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.
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."
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Filmography (Movies)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2000
Legends of the West
Character:Ed Brandt in 'Law and Order'
Release Date:08/09/1992
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
Directed by John Ford
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:06/09/1971
Film Fun
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:19/08/1955
So Dear to My Heart
Character:Head Judge at County Fair
Release Date:29/11/1948
Red River
Character:Mr. Melville
Release Date:17/09/1948
The Sea of Grass
Character:Doc J. Reid
Release Date:25/04/1947
Angel and the Badman
Character:Marshal Wistful McClintock
Release Date:15/02/1947
Duel in the Sun
Character:Lem Smoot
Release Date:31/12/1946
China's Little Devils
Character:Doc Temple
Release Date:27/05/1945
The Great Moment
Character:Professor John C. Warren
Release Date:18/07/1944
Happy Land
Character:Edward "Gramp" Marsh
Release Date:10/11/1943
Air Force
Character:Crew Chief
Release Date:20/03/1943
The Spoilers
Character:Dextry
Release Date:11/06/1942
Among the Living
Character:Dr. Ben Saunders
Release Date:12/12/1941
Sundown
Character:Dewey
Release Date:31/10/1941
Parachute Battalion
Character:Bill Richards
Release Date:12/09/1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
Character:Daniel Howitt
Release Date:18/07/1941
They Knew What They Wanted
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:19/10/1940
Beyond Tomorrow
Character:George Vale Melton
Release Date:10/05/1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Character:Captain Bailey
Release Date:07/03/1940
My Son Is Guilty
Character:Police Officer Tim Kerry
Release Date:28/12/1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character:President of the Senate
Release Date:19/10/1939
Land of Liberty
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:15/06/1939
Inside Information
Character:Captain Bill Dugan
Release Date:02/06/1939
Street of Missing Men
Character:Charles Putnam
Release Date:24/04/1939
Code of the Streets
Character:Detective Lieutenant John Lewis
Release Date:13/04/1939
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Character:P.G. Delano
Release Date:13/01/1939
The Law West of Tombstone
Character:William 'Bill' Barker
Release Date:18/11/1938
King of Alcatraz
Character:Captain Glennan
Release Date:30/09/1938
Gateway
Character:Commissioner Nelson
Release Date:05/08/1938
Sky Giant
Character:Col. Cornelius Stockton
Release Date:22/07/1938
You and Me
Character:Mr. Morris
Release Date:01/06/1938
Port of Missing Girls
Character:Captain Josiah Storm
Release Date:24/02/1938
Danger Patrol
Character:Sam "Easy" Street
Release Date:18/11/1937
Annapolis Salute
Character:Chief Martin
Release Date:10/09/1937
Souls at Sea
Character:Captain of the William Brown
Release Date:03/09/1937
Born Reckless
Character:Dad Martin
Release Date:25/06/1937
Border Cafe
Character:Tex Stevens
Release Date:04/06/1937
Kid Galahad
Character:Silver Jackson
Release Date:29/05/1937
Lest We Forget
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/05/1937
Racing Lady
Character:Tom Martin
Release Date:12/01/1937
Aces Wild
Character:Cheyenne Harry Morgan
Release Date:21/12/1936
The Accusing Finger
Character:Sen. Nash
Release Date:17/11/1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Character:Phil Yonne
Release Date:06/10/1936
The Last Outlaw
Character:Dean Payton
Release Date:19/06/1936
Little Miss Nobody
Character:John Russell
Release Date:05/06/1936
Sutter's Gold
Character:Kit Carson
Release Date:01/03/1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Character:Commandant
Release Date:28/02/1936
