Biography
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
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Movies 274
self 5
Writer 2
Producer 1
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)
Legends of the West (1992)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Directed by John Ford (1971)
3 Godfathers (1948)
So Dear to My Heart (1948)
Red River (1948)
The Sea of Grass (1947)
Angel and the Badman (1947)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Make Mine Memories (1945)
China's Little Devils (1945)
The Great Moment (1944)
Some of the Best (1944)
Air Force (1943)
The Spoilers (1942)
Among the Living (1941)
Sundown (1941)
Parachute Battalion (1941)
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940)
My Son Is Guilty (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Land of Liberty (1939)
Inside Information (1939)
Street of Missing Men (1939)
Code of the Streets (1939)
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
King of Alcatraz (1938)
Gateway (1938)
Sky Giant (1938)
You and Me (1938)
Port of Missing Girls (1938)
Danger Patrol (1937)
Annapolis Salute (1937)
Souls at Sea (1937)
Born Reckless (1937)
Border Cafe (1937)
Kid Galahad (1937)
Racing Lady (1937)
Aces Wild (1936)
The Accusing Finger (1936)
The Last Outlaw (1936)
Little Miss Nobody (1936)
Sutter's Gold (1936)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Ghost Town (1936)
The Last of the Clintons (1935)
Wild Mustang (1935)
Barbary Coast (1935)
Powdersmoke Range (1935)
Rustler's Paradise (1935)
Wagon Trail (1935)
Man of the Forest (1933)
Sunset Pass (1933)
The Thundering Herd (1933)
The Film Parade (1933)
The Devil Horse (1932)
The Night Rider (1932)
Border Devils (1932)
Law and Order (1932)
Without Honors (1932)
Cavalier of the West (1931)
Bad Company (1931)
The Vanishing Legion (1931)
Trader Horn (1931)
The Border Patrol (1928)
Burning Bridges (1928)
The Trail of '98 (1928)
Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927)
A Little Journey (1927)
Satan Town (1926)
The Frontier Trail (1926)
The Seventh Bandit (1926)
Driftin' Thru (1926)
The Man from Red Gulch (1925)
The Prairie Pirate (1925)
The Bad Lands (1925)
The Texas Trail (1925)
Beyond the Border (1925)
Silent Sanderson (1925)
Soft Shoes (1925)
The Flaming Forties (1924)
Roaring Rails (1924)
Tiger Thompson (1924)
The Lightning Rider (1924)
The Night Hawk (1924)
The Miracle Baby (1923)
Good Men and True (1922)
The Kickback (1922)
Man to Man (1922)
The Fox (1921)
Desperate Trails (1921)
The Wallop (1921)
The Freeze-Out (1921)
Hearts Up (1921)
West Is West (1920)
Sundown Slim (1920)
Blue Streak McCoy (1920)
'If Only' Jim (1920)
Human Stuff (1920)
Bullet Proof (1920)
Overland Red (1920)
Marked Men (1919)
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919)
Rider of the Law (1919)
The Ace of the Saddle (1919)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919)
Riders of Vengeance (1919)
Bare Fists (1919)
A Fight For Love (1919)
Roped (1919)
Three Mounted Men (1918)
A Woman's Fool (1918)
Hell Bent (1918)
The Scarlet Drop (1918)
Thieves' Gold (1918)
Wild Women (1918)
The Phantom Riders (1918)
Bucking Broadway (1917)
A Marked Man (1917)
The Secret Man (1917)
Straight Shooting (1917)
Cheyenne's Pal (1917)
The Soul Herder (1917)
Six-Shooter Justice (1917)
The Wrong Man (1917)
The Mysterious Outlaw (1917)
The Almost Good Man (1917)
A 44-Calibre Mystery (1917)
The Honor of an Outlaw (1917)
Hair-Trigger Burke (1917)
The Fighting Gringo (1917)
Goin' Straight (1917)
The Drifter (1917)
The Outlaw and the Lady (1917)
The Bad Man of Cheyenne (1917)
Blood Money (1917)
Guilty (1916)
The Conspiracy (1916)
Behind the Lines (1916)
A Woman's Eyes (1916)
Love's Lariat (1916)
For the Love of a Girl (1916)
The Committee on Credentials (1916)
The Three Godfathers (1916)
The Wedding Guest (1916)
The Night Riders (1916)
The Harbor Transportation Trust (1916)
A Knight of the Range (1916)
The Insurance Swindlers (1916)
Secret Love (1916)
Old King Coal (1916)
America Saved from War (1916)
The Railroad Monopoly (1916)
Grinding Life Down (1916)
The Power of the People (1916)
Graft (1915)
As It Happened (1915)
Her Convert (1915)
The Way Out (1915)
Her Dormant Love (1915)
The Canceled Mortgage (1915)
A Day's Adventure (1915)
A Double Winning (1915)
The Gambler's I.O.U. (1915)
The Miser's Legacy (1915)
The Sheriff's Dilemma (1915)
The Love Transcendent (1915)
His Desperate Deed (1915)
The Heart of a Bandit (1915)
McVeagh of the South Seas (1914)
The Master Cracksman (1914)
Brute Force (1914)
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
A Nest Unfeathered (1914)
His Fireman's Conscience (1914)
Waifs (1914)
Concentration (1914)
The Abandoned Well (1913)
All for Science (1913)
The Detective's Stratagem (1913)
The Stopped Clock (1913)
Madonna of the Storm (1913)
The Van Nostrand Tiara (1913)
A Tender-Hearted Crook (1913)
The Stolen Treaty (1913)
The Strong Man's Burden (1913)
The Crook and the Girl (1913)
The Work Habit (1913)
Under the Shadow of the Law (1913)
When Love Forgives (1913)
The Vengeance of Galora (1913)
A Misappropriated Turkey (1913)
The Mirror (1913)
A Gambler's Honor (1913)
A Gamble with Death (1913)
In Diplomatic Circles (1913)
The Well (1913)
Red Hicks Defies the World (1913)
The Sorrowful Shore (1913)
The Ranchero's Revenge (1913)
A Dangerous Foe (1913)
Olaf—An Atom (1913)
The Stolen Loaf (1913)
The Tenderfoot's Money (1913)
If We Only Knew (1913)
The Left-Handed Man (1913)
A Frightful Blunder (1913)
The Stolen Bride (1913)
The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
Broken Ways (1913)
The Wrong Bottle (1913)
Oil and Water (1913)
Brothers (1913)
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (1913)
Three Friends (1913)
A Cry for Help (1912)
The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)
My Hero (1912)
Brutality (1912)
The Informer (1912)
Gold and Glitter (1912)
Heredity (1912)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
The Painted Lady (1912)
The One She Loved (1912)
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)
Friends (1912)
Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
An Unseen Enemy (1912)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1878-01-15
Deathday1947-09-21 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States
RelationshipsOlive Carey (1920 - 1947)
ChildrenHarry Carey
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsHenry DeWitt Carey II, H.D. Carey, Harry D. Carey, Harry Carey Sr.
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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