Biography

Leonard Carey (25 February 1887 – 11 September 1977) was an English character actor who very often played butlers in Hollywood films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was also active in television during the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his role as the beach hermit, Ben, in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940).

Known For

Strangers on a Train

Anthony's Butler (uncredited)

Suspicion

The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)

Rebecca

Ben

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)

Gaslight

Guide (uncredited)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)

Heaven Can Wait

Flogdell (uncredited)

That Hamilton Woman

Orderly (uncredited)