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