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Leonard Carey 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).
Born
Friday, 25 February 1887
Died
Sunday, 11 September 1977
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Mr. Evergreen | 1956 |
| Circus Boy | Judson | 1956 |
| While the City Sleeps | Steven - Walter's Butler | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Associate Justice | 1956 |
| The King's Thief | Servant | 1955 |
| Stage 7 | Reynolds | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Butler / Driggs - Candidate for Butler | 1955 |
| Your Favorite Story | Mr. Chapman | 1953 |
| The Life of Riley | Butler | 1953 |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Dr. Edmund Simmons / Dr. Simmons | 1952 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Mr. Evergreen | 1956 |
| Circus Boy | Judson | 1956 |
| While the City Sleeps | Steven - Walter's Butler | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Associate Justice | 1956 |
| The King's Thief | Servant | 1955 |
| Stage 7 | Reynolds | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Butler / Driggs - Candidate for Butler | 1955 |
| Your Favorite Story | Mr. Chapman | 1953 |
| The Life of Riley | Butler | 1953 |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Dr. Edmund Simmons / Dr. Simmons | 1952 |
| Adventures of Superman | Herbert the Butler | 1952 |
| Les Miserables | Citizen | 1952 |
| Washington Story | Chef | 1952 |
| Thunder in the East | Dr. Paling | 1952 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Police Officer | 1951 |
| The Lady and the Bandit | Jailer | 1951 |
| Strangers on a Train | Anthonys' Butler | 1951 |
| Kind Lady | Postman | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Minister | 1950 |
| Please Believe Me | Ship's Captain | 1950 |
| The Christmas Carol | Thin Gentleman | 1949 |
| That Forsyte Woman | Jones - Old Jolyon's Butler | 1949 |
| Challenge to Lassie | Patron of Dining Room | 1949 |
| The Secret Garden | Charles, the Butler | 1949 |
| Adventure in Baltimore | Vestryman | 1949 |
| Slightly French | Wilson | 1949 |
| The Paradine Case | Courtroom Stenographer | 1948 |
| If Winter Comes | Official with Summons | 1947 |
| This Time for Keeps | Butler | 1947 |
| The Exile | Cavalier | 1947 |
| Forever Amber | Dead Caller | 1947 |
| Unconquered | Jeremiah Dixon - London Astronomer / London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon | 1947 |
| Moss Rose | Coroner | 1947 |
| Tomorrow Is Forever | Hamilton Employee | 1946 |
| Penthouse Rhythm | The Butler | 1945 |
| National Velvet | Pressman | 1945 |
| Babes on Swing Street | William | 1944 |
| Sweet and Low-Down | The Wilsons' Butler | 1944 |
| Secrets of Scotland Yard | Butler | 1944 |
| The Invisible Man's Revenge | The Police Constable | 1944 |
| Once Upon a Time | English Bobby | 1944 |
| Ministry of Fear | Porter | 1944 |
| Gaslight | Guide | 1944 |
| Heaven Can Wait | Flogdell - Van Cleve's First Butler | 1943 |
| The Youngest Profession | Walter Pidgeon's Valet | 1943 |
| Nightmare | Parker - Stafford's Servant | 1942 |
| Give Out, Sisters | Jamison - The Waverly Butler | 1942 |
| I Married an Angel | Servant | 1942 |
| The Affairs of Martha | The Butler | 1942 |
| Mrs. Miniver | Chandler - Lady Beldon's Butler | 1942 |
| This Above All | Policeman with Rector | 1942 |
| Yokel Boy | Monroe the Butler | 1942 |
| What's Cookin' | Butler | 1942 |
| Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Pale Tom | 1942 |
| Confirm or Deny | Sidney | 1941 |
| Tuxedo Junction | Jenkins | 1941 |
| Suspicion | Burton | 1941 |
| Moon Over Her Shoulder | Mate Dusty Rhodes | 1941 |
| We Go Fast | Hempstead's Butler | 1941 |
| Private Nurse | Smithton - the Butler | 1941 |
| Mountain Moonlight | Briggs | 1941 |
| Accent on Love | Flowers | 1941 |
| West Point Widow | Simpson | 1941 |
| That Hamilton Woman | Orderly | 1941 |
| Rage in Heaven | Eric - Chauffeur | 1941 |
| Nice Girl? | Upton - Calvert's Butler | 1941 |
| A Dispatch from Reuters | Delane's Secretary | 1940 |
| Sky Murder | Sutter - Grand's Butler | 1940 |
