About

Known credits:
292
Birthday:
1878-01-16
Place of birth:
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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Harry Carey

Overview

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 Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He was the father of Harry Carey Jr., who was also a prominent actor. 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. Attended Hamilton Military Academy and turned down an appointment to West Point to attend New York University, where his law school classmates included future New York City mayor James J. Walker. After a boating accident which led to pneumonia, Carey wrote a play while recuperating and toured the country in it for three years, earning a great deal of money, all of which evaporated after his next play was a failure.

In 1911, his friend Henry B. Walthall introduced him to director D.W. Griffith, for whom Carey was to make many films. Carey married twice, the second time to actress Olive Fuller Golden (aka Olive Carey, who introduced him to future director John Ford. Carey influenced Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle to use Ford as a director, and a partnership was born that lasted until a rift in the friendship in 1921. During this time, Carey grew into one of the most popular Western stars of the early motion picture, occasionally writing and directing films as well. In the '30s he moved slowly into character roles and was nominated for an Oscar for one of them, the President of the Senate in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). He worked once more with Ford, in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936), and appeared once with his son, Harry Carey Jr., in Howard Hawks' Red River (1948). He died after a protracted bout with emphysema and cancer. Ford dedicated his remake of 3 Godfathers (1948) "To Harry Carey--Bright Star Of The Early Western Sky."

Known for

Acting
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1992 Legends of the West Actor Ed Brandt in 'Law and Order' N/A
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1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1971 Directed by John Ford Actor (archive footage) 59
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1955 Film Fun Actor (archive footage) 59
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1948 So Dear to My Heart Actor Head Judge at County Fair 59
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1948 Red River Actor Mr. Melville 66
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1947 The Sea of Grass Actor Doc J. Reid 59
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1947 Angel and the Badman Actor Marshal Wistful McClintock 59
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1946 Duel in the Sun Actor Lem Smoot 59
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1945 China's Little Devils Actor Doc Temple 58
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1944 The Great Moment Actor Professor John C. Warren 58
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1943 Happy Land Actor Edward "Gramp" Marsh 58
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1943 Air Force Actor Crew Chief 59
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1942 The Spoilers Actor Dextry 59
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1941 Among the Living Actor Dr. Ben Saunders 59
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1941 Sundown Actor Dewey 58
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1941 Parachute Battalion Actor Bill Richards 59
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1941 The Shepherd of the Hills Actor Daniel Howitt 59
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1940 They Knew What They Wanted Actor The Doctor 58
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1940 Beyond Tomorrow Actor George Vale Melton 58
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1940 Outside the Three-Mile Limit Actor Captain Bailey 58
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1940 Beyond Christmas Actor N/A
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1939 My Son Is Guilty Actor Police Officer Tim Kerry 59
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1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Actor President of the Senate 72
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1939 Land of Liberty Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1939 Inside Information Actor Captain Bill Dugan N/A
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1939 Street of Missing Men Actor Charles Putnam 59
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1939 Code of the Streets Actor Detective Lieutenant John Lewis 59
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1939 Burn 'Em Up O'Connor Actor P.G. Delano 59
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1938 The Law West of Tombstone Actor William 'Bill' Barker 58
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1938 King of Alcatraz Actor Captain Glennan 59
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1938 Gateway Actor Commissioner Nelson 59
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1938 Sky Giant Actor Col. Cornelius Stockton 58
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1938 You and Me Actor Mr. Morris 59
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1938 Port of Missing Girls Actor Captain Josiah Storm 58
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1937 Danger Patrol Actor Sam "Easy" Street 59
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1937 Annapolis Salute Actor Chief Martin 59
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1937 Souls at Sea Actor Captain of the William Brown 58
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1937 Born Reckless Actor Dad Martin 59
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1937 Border Cafe Actor Tex Stevens 59
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1937 Kid Galahad Actor Silver Jackson 59
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1937 Racing Lady Actor Tom Martin 59
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1936 Aces Wild Actor Cheyenne Harry Morgan N/A
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1936 The Accusing Finger Actor Sen. Nash 58
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1936 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie Actor Phil Yonne 59
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1936 The Last Outlaw Actor Dean Payton 59
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1936 Little Miss Nobody Actor John Russell 59
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1936 Sutter's Gold Actor Kit Carson N/A
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1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island Actor Commandant 59
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1936 Ghost Town Actor Cheyenne Harry Morgan 59
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1935 The Last of the Clintons Actor Trigger Carson 59
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1935 Wild Mustang Actor Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton N/A
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1935 Barbary Coast Actor Jed Slocum 59
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1935 Powdersmoke Range Actor Tucson Smith N/A
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1935 Rustler's Paradise Actor Cheyenne Kincaid N/A
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1935 Wagon Trail Actor Sheriff Clay Hartley 58
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1933 Man of the Forest Actor Jim Gayner 58
