Harry Carey
Known for: Acting
Henry DeWitt Carey II (January 16, 1878 - September 21, 1947) 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. Born in New York City to a Judge of Special Sessions who was also president of a sewing machine company. Grew up on City Island, New York. Attended Hamilton Military Academy and turned down an appointment to West Point to attend New York University, where his law school classmates included future New York City mayor James J. Walker. After a boating accident which led to pneumonia, Carey wrote a play while recuperating and toured the country in it for three years, earning a great deal of money, all of which evaporated after his next play was a failure. In 1911, his friend Henry B. Walthall introduced him to director D.W. Griffith, for whom Carey was to make many films. Carey married twice, the second time to actress Olive Fuller Golden (aka Olive Carey, who introduced him to future director John Ford. Carey influenced Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle to use Ford as a director, and a partnership was born that lasted until a rift in the friendship in 1921. During this time, Carey grew into one of the most popular Western stars of the early motion picture, occasionally writing and directing films as well. In the '30s he moved slowly into character roles and was nominated for an Oscar for one of them, the President of the Senate in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). He worked once more with Ford, in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936), and appeared once with his son, Harry Carey Jr., in Howard Hawks' Red River (1948). He died after a protracted bout with emphysema and cancer. Ford dedicated his remake of 3 Godfathers (1948) "To Harry Carey--Bright Star Of The Early Western Sky."
Filmography
Film
Duel in the Sun
Lem Smoot
1946
Film
Red River
Mr. Melville
1948
Film
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
President of the Senate
1939
Film
So Dear to My Heart
Head Judge at County Fair
1948
Film
Angel and the Badman
Marshal Wistful McClintock
1947
Film
Kid Galahad
Silver Jackson
1937
Film
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Commandant
1936
Film
The Spoilers
Dextry
1942
Film
Air Force
Crew Chief
1943
Film
The Sea of Grass
Doc J. Reid
1947
Film
The Shepherd of the Hills
Daniel Howitt
1941
Film
Bare Fists
Cheyenne Harry
1919
Film
Directed by John Ford
(archive footage)
1971
Film
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Snapper's Sidekick
1912
Film
Buffalo Stampede
Clark Sprague
1933
Film
You and Me
Mr. Morris
1938
Film
Barbary Coast
Jed Slocum
1935
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
Souls at Sea
Captain of the William Brown
1937
Film
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
1939
Film
Legends of the West
Ed Brandt in 'Law and Order' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Film
Desert Driven
Bob
1923
Film
Happy Land
Edward "Gramp" Marsh
1943
Film
Sutter's Gold
Kit Carson
1936
Film
Little Miss Nobody
John Russell
1936
Film
The Kickback
White Horse Harry
1922
Film Fun
(archive footage)
1955
Film
Hearts Up
David Brent
1921
Film
Sundown
Dewey
1941
Film
Trader Horn
Aloysius "Trader" Horn
1931
Film
Beyond Tomorrow
George Vale Melton
1940
Film
Hell Bent
Cheyenne Harry
1918
Film
Sundown Slim
Sundown Slim
1920
Film
Annapolis Salute
Chief Martin
1937
Film
Gateway
Commissioner Nelson
1938
Film
Racing Lady
Tom Martin
1937
Film
Border Cafe
Tex Stevens
1937
Film
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Captain Bailey
1940
Film
The Accusing Finger
Sen. Nash
1936
Film
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
(archive footage)
2000
Her Convert
The Converted Cracksman
1915
Film
The Great Moment
Professor John C. Warren
1944
Film
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Phil Yonne
1936
Film
An Unseen Enemy
The Safecracker
1912
Film
So Near, Yet So Far
A Thief
1912
Film
The Devil Horse
Bob Norton / Roberts
1932
Film
Among the Living
Dr. Ben Saunders
1941
Film
Powdersmoke Range
Tucson Smith
1935
Film
The Last Outlaw
Dean Payton
1936
Film
Roaring Rails
Big Bill Benson
1924
Film
Judith of Bethulia
Assyrian Traitor
1914
Film
Law and Order
Ed Brandt
1932
Film
Inside Information
Captain Bill Dugan
1939
Film
Man of the Forest
Jim Gayner
1933
Film
Bad Company
McBaine
1931
Film
The Movie Album
(archive footage)
1932
Film
Without Honor
Pete Marlan
1932
Film
The Scarlet Drop
