Cast & creator
Carey Wilson
Best known for MGM Parade, MGM Parade, Scaramouche
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
152
film credits
2
television credits
48
1920–1958 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (154)
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MGM Parade
1955MGM Parade
Self
1955
Scaramouche
Producer
1952
Mutiny on the Bounty
Screenplay
1935
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Producer
1946The Greenie
Commentator
1942The Greenie
Writer
1942
Westward the Women
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Continuity
1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Scenario Writer
1925
The Red Danube
Producer
1949
Arsène Lupin
Writer
1932
He Who Gets Slapped
Adaptation
1924
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Story
1940
So This Is Marriage?
Story
1924
Peacock Alley
Story
1930Peacock Alley
Dialogue
1930
Sadie McKee
Writer
1934
You're Only Young Once
Producer
1937
Green Dolphin Street
Producer
1947
Gabriel Over the White House
Screenplay
1933
Murder at the Vanities
Screenplay
1934
Ghost Treasure
Narrator (voice)
1941
Oh Kay!
Writer
1928
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Producer
1942
Conquest
Writer
1937
The Happy Years
Producer
1950
The Women Men Marry
Writer
1937
The Midshipman
Story
1925
Strange Glory
Narrator (voice)
1938
Polly of the Circus
Adaptation
1932Polly of the Circus
Writer
1932
Judge Hardy and Son
Writer
1939
Broken Chains
Writer
1922Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1940Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Screenplay
1940
Between Two Women
Producer
1945
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
1940
Hitler's Madman
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943
What! No Beer?
Writer
1933
Nostradamus and the Queen
Narrator (voice)
1953Nostradamus and the Queen
Producer
1953
The Cup of Life
Story
1921
The King Without a Crown
Narrator (voice)
1937
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
Narrator (voice)
1942Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
Producer
1942
The Lady or the Tiger?
Narrator
1942
A Failure at Fifty
Narrator (voice)
1940A Failure at Fifty
Producer
1940
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
Story
1923
The President Vanishes
Writer
1934
Behind Office Doors
Screenplay
1931
The Man in the Barn
Narrator (voice)
1937
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Narrator
1942Mr. Gardenia Jones
Writer
1942Target Nevada
Narrator
1951
Bravest of the Brave
Narrator (voice)
1938
Dangerous Number
Sheriff
1937Dangerous Number
Screenplay
1937
Hollywood - The Second Step
Narrator
1936
Dark Delusion
Producer
1947
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
1938
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
Narrator (voice)
1938What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
Writer
1938
What Do You Think?
Narrator (voice)
1937
Bolero
Story
1934
Faithless
Screenplay
1932Portrait of a Genius
Narrator(voice)
1943
Between Two Women
Writer
1937
You, John Jones!
Narrator (uncredited)
1943You, John Jones!
Writer
1943You, John Jones!
Producer
1943The Miracle of Salt Lake
Narrator
The Man on the Rock
Narrator (voice)
1938
Let's Ask Nostradamus
Narrator (voice)
1953Inca Gold
Himself - Narrator (voice)
1943
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
Narrator
1938
Naughty But Nice
Scenario Writer
1927Naughty But Nice
Screenplay
1927Operation Sandstone
Narrator (voice)
1948
Why Be Good?
Screenplay
1929Why Be Good?
Story
1929
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
Writer
1924
The Great Heart
Narrator (voice)
1938
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
Narrator (voice)
1937What Do You Think? (Number Two)
Writer
1937
Footlights and Fools
Writer
1929
Fanny Foley Herself
Adaptation
1931Fanny Foley Herself
Writer
1931
Lights of Old Broadway
Screenplay
1925
An Affair of the Follies
Writer
1927
The Silent Lover
Writer
1926
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
Narrator (voice)
1937The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
Writer
1937The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
Producer
1937The Rainbow Pass
Told by (voice)
1937
Outcast Lady
Writer
1934
The Sporting Lover
Adaptation
1926The Sporting Lover
Screenplay
1926
1925 Studio Tour
Self
1925
Sinners in Silk
Scenario Writer
1924
The Bad One
Adaptation
1930The Bad One
Screenplay
1930
Orchids and Ermine
Story
1927Orchids and Ermine
Scenario Writer
1927
Fast Workers
Screenplay
1933
Nostradamus
Narrator (voice)
1938Nostradamus
Producer
1938
The Sea Tiger
Writer
1927The Sea Tiger
Producer
1927
More About Nostradamus
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1941More About Nostradamus
Producer
1941
Into Her Kingdom
Co-Writer
1926
Three Weeks
Adaptation
1924Three Weeks
Writer
1924
Wine of Youth
Writer
1924
Sequoia
Screenplay
1935
American Beauty
Scenario Writer
1927American Beauty
Producer
1927
Midnight Lovers
Story
1926Midnight Lovers
Screenplay
1926
The Cardboard Lover
Adaptation
1928The Cardboard Lover
Writer
1928
Pitcairn Island Today
Narrator (voice)
1935
This Is Russia!
Narrator
1958This Is Russia!
Producer
1958
A Woman's Business
Writer
1920
Lilac Time
Scenario Writer
1928
The Awakening
Writer
1928
Monte Carlo
Story
1926Hard-Boiled Haggerty
Writer
1927Primitive Pitcairn
Narrator
1935
Madonnas and Men
Writer
1920
Master Will Shakespeare
Narrator (voice)
1936
Empty Hands
Writer
1924
The Masked Bride
Writer
1925
Moments in Music
Director
1950
Joaquin Murrieta
Narrator (voice)
1938
The Stolen Bride
Writer
1927
Red Lights
Adaptation
1923
Ladies at Play
Scenario Writer
1926Ladies at Play
Screenplay
1926
Passion Fruit
Story
1921
Soul Mates
Writer
1925
The Eternal Three
Writer
1923
Prophet Without Honor
Narrator (voice)
1939Prophet Without Honor
Producer
1939Bikini, the Atom Island
Narrator
1946The Tender Hour
Story
1927
His Secretary
Story
1925Nostradamus Says So!
Narrator
1953Strange Destiny
Narrator
1945
Nostradamus IV
Narrator (voice)
1944Nostradamus IV
Producer
1944