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...
Known For
Movies
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washi...
1939
- Red River
1948
- Angel and the Badman
1947
- Beyond Tomorrow
1940
- Golden Saddles, Silver ...
2000
- Duel in the Sun
1946
- Desperate Trails
1921
- Outside the Three-Mile ...
1940
- The Freeze-Out
1921
- The Great Moment
1944
- Bullet Proof
1920
- The Musketeers of Pig A...
1912
- Among the Living
1941
- The Shepherd of the Hil...
1941
- Souls at Sea
1937
- The Committee on Creden...
1916
- The Spoilers
1942
- The Fox
1921
- Air Force
1943
- You and Me
1938
- The Bad Lands
1925
- Kid Galahad
1937
- The Sheriff's Baby
1913
- Trader Horn
1931
- Bill Sharkey's Last Game
1910
- Gentleman Joe
1910
- Sundown
1941
- Pirate Gold
1913
- Two Daughters of Eve
1912
- In the Aisles of the Wi...
1912
- The Wrong Bottle
1913
- The Hero of Little Italy
1913
- Madonna of the Storm
1913
- Love in an Apartment Ho...
1913
- An Adventure in the Aut...
1913
- A Cry for Help
1912
- A Modest Hero
1913
- A Misappropriated Turkey
1913
- Brothers
1913
- The Left-Handed Man
1913
- A Chance Deception
1913
- A Frightful Blunder
1913
- The Tenderfoot's Money
1913
- If We Only Knew
1913
- My Hero
1912
- Heredity
1912
- Brutality
1912
- Near To Earth
1913
- The Ranchero's Revenge
1913
- The Stolen Loaf
1913
- A Dangerous Foe
1913
- A Gamble with Death
1913
- The Sorrowful Shore
1913
- The Switchtower
1913
- In Diplomatic Circles
1913
- Red Hicks Defies the Wo...
1913
- The Well
1913
- The Enemy's Baby
1913
- A Gambler's Honor
1913
- The Mirror
1913
- When Love Forgives
1913
- The Vengeance of Galora
1913
- The Prisoner of Shark I...
1936
- Under the Shadow of the...
1913
- I Was Meant for You
1913
- Brute Force
1914
- The Crook and the Girl
1913
- The Work Habit
1913
- The Law and His Son
1913
- The Stolen Treaty
1913
- The Van Nostrand Tiara
1913
- The Abandoned Well
1913
- The Stopped Clock
1913
- The Detective's Stratag...
1913
- All for Science
1913
- For Her Government
1913
- Concentration
1914
- They Knew What They Wan...
1940
- Without Honor
1932
- The Sea of Grass
1947
- Bucking Broadway
1917
- An Unseen Enemy
1912
- King of Alcatraz
1938
- His Desperate Deed
1915
- The Heart of a Bandit
1915
- A Nest Unfeathered
1914
- His Fireman's Conscience
1914
- Waifs
1914
- Her Father's Silent Par...
1914
- The Master Cracksman
1914
- Judith of Bethulia
1914
- Her Hand
1914
- Just Jim
1915
- The Love Transcendent
1915
- A Double Winning
1915
- The Miser's Legacy
1915
- The Gambler's I.O.U.
1915
- A Day's Adventure
1915
- The Canceled Mortgage
1915
- The Sheriff's Dilemma
1915
- Truth Stranger Than Fic...
1915
- Her Dormant Love
1915
- The Way Out
1915
- Old Offenders
1915
- Her Convert
1915
- As It Happened
1915
- Graft
1915
- Grinding Life Down
1916
- The Power of the People
1916
- The Railroad Monopoly
1916
- The Insurance Swindlers
1916
- America Saved from War
1916
- Old King Coal
1916
- A Knight of the Range
1916
- Law and Order
1932
- The Harbor Transportati...
1916
- The Wedding Guest
1916
- The Passing of Hell's C...
1916
- The Jackals of a Great ...
1916
- For the Love of a Girl
1916
- The Devil's Own
1916
- A Woman's Eyes
1916
- The Conspiracy
1916
- Guilty
1916
- Blood Money
1917
- Sky Giant
1938
- Hollywood: The Dream Fa...
