Acting
Harry Carey
EN cinema · 269 credits
Born
16 January 1878
Died
21 September 1947 (aged 69)
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Henry DeWitt Carey II · H.D. Carey · Harry D. Carey · Harry Carey Sr.
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
Filmography
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)
Legends of the West
as Ed Brandt in 'Law and Order' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by John Ford
as (archive footage)
Film Fun
1955
Film Fun
as (archive footage)
Red River
as Mr. Melville
So Dear to My Heart
as Head Judge at County Fair
3 Godfathers
In Memory Of
Angel and the Badman
as Marshal Wistful McClintock
The Sea of Grass
as Doc J. Reid
Duel in the Sun
as Lem Smoot
China's Little Devils
as Doc Temple
The Great Moment
as Professor John C. Warren
Air Force
as Crew Chief
Happy Land
as Edward "Gramp" Marsh
The Spoilers
as Dextry
Among the Living
as Dr. Ben Saunders
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Daniel Howitt
Sundown
as Dewey
Parachute Battalion
as Bill Richards
Beyond Tomorrow
as George Vale Melton
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Captain Bailey
They Knew What They Wanted
as The Doctor
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as President of the Senate
Inside Information
as Captain Bill Dugan
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
as P.G. Delano
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
Street of Missing Men
as Charles Putnam
My Son Is Guilty
as Police Officer Tim Kerry
Code of the Streets
as Detective Lieutenant John Lewis
You and Me
as Mr. Morris
King of Alcatraz
as Captain Glennan
Sky Giant
as Col. Cornelius Stockton
The Law West of Tombstone
as William 'Bill' Barker
Port of Missing Girls
as Captain Josiah Storm
Gateway
as Commissioner Nelson
Souls at Sea
as Captain of the William Brown
Kid Galahad
as Silver Jackson
Border Cafe
as Tex Stevens
Racing Lady
as Tom Martin
Annapolis Salute
as Chief Martin
Born Reckless
as Dad Martin
Danger Patrol
as Sam "Easy" Street
Lest We Forget
as Himself
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Commandant
The Accusing Finger
as Sen. Nash
Ghost Town
as Cheyenne Harry Morgan
Little Miss Nobody
as John Russell
Aces Wild
as Cheyenne Harry Morgan
The Last Outlaw
as Dean Payton
Sutter's Gold
as Kit Carson
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Phil Yonne
Wagon Trail
as Sheriff Clay Hartley
The Last of the Clintons
as Trigger Carson
Barbary Coast
as Jed Slocum
Wild Mustang
as Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton
Powdersmoke Range
as Tucson Smith
Rustler's Paradise
as Cheyenne Kincaid
Buffalo Stampede
as Clark Sprague
Man of the Forest
as Jim Gayner
Sunset Pass
as John Hesbitt
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Without Honor
as Pete Marlan
Law and Order
as Ed Brandt
Border Devils
as Jim Gray
The Last of the Mohicans
as Hawkeye
The Night Rider
as John Brown / Jim Blake
The Devil Horse
as Bob Norton / Roberts
The Movie Album
as (archive footage)
Trader Horn
as Aloysius "Trader" Horn
The Vanishing Legion
as 'Happy' Cardigan
Cavalier of the West
as Captain John Allister
Bad Company
as McBaine
Burning Bridges
as Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely
The Trail of '98
as Jack Locasto
The Border Patrol
as Bill Storm
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Tom Munson
A Little Journey
as Alexander Smith
Satan Town
as Bill Scott
The Frontier Trail
as Jim Cardigan
The Seventh Bandit
as David Scanlon
Driftin' Thru
as Daniel Brown
The Bad Lands
as Patrick Angus O'Toole
The Man from Red Gulch
as Alexander 'Sandy' Morton
The Texas Trail
as Pete Grainger
Silent Sanderson
as Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson
The Prairie Pirate
as Brian 'The Yellow Seal' Delaney
Beyond the Border
as Bob Smith
Soft Shoes
as Pat Halahan, Story
Tiger Thompson
as Tiger Thompson
The Night Hawk
as 'The Hawk'
Roaring Rails
as Big Bill Benson
The Flaming Forties
as Bill Jones
The Lightning Rider
as Phlip Morgan
Crashin' Thru
as Blake
The Miracle Baby
as Neil Allison
Good Men and True
as J. Wesley Pringle
The Kickback
as White Horse Harry, Story
Man to Man
as Steve Packard
Desperate Trails
as Bart Carson
The Freeze-Out
as Ohio, the Stranger
The Fox
as Ol' Santa Fe, Story
The Wallop
as John Wesley Pringle
Hearts Up
as David Brent, Story
Bullet Proof
as Pierre Winton
Human Stuff
as James 'Jim' Pierce, Scenario Writer
'If Only' Jim
as Jim Golden
Overland Red
as Overland Red
West Is West
as Dick Rainboldt
Blue Streak McCoy
as Job McCoy
Sundown Slim
as Sundown Slim
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
as Cheyenne Harry, Story
Roped
as Cheyenne Harry
A Fight For Love
as Cheyenne Harry
Bare Fists
as Cheyenne Harry
Riders of Vengeance
as Cheyenne Harry, Story
Marked Men
as Cheyenne Harry
The Ace of the Saddle
as Cheyenne Harry Henderson
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst
Rider of the Law
as Jim Kyneton
Hell Bent
as Cheyenne Harry, Story, Writer
Thieves' Gold
as Cheyenne Harry
The Scarlet Drop
as Harry Ridge
The Phantom Riders
as Cheyenne Harry, Producer
Wild Women
