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Birthday: May 19, 1889
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo Narrator (voice) 1938
Portrait of a Genius Narrator(voice) 1943
Westward the Women Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1951
Life in Sometown, U.S.A. Narrator 1938
Target Nevada Narrator 1951
You, John Jones! Narrator (uncredited) 1943
This Is Russia! Narrator 1957
Master Will Shakespeare Narrator (voice) 1936
The King Without a Crown Narrator (voice) 1937
The Man in the Barn Narrator (voice) 1937
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning Narrator (voice) 1937
Strange Glory Narrator (voice) 1938
Nostradamus and the Queen Narrator (voice) 1953
What Do You Think? Narrator (voice) 1937
Prophet Without Honor Narrator (voice) 1939
The Rainbow Pass Told by (voice) 1937
A Failure at Fifty Narrator (voice) 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice) 1940
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1940
The Lady or the Tiger? Narrator 1942
Nostradamus Says So! Narrator 1953
Operation Sandstone Narrator (voice) 1948
Hollywood - The Second Step Narrator 1936
Pitcairn Island Today Narrator (voice) 1935
Nostradamus IV Narrator (voice) 1944
Dangerous Number Sheriff 1937
What Do You Think? (Number Two) Narrator (voice) 1937
What Do You Think? (Number Three) Himself - Narrator (voice) 1938
Nostradamus Narrator (voice) 1938
The Great Heart Narrator (voice) 1938
The Man on the Rock Narrator (voice) 1938
More About Nostradamus Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1941
Inca Gold Himself - Narrator (voice) 1943
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus Narrator (voice) 1942
Let's Ask Nostradamus Narrator (voice) 1953
Mr. Gardenia Jones Narrator 1942
1925 Studio Tour Self 1925
Bravest of the Brave Narrator (voice) 1938
The Greenie Commentator 1942
Ghost Treasure Narrator (voice) 1941
Joaquin Murrieta Narrator (voice) 1938
Bikini, the Atom Island Narrator 1946
Strange Destiny Narrator 1945
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