ACTOR

Harry Carey

1878 - 1947

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Henry DeWitt Carey II (January 16, 1878 – September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars, usually cast as a Western hero. One of his best known performances is as the president of the United States Senate in the drama film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Carey has received more than 38,597 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Harry Carey is the 3,828th most popular actor (down from 3,549th in 2019), the 5,702nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,438th in 2019) and the 1,726th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 39k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Harry Carey ranks 3,828 out of 13,578. Before him are Lupita Ferrer, Madeleine Carroll, Elizabeth Mitchell, Katherine DeMille, Çağatay Ulusoy, and David White. After him are Paul Hörbiger, Sabrina Carpenter, Wil Wheaton, Roger Rees, John Corbett, and Juliet Berto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Harry Carey ranks 167. Before him are Viktor Nogin, Pat McDonald, René Maire, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Konstantinos Paspatis, and Leopold Staff. After him are Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Pamela Colman Smith, Harriet Bosse, Ladislav Klíma, Louise Dresser, and José Berraondo. Among people deceased in 1947, Harry Carey ranks 147. Before him are Amadeo García, Wilhelm Heye, Ian Hamilton, Martin Klein, Johannes Winkler, and Tefta Tashko-Koço. After him are Eugène Lanti, Ture Rangström, Jean-Richard Bloch, Manuel Machado, George Henry Peters, and Max Berg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Carey ranks 5,702 out of 20,380. Before him are Otis Davis (1932), George Calnan (1900), Elizabeth Mitchell (1970), Sidney Johnson (1877), Amina Wadud (1952), and David White (1916). After him are Isabella Karle (1921), Tammy Faye Messner (1942), Sheila E. (1957), Jimmie Rodgers (1897), Sabrina Carpenter (1999), and Carmen Basilio (1927).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Harry Carey ranks 1,726. Before him are Carl Lumbly (1951), Ed O'Ross (1949), Tommy Rettig (1941), Sandra Bernhard (1955), Elizabeth Mitchell (1970), and David White (1916). After him are Sabrina Carpenter (1999), Wil Wheaton (1972), John Corbett (1961), Raymond J. Barry (1939), Christopher Guest (1948), and Joanna Moore (1934).

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Television and Movie Roles

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
President of the Senate
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
Oct 19o 19397.9 / 10
Red River
Mr. Melville
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
Aug 26o 19487.347 / 10
Angel and the Badman
Marshal Wistful McClintock
Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded, and the kindly family takes him in to nurse him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the affections of their beautiful daughter, Penelope. He develops an affection for the family and their faith, but his troubled past follows him.
Feb 15o 19476.3 / 10