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Eugene Joseph "Phil" Carey

Deceased
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Phil Carey
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At A Glance

A former U.S. Marine in World War II and the Korean War, Phil has spent a large portion of his professional career starring in motion pictures. His first feature film, Operation Pacific, starred John Wayne and led to a long-term contract with Warner Brothers. During his time at Warner's and later at Columbia Pictures, Phil starred with some of Hollywood's legendary actors, including Gary Cooper in Springfield Rifle; Henry Fonda in Mister Roberts; Peter Fonda in Fighting Mad; and Tyrone Power in The Long Gray Line. In addition, Phil starred with Fred MacMurray and Kim Novak in Pushover, the first film in which Miss Novak appeared as the leading lady.

Carey also starred in a number of primetime television series, such as Philip Marlowe, Bengal Lancers, Laredo and The Untamed World; and guest-starred on All in the Family, Little House on the Prairie, Police Woman, The Bionic Woman and Gunsmoke. Additionally, he has toured in such stage plays as Arthur Miller's All My Sons, and Cyrano de Bergerac.

Raised in the suburban Long Island towns of Rosedale and Malverne, Carey harbored dreams of being an actor all his life. He studied drama at the University of Miami but it was back on Long Island where he got his break. During a summer stock production of Over 21, a representative of Warner Brothers spotted him and asked Phil to take the screen test that launched his film career.

Father of three children, Carey loved to play golf to relax. He was also an accomplished horseman, as his many western films attest, but he always maintained, "I'm an actor who rides, not a rider who acts."

Phil Carey passed away on February 6, due to complications from lung cancer. He was 83.

Acting Portfolio: TELEVISION
One Life to Live

Asa Buchanan

January 1980 to March 9, 2007; November 9, 2007 to November 13, 2007; July 16, 2008 to July 21, 2008; August 19, 2008; December 29, 2008

Laredo

Capt. Edward Parmalee

1965 to 1967

Phillip Marlowe

Phillip Marlowe

1959 to 1960

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

Lieutenant Michael Rhodes

1956

The Ford Television Theatre

various roles

1953 to 1957

For a complete listing of Mr. Carey's numerous television appearances and film roles, click here.

Awards & Acclaim
Daytime Emmys Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actor (2003)

Soap Opera Digest Awards: Nominated, Outstanding Male Scene Stealer (1999)

Soap Opera Digest Awards: Nominee, Outstanding Male Showstopper (1997)

Soap Opera Digest Awards: Nominee, Outstanding Scene Stealer (1994)

Soap Opera Digest Awards: Nominee, Outstanding Villain/Villainess (1993)

Vital Statistics

PLACE OF BIRTH: Hackensack, New Jersey

DATE OF BIRTH: July 15, 1925

HEIGHT: 6'4"

HAIR: Brown

EYES: Blue

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