Harry Carey

:This page is about the actor Harry Carey. For the baseball broadcaster with a similar name, see Harry Caray.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Harry Carey (January 16, 1878–September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars.

Related Topics:
January 16 - 1878 - September 21 - 1947 - American - Actor - Silent film

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Born Henry DeWitt Carey II in The Bronx, New York, he was the son of a prominent lawyer and judge. He attended Hamilton Military Academy then studied law at New York University.

Related Topics:
The Bronx, New York - Hamilton Military Academy - New York University

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Althogh Carey received an Oscar nomination for his role as the Vice President in the 1939 film, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, he is best rememberd as one of the first stars of the Western film genre. He married actress Olive Fuller Golden (1896-1988) and they purchased a large ranch in Saugus, California, north of Los Angeles. Their son, Harry Carey, Jr. would become a character actor, also most famous for his roles in Westerns. They appeared together in the 1948 film, Red River, which was filmed late in 1946 and went unreleased for almost two years.

Related Topics:
Oscar - 1939 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Western film - Olive Fuller Golden - 1896 - 1988 - Saugus, California - Los Angeles - Harry Carey, Jr. - 1948 - Red River - 1946

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

A smoker, Harry Carey died in 1947 from a combination of lung cancer, emphysema and coronary thrombosis, at the age of 69. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in the family mausoleum in The Bronx, New York. In 1976, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Related Topics:
1947 - Lung cancer - Emphysema - Coronary thrombosis - Woodlawn Cemetery - Western Performers Hall of Fame - National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Harry Carey has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1521 Vine Street.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Harry Carey began his film career in 1909. Over the next forty plus years he performed in more than two hundred and fifty films. A few of them are:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• Trader Horn (1930)
• Barbary Coast (1935)
• Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936)
• Kid Galahad (1937)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• The Spoilers (1942)
• Duel in the Sun (1946)
• Red River (1948)
 
Harry Carey: See also ►