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MacDonald Carey

MacDonald Carey
MacDonald Carey
Born: Mar 15, 1913 in Sioux City, Iowa
Died: Mar 21, 1994 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '40s-'80s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Shadow of a Doubt, John Paul Jones, Blue Denim
First Major Screen Credit: Wake Island (1942)
7 Videos for MacDonald Carey
American Gigolo (1979) Let's Make It Legal (1951) Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
The Rebels (1979) Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Wake Island (1942)
Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
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Biography:

Actor MacDonald Carey started out as a Chicago-based radio actor and singer; among his early airwaves credits was a brief tenure as Mr. First Nighter in the anthology series of the same name, and a longer engagement as Dick Grosvenor on the daytime soap opera Stella Dallas. In 1941, Carey starred opposite Gertrude Lawrence in the Broadway musical Lady in the Dark, which led to a Hollywood contract.

He appeared prominently in several Paramount features from 1942 to 1949, but is best remembered for his portrayal of the detective in Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943), which he played on loan-out to Universal. When his film career began to wane in the early 1950s, Carey returned to radio as star of the tongue-in-cheek adventure series Jason and the Golden Fleece.

He was also top-billed in two syndicated TV weeklies, Dr. Christian (1954) and Lock-Up (1959-61). In 1965, Carey was cast as Dr. Tom Horton on the NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives, a job he held until his death 19 years later; his voice is still heard at the opening of each episode, intoning the familiar intro Like sands from the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.

Not long before his death, MacDonald Carey published his autobiography, in which he was brutally candid about his lifelong battle with alcoholism. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.