Harry Ridge
1918
Film
Tiger Thompson
Tiger Thompson
1924
Film
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Tom Munson
1927
Film
Sunset Pass
John Hesbitt
1933
The Mirror
First Tramp
1913
Film
The Ace of the Saddle
Cheyenne Harry Henderson
1919
Love in an Apartment Hotel
The Thief
1913
Film
Brutality
At Theatre
1912
Film
The Night Rider
John Brown / Jim Blake
1932
Film
The Trail of '98
Jack Locasto
1928
Film
King of Alcatraz
Captain Glennan
1938
Film
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
2nd Clan Member
1912
Old Offenders
Norris
1915
Film
The Last of the Clintons
Trigger Carson
1935
Film
Thieves' Gold
Cheyenne Harry
1918
Film
They Knew What They Wanted
The Doctor
1940
The Crook and the Girl
The Crook
1913
Film
Sky Giant
Col. Cornelius Stockton
1938
Film
The Fox
Ol' Santa Fe
1921
Film
The Wallop
John Wesley Pringle
1921
The One She Loved
The Neighbor's Friend
1912
Film
A Woman's Fool
Lin McLean
1918
Film
The Bad Lands
Patrick Angus O'Toole
1925
Film
Danger Patrol
Sam "Easy" Street
1937
Film
Parachute Battalion
Bill Richards
1941
Film
Good Men and True
J. Wesley Pringle
1922
Film
The Lightning Rider
Phlip Morgan
1924
Film
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
Film
Bucking Broadway
Cheyenne Harry
1917
Film
The Secret Man
Cheyenne Harry
1917
Film
The Last of the Mohicans
Hawkeye
1932
A Gamble with Death
The Cowpuncher
1913
Film
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
Cheyenne Harry
1919
A Nest Unfeathered
The Foreman
1914
Film
Bullet Proof
Pierre Winton
1920
Film
The Law West of Tombstone
William 'Bill' Barker
1938
Film
Overland Red
Overland Red
1920
A Frightful Blunder
The Superintendent
1913
Film
Code of the Streets
Detective Lieutenant John Lewis
1939
Film
Ghost Town
Cheyenne Harry Morgan
1936
Film
Behind the Lines
Dr. Ralph Hamlin
1916
Film
A Cry for Help
The Thief
1912
Film
Rider of the Law
Jim Kyneton
1919
Film
Straight Shooting
"Cheyenne" Harry
1917
Film
The Prairie Pirate
Brian 'The Yellow Seal' Delaney
1925
Film
Cavalier of the West
Captain John Allister
1931
The Stopped Clock
The Detective
1913
Film
Wagon Trail
Sheriff Clay Hartley
1935
Film
China's Little Devils
Doc Temple
1945
Film
The Informer
The Confederate Corporal
1912
Film
Wild Mustang
Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton
1935
Film
The Frontier Trail
Jim Cardigan
1926
A Modest Hero
1913
Film
Marked Men
Cheyenne Harry
1919
Film
Graft
Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12)
1915
Film
Desperate Trails
Bart Carson
1921
The Wrong Bottle
1913
Red Hicks Defies the World
In Crowd (uncredited)
1913
Film
Concentration
First Son
1914
Film
Born Reckless
Dad Martin
1937
Film
West Is West
Dick Rainboldt
1920
Film
Three Mounted Men
Cheyenne Harry
1918
Film
Man to Man
Steve Packard
1922
Film
The Phantom Riders
Cheyenne Harry
1918
Film
Driftin' Thru
Daniel Brown
1926
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
Cheyenne Harry
1917
Film
A Fight For Love
Cheyenne Harry
1919
Film
Near To Earth
1913
Film
Border Devils
Jim Gray
1932
Film
Riders of Vengeance
Cheyenne Harry
1919
The Well
Giuseppe, the Farmhand
1913
Film
Soft Shoes
Pat Halahan
1925
Film
Wild Women
Cheyenne Harry
1918
Film
Roped
Cheyenne Harry
1919
Film
Canyon of the Fools
Bob
1923
Film
My Son Is Guilty
Police Officer Tim Kerry
1939
Her Hand
Ivan
1914
Pirate Gold
1913
Film
Friends
Bob Kyne - the Prospector
1912
Film
If We Only Knew
The Sailor
1913
Film
Broken Ways
The Sheriff
1913
The Mysterious Outlaw
Buck Lessen
1917
Film
Oil and Water
The Stage Manager / At Dinner
1913
My Hero
Indian
1912
I Was Meant for You
Luke
1913
Film
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
P.G. Delano
1939
The Detective's Stratagem
Keene, the Detective
1913
Film
Just Jim
Jim
1915
Film
The Film Parade
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
Film
The Night Riders
The Apache Kid
1916
Film
A Marked Man
Cheyenne Harry
1917
Film
Cheyenne's Pal
Cheyenne Harry
1917
Film
Love's Lariat
Sky High
1916
Film
Heredity
The White Renegade Father
1912
Black and White
1913
Film
Port of Missing Girls
Captain Josiah Storm
1938
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
Crook
1915
Film
The Switchtower
1913
Film
The Vanishing Legion
'Happy' Cardigan
1931
Film
Lest We Forget
Himself
1937
Film
Street of Missing Men
Charles Putnam
1939
Film
Crashin' Thru
Blake
1923
Film
Two Daughters of Eve
In Audience
1912
Film
The Strong Man's Burden
Bob - the Younger Brother
1913
