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Macdonald Carey

1913 - 1994

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Edward Macdonald Carey (March 15, 1913 – March 21, 1994) was an American actor. He first made his career starring in various B-movies from the 1940s through the 1960s, (with a few A-picture exceptions like Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Macdonald Carey is the 7,308th most popular actor (down from 7,142nd in 2024), the 11,284th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,545th in 2019) and the 3,366th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Macdonald Carey ranks 7,308 out of 13,578. Before him are Martha Raye, Joe Cornish, Andrea Sawatzki, Allan Arbus, Aimee Garcia, and Harald Schmidt. After him are Liam McIntyre, Betty Garrett, Go Ara, Peter Sallis, P. J. Soles, and Mackenzie Davis.

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Among people born in 1913, Macdonald Carey ranks 386. Before him are Evelyn Venable, Emmanuil Kazakevich, Luigi Piotti, Jim Backus, Red Skelton, and Jimmy Van Heusen. After him are Harold J. Stone, Bill Thompson, Jack Ragland, Roger Laurent, Hammond Innes, and Barbara Pym. Among people deceased in 1994, Macdonald Carey ranks 334. Before him are Royal Dano, Lynne Frederick, Irena Krzywicka, Ulrike Maier, Bill Hicks, and Martha Raye. After him are Kristen Pfaff, Ezra Taft Benson, Duncan Hamilton, Valentin Kuzin, Roberto Balado, and Lina Basquette.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Macdonald Carey ranks 11,286 out of 20,380. Before him are LaVern Baker (1929), Aimee Garcia (1978), Mike Starr (1966), Sumner Welles (1892), Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869), and Willis Augustus Lee (1888). After him are Robert A. M. Stern (1939), Jerry Herman (1931), Marie Corridon (1930), Betty Garrett (1919), Black Francis (1965), and Robert B. Sherman (1925).

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Among actors born in United States, Macdonald Carey ranks 3,367. Before him are Leah Remini (1970), Tony Cox (1958), Amy Aquino (1957), Martha Raye (1916), Allan Arbus (1918), and Aimee Garcia (1978). After him are Betty Garrett (1919), Kevin Nealon (1953), Diana Scarwid (1955), Sheldon Leonard (1907), Adrienne King (1960), and Steve Cochran (1917).

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