Leonard Carey
Acting • Born 1887-02-25 – Died 1977-09-11
Biography
Leonard Carey (25 February 1887 – 11 September 1977) was an English character actor who very often played butlers in Hollywood films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was also active in television during the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his role as the beach hermit, Ben, in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940).
Filmography
96 credits
Rebecca
Movie • 1940
Ben
Tuxedo Junction
Movie • 1941
Jenkins
Suspicion
Movie • 1941
The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
Nice Women
Movie • 1931
Connors, Butler
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Movie • 1944
The Police Constable (uncredited)
Bombshell
Movie • 1933
Winters
The Little Minister
Movie • 1934
Hendry Munn
Beauty for the Asking
Movie • 1939
Peters (uncredited)
Nice Girl?
Movie • 1941
Angel
Movie • 1937
Hitting a New High
Movie • 1937
Jervons
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Movie • 1942
Pale Tom (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Movie • 1937
Valet to Wolensky (uncredited)
The Age of Innocence
Movie • 1934
The Butler
The King's Thief
Movie • 1955
Servant (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
Movie • 1942
Chandler (uncredited)
Shanghai Express
Movie • 1932
Carey (uncredited)
Accent on Love
Movie • 1941
Flowers
Stronger Than Desire
Movie • 1939
Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)
This Reckless Age
Movie • 1932
Braithwaite (uncredited)
Smarty
Movie • 1934
Tilford - Tony's Butler
His Greatest Gamble
Movie • 1934
Alfred
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Movie • 1939
Martin
Night of Mystery
Movie • 1937
Lister
Slightly French
Movie • 1949
Wilson (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
Movie • 1938
Gibley
Sally, Irene and Mary
Movie • 1938
Zorka's Butler
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Movie • 1938
Butler Phillips
While the City Sleeps
Movie • 1956
Walter's Butler (uncredited)
Moss Rose
Movie • 1947
Coroner (uncredited)
Our Little Girl
Movie • 1935
Brent's Butler
Private Nurse
Movie • 1941
Smithton - the Butler
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Movie • 1939
Jameson
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Movie • 1937
William - Butler (uncredited)
Blond Cheat
Movie • 1938
Meggs (uncredited)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Movie • 1937
James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)
A Woman Rebels
Movie • 1936
Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited)
Strike Me Pink
Movie • 1936
Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited)
King of the Jungle
Movie • 1933
Clerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited)
Fast and Loose
Movie • 1939
Craddock
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie • 1939
Hugo's Servant (uncredited)
Raffles
Movie • 1939
Bingham's Secretary
Confirm or Deny
Movie • 1941
Sidney
Gaslight
Movie • 1944
Guide (uncredited)
The Zero Hour
Movie • 1939
Butler
Laughter
Movie • 1930
Benham, Gibson's Butler
Little Miss Nobody
Movie • 1936
Butler
Call Her Savage
Movie • 1932
Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited)
What's Cookin'?
Movie • 1942
Butler
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Movie • 1941
Mate Dusty Rhodes
A Lady's Profession
Movie • 1933
Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited)
I Sell Anything
Movie • 1934
Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur
Wife vs. Secretary
Movie • 1936
Taggart (uncredited)
Here's to Romance
Movie • 1935
Buttler
Hired Wife
Movie • 1940
Peterson - Butler
Small Town Girl
Movie • 1936
Concierge (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
Movie • 1940
Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
Sky Murder
Movie • 1940
Sutter - Grand's Butler
In Old Missouri
Movie • 1940
Haskins
Gambling Lady
Movie • 1934
Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited)
Ginger
Movie • 1935
Gwynne (uncredited)
Infernal Machine
Movie • 1933
Hans
That Hamilton Woman
Movie • 1941
Orderly (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait
Movie • 1943
Flogdell (uncredited)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Movie • 1952
Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)
Working Girls
Movie • 1931
Boyd's Butler (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
Movie • 1942
The Butler (uncredited)
Double Door
Movie • 1934
William
Bunker Bean
Movie • 1936
Kent's Butler
Honor Among Lovers
Movie • 1931
Forbes (uncredited)
West Point Widow
Movie • 1941
Simpson
The Crash
Movie • 1932
Fair's Butler
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Movie • 1933
Chumley - the Butler
The Lady and the Bandit
Movie • 1951
Jailer
The Exile
Movie • 1947
Cavalier (uncredited)
Tomorrow Is Forever
Movie • 1946
Hamilton Employee
Hold 'Em Yale
Movie • 1935
Langdonn
Unconquered
Movie • 1947
London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 1931
Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)
Private Affairs
Movie • 1940
Casper the Butler
Kind Lady
Movie • 1951
Postman
This Above All
Movie • 1942
Policeman with Rector
Thunder in the East
Movie • 1952
Dr. Paling
Trouble for Two
Movie • 1936
Valet (Uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Movie • 1932
Prentice's Butler (uncredited)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Movie • 1937
Ames
The Avenger
Movie • 1933
Talbot
Two for Tonight
Movie • 1935
Mr. Myers' Butler
The Luckiest Girl in the World
Movie • 1936
Butler
Strangers on a Train
Movie • 1951
Anthonys' Butler (uncredited)
Ann Carver's Profession
Movie • 1933
Melville, the Butler (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear
Movie • 1944
Porter (uncredited)
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Chester - Butler
Climax!
TV • 1954
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
Telephone Time
TV • 1956