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Carey Wilson

Carey Wilson

Born: 1889-05-19 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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
This Is Russia! poster
This Is Russia!
1957 • Narrator
Nostradamus and the Queen poster
Nostradamus and the Queen
1953 • Narrator (voice)
Let's Ask Nostradamus poster
Let's Ask Nostradamus
1953 • Narrator (voice)
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Nostradamus Says So!
1953 • Narrator
Westward the Women poster
Westward the Women
1951 • Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Target Nevada
1951 • Narrator
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Operation Sandstone
1948 • Narrator (voice)
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Bikini, the Atom Island
1946 • Narrator
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Strange Destiny
1945 • Narrator
Nostradamus IV poster
Nostradamus IV
1944 • Narrator (voice)
Hitler's Madman poster
Hitler's Madman
1943 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Inca Gold
1943 • Himself - Narrator (voice)
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Portrait of a Genius
1943 • Narrator(voice)
You, John Jones! poster
You, John Jones!
1943 • Narrator (uncredited)
Mr. Gardenia Jones poster
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942 • Narrator
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus poster
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
1942 • Narrator (voice)
The Lady or the Tiger? poster
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942 • Narrator
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The Greenie
1942 • Commentator
Ghost Treasure poster
Ghost Treasure
1941 • Narrator (voice)
More About Nostradamus poster
More About Nostradamus
1941 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards poster
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 • Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
A Failure at Fifty poster
A Failure at Fifty
1940 • Narrator (voice)
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Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Prophet Without Honor poster
Prophet Without Honor
1939 • Narrator (voice)
The Great Heart poster
The Great Heart
1938 • Narrator (voice)
Nostradamus poster
Nostradamus
1938 • Narrator (voice)
The Man on the Rock poster
The Man on the Rock
1938 • Narrator (voice)
Bravest of the Brave poster
Bravest of the Brave
1938 • Narrator (voice)
Strange Glory poster
Strange Glory
1938 • Narrator (voice)
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo poster
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
1938 • Narrator (voice)
Joaquin Murrieta poster
Joaquin Murrieta
1938 • Narrator (voice)
Life in Sometown, U.S.A. poster
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
1938 • Narrator
What Do You Think? (Number Three) poster
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
1938 • Himself - Narrator (voice)
What Do You Think? (Number Two) poster
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
1937 • Narrator (voice)
What Do You Think? poster
What Do You Think?
1937 • Narrator (voice)
The Man in the Barn poster
The Man in the Barn
1937 • Narrator (voice)
The King Without a Crown poster
The King Without a Crown
1937 • Narrator (voice)
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The Rainbow Pass
1937 • Told by (voice)
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning poster
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
1937 • Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Number poster
Dangerous Number
1937 • Sheriff
Master Will Shakespeare poster
Master Will Shakespeare
1936 • Narrator (voice)
Hollywood - The Second Step poster
Hollywood - The Second Step
1936 • Narrator
Pitcairn Island Today poster
Pitcairn Island Today
1935 • Narrator (voice)
1925 Studio Tour poster
1925 Studio Tour
1925 • Self
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The Miracle of Salt Lake
— • Narrator