Carey Wilson
Writing • Born 1889-05-19 – Died 1962-02-01
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.
Filmography
47 credits
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
Movie • 1938
Narrator (voice)
Portrait of a Genius
Movie • 1943
Narrator(voice)
Westward the Women
Movie • 1951
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
Movie • 1938
Narrator
Target Nevada
Movie • 1951
Narrator
You, John Jones!
Movie • 1943
Narrator (uncredited)
This Is Russia!
Movie • 1957
Narrator
Master Will Shakespeare
Movie • 1936
Narrator (voice)
The Man in the Barn
Movie • 1937
Narrator (voice)
The King Without a Crown
Movie • 1937
Narrator (voice)
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
Movie • 1937
Narrator (voice)
Strange Glory
Movie • 1938
Narrator (voice)
Nostradamus and the Queen
Movie • 1953
Narrator (voice)
What Do You Think?
Movie • 1937
Narrator (voice)
Prophet Without Honor
Movie • 1939
Narrator (voice)
The Rainbow Pass
Movie • 1937
Told by (voice)
A Failure at Fifty
Movie • 1940
Narrator (voice)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Movie • 1940
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Lady or the Tiger?
Movie • 1942
Narrator
Nostradamus Says So!
Movie • 1953
Narrator
Operation Sandstone
Movie • 1948
Narrator (voice)
Hollywood - The Second Step
Movie • 1936
Narrator
Pitcairn Island Today
Movie • 1935
Narrator (voice)
Nostradamus IV
Movie • 1944
Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Number
Movie • 1937
Sheriff
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
Movie • 1937
Narrator (voice)
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
Movie • 1938
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Nostradamus
Movie • 1938
Narrator (voice)
The Great Heart
Movie • 1938
Narrator (voice)
The Man on the Rock
Movie • 1938
Narrator (voice)
More About Nostradamus
Movie • 1941
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Inca Gold
Movie • 1943
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
Movie • 1942
Narrator (voice)
Let's Ask Nostradamus
Movie • 1953
Narrator (voice)
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Movie • 1942
Narrator
1925 Studio Tour
Movie • 1925
Self
Bravest of the Brave
Movie • 1938
Narrator (voice)
The Greenie
Movie • 1942
Commentator
Ghost Treasure
Movie • 1941
Narrator (voice)
Joaquin Murrieta
Movie • 1938
Narrator (voice)
Bikini, the Atom Island
Movie • 1946
Narrator
Strange Destiny
Movie • 1945
Narrator
Hitler's Madman
Movie • 1943
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Miracle of Salt Lake
Movie
Narrator
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self