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Leonard Carey
Actor · Crew· London, England, UK
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
The roles that explain the career.
Rebecca
Ben · 1940
Strangers on a Train
Anthonys' Butler (uncredited) · 1951
Suspicion
The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited) · 1941
Gaslight
Guide (uncredited) · 1944
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited) · 1931
Mrs. Miniver
1942
Heaven Can Wait
Flogdell (uncredited) · 1943
Shanghai Express
Carey (uncredited) · 1932
Filmography
63 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | While the City Sleeps | Walter's Butler (uncredited) | Film |
| 1955 | The King's Thief | Servant (uncredited) | Film |
| 1952 | Thunder in the East | Dr. Paling | Film |
| 1952 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited) | Film |
| 1951 | Strangers on a Train | Anthonys' Butler (uncredited) | Film |
| 1951 | The Lady and the Bandit | Jailer | Film |
| 1951 | Kind Lady | Postman | Film |
| 1947 | Unconquered | London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon | Film |
| 1947 | Moss Rose | Coroner (uncredited) | Film |
| 1947 | The Exile | Cavalier (uncredited) | Film |
| 1946 | Tomorrow Is Forever | Hamilton Employee | Film |
| 1944 | Ministry of Fear | Porter (uncredited) | Film |
| 1944 | The Invisible Man's Revenge | The Police Constable (uncredited) | Film |
| 1944 | Gaslight | Guide (uncredited) | Film |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Flogdell (uncredited) | Film |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | The Butler (uncredited) | Film |
| 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Pale Tom (uncredited) | Film |
| 1942 | What's Cookin'? | Butler | Film |
| 1941 | Nice Girl? | Film | |
| 1941 | Private Nurse | Smithton - the Butler | Film |
| 1941 | Suspicion | The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited) | Film |
| 1941 | Confirm or Deny | Sidney | Film |
| 1941 | That Hamilton Woman | Orderly (uncredited) | Film |
| 1941 | Accent on Love | Flowers | Film |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | Peterson - Butler | Film |
| 1940 | Rebecca | Ben | Film |
| 1940 | Sky Murder | Sutter - Grand's Butler | Film |
| 1940 | A Dispatch from Reuters | Delane's Secretary (uncredited) | Film |
| 1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Jameson | Film |
| 1939 | Five Little Peppers And How They Grew | Martin | Film |
| 1939 | Beauty for the Asking | Peters (uncredited) | Film |
| 1939 | Stronger Than Desire | Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited) | Film |
| 1939 | Fast and Loose | Craddock | Film |
| 1939 | Raffles | Bingham's Secretary | Film |
| 1939 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Hugo's Servant (uncredited) | Film |
| 1938 | Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Butler Phillips | Film |
| 1938 | Blond Cheat | Meggs (uncredited) | Film |
| 1937 | Hitting a New High | Jervons | Film |
| 1937 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Ames | Film |
| 1937 | Angel | Film | |
| 1937 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | William - Butler (uncredited) | Film |
| 1936 | Trouble for Two | Valet (Uncredited) | Film |
| 1936 | Wife vs. Secretary | Taggart (uncredited) | Film |
| 1936 | A Woman Rebels | Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited) | Film |
| 1936 | Small Town Girl | Concierge (uncredited) | Film |
| 1936 | Strike Me Pink | Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited) | Film |
| 1935 | Ginger | Gwynne (uncredited) | Film |
| 1935 | Our Little Girl | Jackson | Film |
| 1934 | His Greatest Gamble | Alfred | Film |
| 1934 | Double Door | William | Film |
| 1934 | Gambling Lady | Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited) | Film |
| 1934 | The Little Minister | Hendry Munn | Film |
| 1934 | Smarty | Tilford - Tony's Butler | Film |
| 1934 | The Age of Innocence | The Butler | Film |
| 1933 | Bombshell | Winters | Film |
| 1933 | A Lady's Profession | Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited) | Film |
| 1932 | The Crash | Fair's Butler | Film |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Prentice's Butler (uncredited) | Film |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage | Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited) | Film |
| 1932 | Shanghai Express | Carey (uncredited) | Film |
| 1931 | Honor Among Lovers | Forbes (uncredited) | Film |
| 1931 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited) | Film |
| 1930 | Laughter | Benham, Gibson's Butler | Film |
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