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1933 Sunset Pass Actor John Hesbitt 58
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1933 The Thundering Herd Actor Clark Sprague 58
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1933 The Film Parade Actor (archive footage) (uncredited) N/A
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1932 The Devil Horse Actor Bob Norton / Roberts 58
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1932 The Night Rider Actor John Brown / Jim Blake N/A
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1932 The Last of the Mohicans Actor Hawkeye 59
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1932 Border Devils Actor Jim Gray 59
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1932 Law and Order Actor Ed Brandt 58
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1932 Without Honors Actor Pete Marlan 59
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1931 Cavalier of the West Actor Captain John Allister 58
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1931 Bad Company Actor McBaine 58
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1931 The Vanishing Legion Actor 'Happy' Cardigan 59
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1931 Trader Horn Actor Aloysius "Trader" Horn 58
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1928 The Border Patrol Actor Bill Storm N/A
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1928 Burning Bridges Actor Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely N/A
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1928 The Trail of '98 Actor Jack Locasto 58
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1927 Slide, Kelly, Slide Actor Tom Munson N/A
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1927 A Little Journey Actor Alexander Smith N/A
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1926 Satan Town Actor Bill Scott N/A
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1926 The Frontier Trail Actor Jim Cardigan N/A
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1926 The Seventh Bandit Actor David Scanlon N/A
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1926 Driftin' Thru Actor Daniel Brown N/A
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1925 The Man from Red Gulch Actor Alexander 'Sandy' Morton N/A
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1925 The Prairie Pirate Actor Brian 'The Yellow Seal' Delaney N/A
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1925 The Bad Lands Actor Patrick Angus O'Toole N/A
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1925 The Texas Trail Actor Pete Grainger N/A
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1925 Beyond the Border Actor Bob Smith N/A
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1925 Silent Sanderson Actor Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson N/A
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1925 Soft Shoes Actor Pat Halahan 59
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1924 The Flaming Forties Actor Bill Jones N/A
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1924 Roaring Rails Actor Big Bill Benson 59
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1924 Tiger Thompson Actor Tiger Thompson N/A
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1924 The Lightning Rider Actor Phlip Morgan N/A
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1924 The Night Hawk Actor 'The Hawk' N/A
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1923 The Miracle Baby Actor Neil Allison N/A
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1923 Desert Driven Actor Bob N/A
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1923 Crashin' Thru Actor Blake N/A
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1923 Canyon of the Fools Actor Bob N/A
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1922 Good Men and True Actor J. Wesley Pringle N/A
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1922 The Kickback Actor White Horse Harry N/A
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1922 Man to Man Actor Steve Packard N/A
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1921 The Fox Actor Ol' Santa Fe N/A
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1921 Desperate Trails Actor Bart Carson 58
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1921 The Wallop Actor John Wesley Pringle 58
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1921 The Freeze-Out Actor Ohio, the Stranger 58
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1921 Hearts Up Actor David Brent N/A
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1920 West Is West Actor Dick Rainboldt N/A
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1920 Sundown Slim Actor Sundown Slim N/A
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1920 Blue Streak McCoy Actor Job McCoy N/A
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1920 'If Only' Jim Actor Jim Golden N/A
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1920 Human Stuff Actor James 'Jim' Pierce N/A
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1920 Bullet Proof Actor Pierre Winton N/A
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1920 Overland Red Actor Overland Red N/A
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1919 Marked Men Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1919 A Gun Fightin' Gentleman Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1919 Rider of the Law Actor Jim Kyneton 59
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1919 The Ace of the Saddle Actor Cheyenne Harry Henderson N/A
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1919 The Outcasts of Poker Flat Actor Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst 58
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1919 Riders of Vengeance Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1919 Bare Fists Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1919 A Fight For Love Actor Cheyenne Harry N/A
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1919 Roped Actor Cheyenne Harry N/A
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1918 Three Mounted Men Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1918 A Woman's Fool Actor Lin McLean 58
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1918 Hell Bent Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1918 The Scarlet Drop Actor Harry Ridge 58
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1918 Thieves' Gold Actor Cheyenne Harry 59
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1918 Wild Women Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1918 The Phantom Riders Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1917 Bucking Broadway Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1917 A Marked Man Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1917 The Secret Man Actor Cheyenne Harry 59
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1917 Straight Shooting Actor "Cheyenne" Harry 58
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1917 Cheyenne's Pal Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1917 The Soul Herder Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1917 Six-Shooter Justice Actor Cheyenne Harry N/A
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1917 The Wrong Man Actor Jack Wilson N/A
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1917 The Golden Bullet Actor Jack N/A
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1917 The Mysterious Outlaw Actor Buck Lessen N/A
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1917 The Almost Good Man Actor Dick Glenning N/A
