Best of 2022Top 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsMost Popular Video GamesMost Popular Music VideosMost Popular Podcasts
    Release CalendarBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersEmmysSTARmeter AwardsSan Diego Comic-ConNew York Comic-ConSundance Film FestivalToronto Int'l Film FestivalAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Macdonald Carey(1913-1994)

  • Actor
  • Soundtrack
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
Macdonald Carey in Lock Up (1959)
Days Of Our Lives: Exchanging Vows
Play Trailer1:41
Days of Our Lives (1965– )
56 Videos
99+ Photos
American film and television actor MacDonald Carey became famous for his role as Dr. Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives (1965). For three decades he was the centered cast member of the show.

His film career was from the 1940s-'60s, and he appeared mostly in second-features (aka "B" pictures). He became known in Hollywood as "The King of the B's" (much like Lucille Ball, who was known as the "Queen of Bs"). He occasionally played second leads or supporting parts in "A" pictures, such as his role as a detective investigating suspected serial killer Joseph Cotten in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Shadow of a Doubt (1943). He also had a successful career on Broadway and on radio.

He was on "Days of Our Lives" from its inception in 1965 until his death in 1994.
BornMarch 15, 1913
DiedMarch 21, 1994(81)
BornMarch 15, 1913
DiedMarch 21, 1994(81)
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
  • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys

Photos101

Macdonald Carey in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Macdonald Carey in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Macdonald Carey in Lock Up (1959)
Alan Ladd, Macdonald Carey, Betty Field, and Ruth Hussey in The Great Gatsby (1949)
Macdonald Carey and Monica Lewis in Excuse My Dust (1951)
Sandra Dee, Peter Fonda, and Macdonald Carey in Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
Paulette Goddard and Macdonald Carey in Hazard (1948)
Macdonald Carey in Dream Girl (1948)
Betty Grable and Macdonald Carey in Meet Me After the Show (1951)
Eddie Albert and Macdonald Carey in Meet Me After the Show (1951)
Macdonald Carey, Wanda Hendrix, Andrea King, and Gordon Richards in Song of Surrender (1949)
Macdonald Carey and Wanda Hendrix in Song of Surrender (1949)

Known for

Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, and Teresa Wright in Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shadow of a Doubt
7.8
  • Jack Graham
  • 1943
Days of Our Lives (1965)
Days of Our Lives
5.2
TV Series
  • Dr. Tom Horton
  • Tom Horton
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
Let's Make It Legal
6.1
  • Hugh Halsworth
  • 1951
Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Fred MacMurray, and Arleen Whelan in Suddenly It's Spring (1947)
Suddenly It's Spring
6.4
  • Jack Lindsay
  • 1947

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actor

  • Days of Our Lives (1965)
    Days of Our Lives
  • Molly Orr and Lindsay Wagner in A Message from Holly (1992)
    A Message from Holly
  • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    Murder, She Wrote
  • It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
    It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
  • Pamela Bellwood, Anthony Franciosa, and Christopher Norris in Finder of Lost Loves (1984)
    Finder of Lost Loves
  • Access Code (1984)
    Access Code
  • Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)
    Fantasy Island
  • Condominium (1980)
    Condominium
    • (as MacDonald Carey)
  • Pam Dawber and Robert Hays in The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980)
    The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
  • Wayne Rogers in Top of the Hill (1980)
    Top of the Hill
  • Richard Gere in American Gigolo (1980)
    American Gigolo
    • (as MacDonald Carey)
  • Gil Gerard and Erin Gray in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  • The Rebels (1979)
    The Rebels
  • Shaun Cassidy, Pamela Sue Martin, and Parker Stevenson in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
    The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  • Stranger in Our House (1978)
    Stranger in Our House

Soundtrack

  • Fess Parker in Daniel Boone (1964)
    Daniel Boone
    • ("Whiskey In The Jar", uncredited)
  • Odongo (1956)
    Odongo
    • ("I'm Alive", uncredited)
  • Eddie Albert, Betty Grable, and Macdonald Carey in Meet Me After the Show (1951)
    Meet Me After the Show
    • ("(Ev'ry Day Is Like) A Day in Maytime")
  • Excuse My Dust (1951)
    Excuse My Dust
    • ("I'd Like to Take You Out Dreaming", "Goin' Steady", "Get a Horse")

IMDb Best of 2022

IMDb Best of 2022

Discover the stars who skyrocketed on IMDb’s STARmeter chart this year, and explore more of the Best of 2022; including top trailers, posters, and photos.
See more
Image caption not available

Videos56

Trailer
Trailer 3:02
Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:45
Official Trailer
Copper Canyon
Trailer 2:25
Copper Canyon
These Are the Damned
Trailer 2:43
These Are the Damned
Shadow of a Doubt
Trailer 1:23
Shadow of a Doubt
Lets Make It Legal
Trailer 1:58
Lets Make It Legal
Days Of Our Lives: Exchanging Vows
Trailer 1:41
Days Of Our Lives: Exchanging Vows
Days Of Our Lives: Season 52
Trailer 1:41
Days Of Our Lives: Season 52
Days Of Our Lives: Lighting Candles
Trailer 0:49
Days Of Our Lives: Lighting Candles
Days Of Our Lives: Deidre Hall & Martha Madison
Trailer 0:41
Days Of Our Lives: Deidre Hall & Martha Madison
Days Of Our Lives: Thaao Penghlis & Lauren Koslow
Trailer 2:05
Days Of Our Lives: Thaao Penghlis & Lauren Koslow
Days Of Our Lives: Galen Gering & Kristian Alfonso
Trailer 0:39
Days Of Our Lives: Galen Gering & Kristian Alfonso

Personal details

Edit
    • March 15, 1913
    • Sioux City, Iowa, USA
    • March 21, 1994
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(lung cancer)
    • May 9, 1941 - September 18, 1969 (divorced, 6 children)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared in "The Best of Friends", Cherry County Playhouse, Muskegon, MI.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Article
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    Besides playing the character of Dr. Tom Horton for close to 30 years on Days of Our Lives (1965), he is known for the famous voice-over at the beginning of the show. Even after he left the show and then passed away in 1994, the voice-over stayed as a tribute.
  • Quotes
    I'm an actor who likes to work and what's the difference whether it's in the daytime or at night.

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Interest-Based Ads
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2022 by IMDb.com, Inc.