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