Harry Carey
Biography
Henry DeWitt Carey II was a renowned American actor and silent film's earliest superstar, cast as Western hero. He earned fame with his role in the drama film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. A father of prominent actor Harry Carey Jr., Carey influenced Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle to use director John Ford, and a partnership was born that lasted until 1921.