Acting · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA · Born January 16, 1878
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."
MovieGolden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
as (archive footage)
MovieLegends of the West
1992
as Ed Brandt in 'Law and Order' (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDirected by John Ford
1971
as (archive footage)
Film Fun
1955
as (archive footage)
MovieSo Dear to My Heart
1948
as Head Judge at County Fair
MovieRed River
1948
as Mr. Melville
MovieThe Sea of Grass
1947
as Doc J. Reid
MovieAngel and the Badman
1947
as Marshal Wistful McClintock
MovieDuel in the Sun
1946
as Lem Smoot
MovieChina's Little Devils
1945
as Doc Temple
MovieThe Great Moment
1944
as Professor John C. Warren
MovieHappy Land
1943
as Edward "Gramp" Marsh
MovieAir Force
1943
as Crew Chief
MovieThe Spoilers
1942
as Dextry
MovieAmong the Living
1941
as Dr. Ben Saunders
MovieSundown
1941
as Dewey
MovieParachute Battalion
1941
as Bill Richards
MovieThe Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Daniel Howitt
MovieThey Knew What They Wanted
1940
as The Doctor
MovieBeyond Tomorrow
1940
as George Vale Melton
MovieOutside the Three-Mile Limit
1940
as Captain Bailey
MovieMy Son Is Guilty
1939
as Police Officer Tim Kerry
MovieMr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as President of the Senate
MovieLand of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
MovieInside Information
1939
as Captain Bill Dugan
MovieStreet of Missing Men
1939
as Charles Putnam
MovieCode of the Streets
1939
as Detective Lieutenant John Lewis
MovieBurn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939
as P.G. Delano
MovieThe Law West of Tombstone
1938
as William 'Bill' Barker
MovieKing of Alcatraz
1938
as Captain Glennan
MovieGateway
1938
as Commissioner Nelson
MovieSky Giant
1938
as Col. Cornelius Stockton
MovieYou and Me
1938
as Mr. Morris
MoviePort of Missing Girls
1938
as Captain Josiah Storm
MovieDanger Patrol
1937
as Sam "Easy" Street
MovieAnnapolis Salute
1937
as Chief Martin
MovieSouls at Sea
1937
as Captain of the William Brown
MovieBorn Reckless
1937
as Dad Martin
MovieBorder Cafe
1937
as Tex Stevens
MovieKid Galahad
1937
as Silver Jackson
MovieLest We Forget
1937
as Himself
MovieRacing Lady
1937
as Tom Martin
MovieAces Wild
1936
as Cheyenne Harry Morgan
MovieThe Accusing Finger
1936
as Sen. Nash
MovieValiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as Phil Yonne
MovieThe Last Outlaw
1936
as Dean Payton
MovieLittle Miss Nobody
1936
as John Russell
MovieSutter's Gold
1936
as Kit Carson
MovieThe Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as Commandant
MovieGhost Town
1936
as Cheyenne Harry Morgan
MovieThe Last of the Clintons
1935
as Trigger Carson
MovieWild Mustang
1935
as Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton
MovieBarbary Coast
1935
as Jed Slocum
MoviePowdersmoke Range
1935
as Tucson Smith
MovieRustler's Paradise
1935
as Cheyenne Kincaid
MovieWagon Trail
1935
as Sheriff Clay Hartley
MovieMan of the Forest
1933
as Jim Gayner
MovieSunset Pass
1933
as John Hesbitt
MovieBuffalo Stampede
1933
as Clark Sprague
MovieThe Film Parade
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Devil Horse
1932
as Bob Norton / Roberts
MovieThe Night Rider
1932
as John Brown / Jim Blake
MovieThe Last of the Mohicans
1932
as Hawkeye
MovieBorder Devils
1932
as Jim Gray
MovieThe Movie Album
1932
as (archive footage)
MovieLaw and Order
1932
as Ed Brandt
MovieWithout Honor
1932
as Pete Marlan
MovieCavalier of the West
1931
as Captain John Allister
MovieBad Company
1931
as McBaine
MovieThe Vanishing Legion
1931
as 'Happy' Cardigan
MovieTrader Horn
1931
as Aloysius "Trader" Horn
MovieThe Border Patrol
1928
as Bill Storm
MovieBurning Bridges
1928
as Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely
MovieThe Trail of '98
1928
as Jack Locasto
MovieSlide, Kelly, Slide
1927
as Tom Munson
MovieA Little Journey
1927
as Alexander Smith
MovieSatan Town
1926
as Bill Scott
MovieThe Frontier Trail
1926
as Jim Cardigan
MovieThe Seventh Bandit
1926
as David Scanlon
MovieDriftin' Thru
1926
as Daniel Brown
MovieThe Man from Red Gulch
1925
as Alexander 'Sandy' Morton
MovieThe Prairie Pirate
1925
as Brian 'The Yellow Seal' Delaney
MovieThe Bad Lands
1925
as Patrick Angus O'Toole
MovieThe Texas Trail
1925
as Pete Grainger
MovieBeyond the Border
1925
as Bob Smith
MovieSilent Sanderson
1925
as Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson
MovieSoft Shoes
1925
as Pat Halahan
MovieThe Flaming Forties
1924
as Bill Jones
MovieRoaring Rails
1924
as Big Bill Benson
MovieTiger Thompson
