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Carey Wilson (May 19, 1889 – February 1, 1962) was an American screenwriter, voice actor and producer. Wilson's screenplays include Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and The Great Heart (1938). His credits as producer include Green Dolphin Street (1947). He also narrated many nuclear test films, produced by the Atomic Energy Commission (now Department of Energy) and by the Department of Defence, including Operation Sandstone of 1948 and Operation Greenhouse of 1951.
He was one of the thirty-six Hollywood pioneers who founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. He collaborated with Jean Harlow on her novel Today is Tonight.
For his contribution in films, Wilson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6301 Hollywood Blvd.
Filmography
all 132
Movies 132
Writer 77
Narrator 29
Producer 10
self 8
Screenplay 2
Voice 1
Director 1
This Is Russia! (1957)
Nostradamus Says So! (1953)
Scaramouche (1952)
Westward the Women (1951)
Target Nevada (1951)
Moments in Music (1950)
The Happy Years (1950)
The Red Danube (1949)
Dark Delusion (1947)
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Between Two Women (1945)
3 Men in White (1944)
Nostradamus IV (1944)
Inca Gold (1943)
Portrait of a Genius (1943)
You, John Jones! (1943)
Mr. Gardenia Jones (1942)
The Greenie (1942)
Ghost Treasure (1941)
More About Nostradamus (1941)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
A Failure at Fifty (1940)
Miracle at Lourdes (1939)
The Great Heart (1938)
Nostradamus (1938)
The Man on the Rock (1938)
Bravest of the Brave (1938)
Strange Glory (1938)
Joaquin Murrieta (1938)
What Do You Think? (Number Three) (1938)
What Do You Think? (1937)
The Man in the Barn (1937)
Conquest (1937)
The King Without a Crown (1937)
The Rainbow Pass (1937)
Pitcairn Island Today (1935)
Sequoia (1935)
Outcast Lady (1934)
Bolero (1934)
Fast Workers (1933)
Faithless (1932)
Arsène Lupin (1932)
The Bad One (1930)
Why Be Good? (1929)
Geraldine (1929)
Lilac Time (1928)
Oh Kay! (1928)
Paris (1926)
Lights of Old Broadway (1925)
1925 Studio Tour (1925)
Empty Hands (1924)
Three Weeks (1924)
Red Lights (1923)
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GenderMale
Birthday1889-05-19
Deathday1962-02-01 (72 years old)
Birth PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
RelationshipsCarmelita Geraghty (1934-05-01 - 1962-02-01)
ChildrenAnthony Wilson
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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