So Dear to My Heart
1949
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Henry DeWitt Carey II (January 16, 1878 – September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars, usually cast as a Western hero. One of his best known performances is as the president of the United States Senate in the drama film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), for which he was nominated for the Academy ...
Harry Carey. Actor: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Born in New York City to a Judge of Special Sessions who was also president of a sewing machine company. Grew up on City Island, New York.
- January 1, 1
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Brentwood, California, USA
Harry Carey, the silent film star and later B-movie cowboy and A-list character actor, was--like Clint Eastwood's "Bronco Billy"--a self-made Westerner. Born on January 16, 1878, in Bronx, NY, Henry DeWitt Carey II was the son of a prominent lawyer who was the president of a sewing machine company.
- January 16, 1878
- September 21, 1947
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To moviegoers during the era of silent films, Harry Carey was the quintessential cowboy, despite having been born no closer to the frontier than the Bronx. A judge's son, Carey was pointed toward a career in law when a bout of pneumonia sent him westward to recuperate.
Harry Carey Jr ., an actor who made his mark as a boyish sidekick to John Wayne in John Ford westerns like “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” (1949), “Wagon Master” (1950) and “The Searchers” (1956),...
Henry DeWitt Carey II (January 16, 1878 - September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars, usually cast as a Western hero.
Harry Carey Jr. was an American actor and producer who had a long and successful career in Hollywood. He was born on May 16, 1921 in Saugus, California, to Harry Carey Sr. and Olive Carey. He began his career as a child actor in silent films, and later went on to appear in over 100 films and television shows.