Ghost Town
Character:Cheyenne Harry Morgan
Release Date:15/02/1936
The Last of the Clintons
Character:Trigger Carson
Release Date:12/11/1935
Wild Mustang
Character:Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton
Release Date:21/10/1935
Barbary Coast
Character:Jed Slocum
Release Date:13/10/1935
Powdersmoke Range
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:27/09/1935
Rustler's Paradise
Character:Cheyenne Kincaid
Release Date:01/05/1935
Wagon Trail
Character:Sheriff Clay Hartley
Release Date:08/04/1935
Man of the Forest
Character:Jim Gayner
Release Date:24/08/1933
Sunset Pass
Character:John Hesbitt
Release Date:26/05/1933
Buffalo Stampede
Character:Clark Sprague
Release Date:01/03/1933
The Film Parade
Character:(archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1933
The Devil Horse
Character:Bob Norton / Roberts
Release Date:01/11/1932
The Night Rider
Character:John Brown / Jim Blake
Release Date:22/08/1932
The Last of the Mohicans
Character:Hawkeye
Release Date:17/05/1932
Border Devils
Character:Jim Gray
Release Date:03/04/1932
Law and Order
Character:Ed Brandt
Release Date:09/02/1932
Without Honor
Character:Pete Marlan
Release Date:02/01/1932
Cavalier of the West
Character:Captain John Allister
Release Date:15/11/1931
Bad Company
Character:McBaine
Release Date:16/10/1931
The Vanishing Legion
Character:'Happy' Cardigan
Release Date:01/06/1931
Trader Horn
Character:Aloysius "Trader" Horn
Release Date:03/02/1931
The Border Patrol
Character:Bill Storm
Release Date:23/12/1928
Burning Bridges
Character:Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely
Release Date:30/09/1928
The Trail of '98
Character:Jack Locasto
Release Date:20/03/1928
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Character:Tom Munson
Release Date:12/03/1927
A Little Journey
Character:Alexander Smith
Release Date:01/01/1927
Satan Town
Character:Bill Scott
Release Date:15/08/1926
The Frontier Trail
Character:Jim Cardigan
Release Date:20/06/1926
The Seventh Bandit
Character:David Scanlon
Release Date:18/04/1926
Driftin' Thru
Character:Daniel Brown
Release Date:21/02/1926
The Man from Red Gulch
Character:Alexander 'Sandy' Morton
Release Date:13/12/1925
The Prairie Pirate
Character:Brian 'The Yellow Seal' Delaney
Release Date:10/10/1925
The Bad Lands
Character:Patrick Angus O'Toole
Release Date:15/07/1925
The Texas Trail
Character:Pete Grainger
Release Date:01/06/1925
Beyond the Border
Character:Bob Smith
Release Date:30/05/1925
Silent Sanderson
Character:Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson
Release Date:13/04/1925
Soft Shoes
Character:Pat Halahan
Release Date:01/01/1925
The Flaming Forties
Character:Bill Jones
Release Date:21/12/1924
Roaring Rails
Character:Big Bill Benson
Release Date:20/09/1924
Tiger Thompson
Character:Tiger Thompson
Release Date:13/07/1924
The Lightning Rider
Character:Phlip Morgan
Release Date:18/05/1924
The Night Hawk
Character:'The Hawk'
Release Date:17/02/1924
The Miracle Baby
Character:Neil Allison
Release Date:19/08/1923
Desert Driven
Character:Bob
Release Date:08/07/1923
Crashin' Thru
Character:Blake
Release Date:01/04/1923
Canyon of the Fools
Character:Bob
Release Date:21/01/1923
Good Men and True
Character:J. Wesley Pringle
Release Date:05/11/1922
The Kickback
Character:White Horse Harry
Release Date:30/06/1922
Man to Man
Character:Steve Packard
Release Date:20/03/1922
The Fox
Character:Ol' Santa Fe
Release Date:24/07/1921
Desperate Trails
Character:Bart Carson
Release Date:11/06/1921
The Wallop
Character:John Wesley Pringle
Release Date:09/05/1921
The Freeze-Out
Character:Ohio, the Stranger
Release Date:09/04/1921
Hearts Up
Character:David Brent
Release Date:02/01/1921
West Is West
Character:Dick Rainboldt
Release Date:21/11/1920
