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LOS ANGELES ? Harry Carey Jr., a character actor who starred in such Westerns as ?3 Godfathers? and ?Wagon Master,? has died. He was 91.
His daughter, Melinda Carey, said he died Thursday of natural causes surrounded by family at a hospice facility in Santa Barbara, Calif.
?He went out as gracefully as he came in,? she said Friday.
Carey?s career spanned more than 50 years and included such John Ford classics as ?She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,? ?The Searchers? and ?The Long Gray Line.? Later in life, he appeared in the movies ?Gremlins? and ?Back to the Future Part III.?
His memoir, ?Company of Heroes: My Life as an Actor in the John Ford Stock Company,? was published in 1994.
While he lacked the leading-man stature of longtime friend and co-star John Wayne, Carey?s boyish looks and horse-riding skills earned him roles in many of Ford?s films.
LOS ANGELES ? Harry Carey Jr., a character actor who starred in such Westerns as ?3 Godfathers? and ?Wagon Master,? has died. He was 91.
His daughter, Melinda Carey, said he died Thursday of natural causes surrounded by family at a hospice facility in Santa Barbara, Calif.
?He went out as gracefully as he came in,? she said Friday.
Carey?s career spanned more than 50 years and included such John Ford classics as ?She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,? ?The Searchers? and ?The Long Gray Line.? Later in life, he appeared in the movies ?Gremlins? and ?Back to the Future Part III.?
His memoir, ?Company of Heroes: My Life as an Actor in the John Ford Stock Company,? was published in 1994.
While he lacked the leading-man stature of longtime friend and co-star John Wayne, Carey?s boyish looks and horse-riding skills earned him roles in many of Ford?s films.
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