1924
as Tiger Thompson
MovieThe Lightning Rider
1924
as Phlip Morgan
MovieThe Night Hawk
1924
as 'The Hawk'
MovieThe Miracle Baby
1923
as Neil Allison
MovieDesert Driven
1923
as Bob
MovieCrashin' Thru
1923
as Blake
MovieCanyon of the Fools
1923
as Bob
MovieGood Men and True
1922
as J. Wesley Pringle
MovieThe Kickback
1922
as White Horse Harry
MovieMan to Man
1922
as Steve Packard
MovieThe Fox
1921
as Ol' Santa Fe
MovieDesperate Trails
1921
as Bart Carson
MovieThe Wallop
1921
as John Wesley Pringle
MovieThe Freeze-Out
1921
as Ohio, the Stranger
MovieHearts Up
1921
as David Brent
MovieWest Is West
1920
as Dick Rainboldt
MovieSundown Slim
1920
as Sundown Slim
MovieBlue Streak McCoy
1920
as Job McCoy
Movie'If Only' Jim
1920
as Jim Golden
MovieHuman Stuff
1920
as James 'Jim' Pierce
MovieBullet Proof
1920
as Pierre Winton
MovieOverland Red
1920
as Overland Red
MovieMarked Men
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieA Gun Fightin' Gentleman
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieRider of the Law
1919
as Jim Kyneton
MovieThe Ace of the Saddle
1919
as Cheyenne Harry Henderson
MovieThe Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
as Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst
MovieRiders of Vengeance
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieBare Fists
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieA Fight For Love
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieRoped
1919
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieThree Mounted Men
1918
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieA Woman's Fool
1918
as Lin McLean
MovieHell Bent
1918
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieThe Scarlet Drop
1918
as Harry Ridge
MovieThieves' Gold
1918
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieWild Women
1918
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieThe Phantom Riders
1918
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieBucking Broadway
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieA Marked Man
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieThe Secret Man
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieStraight Shooting
1917
as "Cheyenne" Harry
MovieCheyenne's Pal
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieThe Soul Herder
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
Six-Shooter Justice
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
The Wrong Man
1917
as Jack Wilson
MovieThe Golden Bullet
1917
as Jack
The Mysterious Outlaw
1917
as Buck Lessen
MovieThe Almost Good Man
1917
as Dick Glenning
MovieA 44-Calibre Mystery
1917
as Sheriff Cheyenne Harry
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
Hair-Trigger Burke
1917
as Hair Trigger Burke
MovieThe Fighting Gringo
1917
as William 'Red' Saunders
Goin' Straight
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
The Drifter
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
MovieThe Outlaw and the Lady
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
Blood Money
1917
as Cheyenne Harry
Guilty
1916
as Ramon Valentine
The Conspiracy
1916
as Dick Olney
MovieBehind the Lines
1916
as Dr. Ralph Hamlin
The Devil's Own
1916
as Shifty
A Woman's Eyes
1916
as Tom Horn
MovieLove's Lariat
1916
as Sky High
For the Love of a Girl
1916
as Black La Rue
MovieThe Committee on Credentials
1916
as Ballaret Bill
The Jackals of a Great City
1916
as Tom Wayne
MovieThe Three Godfathers
1916
as Bob Sangster
The Wedding Guest
1916
as The Squarest Sheriff Alive
The Passing of Hell's Crown
1916
as Blaze
MovieThe Night Riders
1916
as The Apache Kid
The Harbor Transportation Trust
1916
as Tom Larnigan
MovieA Knight of the Range
1916
as Cheyenne Harry
The Insurance Swindlers
1916
as Tom Larnigan
Secret Love
1916
as Fergus Derrick
Old King Coal
1916
as Tom Larnigan
America Saved from War
1916
as Tom Larnigan
The Railroad Monopoly
1916
as Tom Larnigan
Grinding Life Down
1916
as Tom Larnigan
The Power of the People
1916
as Tom Larnigan
MovieGraft
1915
as Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12)
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
1915
as Miles Rand
MovieJust Jim
1915
as Jim
As It Happened
1915
as The New Foreman
Old Offenders
1915
as Norris
Her Convert
1915
as The Converted Cracksman
The Way Out
1915
as The Bandit
Her Dormant Love
1915
as Dandy Dick - The Fugitive
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
1915
as Crook
MovieThe Canceled Mortgage
1915
as 1st Road Agent
A Day's Adventure
1915
as Hogan - Leader of the Crooks
A Double Winning
1915
as 2nd Sportsman
The Gambler's I.O.U.