Sundown Slim
Character:Sundown Slim
Release Date:31/10/1920
Blue Streak McCoy
Character:Job McCoy
Release Date:23/08/1920
'If Only' Jim
Character:Jim Golden
Release Date:01/07/1920
Human Stuff
Character:James 'Jim' Pierce
Release Date:28/06/1920
Bullet Proof
Character:Pierre Winton
Release Date:03/05/1920
Overland Red
Character:Overland Red
Release Date:22/03/1920
Marked Men
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:21/12/1919
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:29/11/1919
Rider of the Law
Character:Jim Kyneton
Release Date:03/11/1919
The Ace of the Saddle
Character:Cheyenne Harry Henderson
Release Date:18/08/1919
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Character:Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst
Release Date:29/06/1919
Riders of Vengeance
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:09/06/1919
Bare Fists
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:05/05/1919
A Fight For Love
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:24/03/1919
Roped
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:03/01/1919
Three Mounted Men
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:06/10/1918
A Woman's Fool
Character:Lin McLean
Release Date:17/08/1918
Hell Bent
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:29/06/1918
The Scarlet Drop
Character:Harry Ridge
Release Date:22/04/1918
Thieves' Gold
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:18/03/1918
Wild Women
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:25/02/1918
The Phantom Riders
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:28/01/1918
Bucking Broadway
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:24/12/1917
A Marked Man
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:29/10/1917
The Secret Man
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:30/09/1917
Straight Shooting
Character:"Cheyenne" Harry
Release Date:27/08/1917
Cheyenne's Pal
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:13/08/1917
The Soul Herder
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:07/08/1917
Six-Shooter Justice
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:17/07/1917
The Wrong Man
Character:Jack Wilson
Release Date:07/07/1917
The Golden Bullet
Character:Jack
Release Date:26/06/1917
The Mysterious Outlaw
Character:Buck Lessen
Release Date:11/06/1917
The Almost Good Man
Character:Dick Glenning
Release Date:05/06/1917
A 44-Calibre Mystery
Character:Sheriff Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:22/05/1917
The Honor of an Outlaw
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:15/05/1917
Hair-Trigger Burke
Character:Hair Trigger Burke
Release Date:10/04/1917
The Fighting Gringo
Character:William 'Red' Saunders
Release Date:26/03/1917
Goin' Straight
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:24/03/1917
The Drifter
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:10/03/1917
The Outlaw and the Lady
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:10/02/1917
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:13/01/1917
Blood Money
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:06/01/1917
Guilty
Character:Ramon Valentine
Release Date:17/11/1916
The Conspiracy
Character:Dick Olney
Release Date:21/10/1916
Behind the Lines
Character:Dr. Ralph Hamlin
Release Date:11/09/1916
The Devil's Own
Character:Shifty
Release Date:24/08/1916
A Woman's Eyes
Character:Tom Horn
Release Date:17/08/1916
Love's Lariat
Character:Sky High
Release Date:07/08/1916
For the Love of a Girl
Character:Black La Rue
Release Date:29/07/1916
The Committee on Credentials
Character:Ballaret Bill
Release Date:08/07/1916
The Jackals of a Great City
Character:Tom Wayne
Release Date:27/06/1916
The Three Godfathers
