
Leonard Carey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 25, 1887
- Died
- September 11, 1977 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
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
Movie · as Walter's Butler (uncredited)

Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep

The King's Thief
Movie · as Servant (uncredited)

The Millionaire
TV · as Chester - Butler · 1 ep

Climax!
TV · 1 ep

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Movie · as Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)

Thunder in the East
Movie · as Dr. Paling

Adventures of Superman
TV · 1 ep

The Lady and the Bandit
Movie · as Jailer

Kind Lady
Movie · as Postman

Strangers on a Train
Movie · as Anthony's Butler (uncredited)

Slightly French
Movie · as Wilson (uncredited)

Moss Rose
Movie · as Coroner (uncredited)

The Exile
Movie · as Cavalier (uncredited)

Unconquered
Movie · as London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon

Forever Amber
Movie

Tomorrow Is Forever
Movie · as Hamilton Employee

The Invisible Man's Revenge
Movie · as The Police Constable (uncredited)

Gaslight
Movie · as Guide (uncredited)

Ministry of Fear
Movie · as Porter (uncredited)

Heaven Can Wait
Movie · as Flogdell (uncredited)

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Movie · as Pale Tom (uncredited)

Mrs. Miniver
Movie · as Chandler (uncredited)

What's Cookin'?
Movie · as Butler

The Affairs of Martha
Movie · as The Butler (uncredited)

This Above All
Movie · as Policeman with Rector

Tuxedo Junction
Movie · as Jenkins

Suspicion
Movie · as The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)

Nice Girl?
Movie

Accent on Love
Movie · as Flowers

Private Nurse
Movie · as Smithton - the Butler

Confirm or Deny
Movie · as Sidney

Moon Over Her Shoulder
Movie · as Mate Dusty Rhodes

That Hamilton Woman
Movie · as Orderly (uncredited)

West Point Widow
Movie · as Simpson

Rebecca
Movie · as Ben

Hired Wife
Movie · as Peterson - Butler

A Dispatch from Reuters
Movie · as Delane's Secretary (uncredited)

Sky Murder
Movie · as Sutter - Grand's Butler

In Old Missouri
Movie · as Haskins

Private Affairs
Movie · as Casper the Butler

Beauty for the Asking
Movie · as Peters (uncredited)

Stronger Than Desire
Movie · as Albert - Flagg's Butler (uncredited)

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Movie · as Martin

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Movie · as Jameson

Fast and Loose
Movie · as Craddock

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · as Hugo's Servant (uncredited)

Raffles
Movie · as Bingham's Secretary

The Zero Hour
Movie · as Butler

Hold That Kiss
Movie · as Gibley

Sally, Irene and Mary
Movie · as Zorka's Butler

Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Movie · as Butler Phillips

Blond Cheat
Movie · as Meggs (uncredited)

Angel
Movie

Hitting a New High
Movie · as Jervons

The Emperor's Candlesticks
Movie · as Valet to Wolensky (uncredited)

Night of Mystery
Movie · as Lister

My Dear Miss Aldrich
Movie · as William - Butler (uncredited)

Beg, Borrow or Steal
Movie · as James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Movie · as Ames

A Woman Rebels
Movie · as Lord Gaythorne's Butler (uncredited)

Strike Me Pink
Movie · as Maitre d' at Club Lido (uncredited)

Little Miss Nobody
Movie · as Butler

Wife vs. Secretary
Movie · as Taggart (uncredited)

Small Town Girl
Movie · as Concierge (uncredited)

Bunker Bean
Movie · as Kent's Butler

Trouble for Two
Movie · as Valet (Uncredited)

The Luckiest Girl in the World
Movie · as Butler

Our Little Girl
Movie · as Jackson

Here's to Romance
Movie · as Buttler

Ginger
Movie · as Gwynne (uncredited)

Hold 'Em Yale
Movie · as Langdonn

Two for Tonight
Movie · as Mr. Myers' Butler

The Little Minister
Movie · as Hendry Munn

The Age of Innocence
Movie · as The Butler

Smarty
Movie · as Tilford - Tony's Butler

His Greatest Gamble
Movie · as Alfred

I Sell Anything
Movie · as Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur

Gambling Lady
Movie · as Butler at Gambling Club (uncredited)

Double Door
Movie · as William

Bombshell
Movie · as Winters

King of the Jungle
Movie · as Clerk at Hunting License Bureau (uncredited)

A Lady's Profession
Movie · as Albert - Garfield's Butler (uncredited)

Infernal Machine
Movie · as Hans

The Worst Woman in Paris?
Movie · as Chumley - the Butler

The Avenger
Movie · as Talbot

Ann Carver's Profession
Movie · as Melville, the Butler (uncredited)

Shanghai Express
Movie · as Carey (uncredited)

This Reckless Age
Movie · as Braithwaite (uncredited)

Call Her Savage
Movie · as Jackson, Randall's Butler (Uncredited)

The Crash
Movie · as Fair's Butler

Merrily We Go to Hell
Movie · as Prentice's Butler (uncredited)

Nice Women
Movie · as Connors, Butler

Working Girls
Movie · as Boyd's Butler (uncredited)

Honor Among Lovers
Movie · as Forbes (uncredited)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)

Laughter
Movie · as Benham, Gibson's Butler