Carey Wilson
Known for: Writing
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.
Filmography
Series
MGM Parade
1955
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Film
Westward the Women
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Film
Joaquin Murrieta
Narrator (voice)
1938
The Greenie
Commentator
1942
Film
1925 Studio Tour
Self
1925
Film
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
1940
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Great Heart
Narrator (voice)
1938
Film
Hollywood - The Second Step
Narrator
1936
Film
Nostradamus and the Queen
Narrator (voice)
1953
Film
Hitler's Madman
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Film
Dangerous Number
Sheriff
1937
Film
Nostradamus
Narrator (voice)
1938
Film
You, John Jones!
Narrator (uncredited)
1943
Film
The King Without a Crown
Narrator (voice)
1937
Film
Let's Ask Nostradamus
Narrator (voice)
1953
Film
Ghost Treasure
Narrator (voice)
1941
Film
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
Narrator (voice)
1937
Film
A Failure at Fifty
Narrator (voice)
1940
Film
Bravest of the Brave
Narrator (voice)
1938
Film
Strange Glory
Narrator (voice)
1938
Film
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
Narrator (voice)
1937
Film
What Do You Think?
Narrator (voice)
1937
Film
More About Nostradamus
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Man on the Rock
Narrator (voice)
1938
Film
Prophet Without Honor
Narrator (voice)
1939
Film
The Man in the Barn
Narrator (voice)
1937
Film
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
Narrator
1938
Nostradamus Says So!
Narrator
1953
Film
Pitcairn Island Today
Narrator (voice)
1935
Operation Sandstone
Narrator (voice)
1948
Film
The Lady or the Tiger?
Narrator
1942
Film
This Is Russia!
Narrator
1957
Film
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
1938
The Rainbow Pass
Told by (voice)
1937
Target Nevada
Narrator
1951
Film
Nostradamus IV
Narrator (voice)
1944
The Miracle of Salt Lake
Narrator
Film
Master Will Shakespeare
Narrator (voice)
1936
Film
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
Narrator (voice)
1942
Portrait of a Genius
Narrator(voice)
1943
Film
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Narrator
1942
Film
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
Narrator (voice)
1938
Strange Destiny
Narrator
1945
Bikini, the Atom Island
Narrator
1946
Inca Gold
Himself - Narrator (voice)
1943
Primitive Pitcairn
Narrator
1935