TIMOTHY CAREY BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
 
Timothy Carey was born on March 11th, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York with the birth name Timothy William Carey.  After high school he went on to acting school and upon completing his degree, Carey broke into the film industry in 1951 debuting on, "Ace in the Hole" starring Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Porter Hall, Robert Arthur and Ray Teal, followed by an un-credited role on he film, "The Wild One" (1953) starring Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Lee Marvin, Jay C. Flippen, Hugh Sanders, Ray Teal, Will Wright, Peggy Maley, Robert Keith, John Doucette, Pat O'Malley, Gil Stratton, Harry Landers and John Brown.

Soon he was being cast in more prominent films such as, "East of Eden" (1955) starring Julie Harris, James Dean (in his first major screen role), Raymond Massey, Burl Ives, Richard Davalos and Jo Van Fleet, "The Killing" (1956) Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards and Elisha Cook Jr., Marie Windsor, Jay C. Flippen, Joe Sawyer, Ted de Corsia and James Edwards, "Paths of Glory" (1957) starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson and George Macready, "Bayou" (1957) starring Peter Graves, Lita Milan, Douglas Fowley and Ed Nelson and "Poor White Trash" (1961) which was a remake of "Bayou" and the rising film to his stardom.

Now that he had caught the attention of Hollywood he began appearing on such feature films as, "One-Eyed Jacks" (1961) starring alongside Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Slim Pickens, Katy Jurado, Pina Pellicer and Ben Johnson, "The World's Greatest Sinner" (1962), "Beach Blanket Bingo" (1965) starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, John Ashley, Deborah Walley, Jody McCrea, Marta Kristen, Linda Evans, Harvey Lembeck and also cameos by Paul Lynde, Don Rickles and Buster Keaton, "Head" (1968), "The Conversation" (1974), "Minnie and Moskowitz" (1971), "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie" (1976) and his final film role was in 1986 on, "Echo Park".

Along with his film work he also added a number of television series credits to his resume such as, "The Untouchables", "Hopalong Cassidy", "Sheriff of Cochise", "Cowboy G-Men", "Mannix", "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "The Outsiders", "Cowboy in Africa", "Daniel Boone', "It Takes a Thief", "McCloud", "Kung Fu", "Columbo", "Charlie's Angels" and "Baretta".

Timothy Carey then retired from the industry after appearing in the short, "Devil's Gas" (1990) and coached acting for the remaining years of his life.  He passed away on May 11th, 1994 in Los Angeles, California after suffering from a stroke at the age of sixty five.  He had six children with his only wife, by the name of Doris.
 

Filmography

1990         The Devil's Gas
1986         Echo Park
1986         Airwolf 
1984         The New Mike Hammer 
1983         D.C. Cab
1981-1982     The Greatest American Hero 
1982         Fast-Walking
1981         East of Eden
1980         Tenspeed and Brown Shoe 
1980         Nightside 
1980         CHiPs 
1979         Supertrain 
1975-1978     Baretta
1977         Speedtrap
1977         Charlie's Angels
1977         Starsky and Hutch 
1976         Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1971-1976     Columbo
1976         Ellery Queen
1976         The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976         Peeper
1975         Kung Fu
1974         Toma
1973         The Outfit
1973         The Bait
1972         Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972         McCloud 
1971         Minnie and Moskowitz
1971         What's the Matter with Helen?
1968-1970     The Name of the Game 
1968-1970     Daniel Boone
1970         It Takes a Thief 
1969         The Virginian
1969         Change of Habit
1969         Mannix
1968         Head
1968         The Outsider
1968         Cimarron Strip 
1968         Cowboy in Africa 
1967         The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 
1967         Waterhole #3
1967         A Time for Killing
1958-1966     Gunsmoke 
1966         The Big Valley 
1965         Rawhide
1965         Beach Blanket Bingo
1965         Profiles in Courage
1964         Rio Conchos
1964         Shock Treatment
1964         Bikini Beach
1962         Convicts 4
1962         The World's Greatest Sinner
1962         Mermaids of Tiburon
1961         The Second Time Around
1961         One-Eyed Jacks
1960         The Boy and the Pirates
1959         The Untouchables 
1959         The Gunfight at Dodge City
1958         Revolt in the Big House
1958         Alcoa Theatre 
1958         Unwed Mother
1957         Paths of Glory
1957         House of Numbers
1957         Bayou
1957         Chain of Evidence
1956         Rumble on the Docks
1956         Naked Gun
1956         Flight to Hong Kong
1956         Sheriff of Cochise 
1956         The Last Wagon
1956         Francis in the Haunted House
1956         The Killing
1955         I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955         Francis in the Navy
1955         Finger Man
1955         East of Eden
1954         Hopalong Cassidy 
1954         Alaska Seas
1954         Crime Wave
1953         The Wild One
1953         White Witch Doctor
1952-1953     Cowboy G-Men 
1952         Bloodhounds of Broadway
1952         Hellgate
1952         Racket Squad
1951         Across the Wide Missouri
1951         Ace in the Hole