Carey Wilson
Known for Writing
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.
Filmography
Hitler's Madman
1943
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Strange Glory
1938
as Narrator (voice)
Westward the Women
1951
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
Ghost Treasure
1941
as Narrator (voice)
1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
1942
as Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Number
1937
as Sheriff
The Rainbow Pass
1937
as Told by (voice)
The Great Heart
1938
as Narrator (voice)
Nostradamus and the Queen
1953
as Narrator (voice)
You, John Jones!
1943
as Narrator (uncredited)
Nostradamus
1938
as Narrator (voice)
The Greenie
1942
as Commentator
A Failure at Fifty
1940
as Narrator (voice)
Joaquin Murrieta
1938
as Narrator (voice)
More About Nostradamus
1941
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Ask Nostradamus
1953
as Narrator (voice)
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942
as Narrator