Henry George Carey Jr.

 Henry George Carey Jr. (May 16, 1921 – December 27, 2012)

He appeared in more than 90 films, including several John Ford Westerns, as well as numerous television series. During World War II, Carey Jr. served in the United States Navy as a Pharmacist Mate 2nd Class (medical corpsman) in the Pacific War. However, he was transferred back to the United States to serve with his father’s good friend the director John Ford in a Naval photographic unit attached to the Office of Strategic Services. He then helped to make training films for the Navy and the OSS. Carey collaborated frequently with director John Ford, who was a close friend. He appeared in such notable Ford films as 3 Godfathers (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Searchers (1956), and Cheyenne Autumn (1964). He also made four films with director Howard Hawks. The first was Red River, which featured both Carey and his father in separate scenes, followed by Monkey Business, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Rio Bravo. Between 1955 and 1957, Carey appeared as ranch counselor Bill Burnett in the serial Spin and Marty, seen on Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club. In 1980, Carey portrayed George Arthur in the movie The Long Riders, a film about the exploits of Jesse James. In 1985, Carey played the aging biker Red in the movie Mask. In 1987, Carey was a featured actor in the film, The Whales of August, with Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, and Ann Sothern. n 1990, Carey appeared in the film Back to the Future Part III in a saloon scene set in 1885. In 1993, he made a cameo in the film Tombstone as Marshal Fred White. He married Marilyn Fix, daughter of actor Paul Fix, in 1944. The couple went on to have four children, including son Henry George Carey III. They remained married until his death. Carey died of natural causes in a hospice on Thursday, December 27, 2012, in Santa Barbara at the age of 91. He was cremated, and the ashes interred at Westwood Memorial Park.