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Harry Carey

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Geboren
16. Januar 1878 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Gestorben
21. September 1947

Biografie

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."

Bekannt aus

Poster zu Mr. Smith geht nach Washington
Mr. Smith geht nach Washington
Film · 1939 · ★ 7,8
Poster zu Panik am roten Fluß
Panik am roten Fluß
Film · 1948 · ★ 7,3
Poster zu Spuren im Sand
Spuren im Sand
Film · 1948 · ★ 6,8
Poster zu Duell in der Sonne
Duell in der Sonne
Film · 1946 · ★ 6,4
Poster zu Der schwarze Reiter
Der schwarze Reiter
Film · 1947 · ★ 6,4
Poster zu The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Film · 1912 · ★ 6,1
Poster zu Die Freibeuterin
Die Freibeuterin
Film · 1942 · ★ 6,2
Poster zu In die japanische Sonne
In die japanische Sonne
Film · 1943 · ★ 6,5
Poster zu Verfluchtes Land
Verfluchtes Land
Film · 1941 · ★ 6,6
Poster zu Der Gefangene der Haifischinsel
Der Gefangene der Haifischinsel
Film · 1936 · ★ 6,8
Poster zu Kid Galahad - Mit harten Fäusten
Kid Galahad - Mit harten Fäusten
Film · 1937 · ★ 7,1
Poster zu Ein Champion zum Verlieben
Ein Champion zum Verlieben
Film · 1948 · ★ 6,6

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