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