Leonard Carey
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
While the City Sleeps
1956
as Walter's Butler (uncredited)
Telephone Time
1956
The King's Thief
1955
as Servant (uncredited)
The Millionaire
1955
as Chester - Butler
Climax!
1954
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
as Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)
Thunder in the East
1952
as Dr. Paling
Adventures of Superman
1952
The Lady and the Bandit
1951
as Jailer
Kind Lady
1951
as Postman
Strangers on a Train
1951
as Anthony's Butler (uncredited)
Slightly French
1949
as Wilson (uncredited)
Moss Rose
1947
as Coroner (uncredited)
The Exile
1947
as Cavalier (uncredited)
Unconquered
1947
as London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon
Forever Amber
1947
Tomorrow Is Forever
1946
as Hamilton Employee
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
as The Police Constable (uncredited)
Gaslight
1944
as Guide (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear
1944
as Porter (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait
1943
as Flogdell (uncredited)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Pale Tom (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Chandler (uncredited)
What's Cookin'?
1942
as Butler
The Affairs of Martha
1942
as The Butler (uncredited)
This Above All
1942
as Policeman with Rector
Tuxedo Junction
1941
as Jenkins
Suspicion
1941
as The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
Nice Girl?
1941
Accent on Love
1941
as Flowers
Private Nurse
1941
as Smithton - the Butler
Confirm or Deny
1941
as Sidney
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941
as Mate Dusty Rhodes
That Hamilton Woman
1941
as Orderly (uncredited)
West Point Widow
1941
as Simpson
Rebecca
1940
as Ben
Hired Wife
1940
as Peterson - Butler
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
Sky Murder
1940
as Sutter - Grand's Butler
In Old Missouri
1940
as Haskins
Private Affairs
1940
as Casper the Butler
Beauty for the Asking
1939
as Peters (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
1939
as Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939
as Martin
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939
as Jameson
Fast and Loose
1939
as Craddock
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
as Hugo's Servant (uncredited)
Raffles
1939
as Bingham's Secretary
The Zero Hour
1939
as Butler
Hold That Kiss
1938
as Gibley
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
as Zorka's Butler
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938
as Butler Phillips
Blond Cheat
1938
as Meggs (uncredited)
Angel
1937
Hitting a New High
1937
as Jervons
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Valet to Wolensky (uncredited)
Night of Mystery
1937
as Lister
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as William - Butler (uncredited)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937
as James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
as Ames
A Woman Rebels
1936
as Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited)
Strike Me Pink
1936
as Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody
1936
as Butler
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
as Taggart (uncredited)
Small Town Girl
1936
as Concierge (uncredited)
Bunker Bean
1936
as Kent's Butler
Trouble for Two
1936
as Valet (Uncredited)
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936
as Butler
Our Little Girl
1935
as Jackson
Here's to Romance
1935
as Buttler
Ginger
1935
as Gwynne (uncredited)
Hold 'Em Yale
1935
as Langdonn
Two for Tonight
1935
as Mr. Myers' Butler
The Little Minister
1934
as Hendry Munn
The Age of Innocence
1934
as The Butler
Smarty
1934
as Tilford - Tony's Butler
His Greatest Gamble
1934
as Alfred
I Sell Anything
1934
as Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur
Gambling Lady
1934
as Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited)
Double Door
1934
as William
Bombshell
1933
as Winters
King of the Jungle
1933
as Clerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited)
A Lady's Profession
1933
as Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited)
Infernal Machine
1933
as Hans
The Worst Woman in Paris?
1933
as Chumley - the Butler
The Avenger
1933
as Talbot
Ann Carver's Profession
1933
as Melville, the Butler (uncredited)
Shanghai Express
1932
as Carey (uncredited)
This Reckless Age
1932
as Braithwaite (uncredited)
Call Her Savage
1932
as Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited)
The Crash
1932
as Fair's Butler
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Prentice's Butler (uncredited)
Nice Women
1931
as Connors, Butler
Working Girls
1931
as Boyd's Butler (uncredited)
Honor Among Lovers
1931
as Forbes (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931
as Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)
Laughter
1930
as Benham, Gibson's Butler