- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- May 19, 1889
- Place of Birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- February 1, 1962
Carey Wilson
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.
Filmography
movieThis Is Russia!
1957 · Narrator, Producer
tvMGM Parade
1955 · , Self
movieNostradamus and the Queen
1953 · Narrator (voice), Producer
movieLet's Ask Nostradamus
1953 · Narrator (voice)
Nostradamus Says So!
movieNostradamus Says So!
1953 · Narrator
movieScaramouche
1952 · Producer
movieWestward the Women
1951 · Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Target Nevada
movieTarget Nevada
1951 · Narrator
movieMoments in Music
1950 · Director
movieThe Happy Years
1950 · Producer
movieThe Red Danube
1949 · Producer
Operation Sandstone
movieOperation Sandstone
1948 · Narrator (voice)
movieDark Delusion
1947 · Producer
movieGreen Dolphin Street
1947 · Producer
Bikini, the Atom Island
movieBikini, the Atom Island
1946 · Narrator
movieThe Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 · Producer
Strange Destiny
movieStrange Destiny
1945 · Narrator
movieBetween Two Women
1945 · Producer
movieNostradamus IV
1944 · Narrator (voice), Producer
movieHitler's Madman
1943 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Inca Gold
movieInca Gold
1943 · Himself - Narrator (voice)
Portrait of a Genius
moviePortrait of a Genius
1943 · Narrator(voice)
movieYou, John Jones!
1943 · Narrator (uncredited), Writer, Producer
movieMr. Gardenia Jones
1942 · Narrator, Writer
movieFurther Prophecies of Nostradamus
1942 · Narrator (voice), Producer
movieThe Lady or the Tiger?
1942 · Narrator
movieThe Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942 · Producer
The Greenie
movieThe Greenie
1942 · Commentator, Writer
movieGhost Treasure
1941 · Narrator (voice)
movieMore About Nostradamus
1941 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Producer
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
movieAndy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940 · Story
movieA Failure at Fifty
1940 · Narrator (voice), Producer
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
movieAndy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay
movieJudge Hardy and Son
1939 · Writer
movieProphet Without Honor
1939 · Narrator (voice), Producer
movieThe Great Heart
1938 · Narrator (voice)
movieNostradamus
1938 · Narrator (voice), Producer
movieThe Man on the Rock
1938 · Narrator (voice)
movieBravest of the Brave
1938 · Narrator (voice)
movieStrange Glory
1938 · Narrator (voice)
movieWhat Do You Think? Tupapaoo
1938 · Narrator (voice), Writer
movieJoaquin Murrieta
1938 · Narrator (voice)
movieLife in Sometown, U.S.A.
1938 · Narrator
movieWhat Do You Think? (Number Three)
1938 · Himself - Narrator (voice)
movieWhat Do You Think? (Number Two)
1937 · Narrator (voice), Writer
movieYou're Only Young Once
1937 · Producer
movieWhat Do You Think?
1937 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Man in the Barn
1937 · Narrator (voice)
movieConquest
1937 · Writer
movieThe King Without a Crown
1937 · Narrator (voice)
The Rainbow Pass
movieThe Rainbow Pass
1937 · Told by (voice)
movieThe Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
1937 · Narrator (voice), Writer, Producer
movieThe Women Men Marry
1937 · Writer
movieBetween Two Women
1937 · Writer
movieDangerous Number
1937 · Sheriff, Screenplay
movieMaster Will Shakespeare
1936 · Narrator (voice)
movieHollywood - The Second Step
1936 · Narrator
movieMutiny on the Bounty
1935 · Screenplay
moviePitcairn Island Today
1935 · Narrator (voice)
movieSequoia
1935 · Screenplay
Primitive Pitcairn
moviePrimitive Pitcairn
1935 · Narrator
movieThe President Vanishes
1934 · Writer
movieOutcast Lady
1934 · Writer
movieMurder at the Vanities
1934 · Screenplay
movieSadie McKee
1934 · Writer
movieBolero
1934 · Story
movieGabriel Over the White House
1933 · Screenplay
movieFast Workers
1933 · Screenplay
movieWhat! No Beer?
1933 · Writer
movieFaithless
1932 · Screenplay
moviePolly of the Circus
1932 · Adaptation, Writer
movieArsène Lupin
1932 · Writer
movieFanny Foley Herself
1931 · Adaptation, Writer
movieBehind Office Doors
1931 · Screenplay
movieThe Bad One
1930 · Adaptation, Screenplay
moviePeacock Alley
1930 · Dialogue, Story
movieFootlights and Fools
1929 · Writer
movieWhy Be Good?
1929 · Screenplay, Story
movieThe Awakening
1928 · Writer
movieLilac Time
1928 · Scenario Writer
movieThe Cardboard Lover
1928 · Adaptation, Writer
movieOh Kay!
1928 · Writer
movieAmerican Beauty
1927 · Scenario Writer, Producer
Hard-Boiled Haggerty
movieHard-Boiled Haggerty
1927 · Writer
movieThe Stolen Bride
1927 · Writer
movieNaughty But Nice
1927 · Scenario Writer, Screenplay
The Tender Hour
movieThe Tender Hour
1927 · Story
movieOrchids and Ermine
1927 · Story, Scenario Writer
movieThe Sea Tiger
1927 · Producer, Writer
movieAn Affair of the Follies
1927 · Writer
movieThe Silent Lover
1926 · Writer
movieLadies at Play
1926 · Scenario Writer, Screenplay
movieMidnight Lovers
1926 · Story, Screenplay
movieInto Her Kingdom
1926 · Co-Writer
movieThe Sporting Lover
1926 · Adaptation, Screenplay
movieMonte Carlo
1926 · Story
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Continuity, Scenario Writer
movieThe Masked Bride
1925 · Writer
movieHis Secretary
1925 · Story
movieLights of Old Broadway
1925 · Screenplay
movieThe Midshipman
1925 · Story
movieSoul Mates
1925 · Writer
movie1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Self
movieHe Who Gets Slapped
1924 · Adaptation
movieSo This Is Marriage?
1924 · Story
movieWine of Youth
1924 · Writer
movieSinners in Silk
1924 · Scenario Writer
movieEmpty Hands
1924 · Writer
movieNellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
1924 · Writer
movieThree Weeks
1924 · Adaptation, Writer
movieRed Lights
1923 · Adaptation
movieThe Eternal Three
1923 · Writer
movieLost and Found on a South Sea Island
1923 · Story
movieBroken Chains
1922 · Writer
movieThe Cup of Life
1921 · Story
moviePassion Fruit
1921 · Story
movieA Woman's Business
1920 · Writer
movieMadonnas and Men
1920 · Writer
The Miracle of Salt Lake
movieThe Miracle of Salt Lake
— · Narrator