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Known For

Writing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-05-19

Deathday

1962-02-01 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Carey Wilson

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.

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Acting

1957

This Is Russia! as Narrator

1953		Nostradamus and the Queen as Narrator (voice)
1953		Let's Ask Nostradamus as Narrator (voice)
1953		Nostradamus Says So! as Narrator

1951		Westward the Women as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951		Target Nevada as Narrator

1948

Operation Sandstone as Narrator (voice)

1946

Bikini, the Atom Island as Narrator

1945

Strange Destiny as Narrator

1944

Nostradamus IV as Narrator (voice)

1943		Inca Gold as Himself - Narrator (voice)
1943		Portrait of a Genius as Narrator(voice)
1943		You, John Jones! as Narrator (uncredited)

1942		Mr. Gardenia Jones as Narrator
1942		Further Prophecies of Nostradamus as Narrator (voice)
1942		The Lady or the Tiger? as Narrator
1942		The Greenie as Commentator

1941		Ghost Treasure as Narrator (voice)
1941		More About Nostradamus as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1940		Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
1940		A Failure at Fifty as Narrator (voice)
1940		Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1939

Prophet Without Honor as Narrator (voice)

1938		The Great Heart as Narrator (voice)
1938		Nostradamus as Narrator (voice)
1938		The Man on the Rock as Narrator (voice)
1938		Bravest of the Brave as Narrator (voice)
1938		Strange Glory as Narrator (voice)
1938		What Do You Think? Tupapaoo as Narrator (voice)
1938		Joaquin Murrieta as Narrator (voice)
1938		Life in Sometown, U.S.A. as Narrator
1938		What Do You Think? (Number Three) as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1937		What Do You Think? (Number Two) as Narrator (voice)
1937		What Do You Think? as Narrator (voice)
1937		The Man in the Barn as Narrator (voice)
1937		The King Without a Crown as Narrator (voice)
1937		The Rainbow Pass as Told by (voice)
1937		The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning as Narrator (voice)
1937		Dangerous Number as Sheriff

1936		Master Will Shakespeare as Narrator (voice)
1936		Hollywood - The Second Step as Narrator

1935

Pitcairn Island Today as Narrator (voice)

1925

1925 Studio Tour as Self

Directing

1950

Moments in Music as Director

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Continuity

Production

1957

This Is Russia! as Producer

1953

Nostradamus and the Queen as Producer

1952

Scaramouche as Producer

1950

The Happy Years as Producer

1949

The Red Danube as Producer

1947		Dark Delusion as Producer
1947		Green Dolphin Street as Producer

1946

The Postman Always Rings Twice as Producer

1945

Between Two Women as Producer

1944

Nostradamus IV as Producer

1943

You, John Jones! as Producer

1942		Further Prophecies of Nostradamus as Producer
1942		The Courtship of Andy Hardy as Producer

1941

More About Nostradamus as Producer

1940

A Failure at Fifty as Producer

1939

Prophet Without Honor as Producer

1938

Nostradamus as Producer

1937		You're Only Young Once as Producer
1937		The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning as Producer

1927

The Sea Tiger as Producer

Writing

1943

You, John Jones! as Writer

1942		Mr. Gardenia Jones as Writer
1942		The Greenie as Writer

1940		Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as Story
1940		Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things as Screenplay

1939

Judge Hardy and Son as Writer

1938

What Do You Think? Tupapaoo as Writer

1937		What Do You Think? (Number Two) as Writer
1937		Conquest as Writer
1937		The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning as Writer
1937		The Women Men Marry as Writer
1937		Between Two Women as Writer
1937		Dangerous Number as Screenplay

1935		Mutiny on the Bounty as Screenplay
1935		Sequoia as Screenplay

1934		The President Vanishes as Writer
1934		Outcast Lady as Writer
1934		Murder at the Vanities as Screenplay
1934		Sadie McKee as Writer
1934		Bolero as Story

1933		Gabriel Over the White House as Screenplay
1933		Fast Workers as Screenplay
1933		What! No Beer? as Writer

1932		Faithless as Screenplay
1932		Polly of the Circus as Adaptation
1932		Polly of the Circus as Writer
1932		Arsène Lupin as Writer

1931		Fanny Foley Herself as Adaptation
1931		Fanny Foley Herself as Writer
1931		Behind Office Doors as Screenplay

1930		The Bad One as Adaptation
1930		The Bad One as Screenplay
1930		Peacock Alley as Dialogue
1930		Peacock Alley as Story

1929		Footlights and Fools as Writer
1929		Why Be Good? as Screenplay

1928		The Awakening as Writer
1928		Lilac Time as Scenario Writer
1928		The Cardboard Lover as Adaptation
1928		The Cardboard Lover as Writer
1928		Oh Kay! as Writer

1927		Hard-Boiled Haggerty as Writer
1927		The Stolen Bride as Writer
1927		Naughty But Nice as Scenario Writer
1927		Naughty But Nice as Screenplay
1927		The Tender Hour as Story
1927		Orchids and Ermine as Story
1927		The Sea Tiger as Writer
1927		An Affair of the Follies as Writer

1926		The Silent Lover as Writer
1926		Ladies at Play as Scenario Writer
1926		Ladies at Play as Screenplay
1926		Midnight Lovers as Story
1926		Midnight Lovers as Screenplay
1926		Into Her Kingdom as Co-Writer
1926		The Sporting Lover as Adaptation
1926		The Sporting Lover as Screenplay
1926		Monte Carlo as Story

1925		Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Scenario Writer
1925		The Masked Bride as Writer
1925		His Secretary as Story
1925		Lights of Old Broadway as Screenplay
1925		The Midshipman as Story

1924		He Who Gets Slapped as Adaptation
1924		So This Is Marriage? as Story
1924		Wine of Youth as Writer
1924		Empty Hands as Writer
1924		Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model as Writer
1924		Three Weeks as Adaptation
1924		Three Weeks as Writer

1923		Red Lights as Adaptation
1923		The Eternal Three as Writer
1923		Lost and Found on a South Sea Island as Story

1922

Broken Chains as Writer

1921		The Cup of Life as Story
1921		Passion Fruit as Story

1920

A Woman's Business as Writer