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1917 A 44-Calibre Mystery Actor Sheriff Cheyenne Harry N/A
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1917 The Honor of an Outlaw Actor Cheyenne Harry N/A
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1917 Hair-Trigger Burke Actor Hair Trigger Burke N/A
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1917 The Fighting Gringo Actor William 'Red' Saunders N/A
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1917 Goin' Straight Actor Cheyenne Harry N/A
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1917 The Drifter Actor Cheyenne Harry N/A
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1917 The Outlaw and the Lady Actor Cheyenne Harry N/A
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1917 The Bad Man of Cheyenne Actor Cheyenne Harry N/A
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1917 Blood Money Actor Cheyenne Harry N/A
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1916 Guilty Actor Ramon Valentine N/A
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1916 The Conspiracy Actor Dick Olney N/A
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1916 Behind the Lines Actor Dr. Ralph Hamlin N/A
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1916 The Devil's Own Actor Shifty N/A
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1916 A Woman's Eyes Actor Tom Horn N/A
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1916 Love's Lariat Actor Sky High N/A
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1916 For the Love of a Girl Actor Black La Rue N/A
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1916 The Committee on Credentials Actor Ballaret Bill N/A
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1916 The Jackals of a Great City Actor Tom Wayne N/A
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1916 The Three Godfathers Actor Bob Sangster N/A
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1916 The Wedding Guest Actor The Squarest Sheriff Alive N/A
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1916 The Passing of Hell's Crown Actor Blaze N/A
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1916 The Harbor Transportation Trust Actor Tom Larnigan N/A
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1916 A Knight of the Range Actor Cheyenne Harry 58
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1916 The Insurance Swindlers Actor Tom Larnigan N/A
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1916 Secret Love Actor Fergus Derrick N/A
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1916 Old King Coal Actor Tom Larnigan N/A
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1916 America Saved from War Actor Tom Larnigan N/A
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1916 The Railroad Monopoly Actor Tom Larnigan N/A
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1916 Grinding Life Down Actor Tom Larnigan N/A
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1916 The Power of the People Actor Tom Larnigan N/A
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1915 Graft Actor Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12) N/A
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1915 Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings Actor Miles Rand N/A
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1915 Just Jim Actor Jim N/A
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1915 As It Happened Actor The New Foreman N/A
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1915 Old Offenders Actor Norris N/A
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1915 Her Convert Actor The Converted Cracksman N/A
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1915 The Way Out Actor The Bandit N/A
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1915 Her Dormant Love Actor Dandy Dick - The Fugitive N/A
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1915 Truth Stranger Than Fiction Actor Crook N/A
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1915 The Canceled Mortgage Actor 1st Road Agent N/A
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1915 A Day's Adventure Actor Hogan - Leader of the Crooks N/A
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1915 A Double Winning Actor 2nd Sportsman N/A
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1915 The Gambler's I.O.U. Actor Dave Dawson N/A
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1915 The Miser's Legacy Actor Jackson - The Crook N/A
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1915 The Sheriff's Dilemma Actor The Sheriff N/A
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1915 The Love Transcendent Actor The Prospector N/A
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1915 His Desperate Deed Actor Burleigh N/A
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1915 The Heart of a Bandit Actor Texas Pete - the Bandit N/A
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1914 McVeagh of the South Seas Actor Cyril Bruce McVeagh 58
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1914 The Master Cracksman Actor Gentleman Joe, the Cracksman N/A
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1914 Brute Force Actor In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited) 58
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1914 Her Hand Actor Ivan N/A
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1914 Judith of Bethulia Actor Assyrian Traitor 59
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1914 Her Father's Silent Partner Actor N/A
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1914 A Nest Unfeathered Actor The Foreman N/A
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1914 His Fireman's Conscience Actor Engineer Daily N/A
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1914 Waifs Actor N/A
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1914 Concentration Actor First Son N/A
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1913 The Abandoned Well Actor The Adopted Son N/A
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1913 For Her Government Actor N/A
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1913 All for Science Actor The Young Man N/A
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1913 The Detective's Stratagem Actor Keene, the Detective N/A
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1913 The Stopped Clock Actor The Detective N/A
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1913 Madonna of the Storm Actor N/A
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1913 The Van Nostrand Tiara Actor Society Detective N/A
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1913 A Tender-Hearted Crook Actor The Thief N/A
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1913 The Law and His Son Actor Manning N/A
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1913 The Stolen Treaty Actor The Detective N/A
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1913 A Modest Hero Actor N/A
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1913 The Strong Man's Burden Actor Bob - the Younger Brother 58
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1913 Black and White Actor N/A
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1913 The Crook and the Girl Actor The Crook N/A
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1913 The Work Habit Actor The Son-in-Law N/A
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1913 Under the Shadow of the Law Actor The Convict N/A
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1913 When Love Forgives Actor Second Criminal N/A
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1913 I Was Meant for You Actor Luke N/A
