Carey Wilson

Known for: Writing
Born: May 19, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: February 1, 1962
Movies: 116

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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.

Best-Known Movies

7.4

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

7.1

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946

7.0

Scaramouche

1952

7.0

Westward the Women

1951

7.0

Sadie McKee

1934

6.6

Conquest

1937

7.0

Arsène Lupin

1932

6.2

1925 Studio Tour

1925

6.3

Green Dolphin Street

1947

4.9

Behind Office Doors

1931

Filmography

1958	This Is Russia!	Narrator
1953	Nostradamus and the Queen	Narrator (voice)
1953	Let's Ask Nostradamus	Narrator (voice)
1953	Nostradamus Says So!	Narrator
1951	Westward the Women	Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951	Target Nevada	Narrator
1948	Operation Sandstone	Narrator (voice)
1946	Bikini, the Atom Island	Narrator
1945	Strange Destiny	Narrator
1944	Nostradamus IV	Narrator (voice)
1943	Hitler's Madman	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943	Inca Gold	Himself - Narrator (voice)
1943	Portrait of a Genius	Narrator(voice)
1943	You, John Jones!	Narrator (uncredited)
1942	Mr. Gardenia Jones	Narrator
1942	Further Prophecies of Nostradamus	Narrator (voice)
1942	The Lady or the Tiger?	Narrator
1942	The Greenie	Commentator
1941	Ghost Treasure	Narrator (voice)
1941	More About Nostradamus	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1940	Cavalcade of the Academy Awards	Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
1940	A Failure at Fifty	Narrator (voice)
1940	Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1939	Prophet Without Honor	Narrator (voice)
1938	The Great Heart	Narrator (voice)
1938	Nostradamus	Narrator (voice)
1938	The Man on the Rock	Narrator (voice)
1938	Bravest of the Brave	Narrator (voice)
1938	Strange Glory	Narrator (voice)
1938	What Do You Think? Tupapaoo	Narrator (voice)
1938	Joaquin Murrieta	Narrator (voice)
1938	Life in Sometown, U.S.A.	Narrator
1938	What Do You Think? (Number Three)	Himself - Narrator (voice)
1937	What Do You Think? (Number Two)	Narrator (voice)
1937	What Do You Think?	Narrator (voice)
1937	The Man in the Barn	Narrator (voice)
1937	The King Without a Crown	Narrator (voice)
1937	The Rainbow Pass	Told by (voice)
1937	The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning	Narrator (voice)
1937	Dangerous Number	Sheriff
1936	Master Will Shakespeare	Narrator (voice)
1936	Hollywood - The Second Step	Narrator
1935	Pitcairn Island Today	Narrator (voice)
1935	Primitive Pitcairn	Narrator
1925	1925 Studio Tour	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

1958	This Is Russia!	Producer
1953	Nostradamus and the Queen	Producer
1952	Scaramouche	Producer
1950	Moments in Music	Director
1950	The Happy Years	Producer
1949	The Red Danube	Producer
1947	Dark Delusion	Producer
1947	Green Dolphin Street	Producer
1946	The Postman Always Rings Twice	Producer
1945	Between Two Women	Producer
1944	Nostradamus IV	Producer
1943	You, John Jones!	Writer, Producer
1942	Mr. Gardenia Jones	Writer
1942	Further Prophecies of Nostradamus	Producer
1942	The Courtship of Andy Hardy	Producer
1942	The Greenie	Writer
1941	More About Nostradamus	Producer
1940	A Failure at Fifty	Producer
1940	Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things	Screenplay
1939	Judge Hardy and Son	Writer
1939	Prophet Without Honor	Producer
1938	Nostradamus	Producer
1938	What Do You Think? Tupapaoo	Writer
1937	What Do You Think? (Number Two)	Writer
1937	You're Only Young Once	Producer
1937	Conquest	Writer
1937	The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning	Writer, Producer
1937	The Women Men Marry	Writer
1937	Between Two Women	Writer
1937	Dangerous Number	Screenplay
1935	Mutiny on the Bounty	Screenplay
1935	Sequoia	Screenplay
1934	The President Vanishes	Writer
1934	Outcast Lady	Writer
1934	Murder at the Vanities	Screenplay
1934	Sadie McKee	Writer
1933	Gabriel Over the White House	Screenplay
1933	Fast Workers	Screenplay
1933	What! No Beer?	Writer
1932	Faithless	Screenplay
1932	Polly of the Circus	Writer
1932	Arsène Lupin	Writer
1931	Fanny Foley Herself	Writer
1931	Behind Office Doors	Screenplay
1930	The Bad One	Screenplay
1929	Footlights and Fools	Writer
1929	Why Be Good?	Screenplay
1928	The Awakening	Writer
1928	The Cardboard Lover	Writer
1928	Oh Kay!	Writer
1927	American Beauty	Producer
1927	Hard-Boiled Haggerty	Writer
1927	The Stolen Bride	Writer
1927	Naughty But Nice	Screenplay
1927	The Sea Tiger	Producer, Writer
1927	An Affair of the Follies	Writer
1926	The Silent Lover	Writer
1926	Ladies at Play	Screenplay
1926	Midnight Lovers	Screenplay
1926	The Sporting Lover	Screenplay
1925	The Masked Bride	Writer
1925	Lights of Old Broadway	Screenplay
1925	Soul Mates	Writer
1924	Wine of Youth	Writer
1924	Empty Hands	Writer
1924	Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model	Writer
1924	Three Weeks	Writer
1923	The Eternal Three	Writer
1922	Broken Chains	Writer
1920	A Woman's Business	Writer
1920	Madonnas and Men	Writer

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