With Ford as his mentor, he found a Dutch uncle in Ford's frequent leading man John Wayne, who brokered Carey's first shot at a co-starring credit in "3 Godfathers" (1948) - a remake of one of his father's silent films - and included him in his later vehicles "Island in the Sky" (1953), "The Undefeated" (1969), and "Cahill U.S. Gunned down by Robert Mitchum in "Pursued" (1947), trampled by cattle in "Red River" (1948), and slaughtered by Comanche marauders in "The Searchers" (1948), Carey plied his trade without ego.
Graced with a slight, boyish physique, Carey was often cast as decent but doomed frontiersmen. relied on the horsemanship his father had taught him to win roles for John Ford, Raoul Walsh and Howard Hawks. The son of silent film cowboy Harry Carey, Harry Carey Jr.
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