Cast

Harry Carey

Acting

Cast

Harry Carey

Known for

Acting

Born

1878-01-16

From

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died

1947-09-21

Also known as Henry DeWitt Carey II, H.D. Carey, Harry D. Carey

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."

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Biography

Her Convert

Bare Fists

Film Fun

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Directed by John Ford

Red River

Hearts Up

Annapolis Salute

Hell Bent

Tiger Thompson

Her Father's Silent Partner

Roped

Buffalo Stampede

Desert Driven

The Stolen Bride

Racing Lady

Duel in the Sun

As It Happened

Old Offenders

Concentration

Sundown Slim

Three Mounted Men

Law and Order

So Dear to My Heart

The Sea of Grass

The Secret Man

Angel and the Badman

The Kickback

The Well

Land of Liberty

A Marked Man

Riders of Vengeance

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

Brutality

Judith of Bethulia

The Spoilers

Her Hand

Red Hicks Defies the World

Legends of the West

The Detective's Stratagem

Man of the Forest

Madonna of the Storm

The Movie Album

Man to Man

The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Shepherd of the Hills

The Sheriff's Dilemma

The Ace of the Saddle

The Law and His Son

Little Miss Nobody

Air Force

Barbary Coast

A Modest Hero

The Freeze-Out

Good Men and True

Oil and Water

Kid Galahad

Lest We Forget

Trader Horn

The Hero of Little Italy

The Accusing Finger

Sunset Pass

The Vengeance of Galora

The Vanishing Legion

The One She Loved

Cheyenne's Pal

You and Me

The Scarlet Drop

Code of the Streets

Without Honor

His Fireman's Conscience

Beyond Tomorrow

The Night Rider

The Trail of '98

The Lightning Rider

A Nest Unfeathered

The Gambler's I.O.U.