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Macdonald Carey

Acting

Born March 15, 1913 · Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Died March 21, 1994

Also known as Mac Donald Carey · Edward Macdonald Carey

Biography

Edward Macdonald Carey (March 15, 1913 – March 21, 1994) was an American actor, best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera Days of our Lives. For almost three decades, he was the show's central cast member.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography31 titles

Bewitched

1964

The Outer Limits

1963as Roy Benjamin

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as John Mitchell

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Professor

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Dr. Lynch

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Shadow of a Doubt

1943as Jack Graham

Roots

1977as Squire James

Rawhide

1959as Brother Bent

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977

Police Story

1973

McMillan & Wife

1971as Dr. Gunther

Daniel Boone

1964as Henry Pitcairn

Stranger at My Door

1956as Hollis Jarret

The Great Missouri Raid

1951as Jesse James

Thriller

1960as Hector Vane

Lux Video Theatre

as Dan Shelvin

The Damned

1962as Simon Wells

American Gigolo

1980as Hollywood Actor

Days of Our Lives

1965as Tom Horton

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Fred Gaily

The Lawless

1950as Larry Wilder

Let's Make It Legal

1951as Hugh Halsworth

Copper Canyon

1950as Deputy Lane Travis

The Miracle on 34th Street

1955as Fred Gaily

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

1987as Judge Watson

Cave of Outlaws

1951as Pete Carver

Bride of Vengeance

1949as Cesare Borgia

Stranger in Our House

1979as Professor Jarvis

Comanche Territory

1950as James Bowie

End of the World

1977as John Davis