Carey Wilson
Biography
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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.
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Acting History
1957
This Is Russia! as Narrator
1953Nostradamus and the Queen as Narrator (voice)
1953Let's Ask Nostradamus as Narrator (voice)
1953Nostradamus Says So! as Narrator
1951Westward the Women as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951Target Nevada as Narrator
1948Operation Sandstone as Narrator (voice)
1946Bikini, the Atom Island as Narrator
1945Strange Destiny as Narrator
1944Nostradamus IV as Narrator (voice)
1943Hitler's Madman as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943Inca Gold as Himself - Narrator (voice)
1943Portrait of a Genius as Narrator(voice)
1943You, John Jones! as Narrator (uncredited)
1942Mr. Gardenia Jones as Narrator
1942Further Prophecies of Nostradamus as Narrator (voice)
1942The Lady or the Tiger? as Narrator
1942The Greenie as Commentator
1941Ghost Treasure as Narrator (voice)
1941More About Nostradamus as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
1940A Failure at Fifty as Narrator (voice)
1940Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1939Prophet Without Honor as Narrator (voice)
1938The Great Heart as Narrator (voice)
1938Nostradamus as Narrator (voice)
1938The Man on the Rock as Narrator (voice)
1938Bravest of the Brave as Narrator (voice)
1938Strange Glory as Narrator (voice)
1938Joaquin Murrieta as Narrator (voice)
1938What Do You Think? Tupapaoo as Narrator (voice)
1938Life in Sometown, U.S.A. as Narrator
1938What Do You Think? (Number Three) as Himself - Narrator (voice)
1937What Do You Think? (Number Two) as Narrator (voice)
1937What Do You Think? as Narrator (voice)
1937The Man in the Barn as Narrator (voice)
1937The King Without a Crown as Narrator (voice)
1937The Rainbow Pass as Told by (voice)
1937The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning as Narrator (voice)
1937Dangerous Number as Sheriff
1936Master Will Shakespeare as Narrator (voice)
1936Hollywood - The Second Step as Narrator
1935Pitcairn Island Today as Narrator (voice)
19251925 Studio Tour as Self