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