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Leonard Carey

Leonard Carey

Leonard Carey (25 February 1887 – 11 September 1977) was an English character actor who very often played butlers in Hollywood films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was also active in television during the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his role as the beach hermit, Ben, in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940).

While the City Sleeps

1956

as Walter's Butler (uncredited)

Telephone Time

1956

The King's Thief

1955

as Servant (uncredited)

The Millionaire

1955

as Chester - Butler

Climax!

1954

Thunder in the East

1952

as Dr. Paling

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1952

as Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)

Adventures of Superman

1952

The Lady and the Bandit

1951

as Jailer

Kind Lady

1951

as Postman

Slightly French

1949

as Wilson (uncredited)

The Exile

1947

as Cavalier (uncredited)

Unconquered

1947

as London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon

Moss Rose

1947

as Coroner (uncredited)

Tomorrow Is Forever

1946

as Hamilton Employee

The Invisible Man's Revenge

1944

as The Police Constable (uncredited)

Gaslight

1944

as Guide (uncredited)

Heaven Can Wait

1943

as Flogdell (uncredited)

Mrs. Miniver

1942

as Chandler (uncredited)

The Affairs of Martha

1942

as The Butler (uncredited)

This Above All

1942

as Policeman with Rector

What's Cookin'?

1942

as Butler

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942

as Pale Tom (uncredited)

Confirm or Deny

1941

as Sidney

Tuxedo Junction

1941

as Jenkins

Suspicion

1941

as The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)

Moon Over Her Shoulder

1941

as Mate Dusty Rhodes

Private Nurse

1941

as Smithton - the Butler

Accent on Love

1941

as Flowers

West Point Widow

1941

as Simpson

That Hamilton Woman

1941

as Orderly (uncredited)

Nice Girl?

1941

A Dispatch from Reuters

1940

as Delane's Secretary (uncredited)

Sky Murder

1940

as Sutter - Grand's Butler

Hired Wife

1940

as Peterson - Butler

Private Affairs

1940

as Casper the Butler

In Old Missouri

1940

as Haskins

Rebecca

1940

as Ben

Raffles

1939

as Bingham's Secretary

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

1939

as Martin

Stronger Than Desire

1939

as Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)

The Zero Hour

1939

as Butler

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939

as Hugo's Servant (uncredited)

Beauty for the Asking

1939

as Peters (uncredited)

Fast and Loose

1939

as Craddock

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

1939

as Jameson

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

1938

as Butler Phillips

Blond Cheat

1938

as Meggs (uncredited)

Hold That Kiss

1938

as Gibley

Sally, Irene and Mary

1938

as Zorka's Butler

Hitting a New High

1937

as Jervons

Beg, Borrow or Steal

1937

as James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)

Angel

1937

My Dear Miss Aldrich

1937

as William - Butler (uncredited)

The Emperor's Candlesticks

1937

as Valet to Wolensky (uncredited)

Night of Mystery

1937

as Lister

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937

as Ames

A Woman Rebels

1936

as Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited)

Bunker Bean

1936

as Kent's Butler

Little Miss Nobody

1936

as Butler

Trouble for Two

1936

as Valet (Uncredited)

Small Town Girl

1936

as Concierge (uncredited)

Wife vs. Secretary

1936

as Taggart (uncredited)

Strike Me Pink

1936

as Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited)

Here's to Romance

1935

as Buttler

Ginger

1935

as Gwynne (uncredited)

Hold 'Em Yale

1935

as Langdonn

Our Little Girl

1935

as Brent's Butler

The Little Minister

1934

as Hendry Munn

I Sell Anything

1934

as Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur

The Age of Innocence

1934

as The Butler

His Greatest Gamble

1934

as Alfred

Smarty

1934

as Tilford - Tony's Butler

Double Door

1934

as William

Gambling Lady

1934

as Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited)

The Worst Woman in Paris?

1933

as Chumley - the Butler

Bombshell

1933

as Winters

The Avenger

1933

as Talbot

Ann Carver's Profession

1933

as Melville

Infernal Machine

1933

as Hans

King of the Jungle

1933

as Clerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited)

A Lady's Profession

1933

as Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited)

Call Her Savage

1932

as Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited)

The Crash

1932

as Fair's Butler

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

as Prentice's Butler (uncredited)

Shanghai Express

1932

as Carey (uncredited)

This Reckless Age

1932

as Braithwaite (uncredited)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931

as Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)

Working Girls

1931

as Boyd's Butler

Nice Women

1931

as Connors, Butler

Honor Among Lovers

1931

as Forbes, Butler

Laughter

1930

as Benham, Gibson's Butler