914
Judith of Bethulia
Film · 1914
Her Hand
Film · 1914
McVeagh of the South Seas
Film · 1914
The Sheriff's Baby
Film · 1913
Pirate Gold
Film · 1913
The Wrong Bottle
Film · 1913
The Hero of Little Italy
Film · 1913
Madonna of the Storm
Film · 1913
Love in an Apartment Hotel
Film · 1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
Film · 1913
A Modest Hero
Film · 1913
A Misappropriated Turkey
Film · 1913
Brothers
Film · 1913
The Left-Handed Man
Film · 1913
A Chance Deception
Film · 1913
A Frightful Blunder
Film · 1913
The Tenderfoot's Money
Film · 1913
If We Only Knew
Film · 1913
Near To Earth
Film · 1913
The Ranchero's Revenge
Film · 1913
The Stolen Loaf
Film · 1913
A Dangerous Foe
Film · 1913
A Gamble with Death
Film · 1913
The Sorrowful Shore
Film · 1913
The Switchtower
Film · 1913
In Diplomatic Circles
Film · 1913
Red Hicks Defies the World
Film · 1913
The Well
Film · 1913
The Enemy's Baby
Film · 1913
A Gambler's Honor
Film · 1913
The Mirror
Film · 1913
When Love Forgives
Film · 1913
The Vengeance of Galora
Film · 1913
Under the Shadow of the Law
Film · 1913
I Was Meant for You
Film · 1913
The Crook and the Girl
Film · 1913
The Work Habit
Film · 1913
The Law and His Son
Film · 1913
The Stolen Treaty
Film · 1913
The Van Nostrand Tiara
Film · 1913
The Abandoned Well
Film · 1913
The Stopped Clock
Film · 1913
The Detective's Stratagem
Film · 1913
All for Science
Film · 1913
For Her Government
Film · 1913
Black and White
Film · 1913
The Strong Man's Burden
Film · 1913
Broken Ways
Film · 1913
The Unwelcome Guest
Film · 1913
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
Film · 1913
Oil and Water
Film · 1913
Olaf—An Atom
Film · 1913
The Stolen Bride
Film · 1913
A Tender-Hearted Crook
Film · 1913
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Film · 1912
Two Daughters of Eve
Film · 1912
In the Aisles of the Wild
Film · 1912
A Cry for Help
Film · 1912
My Hero
Film · 1912
Heredity
Film · 1912
Brutality
Film · 1912
An Unseen Enemy
Film · 1912
The Painted Lady
Film · 1912
So Near, Yet So Far
Film · 1912
Friends
Film · 1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Film · 1912
The Informer
Film · 1912
The One She Loved
Film · 1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
Film · 1912
Bill Sharkey's Last Game
Film · 1910
Gentleman Joe
Film · 1910