Leonard Carey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-02-25
Day of Death
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).
Acting
(1956)
While the City Sleeps
as Walter's Butler (uncredited)
(1955)
The King's Thief
as Servant (uncredited)
(1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)
(1952)
Thunder in the East
as Dr. Paling
(1951)
Strangers on a Train
as Anthonys' Butler (uncredited)
(1951)
Kind Lady
as Postman
(1951)
The Lady and the Bandit
as Jailer
(1949)
Slightly French
as Wilson (uncredited)
(1947)
Unconquered
as London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon
(1947)
Moss Rose
as Coroner (uncredited)
(1947)
The Exile
as Cavalier (uncredited)
(1946)
Tomorrow Is Forever
as Hamilton Employee
(1944)
Gaslight
as Guide (uncredited)
(1944)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as The Police Constable (uncredited)
(1943)
Heaven Can Wait
as Flogdell (uncredited)
(1942)
Mrs. Miniver
as Chandler (uncredited)
(1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Pale Tom (uncredited)
(1942)
The Affairs of Martha
as The Butler (uncredited)
(1942)
What's Cookin'?
as Butler
(1942)
This Above All
as Policeman with Rector
(1941)
Suspicion
as The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
(1941)
That Hamilton Woman
as Orderly (uncredited)
(1941)
(1941)
Confirm or Deny
as Sidney
(1941)
Tuxedo Junction
as Jenkins
(1941)
West Point Widow
as Simpson
(1941)
Private Nurse
as Smithton - the Butler
(1941)
Moon Over Her Shoulder
as Mate Dusty Rhodes
(1941)
Accent on Love
as Flowers
(1940)
Rebecca
as Ben
(1940)
Hired Wife
as Peterson - Butler
(1940)
Sky Murder
as Sutter - Grand's Butler
(1940)
Private Affairs
as Casper the Butler
(1940)
In Old Missouri
as Haskins
(1940)
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
(1939)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Hugo's Servant (uncredited)
(1939)
Fast and Loose
as Craddock
(1939)
Raffles
as Bingham's Secretary
(1939)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Jameson
(1939)
Stronger Than Desire
as Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)
(1939)
The Zero Hour
as Butler
(1939)
(1939)
Beauty for the Asking
as Peters (uncredited)
(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)
(1937)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Ames
(1937)
Hitting a New High
as Jervons
(1937)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Valet to Wolensky (uncredited)
(1937)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)
(1937)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as William - Butler (uncredited)
(1937)
Night of Mystery
as Lister
(1936)
Wife vs. Secretary
as Taggart (uncredited)
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Concierge (uncredited)
(1936)
A Woman Rebels
as Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited)
(1936)
Bunker Bean
as Kent's Butler
(1936)
Strike Me Pink
as Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited)
(1936)
Trouble for Two
as Valet (Uncredited)
(1936)
The Luckiest Girl in the World
as Butler
(1936)
Little Miss Nobody
as Butler
(1935)
Our Little Girl
as Brent's Butler
(1935)
Here's to Romance
as Buttler
(1935)
Ginger
as Gwynne (uncredited)
(1935)
Two for Tonight
as Mr. Myers' Butler
(1935)
Hold 'Em Yale
as Langdonn
(1934)
Gambling Lady
as Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited)
(1934)
Smarty
as Tilford - Tony's Butler
(1934)
The Little Minister
as Hendry Munn
(1934)
The Age of Innocence
as The Butler
(1934)
His Greatest Gamble
as Alfred
(1934)
Double Door
as William
(1934)
I Sell Anything
as Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur
(1933)
Bombshell
as Winters
(1933)
King of the Jungle
as Clerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited)
(1933)
Infernal Machine
as Hans
(1933)
The Avenger
as Talbot
(1933)
A Lady's Profession
as Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited)
(1933)
Ann Carver's Profession
as Melville
(1933)
The Worst Woman in Paris?
as Chumley - the Butler
(1932)
Shanghai Express
as Carey (uncredited)
(1932)
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Prentice's Butler (uncredited)
(1932)
The Crash
as Fair's Butler
(1932)
This Reckless Age
as Braithwaite (uncredited)
(1932)
Call Her Savage
as Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited)
(1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)
(1931)
Working Girls
as Boyd's Butler (uncredited)
(1931)
Honor Among Lovers
as Forbes, Butler
(1931)
Nice Women
as Connors, Butler
(1930)
Laughter
as Benham, Gibson's Butler