Harry Carey, Jr.

Acting • Born 1921-05-16 – Died 2012-12-27

Acting1Saugus, Santa Clarita, California, USA

Biography

Henry George "Harry" Carey Jr. (May 16, 1921 - December 27, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in more than ninety films including several John Ford westerns as well as numerous television series. The son of actors Harry Carey Sr. and Olive Carey, he attempted a singing career before beginning his acting career in the John Ford Stock Company. Director John Ford became a close friend and collaborator. Carey appeared in such notable Ford films as 3 Godfathers (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Searchers (1956), and Cheyenne Autumn (1964), some also featuring appearances by his parents. He became a respected character actor like his father. Carey made four films with director Howard Hawks: Red River (1948), Monkey Business (1952), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and Rio Bravo (1959 - scenes cut). He also frequently co-starred with actors John Wayne and Ben Johnson, acting together in nine films each. Between 1955 -1957, Carey appeared as ranch counselor Bill Burnett in the serial Spin and Marty, seen on Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club. In the 1960s, Carey appeared on such western series as Have Gun - Will Travel and The Legend of Jesse James. Later film roles include George Arthur in The Long Riders (1980), Mr. Anderson in Gremlins (1984), aging biker Red in Mask (1985), Joshua Brackett in The Whales of August (1987), saloon old-timer Zeke in Back to the Future Part III (1990), and Marshal Fred White in Tombstone (1993).

Filmography

169 credits

Back to the Future Part III

Movie • 1990

Saloon Old Timer

Gremlins

Movie • 1984

Mr. Anderson

Red River

Movie • 1948

Dan Latimer

The Searchers

Movie • 1956

Brad Jorgensen

Mask

Movie • 1985

Red

Big Jake

Movie • 1971

Pop Dawson

UFOria

Movie • 1984

George Martin

Rio Grande

Movie • 1950

Trooper Daniel 'Sandy' Boone

Trinity Is Still My Name

Movie • 1971

Father

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Movie • 1953

Griff Rhys

The Devil's Brigade

Movie • 1968

Capt. Rose

Pursued

Movie • 1947

Prentice

Silver Lode

Movie • 1954

Johnson

Moonrise

Movie • 1948

Jimmy Biff

Island in the Sky

Movie • 1953

Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot

Cheyenne Autumn

Movie • 1964

Trooper Smith (uncredited)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Movie • 1949

2nd Lt. Ross Pennell

3 Godfathers

Movie • 1948

William Kearney ('The Abilene Kid')

Desperate Trails

Movie • 1921

Young Baby (uncredited)

The Long Riders

Movie • 1980

George Arthur

The Way West

Movie • 1967

Mr. McBee

7th Cavalry

Movie • 1956

Cpl. Morrison

The Great Locomotive Chase

Movie • 1956

William Bensinger

Wagon Master

Movie • 1950

Sandy

Crossroads

Movie • 1986

Bartender

The Long Gray Line

Movie • 1955

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Take a Hard Ride

Movie • 1975

Dumper

Mister Roberts

Movie • 1955

Stefanowski

Cherry 2000

Movie • 1987

Snappy Tom

The Rare Breed

Movie • 1966

Ed Mabry

Escort West

Movie • 1959

Trooper Travis

Dirty Dingus Magee

Movie • 1970

Charles Stuart

Illegally Yours

Movie • 1988

Wally Finnegan

The Whales of August

Movie • 1987

Joshua Brackett

The Undefeated

Movie • 1969

Webster

The River's Edge

Movie • 1957

Chet

Niagara

Movie • 1953

Taxi Driver

Man of the East

Movie • 1972

Holy Joe

Death of a Gunfighter

Movie • 1969

Rev. Cork

Taggart

Movie • 1965

Lt. Hudson (uncredited)

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula

Movie • 1966

Ben Dooley

Last Stand at Saber River

Movie • 1997

James Sanford

Gun the Man Down

Movie • 1956

Deputy Lee

Copper Canyon

Movie • 1950

Lt. Ord

Challenge to White Fang

Movie • 1974

John Tarwater

One More Train to Rob

Movie • 1971

Red

Bad Jim

Movie • 1990

J.C. Lee

Blood on the Moon

Movie • 1948

Cowboy (uncredited)

Monkey Business

Movie • 1952

Reporter (uncredited)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Movie • 1953

Winslow, Olympic Team Member (uncredited)

The Studebaker Story

Movie • 1953

Clem Studebaker

House of Bamboo

Movie • 1955

John (uncredited)

The Ballad of Josie

Movie • 1968

Mooney (as Harry Carey)

One More Time

Movie • 1970

(uncredited)

Once Upon a Texas Train

Movie • 1988

Herald Fitch

Nickelodeon

Movie • 1976

Dobie

The Wild Blue Yonder

Movie • 1951

Sgt. Shaker Schuker

Warpath

Movie • 1951

Capt. Gregson

Noose for a Gunman

Movie • 1960

Jim Ferguson

Rolling Home

Movie • 1946

Dobey

Sweethearts on Parade

Movie • 1953

Jim Riley

Bandolero!

