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Leonard Carey

Acting · Born February 25, 1887 · 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).

Movies with Leonard Carey

• Strangers on a Train (1951) — Anthony's Butler (uncredited)
• Unconquered (1947) — London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon
• Rebecca (1940) — Ben
• Gaslight (1944) — Guide (uncredited)
• Mrs. Miniver (1942) — Chandler (uncredited)
• Suspicion (1941) — The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) — Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) — Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)
• That Hamilton Woman (1941) — Orderly (uncredited)
• While the City Sleeps (1956) — Walter's Butler (uncredited)
• Shanghai Express (1932) — Carey (uncredited)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) — Hugo's Servant (uncredited)