--- name: "Carey Wilson" canonical: "https://film.one/person/carey-wilson" roles: ["Writer"] born: "19 May 1889" died: "1 February 1962" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T22:48:14.573181+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Carey Wilson Writer. Born 19 May 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 1 February 1962. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 19 May 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - **Died:** 1 February 1962 - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Wilson_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1035958, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933133/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72063 ## Biography Carey Wilson was an American screenwriter, producer and voice actor. Born on 19 May 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he died on 1 February 1962 in Hollywood, California. His screenplays include *Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ* (1925), *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935) and *The Great Heart* (1938). As a producer his credits include *Green Dolphin Street* (1947). He also narrated nuclear test films for the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense. Wilson was one of the thirty-six founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md) ## Complete filmography (117) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *This Is Russia!* (1958), as Narrator · Producer - *MGM Parade* (1955), series, Actor - *Nostradamus and the Queen* (1953), as Narrator (voice) · Producer - *Let's Ask Nostradamus* (1953), as Narrator (voice) - *Nostradamus Says So!* (1953), as Narrator - *Scaramouche* (1952), Producer - *Westward the Women* (1951), as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited) - *Target Nevada* (1951), as Narrator - *Moments in Music* (1950), Director - *The Happy Years* (1950), Producer - *The Red Danube* (1949), Producer - *Operation Sandstone* (1948), as Narrator (voice) - *Dark Delusion* (1947), Producer - *Green Dolphin Street* (1947), Producer - *Bikini, the Atom Island* (1946), as Narrator - *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1946), Producer - *Strange Destiny* (1945), as Narrator - *Between Two Women* (1945), Producer - *Nostradamus IV* (1944), as Narrator (voice) · Producer - *Hitler's Madman* (1943), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) - *Portrait of a Genius* (1943), as Narrator(voice) - *You, John Jones!* (1943), as Narrator (uncredited) · Writer, Producer - *Mr. Gardenia Jones* (1942), Narrator, Writer - *Further Prophecies of Nostradamus* (1942), as Narrator (voice) · Producer - *The Lady or the Tiger?* (1942), as Narrator - *The Courtship of Andy Hardy* (1942), Producer - *The Greenie* (1942), as Commentator · Writer - *Ghost Treasure* (1941), as Narrator (voice) - *More About Nostradamus* (1941), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Producer - *Cavalcade of the Academy Awards* (1940), as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice) - *Andy Hardy Meets Debutante* (1940), Story - *A Failure at Fifty* (1940), as Narrator (voice) · Producer - *Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things* (1940), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Screenplay - *Judge Hardy and Son* (1939), Writer - *Prophet Without Honor* (1939), as Narrator (voice) · Producer - *The Great Heart* (1938), as Narrator (voice) - *Nostradamus* (1938), as Narrator (voice) · Producer - *The Man on the Rock* (1938), as Narrator (voice) - *Bravest of the Brave* (1938), as Narrator (voice) - *Strange Glory* (1938), as Narrator (voice) - *Joaquin Murrieta* (1938), as Narrator (voice) - *What Do You Think? Tupapaoo* (1938), as Narrator (voice) · Writer - *Life in Sometown, U.S.A.* (1938), as Narrator - *What Do You Think? (Number Two)* (1937), as Narrator (voice) · Writer - *You're Only Young Once* (1937), Producer - *What Do You Think?