Leonard Carey

Personal Info

Birthday

February 25, 1887

Day of Death

1977-09-11

(90 years old)

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).

Known For

The Millionaire

Strangers on a Train

Rebecca

Gaslight

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Strike Me Pink

Filmography

1956
While the City Sleeps
as Walter's Butler (uncredited)
1955
The King's Thief
as Servant (uncredited)
1952
Thunder in the East
as Dr. Paling
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)
1951
The Lady and the Bandit
as Jailer
Strangers on a Train
as Anthonys' Butler (uncredited)
Kind Lady
as Postman
1949
Slightly French
as Wilson (uncredited)
1947
The Exile
as Cavalier (uncredited)
Unconquered
as London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon
Moss Rose
as Coroner (uncredited)
1946
Tomorrow Is Forever
as Hamilton Employee
1944
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as The Police Constable (uncredited)
Gaslight
as Guide (uncredited)
1943
Heaven Can Wait
as Flogdell (uncredited)
1942
Mrs. Miniver
as Chandler (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
as The Butler (uncredited)
This Above All
as Policeman with Rector
What's Cookin'?
as Butler
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Pale Tom (uncredited)
1941
Confirm or Deny
as Sidney
Tuxedo Junction
as Jenkins
Suspicion
as The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
Moon Over Her Shoulder
as Mate Dusty Rhodes
Private Nurse
as Smithton - the Butler
Accent on Love
as Flowers
West Point Widow
as Simpson
That Hamilton Woman
as Orderly (uncredited)
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
Sky Murder
as Sutter - Grand's Butler
Hired Wife
as Peterson - Butler
Private Affairs
as Casper the Butler
In Old Missouri
as Haskins
Rebecca
as Ben
1939
Raffles
as Bingham's Secretary
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
as Martin
Stronger Than Desire
as Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)
The Zero Hour
as Butler
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Hugo's Servant (uncredited)
Beauty for the Asking
as Peters (uncredited)
Fast and Loose
as Craddock
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Jameson
1938
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
as Butler Phillips
Blond Cheat
as Meggs (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
as Gibley
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Zorka's Butler
1937
Hitting a New High
as Jervons
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as William - Butler (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Valet to Wolensky (uncredited)
Night of Mystery
as Lister
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Ames
1936
A Woman Rebels
as Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited)
The Luckiest Girl in the World
as Butler
Bunker Bean
as Kent's Butler
Little Miss Nobody
as Butler
Trouble for Two
as Valet (Uncredited)
Small Town Girl
as Concierge (uncredited)
Wife vs. Secretary
as Taggart (uncredited)
Strike Me Pink
as Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited)
1935
Here's to Romance
as Buttler
Two for Tonight
as Mr. Myers' Butler
Ginger
as Gwynne (uncredited)
Hold 'Em Yale
as Langdonn
Our Little Girl
as Brent's Butler
1934
The Little Minister
as Hendry Munn
I Sell Anything
as Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur
The Age of Innocence
as The Butler
His Greatest Gamble
as Alfred
Smarty
as Tilford - Tony's Butler
Double Door
as William
Gambling Lady
as Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited)
1933
The Worst Woman in Paris?
as Chumley - the Butler
Bombshell
as Winters
The Avenger
as Talbot
Ann Carver's Profession
as Melville, the Butler (uncredited)
Infernal Machine
as Hans
King of the Jungle
as Clerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited)
A Lady's Profession
as Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited)
1932
Call Her Savage
as Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited)
The Crash
as Fair's Butler
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Prentice's Butler (uncredited)
Shanghai Express
as Carey (uncredited)
This Reckless Age
as Braithwaite (uncredited)
1931
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)
Working Girls
as Boyd's Butler (uncredited)
Nice Women
as Connors, Butler
Honor Among Lovers
as Forbes (uncredited)
1930
Laughter
as Benham, Gibson's Butler