Carey Wilson
Biography
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.
Movie Appearances
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
as Narrator (voice)
1938
Portrait of a Genius
as Narrator(voice)
1943
Westward the Women
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
as Narrator
1938
Target Nevada
as Narrator
1951
You, John Jones!
as Narrator (uncredited)
1943
This Is Russia!
as Narrator
1957
Master Will Shakespeare
as Narrator (voice)
1936
The Man in the Barn
as Narrator (voice)
1937
The King Without a Crown
as Narrator (voice)
1937
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
as Narrator (voice)
1937
Strange Glory
as Narrator (voice)
1938
Nostradamus and the Queen
as Narrator (voice)
1953
What Do You Think?
as Narrator (voice)
1937
Prophet Without Honor
as Narrator (voice)
1939
The Rainbow Pass
as Told by (voice)
1937
A Failure at Fifty
as Narrator (voice)
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
1940
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1940
The Lady or the Tiger?
as Narrator
1942
