# Harry Carey Jr. - passed today **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-carey-jr-passed-today/645517 "2012-12-29T20:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-carey-jr-passed-today/645517/1 "2012-12-29T20:58:08Z")
I thought he’d died thirty years ago. But, apparently he’s been going strong and in good health right up until age 91. I recall a few John Wayne movies that Harry Carey Jr. was in. He had a bit part in Back to the Future III. If you’re an old movie fan then you’ll probably recognize his face even if the name doesn’t ring a bell. [http://todayentertainment.today.com/\_news/2012/12/29/16235048-harry-carey-jr-western-movie-character-actor-dies-at-91?lite](http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2012/12/29/16235048-harry-carey-jr-western-movie-character-actor-dies-at-91?lite) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-carey-jr-passed-today/645517/2 "2012-12-29T21:04:12Z")
The only thing I can actually recall him in was as a biker in “Mask” (Cher, Eric Stoltz, Laura Dern, etc.). But, yeah, he had quite a career. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-carey-jr-passed-today/645517/3 "2012-12-29T21:54:36Z")
Holey moley, look at his IMDb [entry](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001013/). From _Back to the Future III_ and _Cherry 2000_ to _Mr. Roberts_ and _The Searchers_. I knew the name but had no idea. (He was also on some episodes of _Branded_. I wonder if any of those were by Arthur Digby Sellers.;)) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-carey-jr-passed-today/645517/4 "2012-12-29T22:05:05Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I thought he’d died thirty years ago. But, apparently he’s been going strong and in good health right up until age 91. > > I recall a few John Wayne movies that Harry Carey Jr. was in. He had a bit part in Back to the Future III. If you’re an old movie fan then you’ll probably recognize his face even if the name doesn’t ring a bell. I thought it was discussing the offspring of the famous baseball announcer (until I noticed the “e” in the last name)… ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-carey-jr-passed-today/645517/5 "2012-12-30T03:07:33Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > (He was also on some episodes of _Branded_. I wonder if any of those were by Arthur Digby Sellers.;)) Doesn’t he live over by the In 'N Out Burger? The one on Radford, not on Camrose. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-carey-jr-passed-today/645517/6 "2012-12-30T03:14:38Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I thought it was discussing the offspring of the famous baseball announcer (until I noticed the “e” in the last name)… He went by Skip, and died 4 years ago, a little more than 10 years after his dad. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-carey-jr-passed-today/645517/7 "2012-12-30T13:02:21Z")
He was in Spin and Marty also! ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-carey-jr-passed-today/645517/8 "2012-12-30T14:28:27Z")
Wow, I had no idea he was still around. Sorry to hear of his death, he was in some wonderful movies (like a zillion John Ford westerns.) ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-carey-jr-passed-today/645517/9 "2012-12-31T07:21:14Z")
He wrote a book about being part of the John Ford stock company. He was always pleasant to watch and a great horseman. He and Ben Johnson had to learn to stand on the saddle while the horse was running full speed for one of Ford’s cavalry movies. My introduction to him was as the ranch foreman on Spin and Marty. It was definitely worth running home from school to see when they serialized it on the Mickey Mouse Club. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-carey-jr-passed-today/645517/10 "2013-01-03T03:14:16Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > Doesn’t he live over by the In 'N Out Burger? The one on Radford, not on Camrose. Oh, nooo… He has health problems.