
Macdonald Carey
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Edward Macdonald Carey (March 15, 1913 β March 21, 1994) was an American actor, best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera Days of our Lives. For almost three decades, he was the show's central cast member.
Known For
Filmography

Becoming Marilyn
2022

3-D Rarities
2015
as (archive footage)

The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)

A Message from Holly
1992

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987
as Judge Watson

Access Code
1984
as Senator Williams

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Defense Atty. Oscar Ramsey

Finder of Lost Loves
1984
as Norman Prentice

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dr. Lynch

American Gigolo
1980
as Hollywood Actor

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980
as Walton Grumby

Condominium
1980
as Dr. Arthur Castor

Top of the Hill
1980
as Mitchell

Stranger in Our House
1979
as Professor Jarvis

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Dr. Mallory

The Rebels
1979
as Dr. Church

End of the World
1977
as John Davis

Foes
1977
as McCarey

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977

Roots
1977
as Squire James

Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975
as Capt. Jack Donahoe

Switch
1975
as Ray

Ordeal
1973
as Eliot Frost

Police Story
1973

The Magician
1973
as Rich

Gidget Gets Married
1972
as Russ Lawrence

McMillan & Wife
1971
as Dr. Gunther

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Earl Ryder

Lassie, the Voyager
1966

Run for Your Life
1965
as Michael Allen

Branded
1965

Days of Our Lives
1965
as Tom Horton

Bewitched
1964

Daniel Boone
1964
as Henry Pitcairn

Tammy and the Doctor
1963
as Dr. Wayne Bentley

Burke's Law
1963
as Ben Gardner

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Elmer Pike

Mr. Novak
1963
as Mr. Edwards

The Outer Limits
1963
as Roy Benjamin

Burke's Law
1963
as Waldo Nicely

Burke's Law
1963
as Burl Mason

Burke's Law
1963
as Franklyn Warren

Arrest and Trial
1963
as Professor Marcus Kane

The Damned
1962
as Simon Wells

The Devil's Agent
1962
as Mr. Smith
Stranglehold
1962
as Bill Morrison

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as John Mitchell

Target: The Corruptors!
1961

Ben Casey
1961

Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961

Thriller
1960
as Hector Vane

Checkmate
1960
as Frederick Haley

John Paul Jones
1959
as Patrick Henry

Blue Denim
1959
as Maj. Malcolm Bartley, Ret.

The Redeemer
1959
as Jesus Christ (voice)

Rawhide
1959
as Brother Bent

Lock-Up
1959

Man or Gun
1958
as 'Maybe' Smith / Scott Yancey

Natchez
1958
as Alexander Lamar

Suspicion
1957
as Jeremiah Taylor

Stranger at My Door
1956
as Hollis Jarret

Odongo
1956
as Steve Stratton
Cry Justice
1956
as Gil Foster

Apples on the Lilac Tree
1956
as William Tyler

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sheriff Tom Baker

Playhouse 90
1956
as Alexander Lamar

The Miracle on 34th Street
1955
as Fred Gaily

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Professor

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Fred Gaily

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Gil Foster

Malaga
1954
as Van Logan

It's Everybody's Business
1954
as Narrator (voice)

Climax!
1954
as John Benson

Climax!
1954
as Tom Ditmar

Climax!
1954
as Allen Moore

Climax!
1954
as Harry Belgard

Count the Hours!
1953
as Doug Madison

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953
as Bus Crow

General Electric Theater
1953

The Oscars
1953
as Self

General Electric Theater
1953
as David Bothwell

My Wife's Best Friend
1952
as George Mason

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Harry Cummings

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Mace Prouty

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Brother Phillip Hart

Let's Make It Legal
1951
as Hugh Halsworth

Excuse My Dust
1951
as Cyrus Random, Jr.

Cave of Outlaws
1951
as Pete Carver

The Great Missouri Raid
1951
as Jesse James

Meet Me After the Show
1951
as Jeff Ames

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Orville E. Piggott

The Lawless
1950
as Larry Wilder

Comanche Territory
1950
as James Bowie

Copper Canyon
1950
as Deputy Lane Travis

South Sea Sinner
1950
as Jake 'Smitty' Davis

Mystery Submarine
1950
as Brett Young
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Dan Shelvin

Your Show of Shows
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Major Slocum
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Colby

The Great Gatsby
1949
as Nicholas 'Nick' Carraway

Streets of Laredo
1949
as Lorn Reming

Bride of Vengeance
1949
as Cesare Borgia

Song of Surrender
1949
as Bruce Eldridge

Dream Girl
1948
as Clark Redfield

Hazard
1948
as J.D. Storm

Studio One
1948

Studio One
1948
as Lenny Byrnes

Variety Girl
1947
as Macdonald Carey

Suddenly It's Spring
1947
as Jack Lindsay

Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Jack Graham

Salute for Three
1943
as Sgt. Buzz McAllister

Wake Island
1942
as Lt. Bruce Cameron

Take a Letter, Darling
1942
as Jonathan Caldwell

Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Louie

Dr. Broadway
1942
as Dr. Timothy Kane, a.k.a. "Dr. Broadway"