Movie • 1968

Cort Hayjack

John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende

Movie • 1991

Self

Cahill: United States Marshal

Movie • 1973

Hank

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

Movie • 1993

Self

The Exorcist III

Movie • 1990

Father Kanavan

A Public Affair

Movie • 1962

Bill Martin

The Great Impostor

Movie • 1960

Dr. Joseph Mornay

Ride a Northbound Horse

Movie • 1969

Yonder

Two Rode Together

Movie • 1961

Ortho Clegg

San Antone

Movie • 1953

Dobe Frakus

Flashing Spikes

Movie • 1962

Man in the Dugout

Tombstone

Movie • 1993

Marshall Fred White

Something Big

Movie • 1971

Joe Pickins

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Movie • 1978

Deputy Luke

Alvarez Kelly

Movie • 1966

Cpl. Peterson

The Outcast

Movie • 1954

Bert

Crossbow: The Movie

Movie • 1989

Mutino

Cyborg 2087

Movie • 1966

Jay C

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

Movie • 1994

Digger Phelps

Directed by John Ford

Movie • 1971

Self (uncredited)

The Raiders

Movie • 1963

Jellicoe

Run, Cougar, Run

Movie • 1972

Barney

The Moonshine War

Movie • 1970

Arley Stamper

Gundown at Sandoval

Movie • 1959

Kiss Them for Me

Movie • 1957

Chuck Roundtree (uncredited)

The Sunchaser

Movie • 1996

Cashier

The Shadow Riders

Movie • 1982

Pa Traven

Shenandoah

Movie • 1965

Jenkins - Rebel Soldier

Breaking In

Movie • 1989

Shoes

Endangered Species

Movie • 1982

Dr. Emmer

Rio Bravo

Movie • 1959

Harold

CHiPs

TV • 1977

Grandfather

B. J. and the Bear

TV • 1979

Little House on the Prairie

TV • 1974

Sheriff Pike

Knight Rider

TV • 1982

Josh Morgan

The Streets of San Francisco

TV • 1972

Bo Dobbs

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Deesha

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

District Ranger Frank Deane

Lassie

TV • 1954

The Tall Man

TV • 1960

Redigo

TV • 1963

Rawhide

TV • 1959

Walsh

Police Woman

TV • 1974

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Earl Tibner

Run for Your Life

TV • 1965

Corey Munson

Cimarron Strip

TV • 1967

The Adventures of Spin and Marty

TV • 1955

Bill Burnett

The Outcasts

TV • 1968

Climax!

TV • 1954

Matinee Theater

TV • 1955

Branded

TV • 1965

The Rifleman

TV • 1958

Lt. Paul Holfe

Laramie

TV • 1959

Racket Squad

TV • 1951

Wire Service

TV • 1956

Steve Ward

The New Adventures of Spin and Marty

TV • 1957

Bill Burnett

Further Adventures of Spin and Marty

TV • 1956

Bill Burnett

The Legend of Jesse James

TV • 1965

Ellie's Father

Doc Elliot

TV • 1973

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV • 1954

Ben Jenkins

Public Defender

TV • 1954

TV • 1955

Amos Brody

The Lone Ranger

TV • 1949

Jay Thomasson

Tales of Wells Fargo

TV • 1957

Pete Carter

Banacek

TV • 1972

Dean Barrett

B.L. Stryker

TV • 1989

Jones

Dallas

TV • 1978

Red

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV • 1948

Self

Checkmate

TV • 1960

Phil Cassidy

Wild Times

TV • 1980

Fitz Bragg

Bonanza

TV • 1959

Phil Shelton

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Frank Gulley

Climax!

TV • 1954

Bill Dickey

Tombstone Territory

TV • 1957

Vern Fawcett

Branded

TV • 1965

Lt. John Pritchett (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wagon Train

TV • 1957

John Jay Burroughs

Bonanza

TV • 1959

Corporal Burton

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Thad Miley

Stoney Burke

TV • 1962

Jake Rollins

Bonanza

TV • 1959

Mapes

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Ben Murdock

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV • 1954

Yonder

Mannix

Waterfront

TV • 1954

Roy Walker

Wagon Train

TV • 1957

Jeb Colton

Crossbow

TV • 1987