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Timothy Carey

Timothy Carey

Born: 1929-03-11 • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Timothy Agoglia Carey (born March 11 - May 11, 1994) was an American film and television actor.

Carey wrote, produced, directed and starred in the 1962 feature The World's Greatest Sinner which was scored by Frank Zappa. Although it did not have wide commercial release, the film has achieved cult status through repeated screenings at the "midnight movies" in Los Angeles in the 1960s. This movie established Carey as an important figure in independent film.

As an actor, Carey appeared in the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing and Paths of Glory, and in the John Cassavetes-directed films Minnie and Moskowitz and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.

He had roles in East of Eden, The Wild One, One-Eyed Jacks and Beach Blanket Bingo. He played a minor role as the Angel of Death in the comedy film D.C. Cab, and appeared in the Monkees vehicle Head. His final appearance was in the 1986 movie Echo Park. Carey also did a select amount of acting on TV from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Carey's image appears behind George Harrison on the cover of the Beatles album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Unfortunately, his cutout is obscured by Harrison. Outtake photos from the "Pepper" session show his full face from the movie "The Killing".

Timothy Carey died from a stroke in 1994, aged 65.

Filmography
Echo Park poster
Echo Park
1985 • Vinnie
D.C. Cab poster
D.C. Cab
1983 • Angel of Death
No Image
Likely Stories Vol. 2
1983
Fast-Walking poster
Fast-Walking
1982 • Bullet
Nightside poster
Nightside
1980 • Slowboy
No Image
Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena
1979 • Tweet Twig
Tarzana poster
Tarzana
1978 • Benny
Speedtrap poster
Speedtrap
1977 • Loomis
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy poster
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976 • Vincent
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie poster
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976 • Flo
Peeper poster
Peeper
1975 • Sid
The Outfit poster
The Outfit
1973 • Jake Menner
The Bait poster
The Bait
1973 • Big Mike
Ransom for a Dead Man poster
Ransom for a Dead Man
1972 • Bert
Get to Know Your Rabbit poster
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972 • Policeman (uncredited)
Minnie and Moskowitz poster
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971 • Morgan Morgan
What's the Matter with Helen? poster
What's the Matter with Helen?
1971 • The Tramp
Change of Habit poster
Change of Habit
1969 • Ajax Market Manager (uncredited)
Head poster
Head
1968 • Lord High 'n Low
Waterhole #3 poster
Waterhole #3
1967 • Hilb
A Time for Killing poster
A Time for Killing
1967 • Billy Cat
Duel at Diablo poster
Duel at Diablo
1966 • Deputy Clem (uncredited)
Beach Blanket Bingo poster
Beach Blanket Bingo
1965 • South Dakota Slim
Rio Conchos poster
Rio Conchos
1964 • Chico (uncredited)
Bikini Beach poster
Bikini Beach
1964 • South Dakota Slim
Convicts 4 poster
Convicts 4
1962 • Nick
The World's Greatest Sinner poster
The World's Greatest Sinner
1962 • Clarence Hilliard
Mermaids of Tiburon poster
Mermaids of Tiburon
1962 • Milo Sangster
The Second Time Around poster
The Second Time Around
1961 • Bonner
One-Eyed Jacks poster
One-Eyed Jacks
1961 • Howard Tetley
The Boy and the Pirates poster
The Boy and the Pirates
1960 • Morgan
The Gunfight at Dodge City poster
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959 • Forbes
Revolt in the Big House poster
Revolt in the Big House
1958 • Ed 'Bugsy' Kyle
Unwed Mother poster
Unwed Mother
1958 • Abortionist
Paths of Glory poster
Paths of Glory
1957 • Pvt. Maurice Ferol
House of Numbers poster
House of Numbers
1957 • Frenchy (uncredited)
Bayou poster
Bayou
1957 • Ulysses
Chain of Evidence poster
Chain of Evidence
1957 • Carl Fowler
Rumble on the Docks poster
Rumble on the Docks
1956 • Frank Mangus
Naked Gun poster
Naked Gun
1956 • Hartman (henchman)
Flight to Hong Kong poster
Flight to Hong Kong
1956 • Legarto
The Last Wagon poster
The Last Wagon
1956 • Cole Harper (uncredited)
Francis in the Haunted House poster
Francis in the Haunted House
1956 • Hugo
The Killing poster
The Killing
1956 • Nikki Arcane
I'll Cry Tomorrow poster
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955 • Derelict (uncredited)
Finger Man poster
Finger Man
1955 • Lou Terpe
East of Eden poster
East of Eden
1955 • Joe (uncredited)
Alaska Seas poster
Alaska Seas
1954 • Wycoff
The Wild One poster
The Wild One
1953 • Chino's Boy (uncredited)
Crime Wave poster
Crime Wave
1953 • Johnny Haslett (uncredited)
White Witch Doctor poster
White Witch Doctor
1953 • Jarrett
Bloodhounds of Broadway poster
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1952 • Crockett Pace (uncredited)
Hellgate poster
Hellgate
1952 • Wyand (uncredited)
Across the Wide Missouri poster
Across the Wide Missouri
1951 • Baptiste DuNord (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole poster
Ace in the Hole
1951 • Construction Worker (uncredited)