Harry Carey (1878 - 1947)

Harry Carey (born Henry DeWitt Carey II) was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars. He appeared in over 200 films between 1911 and 1948, many of which were Westerns. Carey is best remembered for his many performances in films directed by John Ford, including "Straight Shooting" (1917), "Hell Bent" (1918), "The Prisoner of Shark Island" (1936), and "3 Godfathers" (1948). He was also a character actor in sound films, including "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Carey was a popular leading man and supporting actor during the silent film era and the early years of sound films.

Vintage magazines

Books with substantial mentioning of Harry Carey

		Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000
		George A. Katchmer Eighty silent film stars, Biographies and filmographies of the obscure to the well known Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991
		Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen New York City, 1920

Books with an entry on Harry Carey

		Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Erster Band. A-C Berlin, 2001
		Alfred E. Twomey and Arthur F. McClure The Versatiles, A Study of Supporting Character Actors and Actresses in the American Motion Picture, 1930-1955 South Brunswick and New York - London, 1969
		Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book, The sound era Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969
		Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk New York, 1925
		Motion Picture Studio Directory, Trade Manual 1921 New York, 1921

Books with photograph(s) of Harry Carey

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Films

1912
Brutality
Gold and Glitter
Unseen Enemy, An
The Musketeers of Pig Alley

1913
The Detective's Stratagem

1914
Judith of Bethulia
Brute Force
The Master Cracksman

1915
Just Jim
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings

1916
The Three Godfathers
A Knight of the Range
Secret Love

1917
Cheyenne's Pal
Red Saunders Plays Cupid
The Soul Herder
Straight Shooting
A Marked Man
The Secret Man
Bucking Broadway

1918
Hell Bent
The Phantom Riders
The Scarlet Drop
Wild Women

1919
Ace of the Saddle
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
Roped
Marked Men
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Riders of Vengeance

1920
Human Stuff
'If Only' Jim
Overland Red

1921
The Wallop
The Fox

1922
Man to Man
The Kickback

1923
Crashin' Thru

1924
Roaring Rails

1927
Slide, Kelly, Slide
A Little Journey

1928
The Trail of '98
Burning Bridges

1931
Bad Company
Trader Horn
The Vanishing Legion
Cavalier of the West

1932
The Last of the Mohicans
The Devil Horse
Border Devils
Law and Order
Without Honor
The Movie Album

1933
Sunset Pass
Man of the Forest
The Thundering Herd

1935
Barbary Coast
Powdersmoke Range
The Last of the Clintons
Rustler's Paradise
Wild Mustang
Wagon Trail

1936
The Accusing Finger
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Sutter's Gold
Little Miss Nobody
Aces Wild
Ghost Town
The Last Outlaw

1937
Born Reckless
Danger Patrol
Kid Galahad
Souls at Sea
Lest We Forget
Border Cafe
Annapolis Salute

1938
King of Alcatraz
Gateway
You and Me
Port of Missing Girls
The Law West of Tombstone

1939
Code of the Streets
Inside Information
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Street of Missing Men
My Son Is Guilty
Land of Liberty

1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
They Knew What They Wanted
Beyond Tomorrow

1941
Among the Living
Sundown
The Shepherd of the Hills

1942
The Spoilers

1943
Air Force
Happy Land

1944
The Great Moment

1945
China's Little Devils

1946
Duel in the Sun

1947
Angel and the Badman
The Sea of Grass

1948
The Babe Ruth Story
Red River

1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

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