Carey Wilson
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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.
Acting
Movie
Westward the Women
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Movie
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
1925
Movie
Prophet Without Honor
as Narrator (voice)
1939
Movie
Hitler's Madman
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Movie
The Great Heart
as Narrator (voice)
1938
Movie
More About Nostradamus
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Movie
You, John Jones!
as Narrator (uncredited)
1943
Movie
The King Without a Crown
as Narrator (voice)
1937
Movie
The Man in the Barn
as Narrator (voice)
1937
Movie
What Do You Think?
as Narrator (voice)
1937
Movie
Dangerous Number
as Sheriff
1937
Movie
Mr. Gardenia Jones
as Narrator
1942
Movie
Nostradamus IV
as Narrator (voice)
1944
Movie
Master Will Shakespeare
as Narrator (voice)
1936
Movie
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
as Narrator (voice)
1937
Movie
Nostradamus and the Queen
as Narrator (voice)
1953
Movie
The Rainbow Pass
as Told by (voice)
1937
Movie
A Failure at Fifty
as Narrator (voice)
1940
Movie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
1940
Movie
Hollywood - The Second Step
as Narrator
1936
Movie
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
1938
Movie
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Narrator (voice)
1942
Movie
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
as Narrator (voice)
1938
Movie
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
as Narrator
1938
Crew
Movie
Mutiny on the Bounty
Screenplay
1935
Movie
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Producer
1946
Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Continuity
1925
Movie
He Who Gets Slapped
Adaptation
1924
Movie
Scaramouche
Producer
1952
Movie
Sadie McKee
Writer
1934
Movie
Conquest
Writer
1937
Movie
Arsène Lupin
Writer
1932
Movie
Green Dolphin Street
Producer
1947
Movie
Behind Office Doors
Screenplay
1931
Movie
Gabriel Over the White House
Screenplay
1933
Movie
Why Be Good?
Screenplay
1929