About
Leonard Carey
Overview
Leonard Carey (25 February 1887 – 11 September 1977) was an English character actor who very often played butlers in Hollywood films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was also active in television during the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his role as the beach hermit, Ben, in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940).
Known for
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| 1956 | While the City Sleeps | Actor | Walter's Butler (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1955 | The King's Thief | Actor | Servant (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Thunder in the East | Actor | Dr. Paling | 58 Average |
| 1952 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Actor | Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1951 | The Lady and the Bandit | Actor | Jailer | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Kind Lady | Actor | Postman | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Slightly French | Actor | Wilson (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | The Exile | Actor | Cavalier (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Unconquered | Actor | London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Moss Rose | Actor | Coroner (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Tomorrow Is Forever | Actor | Hamilton Employee | 59 Average |
| 1944 | The Invisible Man's Revenge | Actor | The Police Constable (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Gaslight | Actor | Guide (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Actor | Flogdell (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver | Actor | Chandler (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Actor | The Butler (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1942 | This Above All | Actor | Policeman with Rector | 59 Average |
| 1942 | What's Cookin'? | Actor | Butler | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Actor | Pale Tom (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Confirm or Deny | Actor | Sidney | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Tuxedo Junction | Actor | Jenkins | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Suspicion | Actor | The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1941 | Moon Over Her Shoulder | Actor | Mate Dusty Rhodes | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Private Nurse | Actor | Smithton - the Butler | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Accent on Love | Actor | Flowers | 59 Average |
| 1941 | West Point Widow | Actor | Simpson | 59 Average |
| 1941 | That Hamilton Woman | Actor | Orderly (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1941 | Nice Girl? | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1940 | A Dispatch from Reuters | Actor | Delane's Secretary (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Sky Murder | Actor | Sutter - Grand's Butler | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | Actor | Peterson - Butler | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Private Affairs | Actor | Casper the Butler | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | In Old Missouri | Actor | Haskins | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Rebecca | Actor | Ben | 74 Good |
| 1939 | Raffles | Actor | Bingham's Secretary | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Five Little Peppers And How They Grew | Actor | Martin | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Stronger Than Desire | Actor | Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | The Zero Hour | Actor | Butler | 58 Average |
| 1939 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Actor | Hugo's Servant (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1939 | Beauty for the Asking | Actor | Peters (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Fast and Loose | Actor | Craddock | 59 Average |
| 1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Actor | Jameson | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Actor | Butler Phillips | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Blond Cheat | Actor | Meggs (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Hold That Kiss | Actor | Gibley | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Sally, Irene and Mary | Actor | Zorka's Butler | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Hitting a New High | Actor | Jervons | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Beg, Borrow or Steal | Actor | James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Angel | Actor | 60 Fair |
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| 1937 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | Actor | William - Butler (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1937 | The Emperor's Candlesticks | Actor | Valet to Wolensky (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Night of Mystery | Actor | Lister | N/A N/A |
| 1937 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Actor | Ames | 58 Average |
| 1936 | A Woman Rebels | Actor | Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Bunker Bean | Actor | Kent's Butler | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Little Miss Nobody | Actor | Butler | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Trouble for Two | Actor | Valet (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Small Town Girl | Actor | Concierge (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Wife vs. Secretary | Actor | Taggart (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Strike Me Pink | Actor | Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Here's to Romance | Actor | Buttler | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | Two for Tonight | Actor | Mr. Myers' Butler | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Ginger | Actor | Gwynne (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Hold 'Em Yale | Actor | Langdonn | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Our Little Girl | Actor | Brent's Butler | 58 Average |
| 1934 | The Little Minister | Actor | Hendry Munn | 58 Average |
| 1934 | I Sell Anything | Actor | Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur | 58 Average |
| 1934 | The Age of Innocence | Actor | The Butler | 58 Average |
| 1934 | His Greatest Gamble | Actor | Alfred | 58 Average |
| 1934 | Smarty | Actor | Tilford - Tony's Butler | 58 Average |
| 1934 | Double Door | Actor | William | 59 Average |
| 1934 | Gambling Lady | Actor | Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1933 | The Worst Woman in Paris? | Actor | Chumley - the Butler | N/A N/A |
| 1933 | Bombshell | Actor | Winters | 59 Average |
| 1933 | The Avenger | Actor | Talbot | 59 Average |
| 1933 | Ann Carver's Profession | Actor | Melville | 59 Average |
| 1933 | Infernal Machine | Actor | Hans | N/A N/A |
| 1933 | King of the Jungle | Actor | Clerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1933 | A Lady's Profession | Actor | Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage | Actor | Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1932 | The Crash | Actor | Fair's Butler | 58 Average |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Actor | Prentice's Butler (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Shanghai Express | Actor | Carey (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1932 | This Reckless Age | Actor | Braithwaite (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1931 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Actor | Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1931 | Working Girls | Actor | Boyd's Butler | 59 Average |
| 1931 | Nice Women | Actor | Connors, Butler | N/A N/A |
| 1931 | Honor Among Lovers | Actor | Forbes, Butler | 59 Average |
| 1930 | Laughter | Actor | Benham, Gibson's Butler | 58 Average |