Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 25, 1887
Died
Sep 11, 1977
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Credits
97 titles
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
Filmography
While the City Sleeps
Walter's Butler (uncredited)
Telephone Time
The King's Thief
Servant (uncredited)
The Millionaire
Chester - Butler
Climax!
Thunder in the East
Dr. Paling
Adventures of Superman
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)
The Lady and the Bandit
Jailer
Strangers on a Train
Anthony's Butler (uncredited)
Kind Lady
Postman
Slightly French
Wilson (uncredited)
The Exile
Cavalier (uncredited)
Unconquered
London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon
Forever Amber
Moss Rose
Coroner (uncredited)
Tomorrow Is Forever
Hamilton Employee
The Invisible Man's Revenge
The Police Constable (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear
Porter (uncredited)
Gaslight
Guide (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait
Flogdell (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
Chandler (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
The Butler (uncredited)
This Above All
Policeman with Rector
What's Cookin'?
Butler
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Pale Tom (uncredited)
Confirm or Deny
Sidney
Tuxedo Junction
Jenkins
Suspicion
The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Mate Dusty Rhodes
Private Nurse
Smithton - the Butler
Accent on Love
Flowers
West Point Widow
Simpson
That Hamilton Woman
Orderly (uncredited)
Nice Girl?
A Dispatch from Reuters
Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
Sky Murder
Sutter - Grand's Butler
Hired Wife
Peterson - Butler
Private Affairs
Casper the Butler
In Old Missouri
Haskins
Rebecca
Ben
Raffles
Bingham's Secretary
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Martin
Stronger Than Desire
Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)
The Zero Hour
Butler
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Hugo's Servant (uncredited)
Beauty for the Asking
Peters (uncredited)
Fast and Loose
Craddock
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Jameson
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Butler Phillips