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

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

Westward the Women

Hitler's Madman

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Dangerous Number

The Man on the Rock

1925 Studio Tour

All Movies (46)

• This Is Russia!1957 · as Narrator
• Nostradamus and the Queen1953 · as Narrator (voice)
• Let's Ask Nostradamus1953 · as Narrator (voice)
• Nostradamus Says So!1953 · as Narrator
• Westward the Women1951 · as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Target Nevada1951 · as Narrator
• Operation Sandstone1948 · as Narrator (voice)
• Bikini, the Atom Island1946 · as Narrator
• Strange Destiny1945 · as Narrator
• Nostradamus IV1944 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hitler's Madman1943 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Inca Gold1943 · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
• Portrait of a Genius1943 · as Narrator(voice)
• You, John Jones!1943 · as Narrator (uncredited)
• Mr. Gardenia Jones1942 · as Narrator
• Further Prophecies of Nostradamus1942 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Lady or the Tiger?1942 · as Narrator
• The Greenie1942 · as Commentator
• Ghost Treasure1941 · as Narrator (voice)
• More About Nostradamus1941 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940 · as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
• A Failure at Fifty1940 · as Narrator (voice)
• Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things1940 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Prophet Without Honor1939 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Great Heart1938 · as Narrator (voice)
• Nostradamus1938 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Man on the Rock1938 · as Narrator (voice)
• Bravest of the Brave1938 · as Narrator (voice)
• Strange Glory1938 · as Narrator (voice)
• What Do You Think? Tupapaoo1938 · as Narrator (voice)
• Joaquin Murrieta1938 · as Narrator (voice)
• Life in Sometown, U.S.A.1938 · as Narrator
• What Do You Think? (Number Three)1938 · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
• What Do You Think? (Number Two)1937 · as Narrator (voice)
• What Do You Think?1937 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Man in the Barn1937 · as Narrator (voice)
• The King Without a Crown1937 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Rainbow Pass1937 · as Told by (voice)
• The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning1937 · as Narrator (voice)
• Dangerous Number1937 · as Sheriff
• Master Will Shakespeare1936 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hollywood - The Second Step1936 · as Narrator
• Pitcairn Island Today1935 · as Narrator (voice)
• Primitive Pitcairn1935 · as Narrator
• 1925 Studio Tour1925 · as Self
• The Miracle of Salt Lake— · as Narrator

All TV Shows (2)

• MGM Parade1955
• MGM Parade1955 · as Self