Person
Leonard Carey
Acting · 1887–1977 · London, England, UK
Biography
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).
Known for
Climax!
1954
Adventures of Superman
1952
The Millionaire
Chester - Butler
Telephone Time
1956
Gaslight
Guide (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
Anthonys' Butler (uncredited)
Rebecca
Ben
Unconquered
London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon
Kind Lady
Postman
Suspicion
The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
Filmography
- 1956While the City SleepsWalter's Butler (uncredited)
- 1956Telephone Time
- 1955The King's ThiefServant (uncredited)
- 1955The MillionaireChester - Butler
- 1954Climax!
- 1952Thunder in the EastDr. Paling
- 1952Adventures of Superman
- 1952The Snows of KilimanjaroDr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)
- 1951The Lady and the BanditJailer
- 1951Strangers on a TrainAnthonys' Butler (uncredited)
- 1951Kind LadyPostman
- 1949Slightly FrenchWilson (uncredited)
- 1947The ExileCavalier (uncredited)
- 1947UnconqueredLondon Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon
- 1947Forever Amber
- 1947Moss RoseCoroner (uncredited)
- 1946Tomorrow Is ForeverHamilton Employee
- 1944The Invisible Man's RevengeThe Police Constable (uncredited)
- 1944Ministry of FearPorter (uncredited)
- 1944GaslightGuide (uncredited)
- 1943Heaven Can WaitFlogdell (uncredited)
- 1942Mrs. MiniverChandler (uncredited)
- 1942The Affairs of MarthaThe Butler (uncredited)
- 1942This Above AllPoliceman with Rector
- 1942What's Cookin'?Butler
- 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakePale Tom (uncredited)
- 1941Confirm or DenySidney
- 1941Tuxedo JunctionJenkins
- 1941SuspicionThe McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
- 1941Moon Over Her ShoulderMate Dusty Rhodes
- 1941Private NurseSmithton - the Butler
- 1941Accent on LoveFlowers
- 1941West Point WidowSimpson
- 1941That Hamilton WomanOrderly (uncredited)
- 1941Nice Girl?
- 1940A Dispatch from ReutersDelane's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1940Sky MurderSutter - Grand's Butler
- 1940Hired WifePeterson - Butler
- 1940Private AffairsCasper the Butler
- 1940In Old MissouriHaskins
- 1940RebeccaBen
- 1939RafflesBingham's Secretary
- 1939Five Little Peppers And How They GrewMartin
- 1939Stronger Than DesireAlbert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)
- 1939The Zero HourButler
- 1939The Hound of the BaskervillesHugo's Servant (uncredited)
- 1939Beauty for the AskingPeters (uncredited)
- 1939Fast and LooseCraddock
- 1939The Lone Wolf Spy HuntJameson
- 1938Bulldog Drummond in AfricaButler Phillips
- 1938Blond CheatMeggs (uncredited)
- 1938Hold That KissGibley
- 1938Sally, Irene and MaryZorka's Butler
- 1937Hitting a New HighJervons
- 1937Beg, Borrow or StealJames, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)
- 1937Angel
- 1937My Dear Miss AldrichWilliam - Butler (uncredited)
- 1937The Emperor's CandlesticksValet to Wolensky (uncredited)
- 1937Night of MysteryLister
- 1937The Last of Mrs. CheyneyAmes
- 1936A Woman RebelsLord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited)
- 1936The Luckiest Girl in the WorldButler
- 1936Bunker BeanKent's Butler
- 1936Little Miss NobodyButler
- 1936Trouble for TwoValet (Uncredited)
- 1936Small Town GirlConcierge (uncredited)
- 1936Wife vs. SecretaryTaggart (uncredited)
- 1936Strike Me PinkMaitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited)
- 1935Here's to RomanceButtler
- 1935Two for TonightMr. Myers' Butler
- 1935GingerGwynne (uncredited)
- 1935Our Little GirlJackson
- 1935Hold 'Em YaleLangdonn
- 1934The Little MinisterHendry Munn
- 1934I Sell AnythingPertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur
- 1934The Age of InnocenceThe Butler
- 1934His Greatest GambleAlfred
- 1934SmartyTilford - Tony's Butler
- 1934Double DoorWilliam
- 1934Gambling LadyButler at Gambling Club (uncredited)
- 1933The Worst Woman in Paris?Chumley - the Butler
- 1933BombshellWinters
- 1933The AvengerTalbot
- 1933Ann Carver's ProfessionMelville, the Butler (uncredited)
- 1933Infernal MachineHans
- 1933King of the JungleClerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited)
- 1933A Lady's ProfessionAlbert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited)
- 1932Call Her SavageJackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited)
- 1932The CrashFair's Butler
- 1932Merrily We Go to HellPrentice's Butler (uncredited)
- 1932Shanghai ExpressCarey (uncredited)
- 1932This Reckless AgeBraithwaite (uncredited)
- 1931Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeBriggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)
- 1931Working GirlsBoyd's Butler (uncredited)
- 1931Nice WomenConnors, Butler
- 1931Honor Among LoversForbes (uncredited)
- 1930LaughterBenham, Gibson's Butler
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