Film
The Night Hawk
'The Hawk'
1924
Film
Olaf—An Atom
Olaf, an Atom
1913
Film
The Painted Lady
At Ice Cream Festival
1912
Film
The Soul Herder
Cheyenne Harry
1917
Film
The Freeze-Out
Ohio, the Stranger
1921
Film
The Committee on Credentials
Ballaret Bill
1916
The Stolen Bride
The Husband
1913
Her Dormant Love
Dandy Dick - The Fugitive
1915
In Diplomatic Circles
The Butler
1913
Film
The Texas Trail
Pete Grainger
1925
The Passing of Hell's Crown
Blaze
1916
Film
Rustler's Paradise
Cheyenne Kincaid
1935
Film
The Seventh Bandit
David Scanlon
1926
Film
Burning Bridges
Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely
1928
Under the Shadow of the Law
The Convict
1913
Hair-Trigger Burke
Hair Trigger Burke
1917
Guilty
Ramon Valentine
1916
Film
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst
1919
Film
Brute Force
In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)
1914
Film
Satan Town
Bill Scott
1926
His Desperate Deed
Burleigh
1915
A Tender-Hearted Crook
The Thief
1913
As It Happened
The New Foreman
1915
Film
The Miracle Baby
Neil Allison
1923
Film
'If Only' Jim
Jim Golden
1920
When Love Forgives
Second Criminal
1913
Film
Blue Streak McCoy
Job McCoy
1920
The Stolen Treaty
The Detective
1913
Film
The Sheriff's Baby
Second Bandit
1913
A Woman's Eyes
Tom Horn
1916
The Miser's Legacy
Jackson - The Crook
1915
Film
The Master Cracksman
Gentleman Joe, the Cracksman
1914
The Honor of an Outlaw
Cheyenne Harry
1917
A Misappropriated Turkey
The Bartender
1913
Film
The Three Godfathers
Bob Sangster
1916
Film
In the Aisles of the Wild
Bob Cole
1912
The Work Habit
The Son-in-Law
1913
Film
The Fighting Gringo
William 'Red' Saunders
1917
The Gambler's I.O.U.
Dave Dawson
1915
Six-Shooter Justice
Cheyenne Harry
1917
A Chance Deception
Raffles
1913
Film
The Flaming Forties
Bill Jones
1924
America Saved from War
Tom Larnigan
1916
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
Third Thief
1913
His Fireman's Conscience
Engineer Daily
1914
Madonna of the Storm
1913
Film
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
The Thief
1913
Waifs
1914
Film
The Unwelcome Guest
The Sheriff
1913
Film
The Border Patrol
Bill Storm
1928
Film
The Canceled Mortgage
1st Road Agent
1915
The Enemy's Baby
Miller
1913
Film
The Man from Red Gulch
Alexander 'Sandy' Morton
1925
Film
McVeagh of the South Seas
Cyril Bruce McVeagh
1914
The Law and His Son
Manning
1913
The Railroad Monopoly
Tom Larnigan
1916
Blood Money
Cheyenne Harry
1917
The Abandoned Well
The Adopted Son
1913
Film
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Older Crook
1912
The Devil's Own
Shifty
1916
The Stolen Loaf
The Butler
1913
The Wedding Guest
The Squarest Sheriff Alive
1916
The Harbor Transportation Trust
Tom Larnigan
1916
Secret Love
Fergus Derrick
1916
The Van Nostrand Tiara
Society Detective
1913
The Sorrowful Shore
The Widowed Father
1913
The Way Out
The Bandit
1915
The Conspiracy
Dick Olney
1916
The Hero of Little Italy
Tony
1913
The Power of the People
Tom Larnigan
1916
A Double Winning
2nd Sportsman
1915
Gentleman Joe
1910
Film
Aces Wild
Cheyenne Harry Morgan
1936
Old King Coal
Tom Larnigan
1916
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
Miles Rand
1915
The Wrong Man
Jack Wilson
1917
Bill Sharkey's Last Game
1910
Film
Human Stuff
James 'Jim' Pierce
1920
Film
The Outlaw and the Lady
Cheyenne Harry
1917
All for Science
The Young Man
1913
The Sheriff's Dilemma
The Sheriff
1915
Grinding Life Down
Tom Larnigan
1916
The Love Transcendent
The Prospector
1915
A Gambler's Honor
The Gambler
1913
For the Love of a Girl
Black La Rue
1916
Film
Silent Sanderson
Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson
1925
The Left-Handed Man
The Left-Handed Thief
1913
A Dangerous Foe
The 'Bull'
1913
Brothers
The Mother's Favorite Son
1913
The Insurance Swindlers
Tom Larnigan
1916
Film
A Knight of the Range
Cheyenne Harry
1916
Film
The Almost Good Man
Dick Glenning
1917
For Her Government
1913
Film
The Golden Bullet
Jack
1917
The Drifter
Cheyenne Harry
1917
Goin' Straight
Cheyenne Harry
1917
Film
The Tenderfoot's Money
The Gambler
1913
Film
Beyond the Border
Bob Smith
1925
The Vengeance of Galora
A Prospector
1913
The Ranchero's Revenge
The Schemer
1913
The Jackals of a Great City
Tom Wayne
1916
Film
A 44-Calibre Mystery
Sheriff Cheyenne Harry
1917
Film
A Little Journey
Alexander Smith
1927
A Day's Adventure
Hogan - Leader of the Crooks
1915
Film
The Heart of a Bandit
Texas Pete - the Bandit
1915