1915
as Dave Dawson
The Miser's Legacy
1915
as Jackson - The Crook
The Sheriff's Dilemma
1915
as The Sheriff
The Love Transcendent
1915
as The Prospector
His Desperate Deed
1915
as Burleigh
MovieThe Heart of a Bandit
1915
as Texas Pete - the Bandit
MovieMcVeagh of the South Seas
1914
as Cyril Bruce McVeagh
MovieThe Master Cracksman
1914
as Gentleman Joe, the Cracksman
MovieBrute Force
1914
as In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)
Her Hand
1914
as Ivan
MovieJudith of Bethulia
1914
as Assyrian Traitor
MovieHer Father's Silent Partner
1914
A Nest Unfeathered
1914
as The Foreman
His Fireman's Conscience
1914
as Engineer Daily
Waifs
1914
MovieConcentration
1914
as First Son
The Abandoned Well
1913
as The Adopted Son
For Her Government
1913
All for Science
1913
as The Young Man
The Detective's Stratagem
1913
as Keene, the Detective
The Stopped Clock
1913
as The Detective
Madonna of the Storm
1913
The Van Nostrand Tiara
1913
as Society Detective
A Tender-Hearted Crook
1913
as The Thief
The Law and His Son
1913
as Manning
The Stolen Treaty
1913
as The Detective
A Modest Hero
1913
MovieThe Strong Man's Burden
1913
as Bob - the Younger Brother
Black and White
1913
The Crook and the Girl
1913
as The Crook
The Work Habit
1913
as The Son-in-Law
Under the Shadow of the Law
1913
as The Convict
When Love Forgives
1913
as Second Criminal
I Was Meant for You
1913
as Luke
The Vengeance of Galora
1913
as A Prospector
A Misappropriated Turkey
1913
as The Bartender
The Mirror
1913
as First Tramp
A Gambler's Honor
1913
as The Gambler
A Gamble with Death
1913
as The Cowpuncher
In Diplomatic Circles
1913
as The Butler
MovieThe Switchtower
1913
The Well
1913
as Giuseppe, the Farmhand
The Enemy's Baby
1913
as Miller
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913
as In Crowd (uncredited)
The Sorrowful Shore
1913
as The Widowed Father
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913
as The Schemer
A Dangerous Foe
1913
as The 'Bull'
MovieOlaf—An Atom
1913
as Olaf, an Atom
The Stolen Loaf
1913
as The Butler
MovieThe Tenderfoot's Money
1913
as The Gambler
MovieIf We Only Knew
1913
as The Sailor
The Left-Handed Man
1913
as The Left-Handed Thief
A Frightful Blunder
1913
as The Superintendent
The Stolen Bride
1913
as The Husband
The Hero of Little Italy
1913
as Tony
MovieThe Sheriff's Baby
1913
as Second Bandit
MovieNear To Earth
1913
MovieThe Unwelcome Guest
1913
as The Sheriff
MovieBroken Ways
1913
as The Sheriff
The Wrong Bottle
1913
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913
as The Thief
A Chance Deception
1913
as Raffles
MovieOil and Water
1913
as The Stage Manager / At Dinner
Brothers
1913
as The Mother's Favorite Son
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913
as Third Thief
Pirate Gold
1913
MovieThe Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913
as The Thief
MovieA Cry for Help
1912
as The Thief
MovieThe Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
as Older Crook
My Hero
1912
as Indian
MovieBrutality
1912
as At Theatre
MovieThe Informer
1912
as The Confederate Corporal
MovieHeredity
1912
as The White Renegade Father
MovieThe Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
as Snapper's Sidekick
MovieThe Painted Lady
1912
as At Ice Cream Festival
The One She Loved
1912
as The Neighbor's Friend
MovieIn the Aisles of the Wild
1912
as Bob Cole
MovieA Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912
as 2nd Clan Member
MovieSo Near, Yet So Far
1912
as A Thief
MovieFriends
1912
as Bob Kyne - the Prospector
MovieTwo Daughters of Eve
1912
as In Audience
MovieAn Unseen Enemy
1912
as The Safecracker
Bill Sharkey's Last Game
1910
Gentleman Joe
1910
