Leonard Carey

Feb 25, 1887 - Sep 11, 1977 (90 years old) in 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

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Climax!

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Telephone Time

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The Millionaire

Chester - Butler

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Adventures of Superman

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Strangers on a Train

Anthonys' Butler (uncredited)

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Rebecca

Ben

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Gaslight

Guide (uncredited)

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Suspicion

The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)

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Heaven Can Wait

Flogdell (uncredited)

Credits

While the City Sleeps 1956

Walter's Butler (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Telephone Time 1956

★ 6.3
The King's Thief 1955

Servant (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Millionaire 1955

Chester - Butler

★ 5
Climax! 1954

★ 3.3
Thunder in the East 1952

Dr. Paling

★ 5.4
The Snows of Kilimanjaro 1952

Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Adventures of Superman 1952

★ 6.7
The Lady and the Bandit 1951

Jailer

★ 6
Strangers on a Train 1951

Anthonys' Butler (uncredited)

★ 7.7
Kind Lady 1951

Postman

★ 7
Slightly French 1949

Wilson (uncredited)

★ 7.2
The Exile 1947

Cavalier (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Unconquered 1947

London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon

★ 6.2
Moss Rose 1947

Coroner (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Tomorrow Is Forever 1946

Hamilton Employee

★ 6.1
The Invisible Man's Revenge 1944

The Police Constable (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Gaslight 1944

Guide (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Heaven Can Wait 1943

Flogdell (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Mrs. Miniver 1942

Chandler (uncredited)

★ 7.1
The Affairs of Martha 1942

The Butler (uncredited)

★ 5.8
This Above All 1942

Policeman with Rector

★ 6.7
What's Cookin'? 1942

Butler

★ 5.5
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1942

Pale Tom (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Confirm or Deny 1941

Sidney

★ 3.8
Tuxedo Junction 1941

Jenkins

★ NR
Suspicion 1941

The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Moon Over Her Shoulder 1941

Mate Dusty Rhodes

★ NR
Private Nurse 1941

Smithton - the Butler

★ NR
Accent on Love 1941

Flowers

★ 6
West Point Widow 1941

Simpson

★ 6
That Hamilton Woman 1941

Orderly (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Nice Girl? 1941

★ 5.3
A Dispatch from Reuters 1940

Delane's Secretary (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Sky Murder 1940

Sutter - Grand's Butler

★ 6.3
Hired Wife 1940

Peterson - Butler

★ 6.8
Private Affairs 1940

Casper the Butler

★ NR
In Old Missouri 1940

Haskins

★ 5.5
Rebecca 1940

Ben

★ 7.9
Raffles 1939

Bingham's Secretary

★ 6
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew 1939

Martin

★ 6.2
Stronger Than Desire 1939

Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Zero Hour 1939

Butler

★ 4.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939

Hugo's Servant (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Beauty for the Asking 1939

Peters (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Fast and Loose 1939

Craddock

★ 5.6
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt 1939

Jameson

★ 6.6
Bulldog Drummond in Africa 1938

Butler Phillips

★ 5.5
Blond Cheat 1938

Meggs (uncredited)

★ 6
Hold That Kiss 1938

Gibley

★ 6.5
Sally, Irene and Mary 1938

Zorka's Butler

★ 6
Hitting a New High 1937

Jervons

★ 5.2
Beg, Borrow or Steal 1937

James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)

★ 4.5
Angel 1937

★ 6.8
My Dear Miss Aldrich 1937

William - Butler (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Emperor's Candlesticks 1937

Valet to Wolensky (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Night of Mystery 1937

Lister

★ NR
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney 1937

Ames

★ 6
A Woman Rebels 1936

Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Luckiest Girl in the World 1936

Butler

★ 7.5
Bunker Bean 1936

Kent's Butler

★ 4.6
Little Miss Nobody 1936

Butler

★ 6
Trouble for Two 1936

Valet (Uncredited)

★ 6
Small Town Girl 1936

Concierge (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Wife vs. Secretary 1936

Taggart (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Strike Me Pink 1936

Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Here's to Romance 1935

Buttler

★ NR
Two for Tonight 1935

Mr. Myers' Butler

★ 6.5
Ginger 1935

Gwynne (uncredited)

★ 4.7
Hold 'Em Yale 1935

Langdonn

★ 7
Our Little Girl 1935

Brent's Butler

★ 4.8
The Little Minister 1934

Hendry Munn

★ 5.9
I Sell Anything 1934

Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur

★ 4.5
The Age of Innocence 1934

The Butler

★ 5.4
His Greatest Gamble 1934

Alfred

★ 5
Smarty 1934

Tilford - Tony's Butler

★ 4.4
Double Door 1934

William

★ 6.8
Gambling Lady 1934

Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Worst Woman in Paris? 1933

Chumley - the Butler

★ NR
Bombshell 1933

Winters

★ 6.5
The Avenger 1933

Talbot

★ 6
Ann Carver's Profession 1933

Melville

★ 5.5
Infernal Machine 1933

Hans

★ NR
King of the Jungle 1933

Clerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited)

★ 5
A Lady's Profession 1933

Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited)

★ NR
Call Her Savage 1932

Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited)

★ 5.9
The Crash 1932

Fair's Butler

★ 5.2
Merrily We Go to Hell 1932

Prentice's Butler (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Shanghai Express 1932

Carey (uncredited)

★ 7
This Reckless Age 1932

Braithwaite (uncredited)

★ 5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931

Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Working Girls 1931

Boyd's Butler (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Nice Women 1931

Connors, Butler

★ NR
Honor Among Lovers 1931

Forbes (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Laughter 1930

Benham, Gibson's Butler

★ 5