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Leonard Carey

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Leonard Carey

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Born: February 25, 1887
Died: September 11, 1977
From: 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

Strangers on a Train

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Shanghai Express

Heaven Can Wait

Ministry of Fear

Filmography

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1956

While the City Sleeps

Acting (Walter's Butler (uncredited))

Telephone Time

Acting 1 EP

1955

The King's Thief

Acting (Servant (uncredited))

The Millionaire

Acting (Chester - Butler) 1 EP

1954

Acting 1 EP

1952

Thunder in the East

Acting (Dr. Paling)

Adventures of Superman

Acting 1 EP

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Acting (Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited))

1951

The Lady and the Bandit

Acting (Jailer)

Strangers on a Train

Acting (Anthony's Butler (uncredited))

Acting (Postman)

1949

Slightly French

Acting (Wilson (uncredited))

1947

Acting (Cavalier (uncredited))

Forever Amber

Unconquered

Acting (London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon)

Acting (Coroner (uncredited))

1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

Acting (Hamilton Employee)

1944

The Invisible Man's Revenge

Acting (The Police Constable (uncredited))

Ministry of Fear

Acting (Porter (uncredited))

Acting (Guide (uncredited))

1943

Heaven Can Wait

Acting (Flogdell (uncredited))

1942

Mrs. Miniver

Acting (Chandler (uncredited))

The Affairs of Martha

Acting (The Butler (uncredited))

This Above All

Acting (Policeman with Rector)

What's Cookin'?

Acting (Butler)

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Acting (Pale Tom (uncredited))

1941

Confirm or Deny

Acting (Sidney)

Tuxedo Junction

Acting (Jenkins)

Acting (The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited))

Moon Over Her Shoulder

Acting (Mate Dusty Rhodes)

Private Nurse

Acting (Smithton - the Butler)

Accent on Love

Acting (Flowers)