Carey Wilson
- Writing
- May 19, 1889 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- February 1, 1962
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- This Is Russia! · Narrator, Producer
- MGM Parade · Self
- Nostradamus and the Queen · Narrator (Voice), Producer
- Let's Ask Nostradamus · Narrator (Voice)
- Nostradamus Says So! · Narrator
- Scaramouche · Producer
- Westward the Women · Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Target Nevada · Narrator
- Moments in Music · Director
- The Happy Years · Producer
- The Red Danube · Producer
- Operation Sandstone · Narrator (Voice)
- Dark Delusion · Producer
- Green Dolphin Street · Producer
- Bikini, the Atom Island · Narrator
- The Postman Always Rings Twice · Producer
- Strange Destiny · Narrator
- Between Two Women · Producer
- Nostradamus IV · Narrator (Voice), Producer
- Hitler's Madman · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Inca Gold · Self
- Portrait of a Genius · Narrator (Voice)
- You, John Jones! · Narrator (uncredited), Writer
- Mr. Gardenia Jones · Narrator, Writer
- Further Prophecies of Nostradamus · Narrator (Voice), Producer
- The Lady or the Tiger? · Narrator
- The Courtship of Andy Hardy · Producer
- The Greenie · Commentator, Writer
- Ghost Treasure · Narrator (Voice)
- More About Nostradamus · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Producer
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards · Commentator - as Oscar statuette (Voice)
- Andy Hardy Meets Debutante · Story
- A Failure at Fifty · Narrator (Voice), Producer
- Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay
- Judge Hardy and Son · Writer
- Prophet Without Honor · Narrator (Voice), Producer
- The Great Heart · Narrator (Voice)
- Nostradamus · Narrator (Voice), Producer
- The Man on the Rock · Narrator (Voice)
- Bravest of the Brave · Narrator (Voice)
- Strange Glory · Narrator (Voice)
- What Do You Think? Tupapaoo · Narrator (Voice), Writer
- Joaquin Murrieta · Narrator (Voice)
- Life in Sometown, U.S.A. · Narrator
- What Do You Think? (Number Three) · Self
- What Do You Think? (Number Two) · Narrator (Voice), Writer
- You're Only Young Once · Producer
- What Do You Think? · Narrator (Voice)
- The Man in the Barn · Narrator (Voice)
- Conquest · Writer
- The King Without a Crown · Narrator (Voice)
- The Rainbow Pass · Told by (Voice)
- The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning · Narrator (Voice), Writer
- The Women Men Marry · Writer
- Between Two Women · Writer
- Dangerous Number · Sheriff, Screenplay
- Master Will Shakespeare · Narrator (Voice)
- Hollywood - The Second Step · Narrator
- Mutiny on the Bounty · Screenplay
- Pitcairn Island Today · Narrator (Voice)
- Sequoia · Screenplay
- Primitive Pitcairn · Narrator
- The President Vanishes · Writer
- Outcast Lady · Writer
- Murder at the Vanities · Screenplay
- Sadie McKee · Writer
- Bolero · Story
- Gabriel Over the White House · Screenplay
- Fast Workers · Screenplay
- What! No Beer? · Writer
- Faithless · Screenplay
- Polly of the Circus · Adaptation, Writer
- Arsène Lupin · Writer
- Fanny Foley Herself · Adaptation, Writer
- Behind Office Doors · Screenplay
- The Bad One · Adaptation, Screenplay
- Peacock Alley · Story, Dialogue
- Footlights and Fools · Writer
- Why Be Good? · Screenplay, Story
- The Awakening · Writer