Carey Wilson
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-05-19
Day of Death
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.
Known For
Acting
(1957)
This Is Russia!
as Narrator
(1953)
Nostradamus and the Queen
as Narrator (voice)
(1953)
Nostradamus Says So!
as Narrator
(1953)
Let's Ask Nostradamus
as Narrator (voice)
(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)
Portrait of a Genius
as Narrator(voice)
(1943)
You, John Jones!
as Narrator (uncredited)
(1943)
Inca Gold
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
(1942)
The Lady or the Tiger?
as Narrator
(1942)
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Narrator (voice)
(1942)
Mr. Gardenia Jones
as Narrator
(1942)
The Greenie
as Commentator
(1941)
More About Nostradamus
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1941)
Ghost Treasure
as Narrator (voice)
(1940)
A Failure at Fifty
as Narrator (voice)
(1940)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (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)
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
as Narrator (voice)
(1938)
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
as Narrator
(1938)
Strange Glory
as Narrator (voice)
(1938)
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
(1938)
Nostradamus
as Narrator (voice)
(1938)
The Great Heart
as Narrator (voice)
(1938)
The Man on the Rock
as Narrator (voice)
(1938)
Bravest of the Brave
as Narrator (voice)
(1938)
Joaquin Murrieta
as Narrator (voice)
(1937)
The Man in the Barn
as Narrator (voice)
(1937)
The King Without a Crown
as Narrator (voice)
(1937)
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
as Narrator (voice)
(1937)
What Do You Think?
as Narrator (voice)
(1937)
The Rainbow Pass
as Told by (voice)
(1937)
Dangerous Number
as Sheriff
(1937)
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
as Narrator (voice)
(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
Crew
(1957)
This Is Russia!
Producer
(1953)
Nostradamus and the Queen
Producer
(1952)
Scaramouche
Producer
(1950)
The Happy Years
Producer
(1950)
Moments in Music
Director
(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)
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Producer
(1942)
(1942)
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Writer
(1942)
The Greenie
Writer
(1941)
More About Nostradamus
Producer
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
A Failure at Fifty
Producer
(1939)
Judge Hardy and Son
Writer
(1939)
Prophet Without Honor
Producer
(1938)
(1938)
Nostradamus
Producer
(1937)
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
Writer, Producer
(1937)
Dangerous Number
Screenplay
(1937)
The Women Men Marry
Writer
(1937)
Between Two Women
Writer
(1937)
You're Only Young Once
Producer
(1937)
(1937)
Conquest
Writer
(1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Screenplay
(1935)
Sequoia
Screenplay
(1934)
Murder at the Vanities
Screenplay
(1934)
Bolero
Story
(1934)
The President Vanishes
Writer
(1934)
Outcast Lady
Writer
(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
Adaptation, Writer
(1932)
Arsène Lupin
Writer
(1931)
Behind Office Doors
Screenplay
(1931)
Fanny Foley Herself
Adaptation, Writer
(1930)
Peacock Alley
Dialogue, Story
(1930)
The Bad One
Adaptation, Screenplay
(1929)
Why Be Good?
Screenplay, Story
(1929)
Footlights and Fools
Writer
(1928)
Lilac Time
Scenario Writer
(1928)
The Awakening
Writer
(1928)
The Cardboard Lover
Adaptation, Writer
(1928)
Oh Kay!
Writer
(1927)
The Sea Tiger
Producer, Writer
(1927)
Hard-Boiled Haggerty
Writer
(1927)
Naughty But Nice
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
(1927)
Orchids and Ermine
Story, Scenario Writer
(1927)
An Affair of the Follies
Writer
(1927)
The Tender Hour
Story
(1927)
The Stolen Bride
Writer
(1926)
Monte Carlo
Story
(1926)
Midnight Lovers
Story, Screenplay
(1926)
Ladies at Play
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
(1926)
The Sporting Lover
Adaptation, Screenplay
(1926)
The Silent Lover
Writer
(1926)
Into Her Kingdom
Co-Writer
(1925)
The Midshipman
Story
(1925)
The Masked Bride
Writer
(1925)
Lights of Old Broadway
Screenplay
(1925)
His Secretary
Story
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Continuity, Scenario Writer
(1924)
Three Weeks
Adaptation, Writer
(1924)
Empty Hands
Writer
(1924)
Wine of Youth
Writer
(1924)
He Who Gets Slapped
Adaptation
(1924)
(1924)
So This Is Marriage?
Story
(1923)
(1923)
The Eternal Three
Writer
(1923)
Red Lights
Adaptation
(1922)
Broken Chains
Writer
(1921)
Passion Fruit
Story
(1921)
The Cup of Life
Story
(1920)
A Woman's Business
Writer