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Harry Carey (1878–1947)

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Harry Carey, the silent film star and later B-movie cowboy and A-list character actor, was like Clint Eastwood's "Bronco Billy," a self-made Westerner. Born on January 16, 1878 in The Bronx, New York, Henry DeWitt Carey II was the son of a prominent lawyer who was the president of a sewing machine company... See full bio »

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Henry DeWitt Carey II
in The Bronx, New York, USA

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(age 69) in Brentwood, California, USA
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1948 So Dear to My Heart
Head Judge at County Fair
 
1948 Red River
Mr. Melville (as Harry Carey Sr.)
 
1947 The Sea of Grass
Doc J. Reid
 
1947 Angel and the Badman
Wistful McClintock
 
1946 Duel in the Sun
Lem Smoot
 
1945 China's Little Devils
Doc Temple
 
1944 The Great Moment
Professor John C. Warren
 
1943 Happy Land
Gramp
 
1943 Air Force
Crew Chief
 
1942 The Spoilers
Al Dextry
 
1941 Among the Living
Dr. Ben Saunders
 
1941 Sundown
Dewey
 
1941 Parachute Battalion
MSgt. Bill 'Thunderhead' Richards
 
1941 The Shepherd of the Hills
Daniel Howitt
 
1940 They Knew What They Wanted
The doctor
 
1940 Beyond Christmas
George Vale Melton
 
1940 Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Captain Bailey
 
1939 My Son Is Guilty
Police Officer Tim Kerry
 
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
President of the Senate - Henry
 
1939 Inside Information
Captain Bill Dugan
 
1939 Street of Missing Men
Charles Putnam
 
1939 Code of the Streets
Detective Lieutenant John Lewis
 
1939 Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
P. G. 'Pinky' Delano
 
1938 The Law West of Tombstone
William 'Bill' Barker
 
1938 King of Alcatraz
Captain Glennan
 
1938 Gateway
Commissioner Nelson
 
1938 Sky Giant
Col. Cornelius Stockton
 
1938 You and Me
Jerome Morris
 
1938 Port of Missing Girls
Captain Josiah Storm
 
1937 Danger Patrol
Sam 'Easy' Street
 
1937 Annapolis Salute
Chief Martin
 
1937 Souls at Sea
Captain of the William Brown
 
1937 Born Reckless
Dad Martin
 
1937 Border Cafe
Tex Stevens
 
1937 Kid Galahad
Silver Jackson
 
1937 All Scarlet
Tom Martin
 
1936 The Accusing Finger
Sen. Nash
 
1936 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Phil Yonne
 
1936 Aces Wild
Cheyenne Harry Morgan
 
1936 The Last Outlaw
Dean Payton
 
1936 Little Miss Nobody
John Russell
 
1936 Sutter's Gold
Kit Carson
 
1936 Ghost Town
Cheyenne Harry Morgan
 
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island
Commandant of Fort Jefferson
 
