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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
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Screenplay
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
Scenario Writer
Full Filmography
Writing
A Woman's Business
(1920)
Writer
Passion Fruit
(1921)
Story
The Cup of Life
(1921)
Story
Broken Chains
(1922)
Writer
The Eternal Three
(1923)
Writer
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
(1923)
Story
Red Lights
(1923)
Adaptation
Three Weeks
(1924)
Adaptation and Writer
Wine of Youth
(1924)
Writer
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
(1924)
Writer
He Who Gets Slapped
(1924)
Screenplay
So This Is Marriage?
(1924)
Story
Empty Hands
(1924)
Writer
Lights of Old Broadway
(1925)
Screenplay
His Secretary
(1925)
Story
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
Scenario Writer
The Masked Bride
(1925)
Writer
The Midshipman
(1925)
Story
Midnight Lovers
(1926)
Screenplay and Story
Ladies at Play
(1926)
Scenario Writer and Screenplay
The Sporting Lover
(1926)
Adaptation and Screenplay
The Silent Lover
(1926)
Writer
Into Her Kingdom
(1926)
Co-Writer
Dreams of Monte Carlo
(1926)
Story
The Sea Tiger
(1927)
Writer
Naughty But Nice
(1927)
Scenario Writer and Screenplay
Orchids and Ermine
(1927)
Story
An Affair of the Follies
(1927)
Writer
The Stolen Bride
(1927)
Writer
The Tender Hour
(1927)
Story
Hard-Boiled Haggerty
(1927)
Writer
The Awakening
(1928)
Writer
The Cardboard Lover
(1928)
Adaptation and Writer
Oh Kay!
(1928)
Writer
Lilac Time
(1928)
Scenario Writer
Why Be Good?
(1929)
Screenplay
Footlights and Fools
(1929)
Writer
Peacock Alley
(1930)
Story and Dialogue
The Bad One
(1930)
Adaptation and Screenplay
Behind Office Doors
(1931)
Screenplay
Fanny Foley Herself
(1931)
Adaptation and Writer
Faithless
(1932)
Screenplay
Polly of the Circus
(1932)
Adaptation and Writer
Arsène Lupin
(1932)
Writer
Gabriel Over the White House
(1933)
Screenplay
Fast Workers
(1933)
Screenplay
Murder at the Vanities
(1934)
Screenplay
Bolero
(1934)
Story
The President Vanishes
(1934)
Writer
Outcast Lady
(1934)
Writer
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Screenplay
Sequoia
(1935)
Screenplay
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
(1937)
Writer
Dangerous Number
(1937)
Screenplay
Between Two Women
(1937)
Writer
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
(1937)
Writer
Conquest
(1937)
Writer
The Women Men Marry
(1937)
Writer
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
(1938)
Writer
Judge Hardy and Son
(1939)
Writer
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
(1940)
Story
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
(1940)
Screenplay
Mr. Gardenia Jones
(1942)
Writer
The Greenie
(1942)
Writer
You, John Jones!
(1943)
Writer
Acting
1925 Studio Tour
(1925)
Self
Pitcairn Island Today
(1935)
Narrator (voice)
Master Will Shakespeare
(1936)
Narrator (voice)
Hollywood - The Second Step
(1936)
Narrator
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
(1937)
Narrator (voice)
The Man in the Barn
(1937)
Narrator (voice)
The King Without a Crown
(1937)
Narrator (voice)
What Do You Think?
(1937)
Narrator (voice)
The Rainbow Pass
(1937)
Told by (voice)
Dangerous Number
(1937)
Sheriff
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
(1937)
Narrator (voice)
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
(1938)
Narrator
Strange Glory
(1938)
Narrator (voice)
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
(1938)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Nostradamus
(1938)
Narrator (voice)
The Great Heart
(1938)
Narrator (voice)
The Man on the Rock
(1938)
Narrator (voice)
Bravest of the Brave
(1938)
Narrator (voice)
Joaquin Murrieta
(1938)
Narrator (voice)
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
(1938)
Narrator (voice)
Prophet Without Honor
(1939)
Narrator (voice)
A Failure at Fifty
(1940)
Narrator (voice)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
(1940)
Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
(1940)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
More About Nostradamus
(1941)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ghost Treasure
(1941)
Narrator (voice)
The Lady or the Tiger?
(1942)
Narrator
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
(1942)
Narrator (voice)
Mr. Gardenia Jones
(1942)
Narrator
The Greenie
(1942)
Commentator
Inca Gold
(1943)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Portrait of a Genius
(1943)
Narrator(voice)
You, John Jones!
(1943)
Narrator (uncredited)
Nostradamus IV
(1944)
Narrator (voice)
Bikini, the Atom Island
(1946)
Narrator
Westward the Women
(1951)
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Target Nevada
(1951)
Narrator
Nostradamus and the Queen
(1953)
Narrator (voice)
Nostradamus Says So!
(1953)
Narrator
Let's Ask Nostradamus
(1953)
Narrator (voice)
This Is Russia!
(1957)
Narrator
Directing
Production
The Sea Tiger
(1927)
Producer
You're Only Young Once
(1937)
Producer
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
(1937)
Producer
Nostradamus
(1938)
Producer
Prophet Without Honor
(1939)
Producer
A Failure at Fifty
(1940)
Producer
More About Nostradamus
(1941)
Producer
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
(1942)
Producer
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
(1942)
Producer
You, John Jones!
(1943)
Producer
Nostradamus IV
(1944)
Producer
Between Two Women
(1945)
Producer
The Postman Always Rings Twice
(1946)
Producer
Dark Delusion
(1947)
Producer
Green Dolphin Street
(1947)
Producer
The Red Danube
(1949)
Producer
The Happy Years
(1950)
Producer
Scaramouche
(1952)
Producer
Nostradamus and the Queen
(1953)
Producer
This Is Russia!
(1957)
Producer