Portrait of Macdonald Carey

Acting

Macdonald Carey

Career

Active from 1942 to 2015, with a break from 1988 to 2014, busiest in 1950 and 1951 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
44
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Macdonald Carey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.1, average 5.4
  • Cringe Humor
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.2, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

101
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title ยท average score 71
Becoming Marilyn
Becoming Marilyn (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

as (archive footage)

2010s

1 title
3-D Rarities
3-D Rarities (2015)

as (archive footage)

1980s

8 titles ยท average score 61
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
GoodWatch score 44

as Judge Watson

Access Code
Access Code (1984)

as Senator Williams

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Defense Atty. Oscar Ramsey / Dr. Lynch

Finder of Lost Loves
Finder of Lost Loves (1984)

TV show ยท as Norman Prentice

American Gigolo
American Gigolo (1980)
GoodWatch score 63

as Hollywood Actor

Condominium
Condominium (1980)

TV show ยท as Dr. Arthur Castor

Top of the Hill
Top of the Hill (1980)

TV show ยท as Mitchell

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980)
GoodWatch score 59

as Walton Grumby

1970s

15 titles ยท average score 60
Stranger in Our House
Stranger in Our House (1979)
GoodWatch score 32

as Professor Jarvis

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Dr. Mallory

Foes
Foes (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

as McCarey

End of the World
End of the World (1977)
GoodWatch score 30

as John Davis

Roots
Roots (1977)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Squire James

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show

Who Is the Black Dahlia?
Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jack Donahoe

Switch
Switch (1975)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Ray

Police Story
Police Story (1973)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Ordeal
Ordeal (1973)
GoodWatch score 57

as Eliot Frost

Gidget Gets Married
Gidget Gets Married (1972)

as Russ Lawrence

McMillan & Wife
McMillan & Wife (1971)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Dr. Gunther

1960s

22 titles ยท average score 64
Days of Our Lives
Days of Our Lives (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Tom Horton

Bewitched
Bewitched (1964)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (1964)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Henry Pitcairn

Tammy and the Doctor
Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dr. Wayne Bentley

The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits (1963)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Roy Benjamin

Burke's Law
Burke's Law (1963)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Waldo Nicely / Franklyn Warren

The Damned
The Damned (1962)
GoodWatch score 63

as Simon Wells

Stranglehold
Stranglehold (1962)

as Bill Morrison

The Devil's Agent
The Devil's Agent (1962)

as Mr. Smith

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as John Mitchell

Ben Casey
Ben Casey (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Thriller
Thriller (1960)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Hector Vane

1950s

39 titles ยท average score 63
Lock-Up
Lock-Up (1959)

TV show ยท as Herbert L. Maris

Blue Denim
Blue Denim (1959)
GoodWatch score 59

as Maj. Malcolm Bartley, Ret.

The Miracle on 34th Street
The Miracle on 34th Street (1955)
GoodWatch score 59

as Fred Gaily

Count the Hours!
Count the Hours! (1953)
GoodWatch score 47

as Doug Madison

My Wife's Best Friend
My Wife's Best Friend (1952)

as George Mason

Let's Make It Legal
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
GoodWatch score 51

as Hugh Halsworth

Cave of Outlaws
Cave of Outlaws (1951)
GoodWatch score 57

as Pete Carver

Excuse My Dust
Excuse My Dust (1951)
GoodWatch score 50

as Cyrus Random, Jr.

The Great Missouri Raid
The Great Missouri Raid (1951)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jesse James

Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon (1950)
GoodWatch score 51

as Deputy Lane Travis

Comanche Territory
Comanche Territory (1950)
GoodWatch score 59

as James Bowie

The Lawless
The Lawless (1950)
GoodWatch score 63

as Larry Wilder

1940s

15 titles ยท average score 60
Streets of Laredo
Streets of Laredo (1949)
GoodWatch score 61

as Lorn Reming

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby (1949)
GoodWatch score 41

as Nicholas 'Nick' Carraway

Bride of Vengeance
Bride of Vengeance (1949)
GoodWatch score 55

as Cesare Borgia

Song of Surrender
Song of Surrender (1949)

as Bruce Eldridge

Hazard
Hazard (1948)

as J.D. Storm

Dream Girl
Dream Girl (1948)

as Clark Redfield

Suddenly It's Spring
Suddenly It's Spring (1947)
GoodWatch score 52

as Jack Lindsay

Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
GoodWatch score 88

as Jack Graham

Salute for Three
Salute for Three (1943)

as Sgt. Buzz McAllister

Wake Island
Wake Island (1942)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lt. Bruce Cameron

Take a Letter, Darling
Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
GoodWatch score 54

as Jonathan Caldwell

Dr. Broadway
Dr. Broadway (1942)
GoodWatch score 62

as Timothy Kane