* (1937), as Narrator (voice) - *The Man in the Barn* (1937), as Narrator (voice) - *Conquest* (1937), Writer - *The King Without a Crown* (1937), as Narrator (voice) - *The Rainbow Pass* (1937), as Told by (voice) - *The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning* (1937), as Narrator (voice) · Writer, Producer - *The Women Men Marry* (1937), Writer - *Between Two Women* (1937), Writer - *Dangerous Number* (1937), as Sheriff · Screenplay - *Master Will Shakespeare* (1936), as Narrator (voice) - *Hollywood - The Second Step* (1936), as Narrator - *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md) - *Pitcairn Island Today* (1935), as Narrator (voice) - *Sequoia* (1935), Screenplay - *Primitive Pitcairn* (1935), as Narrator - *The President Vanishes* (1934), Writer - *Outcast Lady* (1934), Writer - *Murder at the Vanities* (1934), Screenplay - *Sadie McKee* (1934), Writer - *Bolero* (1934), Story - *Gabriel Over the White House* (1933), Screenplay - *Fast Workers* (1933), Screenplay - *What! No Beer?* (1933), Writer - *Faithless* (1932), Screenplay - *Polly of the Circus* (1932), Adaptation, Writer - *Arsène Lupin* (1932), Writer - *Fanny Foley Herself* (1931), Adaptation, Writer - *Behind Office Doors* (1931), Screenplay - *The Bad One* (1930), Adaptation, Screenplay - *Peacock Alley* (1930), Dialogue, Story - *Footlights and Fools* (1929), Writer - *Why Be Good?* (1929), Screenplay, Story - *The Awakening* (1928), Writer - *Lilac Time* (1928), Scenario Writer - *The Cardboard Lover* (1928), Adaptation, Writer - *Oh Kay!* (1928), Writer - *American Beauty* (1927), Scenario Writer, Producer - *Hard-Boiled Haggerty* (1927), Writer - *The Stolen Bride* (1927), Writer - *Naughty But Nice* (1927), Scenario Writer, Screenplay - *The Tender Hour* (1927), Story - *Orchids and Ermine* (1927), Story, Scenario Writer - *The Sea Tiger* (1927), Producer, Writer - *An Affair of the Follies* (1927), Writer - *The Silent Lover* (1926), Writer - *Ladies at Play* (1926), Scenario Writer, Screenplay - *Midnight Lovers* (1926), Story, Screenplay - *Into Her Kingdom* (1926), Co-Writer - *The Sporting Lover* (1926), Adaptation, Screenplay - *Monte Carlo* (1926), Story - *Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ* (1925), as Continuity · Scenario Writer - *The Masked Bride* (1925), Writer - *His Secretary* (1925), Story - *Lights of Old Broadway* (1925), Screenplay - *The Midshipman* (1925), Story - *Soul Mates* (1925), Writer - *He Who Gets Slapped* (1924), Adaptation - *So This Is Marriage?* (1924), Story - *Wine of Youth* (1924), Writer - *Sinners in Silk* (1924), Scenario Writer - *Empty Hands* (1924), Writer - *Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model* (1924), Writer - *Three Weeks* (1924), Adaptation, Writer - *Red Lights* (1923), Adaptation - *The Eternal Three* (1923), Writer - *Lost and Found on a South Sea Island* (1923), Story - *Broken Chains* (1922), Writer - *The Cup of Life* (1921), Story - *Passion Fruit* (1921), Story - *A Woman's Business* (1920), Writer - *Madonnas and Men* (1920), Writer - *The Miracle of Salt Lake*, as Narrator ## Gallery - ![Carey Wilson](https://film.one/media/person/1227791/gallery-c21121625f93.jpg) Carey Wilson — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Carey_Wilson_at_his_wedding.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Actress Carmelita Geraghty and screenwriter Carey Wilson on their wedding day. The wedding took place in Beverly Hills and was a big, Hollywood event attracting (1934)](https://film.one/media/person/1227791/gallery-4129389315a6.jpg) Actress Carmelita Geraghty and screenwriter Carey Wilson on their wedding day. The wedding took place in Beverly Hills and was a big, Hollywood event attracting (1934) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Carmelita_Geraghty_and_Carey_Wilson_on_their_wedding_day.jpg/1280px-Carmelita_Geraghty_and_Carey_Wilson_on_their_wedding_day.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1936: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Mutiny on the Bounty* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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