Birth Day: 1878-01-15
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Henry DeWitt Carey II (January 16, 1878 - September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars, usually cast as a Western hero. One of his best known performances is as the president of the United States Senate in the drama film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was the father of Harry Carey Jr., who was also a prominent actor. Born in New York City to a Judge of Special Sessions who was also president of a sewing machine company. Grew up on City Island, New York. Attended Hamilton Military Academy and turned down an appointment to West Point to attend New York University, where his law school classmates included future New York City mayor James J. Walker. After a boating accident which led to pneumonia, Carey wrote a play while recuperating and toured the country in it for three years, earning a great deal of money, all of which evaporated after his next play was a failure. In 1911, his friend Henry B. Walthall introduced him to director D.W. Griffith, for whom Carey was to make many films. Carey married twice, the second time to actress Olive Fuller Golden (aka Olive Carey, who introduced him to future director John Ford. Carey influenced Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle to use Ford as a director, and a partnership was born that lasted until a rift in the friendship in 1921. During this time, Carey grew into one of the most popular Western stars of the early motion picture, occasionally writing and directing films as well. In the '30s he moved slowly into character roles and was nominated for an Oscar for one of them, the President of the Senate in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). He worked once more with Ford, in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936), and appeared once with his son, Harry Carey Jr., in Howard Hawks' Red River (1948). He died after a protracted bout with emphysema and cancer. Ford dedicated his remake of 3 Godfathers (1948) "To Harry Carey--Bright Star Of The Early Western Sky."
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As (archive footage)
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As Ed Brandt in 'Law and Order'
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Head Judge at County Fair
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As Mr. Melville
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As Marshal Wistful McClintock
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As Doc J. Reid
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As Lem Smoot
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As Doc Temple
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As Professor John C. Warren
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As Edward "Gramp" Marsh
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As Crew Chief
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As Dextry
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As Dewey
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As Bill Richards
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As Daniel Howitt
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As Dr. Ben Saunders
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As The Doctor
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As Captain Bailey
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As George Vale Melton
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As Captain Bill Dugan
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As Detective Lieutenant John Lewis
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As Police Officer Tim Kerry
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As Charles Putnam
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As P.G. Delano
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As President of the Senate
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As William 'Bill' Barker
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As Mr. Morris
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As Col. Cornelius Stockton
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As Captain Glennan
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As Captain Josiah Storm
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As Commissioner Nelson
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As Chief Martin
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As Sam Street
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As Silver Jackson
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As Captain of the William Brown
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As Dad Martin
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As Tex Stevens
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As Tom Martin
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As Dean Payton
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As Sen. Nash
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As Kit Carson
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As Cheyenne Harry Morgan
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As Commandant
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As Cheyenne Harry Morgan
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As Phil Yonne
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As John Russell
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As Tucson Smith
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As Joe 'Wild Mustang' Norton
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As Sheriff Clay Hartley
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As Jed Slocum
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As Trigger Carson
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As Cheyenne Kincaid
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As John Hesbitt
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As Clark Sprague
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As Jim Gayner
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As Pete Marlan
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As Ed Brandt
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As John Brown / Jim Blake
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As Jim Gray
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As Hawkeye
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As Bob Norton / Roberts
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As Captain John Allister
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As McBaine
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As Aloysius "Trader" Horn
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As 'Happy' Cardigan
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As Jim Whitely / Bob Whitely
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As Jack Locasto
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As Bill Storm
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As Tom Munson
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As Alexander Smith
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As David Scanlon
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As Jim Cardigan
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As Bill Scott
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As Daniel Brown
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As Brian 'The Yellow Seal' Delaney
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As Alexander 'Sandy' Morton
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As Pat Halahan
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As Bob Smith
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As Pete Grainger
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As Patrick Angus O'Toole
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As Joel Parsons / Silent Sanderson
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As Phlip Morgan
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As Bill Jones
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As Tiger Thompson
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As Big Bill Benson
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As 'The Hawk'
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As Neil Allison
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As Bob
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As Blake
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As Bob
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As Steve Packard
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As White Horse Harry
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As J. Wesley Pringle
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As Ohio, the Stranger
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As David Brent
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As John Wesley Pringle
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As Ol' Santa Fe
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As Bart Carson
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As James 'Jim' Pierce
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As Job McCoy
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As Pierre Winton
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As Dick Rainboldt
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As Jim Golden
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As Overland Red
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As Cheyenne Harry
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As Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst
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As Jim Kyneton
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As Harry Ridge
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As Buck Lessen
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As Jack
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As Hair Trigger Burke
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As Dick Glenning
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As Sheriff Cheyenne Harry
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As Jack Wilson
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As William 'Red' Saunders
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As Tom Larnigan
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As Black La Rue
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As Tom Larnigan
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As Tom Larnigan
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As Cheyenne Harry
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As Tom Larnigan
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As Blaze
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As The Squarest Sheriff Alive
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As Tom Wayne
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As Shifty
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As Tom Horn
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As Ballaret Bill
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As Dick Olney
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As Ramon Valentine
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As Dr. Ralph Hamlin
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As Sky High
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As Bob Sangster
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As Fergus Derrick
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As Hogan - Leader of the Crooks
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As 2nd Sportsman
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As Burleigh
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As The Prospector
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As Jackson - The Crook
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As The Sheriff
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As Crook
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As Dave Dawson
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As 1st Road Agent
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As Jim
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As Dandy Dick - The Fugitive
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As The Converted Cracksman
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As Norris
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As The New Foreman
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As Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12)
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As Texas Pete - the Bandit
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As The Bandit
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As Miles Rand
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As The Foreman
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As Engineer Daily
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As Gentleman Joe, the Cracksman
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As First Son
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As Ivan
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As Cyril Bruce McVeagh
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As In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)
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As Assyrian Traitor
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As Bob - the Younger Brother
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As The Thief
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As Society Detective
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As The Adopted Son
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As Third Thief
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As The Gambler
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As The Sailor
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As The Superintendent
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As Tony
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As The Thief
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As The Mother's Favorite Son
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As The Bartender
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As The Butler
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As The Left-Handed Thief
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As Second Bandit
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As The Thief
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As The Husband
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As Olaf, an Atom
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As The Sheriff
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As The Sheriff
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As The Stage Manager / At Dinner
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As Raffles
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As The 'Bull'
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As Second Criminal
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As The Young Man
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As Keene, the Detective
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As The Detective
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As Manning
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As The Detective
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As The Crook
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As The Son-in-Law
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As Luke
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As The Schemer
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As The Convict
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As The Widowed Father
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As The Butler
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As A Prospector
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As The Cowpuncher
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As In Crowd (uncredited)
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As First Tramp
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As Giuseppe, the Farmhand
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As The Gambler
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As Miller
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As The Neighbor's Friend
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As At Theatre
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As Bob Kyne - the Prospector
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As 2nd Clan Member
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As A Thief
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As Snapper's Sidekick
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As Older Crook
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As At Ice Cream Festival
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As The Confederate Corporal
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As The White Renegade Father
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As The Safecracker
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As In Audience
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As Bob Cole
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As The Thief
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As Indian