1935 Last of the Clintons
Trigger Carson
 
1935 Wild Mustang
Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton
 
1935 Barbary Coast
Jed Slocum
 
1935 Powdersmoke Range
Tucson Smith
 
1935 Rustler's Paradise
Cheyenne Kincaid
 
1935 Wagon Trail
Sheriff Clay Hartley
 
1933 Man of the Forest
Jim Gayner
 
1933 Sunset Pass
John Hesbitt
 
1933 The Thundering Herd
Clark Spraque, Hide Dealer
 
1932 The Devil Horse
Bob Norton, aka Roberts
 
1932 The Night Rider
John Brown/Jim Blake
 
1932 The Last of the Mohicans
Hawkeye
 
1932 Border Devils
Jim Gray
 
1932 Law and Order
Ed Brandt
 
1932 Without Honor
Pete Marlan
 
1931 Cavalier of the West
Captain John Allister
 
1931 Bad Company
McBaine
 
1931 The Vanishing Legion
'Happy' Cardigan
 
1931 Trader Horn
Aloysius 'Trader' Horn
 
1928 The Border Patrol
Bill Storm
 
1928 Burning Bridges
Jim Whitely/Bob Whitely
 
1928 The Trail of '98
Jack Locasto
 
1927 Slide, Kelly, Slide
Tom Munson
 
1927 Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
 
1927 A Little Journey
Alexander Smith
 
1926 Satan Town
Bill Scott
 
1926 The Frontier Trail
Jim Cardigan
 
1926 The Seventh Bandit
David Scanlon
 
1926 Driftin' Thru
Daniel Brown
 
1925 The Man from Red Gulch
Alexander Morton aka Sandy
 
1925 The Prairie Pirate
Brian Delaney aka The Yellow Seal
 
1925 The Bad Lands
Patrick Angus O'Toole
 
1925 The Texas Trail
Pete Grainger
 
1925 Silent Sanderson
Joel Parsons/Silent Sanderson
 
1925 Beyond the Border
Bob Smith
 
1925 Soft Shoes
Pat Halahan
 
1924 The Flaming Forties
Bill Jones
 
1924 Roaring Rails
Big Bill Benson
 
1924 Tiger Thompson
Tiger Thompson
 
1924 The Lightning Rider
Phlip Morgan
 
1924 The Night Hawk
'The Hawk'
 
1924 The Man from Texas
 
1923 The Miracle Baby
Neil Allison
 
1923 Desert Driven
Bob
 
1923 Crashin' Thru
Blake
 
1923 Canyon of the Fools
Bob
 
1922 Good Men and True
J. Wesley Pringle
 
1922 The Kickback
White Horse Harry
 
1922 Man to Man
Steve Packard
 
1921/I The Fox
Ol' Santa Fe
 
1921 Desperate Trails
Bart Carson
 
1921 The Wallop
John Wesley Pringle
 
1921 The Freeze-Out
Ohio, the Stranger
 
1921 Hearts Up
David Brent
 
1920 West Is West
Dick Rainboldt
 
1920 Sundown Slim
Sundown Slim
 
1920 Blue Streak McCoy
Job McCoy
 
1920 Human Stuff
James 'Jim' Pierce
 
1920 Bullet Proof
Pierre Winton
 
1920 Overland Red
Overland Red
 
1920 'If Only' Jim
Jim Golden
 
1919 Marked Men
Cheyenne Harry
 
1919 A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
Cheyenne Harry
 
1919 Rider of the Law
Jim Kyneton
 
1919 Ace of the Saddle
Cheyenne Harry Henderson
 
1919 The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Sqaure Shootin' Harry Lanyon/John Oakhurst
 
1919 Riders of Vengeance
Cheyenne Harry
 
1919 Bare Fists
Cheyenne Harry
 
1919 A Fight for Love
Cheyenne Harry
 
1919 Roped
Cheyenne Harry
 
1918 Three Mounted Men
Cheyenne Harry
 
1918 A Woman's Fool
Lin McLean
 
1918 Hell Bent
Cheyenne Harry
 
1918 The Scarlet Drop
'Kaintuck' Harry Ridge
 
1918 Thieves' Gold
Cheyenne Harry
 
1918 Wild Women
Cheyenne Harry
 
1918 The Phantom Riders
Cheyenne Harry
 
1917 Bucking Broadway
Cheyenne Harry
 
1917 A Marked Man
Cheyenne Harry
 
1917 The Secret Man
Cheyenne Harry
 
1917 The Texas Sphinx (short)
 
1917 Straight Shooting
Cheyenne Harry
 
1917 Cheyenne's Pal (short)
Cheyenne Harry
 
1917 The Soul Herder (short)
Cheyenne Harry
 
1917 Six-Shooter Justice (short)
 
1917 The Wrong Man (short)
 
1917 The Golden Bullet (short)
Jack
 
1917 The Mysterious Outlaw (short)
Buck Lessen
 
1917 The Almost Good Man (short)
 
1917 A 44-Calibre Mystery (short)
 
1917 The Honor of an Outlaw (short)
 
1917 Hair-Trigger Burke (short)
 
