Harry Carey, Jr. (born Henry G. Carey on May 16, 1921 in Saugus, California) is an American film actor. Harry Carey Jr. appeared in over 90 films. He is mostly remembered for appearing in Western films and television programs. blank">Carey @ _IMDb blank">Carey Bio @ _IMDb

He is the son of acclaimed actor, Harry Carey (1878-1947) and actress Olive Fuller Golden (1896-1988). As a boy he was nicknamed "Dobe" (short for "adobe", from the color of his hair), by which he is still known to family, friends, and a large number of fans. A respected character actor, like his father, he acted in a large number of Western genre films. They both appeared together in the acclaimed 1948 film, Red River, though they never shared a scene. Harry Carey, Jr. served with the United States Navy during World War II.

Carey made four films with acclaimed film director Howard Hawks: Red River (1948), Monkey Business (1952), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and Rio Bravo (1959).

He also made 10 movies with actor John Wayne, starting with Red River and ending with Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973).

Carey was a good friend of, and frequent collaborator with, noted Western film director John Ford. Carey became a regular in what is commonly called the John Ford Stock Company. He appeared in such notable Ford films as: 3 Godfathers (1948); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949); Wagon Master (1950); Rio Grande (1950); The Long Gray Line (1955); Mister Roberts (1955); The Searchers (1956); Two Rode Together (1961); and Ford's last movie, Cheyenne Autumn (1964). He would later write a book about the Ford "stock company" called: "Company of Heroes: My Life As An Actor in the John Ford Stock Company".

In the 1950s, he became familiar to youthful television audiences in the starring role of ranch counselor "Bill Burnett" on the hit serials Spin and Marty, seen on Walt Disney's celebrated Mickey Mouse Club between 1955 and 1957. In the 1960s, Harry Jr. moved into more television work, appearing on such shows as Have Gun - Will Travel, Wagon Train (based on the film Wagon Master), Bonanza, The Wonderful World of Disney, and Gunsmoke.

A DVD version of the Adventures of Spin & Marty was released in December 2005 as part of the fifth wave of the Walt Disney Treasures series. On the 50th anniversary of the serial's premiere, Carey is interviewed by Leonard Maltin as a DVD bonus feature about his experiences shooting the hit series.

For his contribution to the television industry, Harry Carey Jr. has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Vine Street. In 2003, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Carey's new series Tales From The Set aka Horse Tales debuted at the EPONA Festival in France Oct 11-14th, 2007. The series is directed by Clyde Lucas.

Reliable character actor, mostly in Westerns, son of silent star Harry Carey and actress Olive Carey. Born on his parents' 1000-acre ranch in Saugus, north of Los Angeles, young Carey grew up among cattle and horses. Because of the many Navajo Indians who worked on the ranch, he spoke Navajo before he spoke English. During the Second World War, he joined the Navy and served in the South Pacific as a medical corpsman, but was transferred (against his will) to serve under his father's friend, director John Ford (I), in the O.S.S. After the war, he tried a singing career, but was not successful. After a couple of small acting parts, he was given a chance to work in a picture with his father, Red River (1948) (though they had no scenes with each other). After his father's death, John Ford (I) gave the younger Carey a leading role in the film Ford dedicated to Carey Sr., 3 Godfathers (1948). As a full-fledged member of the famed John Ford Stock Company, Carey appeared in many of Ford's greatest Westerns over the next two decades. He also starred in a TV series-within-a-series, "Adventures of Spin and Marty, The" (1955), which aired as part of "Mickey Mouse Club, "The (1955)_. His extreme boyishness characterized his early years, but he has matured into a strong and very familiar character actor in scores of films over a period of more than forty years. He is married to the former Marilyn Fix, daughter of actor Paul Fix.

Harry Carey Jr. was born on May 16, 1921, on the ranch of his parents, the movie stars Olive Carey and Harry Carey. His father gave him the nickname "Dobe" shortly after birth as the baby's red hair reminded him of the adobe soil on the ranch. Dobe went to the Newhall public school and then went on to the Black Foxe Military Institute in Hollywood. The young Dobe's dream was to become a classical singer like the opera singer/movie star Lawrence Tibbett (I), and he moved to New York City to study voice. In 1939, Dobe got his first paying job as a performer at the New York World's Fair, as a horse-rider in the show "Railroads on Parade." He become a page at the National Broadcasting Co. in 1941, but with the declaration of war, he joined the Navy. In his three years as a sailor, he served as a medical corpsman before being transferred to director John Ford (I)'s photographic unit, which was part of the Navy but also worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Ford had been the director on many of his father's silent westerns and was close to his parents. Dobe protested the transfer, but it was made nonetheless. Dobe married the actor Paul Fix' daughter Marilyn in 1944, while still in the Navy. They have remained a couple for over 60 years and have four children and three grandchildren. After being demobilized, Dobe followed his father into the movie business in 1946 by accepting a role in Rolling Home (1946), following it up with a featured role in Raoul Walsh's Pursued (1947). His long association with John Wayne (I) began in Howard Hawks's classic Western Red River (1948), and his long non-military association with Ford began with his role as The Abilene Kid in 3 Godfathers (1948), which was dedicated to his father, who had passed away in 1947. Ford had been the director of the original 1919 version, which had starred Dobe's father, Harry Carey, Sr. John Wayne (I) again was Dobe's co-star, and the two appeared in nine more films together. Dobe became a member in good-standing of Ford's stock company of actors. He appeared in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), and in Searchers, The (1956) with Wayne, and in Wagon Master (1950), Long Gray Line, The (1955), Mister Roberts (1955) (begun by Ford, he was replaced after a couple of weeks' shooting, by Mervyn LeRoy), Two Rode Together (1961), and Cheyenne Autumn (1964) sans the Duke. Other non-Ford directed films Dobe appeared in with John Wayne (I) were Island in the Sky (1953), Gun the Man Down (1956), Escort West (1958), Rio Bravo (1959), Undefeated, The (1969), Big Jake (1971), and Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973). All together, Dobe appeared in almost 100 movies and 100 television programs. He has made two documentaries, "John Ford's America" and "Legends of the West," and written a book, "Company of Heroes, My Life As An Actor In the John Ford Stock Company." He appeared with his father, Harry Carey, Sr. in Red River (1948) (although the two did not share any scenes together), and with his mother, Olive Carey, in Searchers, The (1956) and Two Rode Together (1961). In 1987, Dobe was awarded a Golden Boot by the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation, and in 2003, he won a Silver Spur Award from Reel Cowboys. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, awarded for his television activities, located at 6363 Hollywood Blvd.