| Hired Wife | Peterson - Butler | 1940 |
| Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot | Henderson | 1940 |
| In Old Missouri | Haskins | 1940 |
| Rebecca | Ben | 1940 |
| Parole Fixer | Craden's Butler | 1940 |
| Raffles | Bingham's Secretary | 1939 |
| Five Little Peppers and How They Grew | Martin | 1939 |
| Stronger Than Desire | Albert - Flagg's Butler | 1939 |
| The Zero Hour | Butler | 1939 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Hugo's Servant | 1939 |
| Beauty for the Asking | Peters | 1939 |
| Fast and Loose | Craddock | 1939 |
| The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Jameson | 1939 |
| The Little Adventuress | Butler | 1938 |
| Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Phillips / Butler Phillips | 1938 |
| Blond Cheat | Meggs - the Trent Butler | 1938 |
| Hold That Kiss | Gibley / Gibley - Piermont's Butler | 1938 |
| Sally, Irene and Mary | Zorka's Butler | 1938 |
| Here's Flash Casey | Garden Party Waiter | 1938 |
| Hitting a New High | Jervons, Blynn's Butler / Jervons | 1937 |
| Hollywood Hotel | Dupre's Butler | 1937 |
| Beg, Borrow or Steal | James - Lord Braemer's Butler | 1937 |
| Angel | Barker's Footman | 1937 |
| My Dear Miss Aldrich | William - Butler | 1937 |
| The Singing Marine | Darcy - Phinney's Valet | 1937 |
| The Emperor's Candlesticks | Valet to Wolensky | 1937 |
| Night of Mystery | Lister / Hemming | 1937 |
| The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Ames | 1937 |
| A Woman Rebels | Lord Gaythorne's Butler | 1936 |
| 15 Maiden Lane | Thomas Lockhart's Butler | 1936 |
| The Luckiest Girl in the World | Butler | 1936 |
| Bunker Bean | Kent's Butler | 1936 |
| Little Miss Nobody | Butler | 1936 |
| Trouble for Two | Valet / Valet (Uncredited) | 1936 |
| Small Town Girl | Concierge | 1936 |
| The Unguarded Hour | Hilton - Alan's Assistant | 1936 |
| Wife vs. Secretary | Taggart | 1936 |
| Ladies Love Danger | James, the Butler | 1936 |
| The Milky Way | Mrs. LeMoyne's Butler | 1936 |
| Rose-Marie | Louis | 1936 |
| Strike Me Pink | Maitre d' at Club Lido | 1936 |
| The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo | Head Waiter | 1935 |
| Metropolitan | Boris - Ghita's Butler | 1935 |
| Here's to Romance | Buttler | 1935 |
| The Bishop Misbehaves | Office Man | 1935 |
| Two for Tonight | Mr. Myers' Butler | 1935 |
| Curly Top | Morgan's Secretary | 1935 |
| Ginger | Gwynne | 1935 |
| Our Little Girl | Jackson / Brent's Butler | 1935 |
| The Little Minister | Hendry Munn | 1934 |
| I Sell Anything | Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur | 1934 |
| Outcast Lady | Martin - Passerby | 1934 |
| The Age of Innocence | The Butler | 1934 |
| His Greatest Gamble | Alfred | 1934 |
| The Loudspeaker | Finds Janet's address for Joe | 1934 |
| Smarty | Tilford - Tony's Butler | 1934 |
| Double Door | William | 1934 |
| Gambling Lady | Butler at Gambling Club | 1934 |
| The Worst Woman in Paris? | Chumley - the Butler | 1933 |
| Bombshell | Winters | 1933 |
| The Avenger | Talbot | 1933 |
| Ann Carver's Profession | Melville / Melville - Butler | 1933 |
| The Little Giant | Ingleby - the Cass' Butler | 1933 |
| Looking Forward | Employee Talking to Miss Judd | 1933 |
| A Lady's Profession | Albert - Garfield's Butler | 1933 |
| King of the Jungle | Clerk at Hunting License Bureau | 1933 |
| Call Her Savage | Jackson - Randall's Butler / Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited) | 1932 |
| The Crash | Fair's Butler | 1932 |
| Two Against the World | Club Waiter | 1932 |
| Week Ends Only | Wilson, the Butler | 1932 |
| Merrily We Go to Hell | Prentice's Butler | 1932 |
| Shanghai Express | Carey | 1932 |
| This Reckless Age | Braithwaite | 1932 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Briggs - Lanyon's Butler | 1931 |
| Working Girls | Boyd's Butler | 1931 |
| Her Majesty, Love | Waiter | 1931 |
| Once a Lady | Butler | 1931 |
| Honor Among Lovers | Forbes, Butler | 1931 |
| Laughter | Benham, Gibson's Butler | 1930 |
| The Flirting Widow | Butler | 1930 |