1972
- Goin' Straight
1917
- The Outlaw and the Lady
1917
- The Drifter
1917
- The Bad Man of Cheyenne
1917
- Hair-Trigger Burke
1917
- The Honor of an Outlaw
1917
- A 44-Calibre Mystery
1917
- The Almost Good Man
1917
- Six-Shooter Justice
1917
- Human Stuff
1920
- The Golden Bullet
1917
- The Mysterious Outlaw
1917
- The Wrong Man
1917
- Inside Information
1939
- The Accusing Finger
1936
- Burning Bridges
1928
- Satan Town
1926
- The Frontier Trail
1926
- The Seventh Bandit
1926
- Driftin' Thru
1926
- The Man from Red Gulch
1925
- The Texas Trail
1925
- Silent Sanderson
1925
- Good Men and True
1922
- 'If Only' Jim
1920
- Crashin' Thru
1923
- The Miracle Baby
1923
- Desert Driven
1923
- Tiger Thompson
1924
- Overland Red
1920
- Legends of the West
1992
- The Vanishing Legion
1931
- Border Devils
1932
- The Last of the Mohicans
1932
- The Law West of Tombsto...
1938
- Ghost Town
1936
- Buffalo Stampede
1933
- The Night Rider
1932
- The Devil Horse
1932
- The Painted Lady
1912
- Man of the Forest
1933
- Wagon Trail
1935
- So Near, Yet So Far
1912
- The Prairie Pirate
1925
- Friends
1912
- The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
- Border Cafe
1937
- Racing Lady
1937
- The Last of the Clintons
1935
- Annapolis Salute
1937
- Parachute Battalion
1941
- Born Reckless
1937
- Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939
- Little Miss Nobody
1936
- Happy Land
1943
- Port of Missing Girls
1938
- Cavalier of the West
1931
- A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
1919
- Aces Wild
1936
- Sunset Pass
1933
- Straight Shooting
1917
- Danger Patrol
1937
- Barbary Coast
1935
- The Last Outlaw
1936
- Land of Liberty
1939
- So Dear to My Heart
1948
- Gateway
1938
- Hell Bent
1918
- The Three Godfathers
1916
- The Kickback
1922
- West Is West
1920
- Sutter's Gold
1936
- The Night Hawk
1924
- Wild Mustang
1935
- Valiant Is the Word for...
1936
- Roaring Rails
1924
- Black and White
1913
- The Trail of '98
1928
- Powdersmoke Range
1935
- Street of Missing Men
1939
- My Son Is Guilty
1939
- Code of the Streets
1939
- China's Little Devils
1945
- The Strong Man's Burden
1913
- Slide, Kelly, Slide
1927
- Cheyenne's Pal
1917
- The Secret Man
1917
- The Soul Herder
1917
- A Marked Man
1917
- The Phantom Riders
1918
- Wild Women
1918
- Thieves' Gold
1918
- The Scarlet Drop
1918
- A Woman's Fool
1918
- Three Mounted Men
1918
- Roped
1919
- McVeagh of the South Se...
1914
- A Little Journey
1927
- A Fight For Love
1919
- Bare Fists
1919
- Riders of Vengeance
1919
- Beyond the Border
1925
- Broken Ways
1913
- The Unwelcome Guest
1913
- The Informer
1912
- The One She Loved
1912
- A Feud in the Kentucky ...
1912
- The Telephone Girl and ...
1913
- Soft Shoes
1925
- The Flaming Forties
1924
- Marked Men
1919
- The Film Parade
1933
- The Ace of the Saddle
1919
- The Outcasts of Poker F...
1919
- Rider of the Law
1919
- Judge Not; or The Woman...
1915
- Bad Company
1931
- Oil and Water
1913
- Behind the Lines
1916
- Love's Lariat
1916
- Canyon of the Fools
1923
- The Border Patrol
1928
- Man to Man
1922
- Blue Streak McCoy
1920
- The Lightning Rider
1924
- Olaf—An Atom
1913
- Film Fun
1955
- The Fighting Gringo
1917
- Directed by John Ford
1971
- The Stolen Bride
1913
- Sundown Slim
1920
- Rustler's Paradise
1935
- Secret Love
1916
- A Tender-Hearted Crook
1913
- The Wallop
1921
- Hearts Up
1921
- Lest We Forget
1937
- The Night Riders
1916
TV Shows
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