Harry Carey

AKA:
Harry Carey , Henry DeWitt Carey
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
01/16/1878
Birthplace:
Bronx, New York
Death Date:
09/21/1947
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biography
A seminal figure in the history of the Hollywood Western, Harry Carey doesn't quite have the same iconic value in the popular imagination as another pioneering cowboy star, William S Hart. But this is mostly due to the relative unavailability of Carey's films from his starring heyday, and because, unlike Hart, he later carved a niche as a general purpose character actor, which is largely how later generations knew him. Nonetheless, Carey was something of a legend in his own time, and as both Western hero and a likable, elder statesman figure, he was a key player from the first half century of Continued
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Made stage debut in stock with the Yorkville Theatre (New York City)
1904 
Wrote a stage melodrama, "Montana", in which he toured (dates approximate)
1908 
Joined D W Griffith at Biograph studios in New York; appeared in three Westerns shot on Staten Island
1909 
Began film acting career in earnest with film, "Bill Sharkley's Last Game"
1911 
Went to Hollywood
Continued