Leonard Carey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

95

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-02-25

Deathday

1977-09-11 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Leonard Carey

Biography

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

Rebecca
7.9%

Rebecca

Mar 23, 1940

Strangers on a Train
7.7%

Strangers on a Train

Jun 27, 1951

Suspicion
7.1%

Suspicion

Nov 14, 1941

Gaslight
7.5%

Gaslight

May 4, 1944

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
7.2%

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dec 24, 1931

Mrs. Miniver
7.0%

Mrs. Miniver

Jul 3, 1942

Heaven Can Wait
6.9%

Heaven Can Wait

Aug 5, 1943

Shanghai Express
7.0%

Shanghai Express

Feb 12, 1932

While the City Sleeps
6.9%

While the City Sleeps

Apr 19, 1956

That Hamilton Woman
7.1%

That Hamilton Woman

Apr 3, 1941

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Acting

1956
While the City Sleeps as Walter's Butler (uncredited)
1956
Telephone Time
1955
The King's Thief as Servant (uncredited)
1955
The Millionaire as Chester - Butler
1954
Climax!
1952
Thunder in the East as Dr. Paling
1952
The Snows of Kilimanjaro as Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)
1952
Adventures of Superman
1951
The Lady and the Bandit as Jailer
1951
Strangers on a Train as Anthonys' Butler (uncredited)
1951
Kind Lady as Postman
1949
Slightly French as Wilson (uncredited)
1947
The Exile as Cavalier (uncredited)
1947
Unconquered as London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon
1947
Moss Rose as Coroner (uncredited)
1946
Tomorrow Is Forever as Hamilton Employee
1944
The Invisible Man's Revenge as The Police Constable (uncredited)
1944
Gaslight as Guide (uncredited)
1943
Heaven Can Wait as Flogdell (uncredited)
1942
Mrs. Miniver as Chandler (uncredited)
1942
The Affairs of Martha as The Butler (uncredited)
1942
This Above All as Policeman with Rector
1942
What's Cookin'? as Butler
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Pale Tom (uncredited)
1941
Confirm or Deny as Sidney
1941
Tuxedo Junction as Jenkins
1941
Suspicion as The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
1941
Moon Over Her Shoulder as Mate Dusty Rhodes
1941
Private Nurse as Smithton - the Butler
1941
Accent on Love as Flowers
1941
West Point Widow as Simpson
1941
That Hamilton Woman as Orderly (uncredited)
1941
Nice Girl?
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters as Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
1940
Sky Murder as Sutter - Grand's Butler
1940
Hired Wife as Peterson - Butler
1940
Private Affairs as Casper the Butler
1940
In Old Missouri as Haskins
1940
Rebecca as Ben
1939
Raffles as Bingham's Secretary
1939
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew as Martin
1939
Stronger Than Desire as Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)
1939
The Zero Hour as Butler
1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles as Hugo's Servant (uncredited)
1939
Beauty for the Asking as Peters (uncredited)
1939
Fast and Loose as Craddock
1939
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Jameson
1938
Bulldog Drummond in Africa as Butler Phillips
1938
Blond Cheat as Meggs (uncredited)
1938
Hold That Kiss as Gibley
1938
Sally, Irene and Mary as Zorka's Butler
1937
Hitting a New High as Jervons
1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal as James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)
1937
Angel
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich as William - Butler (uncredited)
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks as Valet to Wolensky (uncredited)
1937
Night of Mystery as Lister
1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Ames
1936
A Woman Rebels as Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited)
1936
The Luckiest Girl in the World as Butler
1936
Bunker Bean as Kent's Butler
1936
Little Miss Nobody as Butler
1936
Trouble for Two as Valet (Uncredited)
1936
Small Town Girl as Concierge (uncredited)
1936
Wife vs. Secretary as Taggart (uncredited)
1936
Strike Me Pink as Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited)
1935
Here's to Romance as Buttler
1935
Two for Tonight as Mr. Myers' Butler
1935
Ginger as Gwynne (uncredited)
1935
Hold 'Em Yale as Langdonn
1935
Our Little Girl as Brent's Butler
1934
The Little Minister as Hendry Munn
1934
I Sell Anything as Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur
1934
The Age of Innocence as The Butler
1934
His Greatest Gamble as Alfred
1934
Smarty as Tilford - Tony's Butler
1934
Double Door as William
1934
Gambling Lady as Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited)
1933
The Worst Woman in Paris? as Chumley - the Butler
1933
Bombshell as Winters
1933
The Avenger as Talbot
1933
Ann Carver's Profession as Melville
1933
Infernal Machine as Hans
1933
King of the Jungle as Clerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited)
1933
A Lady's Profession as Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited)
1932
Call Her Savage as Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited)
1932
The Crash as Fair's Butler
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell as Prentice's Butler (uncredited)
1932
Shanghai Express as Carey (uncredited)
1932
This Reckless Age as Braithwaite (uncredited)
1931
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)
1931
Working Girls as Boyd's Butler (uncredited)
1931
Nice Women as Connors, Butler
1931
Honor Among Lovers as Forbes, Butler
1930
Laughter as Benham, Gibson's Butler
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