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Harry Carey

Acting

Born January 16, 1878 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died September 21, 1947

Also known as Henry DeWitt Carey II · H.D. Carey · Harry D. Carey

Biography

Henry DeWitt Carey II 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.

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1940 · nominated

Filmography35 titles

Wild Mustang

1935as Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton

The Prairie Pirate

1925as Brian 'The Yellow Seal' Delaney

The Vanishing Legion

1931as 'Happy' Cardigan

Aces Wild

1936as Cheyenne Harry Morgan

The Night Rider

1932as John Brown / Jim Blake

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939as President of the Senate

Red River

1948as Mr. Melville

Kid Galahad

1937as Silver Jackson

The Last of the Clintons

1935as Trigger Carson

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936as Commandant

3 Godfathers

1948In Memory Of

The Last of the Mohicans

1932as Hawkeye

So Dear to My Heart

1948as Head Judge at County Fair

The Shepherd of the Hills

1941as Daniel Howitt

You and Me

1938as Mr. Morris

Air Force

1943as Crew Chief

Angel and the Badman

1947as Marshal Wistful McClintock

Barbary Coast

1935as Jed Slocum

Man of the Forest

1933as Jim Gayner

The Spoilers

1942as Dextry

The Sea of Grass

1947as Doc J. Reid

Beyond Tomorrow

1940as George Vale Melton

The Trail of '98

1928as Jack Locasto

Straight Shooting

1917as "Cheyenne" Harry

Border Devils

1932as Jim Gray

The Devil Horse

1932as Bob Norton / Roberts

Sundown

1941as Dewey

Hell Bent

1918as Cheyenne Harry

Bucking Broadway

1917as Cheyenne Harry

Without Honor

1932as Pete Marlan

Cavalier of the West

1931as Captain John Allister

Law and Order

1932as Ed Brandt

Ghost Town

1936as Cheyenne Harry Morgan

Wagon Trail

1935as Sheriff Clay Hartley

Buffalo Stampede

1933as Clark Sprague