Carey Wilson
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1957 · This Is Russia! as Narrator
- 1953 · Nostradamus and the Queen as Narrator (voice)
- 1953 · Let's Ask Nostradamus as Narrator (voice)
- 1953 · Nostradamus Says So! as Narrator
- 1951 · Westward the Women as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1951 · Target Nevada as Narrator
- 1948 · Operation Sandstone as Narrator (voice)
- 1946 · Bikini, the Atom Island as Narrator
- 1944 · Nostradamus IV as Narrator (voice)
- 1943 · Inca Gold as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1943 · Portrait of a Genius as Narrator(voice)
- 1943 · You, John Jones! as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1942 · Mr. Gardenia Jones as Narrator
- 1942 · Further Prophecies of Nostradamus as Narrator (voice)
- 1942 · The Lady or the Tiger? as Narrator
- 1942 · The Greenie as Commentator
- 1941 · Ghost Treasure as Narrator (voice)
- 1941 · More About Nostradamus as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1940 · Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
- 1940 · A Failure at Fifty as Narrator (voice)
- 1940 · Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1939 · Prophet Without Honor as Narrator (voice)
- 1938 · The Great Heart as Narrator (voice)
- 1938 · Nostradamus as Narrator (voice)
- 1938 · The Man on the Rock as Narrator (voice)
- 1938 · Bravest of the Brave as Narrator (voice)
- 1938 · Strange Glory as Narrator (voice)
- 1938 · Joaquin Murrieta as Narrator (voice)
- 1938 · What Do You Think? Tupapaoo as Narrator (voice)
- 1938 · Life in Sometown, U.S.A. as Narrator
- 1938 · What Do You Think? (Number Three) as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1937 · What Do You Think? (Number Two) as Narrator (voice)
- 1937 · What Do You Think? as Narrator (voice)
- 1937 · The Man in the Barn as Narrator (voice)
- 1937 · The King Without a Crown as Narrator (voice)
- 1937 · The Rainbow Pass as Told by (voice)
- 1937 · The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning as Narrator (voice)
- 1937 · Dangerous Number as Sheriff
- 1936 · Master Will Shakespeare as Narrator (voice)
- 1936 · Hollywood - The Second Step as Narrator
- 1935 · Pitcairn Island Today as Narrator (voice)
- 1925 · 1925 Studio Tour as Self