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Harry Carey
  • Birth Name:
    Henry DeWitt Carey II
  • Date of Birth:
    January 16, 1878
  • Place of Birth:
    The Bronx, New York, U.S.A.
  • Place of Death:
    Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
  • Date of Death:
    September 21, 1947
  • Height:
    6'
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

Harry Carey
  • Father:
    Henry DeWitt Carey
  • Mother:
    Ella J. Ludlum
  • Spouse:
    Fern Foster - divorced
    Olive Carey -
  • Son:
    Harry Carey Jr.
  • Daughter:
    Ellen

Career

Harry Carey

Trivia

Harry Carey
  • Began his acting career in 1909 at the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company in the film Bill Sharkey's Last Game (1909).
  • After many years of struggle, Carey had finally paid off the mortgages and improvements to his 2,200-acre ranch in the San Fernando Valley and was preparing to sell it to director William Beaudine, when the ranch was wiped out by the St. Francis dam collapse of March 12, 1928.
  • The film 3 Godfathers (1948) by John Ford is dedicated to him.
  • Appeared with his son Harry Carey Jr. in Red River (1948).
  • Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1976.
  • Both Harry and his son Harry Carey Jr. were honored with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Golden Boot Award from the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation.
  • Was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars.

Filmography

Harry Carey

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