Irving Family History
Harry DeWitt Carey
1878 - 1947 (69 years)-
Name Harry DeWitt Carey Born 16 Jan 1878 Bronx, New York City, NY, USA 
[1] Gender Male Census 1930 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA [2] Notable was a prolific motion picture character actor [3] _UID 78B9DFD0B3D26C428572871F66B097015EEF Died 21 Sep 1947 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA [1] Buried Woodlawn Cemetery: Bronx, Bronx, NY, USA Person ID I44 Irving Genealogy Last Modified 15 May 2014
Family 1 Fern Foster, b. 2 Oct 1885, Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 10 Jun 1949, Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA (Age 63 years) Married Abt 1908 , , NY, USA Divorced Yes, date unknown _UID F91C7811F443E14586C5D1D1A0BB51F387FD Notes - Speculate marriage year and place. Based upon 1930 Census (suspect) for Fern (Foster) Harms which gives age of first marriage of 23.
Last Modified 27 Mar 2016 Family ID F41 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Olive Fuller Golden, b. 31 Jan 1896, New York City, New York, NY, USA , d. 13 Mar 1988, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (Age 92 years) Married 1920 _STAT MARRIED _UID E559EBC5C808934EADA318C3722D44DD8A86 Children 1. Harry Carey, Jr., b. 16 May 1921, Saugus, Los Angeles, CA, USA , d. 27 Dec 2012, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (Age 91 years)2. Living Last Modified 27 Mar 2016 Family ID F43 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 16 Jan 1878 - Bronx, New York City, NY, USA 
Married - Abt 1908 - , , NY, USA 
Census - 1930 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA Died - 21 Sep 1947 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Harry DeWitt Carey
Hollywood, CA about the time of "Mr Smith Goes to Washington"
Harry DeWitt Carey
IN New York (prior to moving to California?)
Harry Carey and First Wife Fern Foster
Movie shot
Harry Carey and Second Wife Olive Golden
Co-stars in western films
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Notes - Born in New York City to a Judge of Special Sessions who was also president of a sewing machine company. Grew up on City Island, New York. Attended Hamilton Military Academy and turned down an appointment to West Point to attend New York University law school.
After a boating accident which led to pneumonia, Carey wrote a play while recuperating and toured the country in it for three years, earning a great deal of money, all of which evaporated after his next play was a failure. But he married his co-star of that failure - Fern Foster. In 1911, his friend Henry B. Walthall introduced him to director D. W. Griffith, for whom Carey was to make many films.
Carey married twice, first to Fern Foster and the second time to actress Olive Fuller Golden (aka Olive Carey).
Carey grew into one of the most popular Western stars of the early motion picture, occasionally writing and directing films as well. In the '30s he moved slowly into character roles and was nominated for an Oscar for one of them, the President of the Senate in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). He died after a protracted bout with emphysema and cancer. John Ford dedicated his remake of 3 Godfathers (1948) "To Harry Carey--Bright Star Of The Early Western Sky." Harry was a great friend of John Wayne and is said to have taught John his swagger walk. Harry played in over 250 movies in his career.
Refer to http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002503/bio for more information on the career of Harry Carey and his family.
- Born in New York City to a Judge of Special Sessions who was also president of a sewing machine company. Grew up on City Island, New York. Attended Hamilton Military Academy and turned down an appointment to West Point to attend New York University law school.
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