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Leonard Carey

{{Short description|English actor}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Leonard Carey

| image = Leonard Carey.jpg

| caption = Carey, c. 1925

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1887|2|23}}

| birth_place = London, England, U.K.

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1977|9|11|1887|2|23}}

| death_place = Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Chapel Of The Pines Crematory

| years_active = 1937–1957

}}

Leonard Carey (25 February 1887 – 11 September 1977){{cite book |last1=Ellenberger |first1=Allan R. |title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory |date=May 2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0983-9 |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Leonard+Carey%22+actor&pg=PA23 |access-date=April 17, 2021 |language=en}} 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).

One of his biggest roles was as "Dusty" in the film, Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941) with John Sutton. Other memorable appearances included roles in The Awful Truth (1937), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951), Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) and Thunder in the East (1953).

Carey retired from acting in the late 1950s.{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} He died at aged 90 in Los Angeles. His interment was at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.

Selected filmography

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  • {{IMDb name|0136988}}
  • {{IBDB name|34500}}

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Category:1887 births

Category:1977 deaths

Category:English male film actors

Category:English male television actors

Category:20th-century English male actors

Category:Male actors from London

Category:English expatriate male actors in the United States