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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
This Is Russia!
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 1957
Nostradamus and the Queen
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 1953
Let's Ask Nostradamus
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 1953
Nostradamus Says So!
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 1953
Westward the Women
Character: Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1951
Target Nevada
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 1951
Operation Sandstone
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 1948
Bikini, the Atom Island
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 1946
Strange Destiny
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 1945
Nostradamus IV
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 1944
Hitler's Madman
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1943
Inca Gold
Character: Himself - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 1943
Portrait of a Genius
Character: Narrator(voice)
MOVIE • 1943
You, John Jones!
Character: Narrator (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1943
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 1942
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 1942
The Lady or the Tiger?
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 1942
The Greenie
Character: Commentator
MOVIE • 1942
Ghost Treasure
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 1941
More About Nostradamus
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1941
Crew
Crew Credits
This Is Russia!
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1957
Nostradamus and the Queen
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1953
Scaramouche
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1952
Moments in Music
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1950
The Happy Years
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1950
The Red Danube
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1949
Dark Delusion
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1947
Green Dolphin Street
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1947
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1946
Between Two Women
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1945
Nostradamus IV
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1944
You, John Jones!
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1943
You, John Jones!
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1943
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1942
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1942
The Greenie
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1942
More About Nostradamus
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1941
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1940
A Failure at Fifty
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1940