Character:Bob Sangster
Release Date:18/06/1916
The Wedding Guest
Character:The Squarest Sheriff Alive
Release Date:27/05/1916
The Passing of Hell's Crown
Character:Blaze
Release Date:22/04/1916
The Night Riders
Character:The Apache Kid
Release Date:01/04/1916
The Harbor Transportation Trust
Character:Tom Larnigan
Release Date:12/02/1916
A Knight of the Range
Character:Cheyenne Harry
Release Date:07/02/1916
The Insurance Swindlers
Character:Tom Larnigan
Release Date:05/02/1916
Secret Love
Character:Fergus Derrick
Release Date:31/01/1916
Old King Coal
Character:Tom Larnigan
Release Date:29/01/1916
America Saved from War
Character:Tom Larnigan
Release Date:22/01/1916
The Railroad Monopoly
Character:Tom Larnigan
Release Date:15/01/1916
Grinding Life Down
Character:Tom Larnigan
Release Date:08/01/1916
The Power of the People
Character:Tom Larnigan
Release Date:01/01/1916
Graft
Character:Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12)
Release Date:11/12/1915
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
Character:Miles Rand
Release Date:27/09/1915
Just Jim
Character:Jim
Release Date:16/08/1915
As It Happened
Character:The New Foreman
Release Date:12/07/1915
Old Offenders
Character:Norris
Release Date:10/07/1915
Her Convert
Character:The Converted Cracksman
Release Date:24/06/1915
The Way Out
Character:The Bandit
Release Date:19/06/1915
Her Dormant Love
Character:Dandy Dick - The Fugitive
Release Date:04/06/1915
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
Character:Crook
Release Date:29/05/1915
The Canceled Mortgage
Character:1st Road Agent
Release Date:17/05/1915
A Day's Adventure
Character:Hogan - Leader of the Crooks
Release Date:08/05/1915
A Double Winning
Character:2nd Sportsman
Release Date:01/05/1915
The Gambler's I.O.U.
Character:Dave Dawson
Release Date:12/04/1915
The Miser's Legacy
Character:Jackson - The Crook
Release Date:09/04/1915
The Sheriff's Dilemma
Character:The Sheriff
Release Date:02/04/1915
The Love Transcendent
Character:The Prospector
Release Date:25/03/1915
His Desperate Deed
Character:Burleigh
Release Date:18/03/1915
The Heart of a Bandit
Character:Texas Pete - the Bandit
Release Date:22/02/1915
McVeagh of the South Seas
Character:Cyril Bruce McVeagh
Release Date:02/11/1914
The Master Cracksman
Character:Gentleman Joe, the Cracksman
Release Date:10/06/1914
Brute Force
Character:In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)
Release Date:24/04/1914
Her Hand
Character:Ivan
Release Date:12/03/1914
Judith of Bethulia
Character:Assyrian Traitor
Release Date:08/03/1914
Her Father's Silent Partner
Character:
Release Date:23/02/1914
A Nest Unfeathered
Character:The Foreman
Release Date:14/02/1914
His Fireman's Conscience
Character:Engineer Daily
Release Date:26/01/1914
Waifs
Character:
Release Date:17/01/1914
Concentration
Character:First Son
Release Date:12/01/1914
The Abandoned Well
Character:The Adopted Son
Release Date:27/12/1913
For Her Government
Character:
Release Date:22/12/1913
All for Science
Character:The Young Man
Release Date:24/11/1913
The Detective's Stratagem
Character:Keene, the Detective
Release Date:20/11/1913
The Stopped Clock
Character:The Detective
Release Date:01/11/1913
Madonna of the Storm
Character:
Release Date:25/10/1913
The Van Nostrand Tiara
Character:Society Detective
Release Date:20/10/1913
A Tender-Hearted Crook
Character:The Thief
Release Date:02/10/1913
The Law and His Son
Character:Manning
Release Date:22/09/1913
The Stolen Treaty
Character:The Detective
Release Date:13/09/1913
A Modest Hero
Character:
Release Date:08/09/1913
The Strong Man's Burden
Character:Bob - the Younger Brother
Release Date:05/09/1913
Black and White
Character:
Release Date:27/08/1913
The Crook and the Girl
Character:The Crook