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1913 The Vengeance of Galora Actor A Prospector N/A
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1913 A Misappropriated Turkey Actor The Bartender N/A
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1913 The Mirror Actor First Tramp N/A
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1913 A Gambler's Honor Actor The Gambler N/A
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1913 A Gamble with Death Actor The Cowpuncher N/A
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1913 In Diplomatic Circles Actor The Butler N/A
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1913 The Switchtower Actor 58
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1913 The Well Actor Giuseppe, the Farmhand N/A
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1913 The Enemy's Baby Actor Miller N/A
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1913 Red Hicks Defies the World Actor In Crowd (uncredited) N/A
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1913 The Sorrowful Shore Actor The Widowed Father N/A
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1913 The Ranchero's Revenge Actor The Schemer N/A
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1913 A Dangerous Foe Actor The 'Bull' N/A
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1913 Olaf—An Atom Actor Olaf, an Atom N/A
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1913 The Stolen Loaf Actor The Butler N/A
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1913 The Tenderfoot's Money Actor The Gambler N/A
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1913 If We Only Knew Actor The Sailor N/A
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1913 The Left-Handed Man Actor The Left-Handed Thief N/A
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1913 A Frightful Blunder Actor The Superintendent N/A
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1913 The Stolen Bride Actor The Husband N/A
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1913 The Hero of Little Italy Actor Tony N/A
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1913 The Sheriff's Baby Actor Second Bandit 58
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1913 Near To Earth Actor N/A
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1913 The Unwelcome Guest Actor The Sheriff 58
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1913 Broken Ways Actor The Sheriff N/A
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1913 The Wrong Bottle Actor N/A
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1913 Love in an Apartment Hotel Actor The Thief N/A
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1913 A Chance Deception Actor Raffles N/A
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1913 Oil and Water Actor The Stage Manager / At Dinner N/A
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1913 Brothers Actor The Mother's Favorite Son N/A
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1913 An Adventure in the Autumn Woods Actor Third Thief N/A
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1913 Pirate Gold Actor N/A
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1913 The Telephone Girl and the Lady Actor The Thief 58
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1912 A Cry for Help Actor The Thief N/A
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1912 The Burglar’s Dilemma Actor Older Crook 58
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1912 My Hero Actor Indian N/A
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1912 Brutality Actor At Theatre N/A
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1912 The Informer Actor The Confederate Corporal N/A
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1912 Heredity Actor The White Renegade Father N/A
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1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley Actor Snapper's Sidekick 59
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1912 The Painted Lady Actor At Ice Cream Festival 58
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1912 The One She Loved Actor The Neighbor's Friend N/A
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1912 In the Aisles of the Wild Actor Bob Cole N/A
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1912 A Feud in the Kentucky Hills Actor 2nd Clan Member 58
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1912 So Near, Yet So Far Actor A Thief 58
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1912 Friends Actor Bob Kyne - the Prospector 58
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1912 Two Daughters of Eve Actor In Audience N/A
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1912 An Unseen Enemy Actor The Safecracker 58
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1910 Bill Sharkey's Last Game Actor N/A
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1910 Gentleman Joe Actor N/A
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Directing
1916 Love's Lariat Directing Director N/A
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1916 For the Love of a Girl Directing Director N/A
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1914 McVeagh of the South Seas Directing Director 58
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1914 The Master Cracksman Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1925 Soft Shoes Writing Story 59
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1922 The Kickback Writing Story N/A
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1921 The Fox Writing Story N/A
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1921 Hearts Up Writing Story N/A
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1920 Human Stuff Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1919 A Gun Fightin' Gentleman Writing Story 58
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1919 Riders of Vengeance Writing Story 58
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1919 The Gun Packer Writing Story 58
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1918 Hell Bent Writing Story 58
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1917 Goin' Straight Writing Story N/A
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1917 The Outlaw and the Lady Writing Story N/A
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1917 The Bad Man of Cheyenne Writing Story N/A
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1917 Blood Money Writing Story N/A
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1916 Stampede in the Night Writing Story N/A
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1916 A Knight of the Range Writing Scenario Writer 58
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1914 McVeagh of the South Seas Writing Story 58
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1914 The Master Cracksman Writing Writer N/A
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1913 Under the Shadow of the Law Writing Screenplay N/A
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1913 Under the Shadow of the Law Writing Story N/A
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1913 A Gambler's Honor Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1918 Wild Women Production Producer 58
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1918 The Phantom Riders Production Producer 58
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1917 Bucking Broadway Production Producer 58
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Crew
1948 3 Godfathers Crew In Memory Of 61
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