Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carey Wilson (May 19, 1889 – February 1, 1962) was an American screenwriter, voice actor and producer. Wilson's screenplays include Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and The Great Heart (1938). His credits as producer include Green Dolphin Street (1947). He also narrated many nuclear test films, produced by the Atomic Energy Commission (now Department of Energy) and by the Department of Defence, including Operation Sandstone of 1948 and Operation Greenhouse of 1951. He was one of the thirty-six Hollywood pioneers who founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. He collaborated with Jean Harlow on her novel Today is Tonight. For his contribution in films, Wilson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6301 Hollywood Blvd.
Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1936 · nominated
Filmography19 titles
He Who Gets Slapped
Mutiny on the Bounty
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Scaramouche
Westward the Women
Sadie McKee
Faithless
Lilac Time
The Red Danube
Conquest
Green Dolphin Street
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy and Son
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
You're Only Young Once
What! No Beer?
Fast Workers
Behind Office Doors