Release Date:25/08/1913
The Work Habit
Character:The Son-in-Law
Release Date:21/08/1913
Under the Shadow of the Law
Character:The Convict
Release Date:07/08/1913
When Love Forgives
Character:Second Criminal
Release Date:02/08/1913
I Was Meant for You
Character:Luke
Release Date:01/08/1913
The Vengeance of Galora
Character:A Prospector
Release Date:28/07/1913
A Misappropriated Turkey
Character:The Bartender
Release Date:27/07/1913
The Mirror
Character:First Tramp
Release Date:24/07/1913
A Gambler's Honor
Character:The Gambler
Release Date:14/07/1913
A Gamble with Death
Character:The Cowpuncher
Release Date:30/06/1913
In Diplomatic Circles
Character:The Butler
Release Date:26/06/1913
The Switchtower
Character:
Release Date:15/06/1913
The Well
Character:Giuseppe, the Farmhand
Release Date:12/06/1913
The Enemy's Baby
Character:Miller
Release Date:10/06/1913
Red Hicks Defies the World
Character:In Crowd (uncredited)
Release Date:09/06/1913
The Sorrowful Shore
Character:The Widowed Father
Release Date:05/06/1913
The Ranchero's Revenge
Character:The Schemer
Release Date:02/06/1913
A Dangerous Foe
Character:The 'Bull'
Release Date:29/05/1913
Olaf—An Atom
Character:Olaf, an Atom
Release Date:19/05/1913
The Stolen Loaf
Character:The Butler
Release Date:10/05/1913
The Tenderfoot's Money
Character:The Gambler
Release Date:05/05/1913
If We Only Knew
Character:The Sailor
Release Date:01/05/1913
The Left-Handed Man
Character:The Left-Handed Thief
Release Date:21/04/1913
A Frightful Blunder
Character:The Superintendent
Release Date:17/04/1913
The Stolen Bride
Character:The Husband
Release Date:07/04/1913
The Hero of Little Italy
Character:Tony
Release Date:03/04/1913
The Sheriff's Baby
Character:Second Bandit
Release Date:29/03/1913
Near To Earth
Character:
Release Date:20/03/1913
The Unwelcome Guest
Character:The Sheriff
Release Date:15/03/1913
Broken Ways
Character:The Sheriff
Release Date:08/03/1913
The Wrong Bottle
Character:
Release Date:06/03/1913
Love in an Apartment Hotel
Character:The Thief
Release Date:27/02/1913
A Chance Deception
Character:Raffles
Release Date:24/02/1913
Oil and Water
Character:The Stage Manager / At Dinner
Release Date:10/02/1913
Brothers
Character:The Mother's Favorite Son
Release Date:03/02/1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
Character:Third Thief
Release Date:16/01/1913
Pirate Gold
Character:
Release Date:13/01/1913
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
Character:The Thief
Release Date:06/01/1913
A Cry for Help
Character:The Thief
Release Date:23/12/1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Character:Older Crook
Release Date:16/12/1912
My Hero
Character:Indian
Release Date:12/12/1912
Brutality
Character:At Theatre
Release Date:02/12/1912
The Informer
Character:The Confederate Corporal
Release Date:21/11/1912
Heredity
Character:The White Renegade Father
Release Date:04/11/1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Character:Snapper's Sidekick
Release Date:31/10/1912
The Painted Lady
Character:At Ice Cream Festival
Release Date:24/10/1912
The One She Loved
Character:The Neighbor's Friend
Release Date:21/10/1912
In the Aisles of the Wild
Character:Bob Cole
Release Date:14/10/1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
Character:2nd Clan Member
Release Date:03/10/1912
So Near, Yet So Far
Character:A Thief
Release Date:29/09/1912
Friends
Character:Bob Kyne - the Prospector
Release Date:22/09/1912
Two Daughters of Eve
Character:In Audience
Release Date:19/09/1912
An Unseen Enemy
Character:The Safecracker
Release Date:09/09/1912
Bill Sharkey's Last Game
Character:
Release Date:24/05/1910
Gentleman Joe
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1910
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