Leonard Carey

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-02-25 (90 years old)

Deathday

1977-09-11

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Leonard Carey

Biography

Leonard Carey (25 February 1887 – 11 September 1977) 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).

Acting

1940

Rebecca

as Ben

1941

Tuxedo Junction

as Jenkins

1941

Suspicion

as The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)

1931

Nice Women

as Connors, Butler

1944

The Invisible Man's Revenge

as The Police Constable (uncredited)

1933

Bombshell

as Winters

1934

The Little Minister

as Hendry Munn

1939

Beauty for the Asking

as Peters (uncredited)

1937

1937

1942

1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Valet to Wolensky (uncredited)

1934

1955

The King's Thief

as Servant (uncredited)

1942

Mrs. Miniver

as Chandler (uncredited)

1932

Shanghai Express

as Carey (uncredited)

1941

Accent on Love

as Flowers

1939

Stronger Than Desire

as Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)

1932

This Reckless Age

as Braithwaite (uncredited)

1934

Smarty

as Tilford - Tony's Butler

1934

1937

1949

Slightly French

as Wilson (uncredited)

1938

1938

Sally, Irene and Mary

as Zorka's Butler

1938

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

as Butler Phillips

1956

While the City Sleeps

as Walter's Butler (uncredited)

1947

Moss Rose

as Coroner (uncredited)

1935

Our Little Girl

as Brent's Butler

1941

Private Nurse

as Smithton - the Butler

1937

My Dear Miss Aldrich

as William - Butler (uncredited)

1938

Blond Cheat

as Meggs (uncredited)

1937

Beg, Borrow or Steal

as James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)

1936

A Woman Rebels

as Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited)

1936

Strike Me Pink

as Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited)

1933

King of the Jungle

as Clerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited)

1939

Fast and Loose

as Craddock

1939

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Hugo's Servant (uncredited)

1939

Raffles

as Bingham's Secretary

1941

1944

Gaslight

as Guide (uncredited)

1939

The Zero Hour

as Butler

1930

Laughter

as Benham, Gibson's Butler

1936

1932

Call Her Savage

as Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited)

1942

1941

Moon Over Her Shoulder

as Mate Dusty Rhodes

1933

A Lady's Profession

as Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited)

1934

I Sell Anything

as Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur

1936

Wife vs. Secretary

as Taggart (uncredited)

1935

1940

Hired Wife

as Peterson - Butler

1936

Small Town Girl

as Concierge (uncredited)

1940

A Dispatch from Reuters

as Delane's Secretary (uncredited)

1940

Sky Murder

as Sutter - Grand's Butler

1940

In Old Missouri

as Haskins

1934

Gambling Lady

as Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited)

1935

Ginger

as Gwynne (uncredited)

1933

1941

That Hamilton Woman

as Orderly (uncredited)

1943

Heaven Can Wait

as Flogdell (uncredited)

1952

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

as Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)

1931

Working Girls

as Boyd's Butler (uncredited)

1942

The Affairs of Martha

as The Butler (uncredited)

1934

Double Door

as William

1936

Bunker Bean

as Kent's Butler

1931

Honor Among Lovers

as Forbes (uncredited)

1941

1932

The Crash

as Fair's Butler

1933

The Worst Woman in Paris?

as Chumley - the Butler

1947

The Exile

as Cavalier (uncredited)

1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

as Hamilton Employee

1935

Hold 'Em Yale

as Langdonn

1947

Unconquered

as London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon

1931

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)

1940

Private Affairs

as Casper the Butler

1951

Kind Lady

as Postman

1942

This Above All

as Policeman with Rector

1952

Thunder in the East

as Dr. Paling

1936

Trouble for Two

as Valet (Uncredited)

1932

Merrily We Go to Hell

as Prentice's Butler (uncredited)

1933

The Avenger

as Talbot

1935

Two for Tonight

as Mr. Myers' Butler

1951

Strangers on a Train

as Anthonys' Butler (uncredited)

1933

Ann Carver's Profession

as Melville, the Butler (uncredited)

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