Leonard Carey
Date of birth: 1887-02-25
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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).
Movie Credits
Rebecca
1940-03-23
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the
Tuxedo Junction
1941-11-25
The Weaver Brothers and Elviry have migrated from their usual hard-scrabble digs in the Ozarks and h
Suspicion
1941-11-14
A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gamblin
Nice Women
1931-11-28
A mother tries to get her daughter to marry for money, but the daughter wants to marry for love.
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944-06-09
A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner who le
Bombshell
1933-10-13
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
The Little Minister
1934-12-28
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Th
Beauty for the Asking
1939-02-24
Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she
Nice Girl?
1941-02-21
Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built
Angel
1937-10-29
While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.
Hitting a New High
1937-12-24
A Paris cabaret singer dreams of becoming a Metropolitan Opera singer. A press agent arranges her M
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942-01-29
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Ben
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02
Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
The Age of Innocence
1934-09-14
An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.
The King's Thief
1955-08-05
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
Mrs. Miniver
1942-07-03
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxf
Shanghai Express
1932-02-12
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-pac
Accent on Love
1941-07-11
A young man of privilege abandons his thankless job as a company vice-president, walks out on his sp
Stronger Than Desire
1939-06-30
An attorney handling a murder case is unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
This Reckless Age
1932-01-09
Donald Ingals and his wife Eunice are conventional and loving parents who are shocked when their son
Smarty
1934-05-19
Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being
His Greatest Gamble
1934-08-10
A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939-08-22
The first of four films in the "Five Little Peppers" series, based on Margaret Sinclair's popular bo
Night of Mystery
1937-05-21
One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
Slightly French
1949-02-02
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "Fren
Hold That Kiss
1938-05-13
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. C
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938-03-04
Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938-08-05
Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue
While the City Sleeps
1956-04-19
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Moss Rose
1947-05-30
When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckil
Our Little Girl
1935-01-01
Don Middleton is so caught up with his work he neglects his wife Elsa. Lonely Elsa begins to spend m
Private Nurse
1941-08-22
In this brief B programmer, a nurse is hired to care for a widower's daughter who is unaware that he
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939-01-27
Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937-09-17
A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.
Blond Cheat
1938-06-17
Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan duri
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937-12-03
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of
A Woman Rebels
1936-11-06
A defiant young woman struggles against the norms and morals established by Victorian society and en
Strike Me Pink
1936-01-24
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
King of the Jungle
1933-03-10
A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilizati
Fast and Loose
1939-02-17
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939-03-24
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Ho
Raffles
1939-11-11
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. M
Confirm or Deny
1941-12-12
Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuf
Gaslight
1944-05-04
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
The Zero Hour
1939-05-26
A celebrated Broadway actress and a wealthy widowed businessman are brought together through their s
Laughter
1930-09-24
Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired
Little Miss Nobody
1936-06-05
A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.
Call Her Savage
1932-11-24
A high-spirited and short-tempered Texan woman storms her way through life until her luck runs out,
What's Cookin'?
1942-02-20
J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Cour
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941-10-23
Marriage counselor advises his bored wife to take up painting through which she meets a hubbie-rival
A Lady's Profession
1933-03-03
A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.
I Sell Anything
1934-10-20
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
Wife vs. Secretary
1936-02-28
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his att
Here's to Romance
1935-10-04
Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take
Hired Wife
1940-09-13
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his
Small Town Girl
1936-04-10
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940-10-19
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news age
Sky Murder
1940-09-27
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth
In Old Missouri
1940-04-17
The Weavers are share-croppers who confront their landlord with their tale of woe only to find he is
Gambling Lady
1934-03-08
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's
Ginger
1935-07-04
Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian
Infernal Machine
1933-04-08
This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets f
That Hamilton Woman
1941-04-03
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir Willi
Heaven Can Wait
1943-08-05
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952-09-17
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the s
Working Girls
1931-12-12
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June
The Affairs of Martha
1942-06-21
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids i
Double Door
1934-05-04
In 1910 Manhattan, Victoria Van Brett, a bitter spinster heiress lives an isolated life with her sis
Bunker Bean
1936-06-26
A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.
Honor Among Lovers
1931-03-21
Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who
West Point Widow
1941-06-20
In this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. She soon gets pregnant, but th
The Crash
1932-10-09
Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips fro
The Worst Woman in Paris?
1933-12-03
Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US. Bare
The Lady and the Bandit
1951-08-13
Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.
The Exile
1947-10-17
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by
Tomorrow Is Forever
1946-02-20
In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Eliza
Hold 'Em Yale
1935-04-27
A pretty young socialite falls for a charming but shady hustler, who abandons her when he finds that
Unconquered
1947-10-10
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to esc
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931-12-24
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He bel
Private Affairs
1940-07-05
A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love
Kind Lady
1951-06-20
Mary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she e
This Above All
1942-05-12
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF servi
Thunder in the East
1952-12-04
During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plan
Trouble for Two
1936-05-29
A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London dis
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932-06-10
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prenti
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937-02-19
A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.
The Avenger
1933-08-10
A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had him
Two for Tonight
1935-09-12
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936-10-01
A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being mar
Strangers on a Train
1951-06-27
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit th
Ann Carver's Profession
1933-05-26
Newlyweds experience marital problems when the wife's highly successful job as an attorney overshado