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Leonard Carey

Acting

Born February 25, 1887 · London, England, UK

Died September 11, 1977

Biography

Leonard Carey (25 February 1887 – 11 September 1977) was an English character actor who very often played butlers in Hollywood films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was also active in television during the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his role as the beach hermit, Ben, in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940).

Filmography34 titles

Strangers on a Train

1951as Anthonys' Butler (uncredited)

Gaslight

1944as Guide (uncredited)

Working Girls

1931as Boyd's Butler (uncredited)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931as Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)

Mrs. Miniver

1942as Chandler (uncredited)

Suspicion

1941as The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)

That Hamilton Woman

1941as Orderly (uncredited)

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939as Hugo's Servant (uncredited)

Shanghai Express

1932as Carey (uncredited)

While the City Sleeps

1956as Walter's Butler (uncredited)

Ministry of Fear

1944as Porter (uncredited)

Heaven Can Wait

1943as Flogdell (uncredited)

This Above All

1942as Policeman with Rector

Angel

1937

Wife vs. Secretary

1936as Taggart (uncredited)

Adventures of Superman

1952

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

1939as Jameson

Bombshell

1933as Winters

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932as Prentice's Butler (uncredited)

Telephone Time

The King's Thief

1955as Servant (uncredited)

Tomorrow Is Forever

1946as Hamilton Employee

Raffles

1939as Bingham's Secretary

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1952as Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937as Ames

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

1938as Butler Phillips

Thunder in the East

1952as Dr. Paling

The Invisible Man's Revenge

1944as The Police Constable (uncredited)

Beauty for the Asking

1939as Peters (uncredited)

Hitting a New High

1937as Jervons

The Crash

1932as Fair's Butler

Our Little Girl

1935as Brent's Butler

Laughter

1930as Benham, Gibson's Butler

Smarty

1934as Tilford - Tony's Butler