as Cheyenne Harry, Producer
A Woman's Fool
as Lin McLean
Three Mounted Men
as Cheyenne Harry
Bucking Broadway
as Cheyenne Harry, Producer
Blood Money
1917
Blood Money
as Cheyenne Harry, Story
Goin' Straight
1917
Goin' Straight
as Cheyenne Harry, Story
The Outlaw and the Lady
as Cheyenne Harry, Story
The Drifter
1917
The Drifter
as Cheyenne Harry
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
1917
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
as Cheyenne Harry, Story
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917
The Honor of an Outlaw
as Cheyenne Harry
The Almost Good Man
as Dick Glenning
A 44-Calibre Mystery
as Sheriff Cheyenne Harry
Hair-Trigger Burke
1917
Hair-Trigger Burke
as Hair Trigger Burke
Six-Shooter Justice
1917
Six-Shooter Justice
as Cheyenne Harry
The Wrong Man
1917
The Wrong Man
as Jack Wilson
Straight Shooting
as "Cheyenne" Harry
The Secret Man
as Cheyenne Harry
Cheyenne's Pal
as Cheyenne Harry
The Soul Herder
as Cheyenne Harry
A Marked Man
as Cheyenne Harry
The Fighting Gringo
as William 'Red' Saunders
The Committee on Credentials
as Ballaret Bill
Grinding Life Down
1916
Grinding Life Down
as Tom Larnigan
Old King Coal
1916
Old King Coal
as Tom Larnigan
A Knight of the Range
as Cheyenne Harry, Scenario Writer
The Wedding Guest
1916
The Wedding Guest
as The Squarest Sheriff Alive
For the Love of a Girl
1916
For the Love of a Girl
as Black La Rue, Director
The Conspiracy
1916
The Conspiracy
as Dick Olney
Guilty
1916
Guilty
as Ramon Valentine
The Three Godfathers
as Bob Sangster
Behind the Lines
as Dr. Ralph Hamlin
Love's Lariat
as Sky High, Director
Secret Love
1916
Secret Love
as Fergus Derrick
The Night Riders
as The Apache Kid
The Heart of a Bandit
as Texas Pete - the Bandit
The Love Transcendent
1915
The Love Transcendent
as The Prospector
The Miser's Legacy
1915
The Miser's Legacy
as Jackson - The Crook
The Canceled Mortgage
as 1st Road Agent
A Double Winning
1915
A Double Winning
as 2nd Sportsman
A Day's Adventure
1915
A Day's Adventure
as Hogan - Leader of the Crooks
Her Dormant Love
1915
Her Dormant Love
as Dandy Dick - The Fugitive
The Way Out
1915
The Way Out
as The Bandit
Her Convert
1915
Her Convert
as The Converted Cracksman
As It Happened
1915
As It Happened
as The New Foreman
Graft
as Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12)
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
1915
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
as Miles Rand
Brute Force
as In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)
Concentration
as First Son
Judith of Bethulia
as Assyrian Traitor
The Master Cracksman
as Gentleman Joe, the Cracksman, Writer, Director
McVeagh of the South Seas
as Cyril Bruce McVeagh, Story, Director
The Sheriff's Baby
as Second Bandit
Brothers
1913
Brothers
as The Mother's Favorite Son
The Left-Handed Man
1913
The Left-Handed Man
as The Left-Handed Thief
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
as Third Thief
A Frightful Blunder
1913
A Frightful Blunder
as The Superintendent
If We Only Knew
as The Sailor
The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Gambler
The Stolen Loaf
1913
The Stolen Loaf
as The Butler
A Dangerous Foe
1913
A Dangerous Foe
as The 'Bull'
The Sorrowful Shore
1913
The Sorrowful Shore
as The Widowed Father
The Well
1913
The Well
as Giuseppe, the Farmhand
A Gamble with Death
1913
A Gamble with Death
as The Cowpuncher
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913
Red Hicks Defies the World
as In Crowd (uncredited)
A Gambler's Honor
1913
A Gambler's Honor
as The Gambler, Writer
When Love Forgives
1913
When Love Forgives
as Second Criminal
The Mirror
1913
The Mirror
as First Tramp
Under the Shadow of the Law
1913
Under the Shadow of the Law
as The Convict, Screenplay, Story
The Work Habit
1913
The Work Habit
as The Son-in-Law
The Stolen Treaty
1913
The Stolen Treaty
as The Detective
The Van Nostrand Tiara
1913
The Van Nostrand Tiara
as Society Detective
The Stopped Clock
1913
The Stopped Clock
as The Detective
All for Science
1913
All for Science
as The Young Man
The Detective's Stratagem
1913
The Detective's Stratagem
as Keene, the Detective
The Abandoned Well
1913
The Abandoned Well
as The Adopted Son
The Strong Man's Burden
as Bob - the Younger Brother
Broken Ways
as The Sheriff
The Unwelcome Guest
as The Sheriff
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Thief
Oil and Water
as The Stage Manager / At Dinner
Olaf—An Atom
as Olaf, an Atom
The Stolen Bride
1913
The Stolen Bride
as The Husband
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as Snapper's Sidekick
In the Aisles of the Wild
as Bob Cole
Two Daughters of Eve
as In Audience
A Cry for Help
as The Thief
Heredity
as The White Renegade Father
My Hero
1912
My Hero
as Indian
Brutality
as At Theatre
An Unseen Enemy
as The Safecracker
The Painted Lady
as At Ice Cream Festival
So Near, Yet So Far
as A Thief
Friends
as Bob Kyne - the Prospector
The Burglar’s Dilemma
as Older Crook
The Informer
as The Confederate Corporal
The One She Loved
1912
The One She Loved
as The Neighbor's Friend
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
as 2nd Clan Member