Carey Wilson
Actor
Biography
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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.
As Director
Filmography
Westward the Women
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1951
1925 Studio Tour
as Self 1925
Prophet Without Honor
as Narrator (voice) 1939
Hitler's Madman
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1943
The Great Heart
as Narrator (voice) 1938
More About Nostradamus
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1941
You, John Jones!
as Narrator (uncredited) 1943
The Man in the Barn
as Narrator (voice) 1937
The King Without a Crown
as Narrator (voice) 1937
What Do You Think?
as Narrator (voice) 1937
Dangerous Number
as Sheriff 1937
Mr. Gardenia Jones
as Narrator 1942
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice) 1940
Nostradamus IV
as Narrator (voice) 1944
Master Will Shakespeare
as Narrator (voice) 1936
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
as Narrator (voice) 1937
Nostradamus and the Queen
as Narrator (voice) 1953