1917 The Fighting Gringo
William 'Red' Saunders
 
1917 Goin' Straight (short)
 
1917 The Drifter (short)
Cheyenne Harry
 
1917 The Outlaw and the Lady (short)
 
1917 The Bad Man of Cheyenne (short)
 
1917 Blood Money (short)
 
1916 Guilty (short)
 
1916 The Conspiracy (short)
 
1916 Behind the Lines
Dr. Ralph Hamlin
 
1916 The Devil's Own (short)
 
1916 A Woman's Eyes (short)
 
1916 Love's Lariat
Sky High
 
1916 For the Love of a Girl (short)
 
1916 The Committee on Credentials (short)
 
1916 The Jackals of a Great City (short)
 
1916 The Three Godfathers
Bob Sangster
 
1916 The Wedding Guest (short)
 
1916 The Passing of Hell's Crown (short)
 
1916 The Night Riders (short)
 
1916 A Knight of the Range
Cheyenne Harry
 
1916 Secret Love
Fergus Derrick
 
1915 Graft
Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12)
 
1915 Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
Miles Rand
 
1915 Just Jim
Jim (as Harry D. Carey)
 
1915 As It Happened (short)
The new foreman
 
1915 Old Offenders (short)
Norris
 
1915 Her Convert (short)
The Converted Cracksman
 
1915 The Way Out (short)
The Bandit
 
1915 Her Dormant Love (short)
Dandy Dick - The Fugitive
 
1915 Truth Stranger Than Fiction (short)
Crook
 
1915 The Canceled Mortgage (short)
1st Road Agent
 
1915 A Day's Adventure (short)
Hogan - Leader of the Crooks
 
1915 A Double Winning (short)
Sportsman
 
1915 The Gambler's I.O.U. (short)
Dave Dawson
 
1915 The Miser's Legacy (short)
Jackson - The Crook
 
1915 The Sheriff's Dilemma (short)
The Sheriff
 
1915 Perils of the Jungle (short)
 
1915 The Love Transcendent (short)
The prospector
 
1915 His Desperate Deed (short)
Burleigh
 
1915 The Heart of a Bandit (short)
The bandit
 
1914 McVeagh of the South Seas
Cyril Bruce McVeagh
 
1914 The Master Cracksman
Gentleman Joe, the Cracksman
 
1914 The Primitive Man (short)
In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days)
 
1914 Judith of Bethulia
Assyrian Traitor
 
1914 Her Father's Silent Partner (short)
 
1914 A Nest Unfeathered (short)
 
1913 The Abandoned Well (short)
 
1913 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (short)
 
1913 All for Science (short)
The Young Man
 
1913 The Detective's Stratagem (short)
Keene, the Detective
 
1913 The Stopped Clock (short)
The Detective
 
1913 Madonna of the Storm (short)
 
1913 The Van Nostrand Tiara (short)
Society Detective
 
1913 A Tender-Hearted Crook (short)
The Thief
 
1913 The Law and His Son (short)
Manning
 
1913 The Stolen Treaty (short)
The Detective
 
1913 A Modest Hero (short)
 
1913 The Strong Man's Burden (short)
Bob
 
1913/I Black and White (short)
 
1913 The Crook and the Girl (short)
The Crook
 
1913 Two Men of the Desert (short)
 
1913 I Was Meant for You (short)
Luke
 
1913 Under the Shadow of the Law (short)
The Convict
 
1913 When Love Forgives (short)
Second Criminal
 
1913 The Vengeance of Galora (short)
A Prospector
 
1913 The Mirror (short)
First Tramp
 
1913 A Gambler's Honor (short)
The Gambler
 
1913 The Mistake (short)
 
1913 The Enemy's Baby (short)
Miller
 
1913 The Sorrowful Shore (short)
The Widowed Father
 
1913 A Gamble with Death (short)
The Cowpuncher
 
1913 In Diplomatic Circles (short)
The Butler
 
1913 The Switch Tower (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 The Well (short)
Giuseppe, the Farmhand
 
1913 Red Hicks Defies the World (short)
In Crowd
 
1913 The Ranchero's Revenge (short)
The Schemer
 
1913 A Dangerous Foe (short)
The 'Bull'
 
1913 Olaf-An Atom (short)
Olaf, an Atom
 
1913 The Stolen Loaf (short)
The Butler
 
1913 The Tenderfoot's Money (short)
The Gambler
 
1913/II The Wanderer (short)
A Soldier (unconfirmed)
 
