Carey Wilson
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.
Acting (34 movies)
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
1938
Westward the Women
1951
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
1938
You, John Jones!
1943
This Is Russia!
1957
Master Will Shakespeare
1936
The Man in the Barn
1937
The King Without a Crown
1937
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
1937
Strange Glory
1938
Nostradamus and the Queen
1953
What Do You Think?
1937
Prophet Without Honor
1939
A Failure at Fifty
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942
Hollywood - The Second Step
1936
Pitcairn Island Today
1935
Nostradamus IV
1944
Dangerous Number
1937
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
1937
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
1938
Nostradamus
1938
The Great Heart
1938
The Man on the Rock
1938
More About Nostradamus
1941
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
1942
Let's Ask Nostradamus
1953
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942
1925 Studio Tour
1925
Bravest of the Brave
1938
Ghost Treasure
1941
Joaquin Murrieta
1938
Hitler's Madman
1943
