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)

Rebecca

Ben

Gaslight

Guide (uncredited)

Mrs. Miniver

Chandler (uncredited)

Suspicion

The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)

Unconquered

London Astronomer Jeremiah Dixon

While the City Sleeps

Walter's Butler (uncredited)

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)