1913 If We Only Knew (short)
The Sailor
 
1913 The Left-Handed Man (short)
The Thief
 
1913 A Frightful Blunder (short)
The Superintendent
 
1913 The Stolen Bride (short)
The Husband
 
1913 The Hero of Little Italy (short)
Tony
 
1913 The Sheriff's Baby (short)
Second Bandit
 
1913 Near to Earth (short)
 
1913 The Unwelcome Guest (short)
The Sheriff
 
1913 A Girl's Stratagem (short)
 
1913 Broken Ways (short)
The Sheriff
 
1913 The Wrong Bottle (short)
Extra
 
1913 Love in an Apartment Hotel (short)
The Thief
 
1913 A Chance Deception (short)
Raffles
 
1913 Oil and Water (short)
Stage Manager/At Dinner
 
1913 Brothers (short)
The Mother's Favorite Son
 
1913 A Misappropriated Turkey (short)
The Bartender
 
1913 An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (short)
Third Thief
 
1913 Pirate Gold (short)
 
1913 The Telephone Girl and the Lady (short)
The Thief
 
1913 Three Friends (short)
In Saloon/In First Factory
 
1912 The God Within (short)
 
1912 A Cry for Help (short)
The Thief
 
1912 The Burglar's Dilemma (short)
Older Crook
 
1912 My Hero (short)
Indian
 
1912 Brutality (short)
At Theatre
 
1912 The Informer (short)
The Union Corporal
 
1912 Gold and Glitter (short)
Lumberman
 
1912 Heredity (short)
White Renegade Father
 
1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley (short)
Snapper's Sidekick
 
1912 The Painted Lady (short)
At Ice Cream Festival
 
1912 The One She Loved (short)
The Neighbor's Friend
 
1912 In the Aisles of the Wild (short)
Bob Cole
 
1912 A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (short)
Second Clan Member
 
1912 So Near, Yet So Far (short)
A Thief
 
1912 Friends (short)
Bob Kyne - the Prospector
 
1912 Two Daughters of Eve (short)
In Audience
 
1912 An Unseen Enemy (short)
The Thief
 
1910 Gentleman Joe
 
1909 Bill Sharkey's Last Game (short)
 
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1925 Soft Shoes (story)
 
1922 The Kickback (story)
 
1921/I The Fox (story)
 
1921 Hearts Up (story)
 
1920 Human Stuff (scenario)
 
1919 A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (story)
 
1919 Riders of Vengeance (story)
 
1919 The Gun Packer (short) (story)
 
1918 Hell Bent (story / writer)
 
1918 Wild Women (story)
 
1917 Goin' Straight (short) (story)
 
1917 The Outlaw and the Lady (short) (story)
 
1917 The Bad Man of Cheyenne (short) (story)
 
1917 Blood Money (short) (story)
 
1916 Stampede in the Night (short) (story)
 
1916 A Knight of the Range (scenario)
 
1914 McVeagh of the South Seas (as H.D. Carey / story)
 
1914 The Master Cracksman
 
1913 Under the Shadow of the Law (short) (screenplay / story)
 
1913 A Gambler's Honor (short) (screenplay / story)
 
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1920 Sundown Slim (producer)
 
1918 Wild Women (producer)
 
1918 The Phantom Riders (producer)
 
1917 Bucking Broadway (producer)
 
1916 A Woman's Eyes (short) (producer)
 
1916 Love's Lariat (producer)
 
1916 The Committee on Credentials (short) (producer)
 
1914 McVeagh of the South Seas (producer)
 
1914 The Master Cracksman (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (4 titles)
1916 Love's Lariat
 
1916 For the Love of a Girl (short)
 
1914 McVeagh of the South Seas (as H.D. Carey)
 
1914 The Master Cracksman
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1983 The Moviemakers (TV series)
– The Films of Frank Capra (uncredited)
 
1937 Lest We Forget (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (16 titles)
2006 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Cheyenne Harry [in "A Gun Fightin' Gentleman"] (uncredited)
 
1992 Legends of the American West (video documentary)
 
1992 Legends of the West (documentary)
Actor in 'Law and Order' (uncredited)
 
1987 The West That Never Was (TV documentary)
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Elderly Hero (uncredited)
 
1971 Directed by John Ford (documentary)
 
1955 Film Fun (short)
Himself
 
1954 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1945 Flicker Flashbacks No. 3, Series 2 (short)
(uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1933 March of the Movies
Himself, film clip (uncredited)
 
1931 The Movie Album (documentary short)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Harry Carey Sr. | H.D. Carey | Harry D. Carey

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Both Harry and his son Harry Carey Jr. were honored with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Golden Boot Award from the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation. See more »

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