According to his autobiography, Harry’s mother, the former Daisy Argint, remarried when Harry was about 5 or 6 years old and died when he was about 7 or 8. Carey was Ford’s first star and Wayne appeared with him in The Shepherd of the Hills and The Angel and the Badman. Western star Harry Carey died in 1947. Find exactly what you're looking for! At any rate, he was so impressed with it that he decided to play it on the stage. John Ford is quoted as saying that the actor, ‘tutored me in the early years. He soon settled into a comfortable career as a solid, memorable character actor; he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the President of the Senate in the 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. He was bitten with the acting bug, however, and turned his attention to the up-and-coming movie industry, discarding all thoughts of becoming a lawyer. Unfortunately during this stint, the San Francisquito Dam burst and flooded the Santa Clarita Valley, killing hundreds of people and totally destroying the Carey's ranch.However, producer Irving Thalberg and MGM came to his rescue in 1929 casting him as the lead with Duncan Renaldo and Edwina Booth in what has been called the greatest adventure film of all time, TRADER HORN. Wayne later stated he did it as a tribute to Carey. The year 1915 could be described as a turning point in Carey's career, when he signed up with Universal at a reported salary of $150 a week, big money in those days. Leslie Odom Jr. shimmered in his suit. There are moments in Straight Shooting (1917), the first feature directed by John (then "Jack") Ford, when its star Harry Carey (1878-1947) exudes a naturalism that the famous Western actors who followed him, most notably John Wayne, strove to emulate. Ford resolved the male existential dilemma at the end of The Searchers by having Martin Pawley (Jeffrey Hunter) enter the ranch house of his future bride (Vera Miles) and her parents while Ethan turns away into the desert after pausing in the doorway, his left hand clutching his right arm at the elbow – his and Ford's famous salute to Carey, who was given to that vulnerable pose in his films, Straight … But as far as Ford calling attention to Martha touching him on the arm early in the film, I don’t think that Ford drew much attention to ANY of the hidden backstory of the The Searchers. What a lovely tribute to Carey and his widow! Off screen, they say he smiled at Olive Carey, his widow standing inside, and said, “Well, Ma, we did it again.” It was a tribute to his old friend. By this time Carey, already in his fifties, was too mature for most leading roles, and the only starring roles that he was offered were in low-budget westerns and serials. When sound films arrived, Carey displayed an assured, gritty baritone voice that suited his rough-hewn screen personality. He was contracted to make four films—not only acting but also doing his own stunt work. At the end of The Searchers, John Wayne famously stands in the doorway as the family he has helped to reunite disappear into the darkness of the cabin in front of him. Carey is perhaps best known today for playing the President of the Senate in the James Stewart-led Mr. Smith Goes to Washington , from 1939. 0 bids. Henry DeWitt Carey II (January 16, 1878 – September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars, usually cast as a Western hero. Before turning away into the four winds that will carry Ethan Edwards away to an unknown future, Wayne clutches his lower right arm with his left hand. To Aces Wild ( 1936 ) who Tucson agrees to meet at sundown Ronald Reagan well, president! 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