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Macdonald Carey

American actor (1913-1994) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 81

Edward Macdonald Carey was an American actor. He first made his career starring in various B-movies from the 1940s through the 1960s,, and was known in many Hollywood circles as "King of the Bs". Beginning in 1965, he portrayed patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives.

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1994Died21 March 19941987It's Alive III: Island of the AliveFilm, Judge Watson1984Murder, She WroteSeries, Defense Atty. Oscar Ramsey1980American GigoloFilm, Hollywood Actor1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew MysteriesSeriesEnd of the WorldFilm, 1977John Davis1975Who Is the Black Dahlia?Film, Jack Donahoe1973Police StorySeries1972Gidget Gets MarriedFilm, Russ Lawrence1965Days of Our LivesSeries, Tom Horton1963Burke's LawSeries, Ben Gardner1962The DamnedFilm, Simon Wells1961Ben CaseySeries1959RawhideSeries, Brother Bent1956Stranger at My DoorFilm, Hollis Jarret1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Professor1954MalagaFilm, Van Logan1953The OscarsSeries1952My Wife's Best FriendFilm, George Mason1951Cave of OutlawsFilm, Pete Carver1949Bride of VengeanceFilm, Cesare Borgia1948Studio OneSeries, Lenny Byrnes1947Suddenly It's SpringFilm, Jack Lindsay1942Dr. BroadwayFilm, Timothy Kane1913Born15 March 1913

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Known for

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  • Shadow of a Doubt 1943
  • The Damned 1962
  • American Gigolo 1980
  • It's Alive III: Island of the Alive 1987
  • Stranger in Our House 1979

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 40

119 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

Awards

Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

For almost three decades, he was the show's central cast member, winning two Daytime Emmy Awards.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1994 · aged 81

In the same film or series as Macdonald

Robert BenchleyAlso in Take a Letter, Darling (1942)Efrem Zimbalist Jr.Also in Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975)Ruth HusseyAlso in The Great Gatsby (1949)Michael MoriartyAlso in It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)Carol LynleyAlso in Blue Denim (1959)