Harry Carey Jr. Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Golden Boot Award from the Motion Pictures & Television Fund Foundation in 1987 and a Silver Spur Award from Reel Cowboys in 2003
• Served in the U․S․ Navy during World War II and helped John Ford make films for the Navy
• Was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 2003
• His father was actor Harry Carey, Sr․, a silent western star who also appeared in several films directed by John Ford in the 1920s and 1930s
• Made his screen acting debut as Dobey in the film "Rolling Home" in 1946
• Quote: "My journey has been that of a character actor․ I've worked with the great and the not-so-great․ But mostly I've worked with men and women who loved their profession, and who like me, had kids to raise and houses to pay for․"
• Best known for playing a boyish sidekick to western star John Wayne in a number of John Ford films, including "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" and "The Searchers․"
• Played Mr․ Anderson in the 1984 film "Gremlins" and a Saloon Old-Timer in the 1990 film "Back to the Future Part III․"
• Wrote an autobiography titled "Company of Heroes: My Life as an Actor in the John Ford Stock Company" in 1994