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Macdonald Carey
Born Edward Macdonald Carey
March 15, 1913(1913-03-15)
Sioux City, Iowa
Died March 21, 1994 (aged 81)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Edward Macdonald Carey (March 15, 1913 – March 21, 1994) was an American actor, best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sioux City (ˌsuːˈsɪti is a city located in northwest Iowa in the United States. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a Pater familias over an extended family Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera Days of our Lives. Dr Tom Horton was a Fictional character on NBC's Soap opera Days of our Lives. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Days of Our Lives is an American Soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8 1965 on the NBC network in the United For almost three decades, he was the show's central cast member.

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Early life and career

Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Carey graduated from the University of Iowa in Iowa City with a bachelor's degree in 1935, after attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a year where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. Sioux City (ˌsuːˈsɪti is a city located in northwest Iowa in the United States. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the principal city of the Iowa City Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area which Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Split Since the 1992 split the Fraternity and the Society are completely separate and independent legal entities with separate governing bodies and are not separate or parallel He first made his career starring in various B-movies of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 He was known in many Hollywood circles as "King of the Bs", sharing the throne with his "queen", Lucille Ball. Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film

After World War II

A successful radio actor and stage performer whose credits included the hit Broadway show "Lady in the Dark" and the movie Wake Island (1942), Carey joined the Marines in 1943, staying in uniform for four years. Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a Coral atoll having a Coastline of 12 miles (19 kilometers in the North Pacific Ocean In 1943 he appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" filmed in Santa Rosa, California. He returned to Paramount in 1947 in Suddenly, It's Spring. He continued with Paramount into the 1950s; by this time he had slipped into more noticeable character roles, and transitioned to westerns for a time, such as The Great Missouri Raid (1951), Outlaw Territory (1953) and Man or Gun (1958). The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Carey played patriot Patrick Henry in John Paul Jones (1959). Patrick Henry ( May 29, 1736 June 6, 1799) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known and remembered for his " John Paul Jones is a 1959 biographical Epic film about John Paul Jones. He also appeared in Blue Denim (1959), The Damned (known as These Are the Damned in the US) (1963), Tammy and the Doctor (1963), and End of the World (1977). Blue Denim was a successful 1958 Broadway play by writer James Leo Herlihy, made the next year into a successful movie starring Brandon The Damned is a British Science fiction film drama starring Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field and Oliver Reed. Carey played the part of Brother Ben in "The Incident of The Golden Calf" on Rawhide.

In 1956 Carey took over the role of the kindly small-town physician Dr. Christian, a character created in the late 1930s by the Danish-American actor Jean Hersholt, who had performed the part on radio and in films, and had co-written a Dr. Jean Hersholt ( July 12, 1886 &ndash June 2, 1956) was a Danish actor who lived in the United States where he was a leading Christian novel. Carey portrayed Dr. Christian on television for one season. Carey also played a the starring role of crusading Herb Maris in the 1950s syndicated series Lock-Up. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Lock-Up is an American Legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and concluded in June 1961 A total of 78 episodes (then considered to be only two full seasons) were made 1959–1961, but apparently Carey did not appear in all of them. For the Stratovarius album see Episode (album. An episode is a part of a Dramatic work such as a serial television The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Days of our Lives

For the remainder of his career, he played Tom Horton on Days of our Lives, from 1965 until his death in Beverly Hills, California from lung cancer in 1994. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) During this time, Carey suffered from a drinking problem, and eventually joined Alcoholics Anonymous in 1982. Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA) is an informal meeting society for recovering and recovered alcoholics, with the stated purpose to help its members "to stay sober and Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) [1] A longtime pipe smoker, he was seen in many films and early episodes of Days of our Lives with it. He was ordered by his doctor to quit in September 1991 after having to take a leave of absence from Days in order to remove a cancerous tumor from one of his lungs. He returned to the show in November of that year. [2]

He is most recognized today, over a decade after his passing, as the voice who recites the epigram each day before the program begins: "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives". An epigram is a short Poem, often with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement From 1966 to 1994, he would also intone, "This is Macdonald Carey, and these are the days of our lives. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) " (After Carey's passing, the producers, out of respect for Carey's family, decided not to use the second part of the opening tagline). At each intermission, his voice also says "We will return for the second half of Days of our Lives in just a moment". Since the Horton family is still regarded as the core of Days of our Lives, his memory has been allowed to remain imprinted on the show by the voiceovers remaining intact. He also served as the voice-over for the very first PBS ident in which he said "This is PBS. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the . . The Public Broadcasting Service. "

Carey wrote several books of poetry and a 1991 autobiography, "The Days of My Life". For his contribution to television, Macdonald Carey has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6536 Hollywood Boulevard. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood Los Angeles California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest

Personal life

He was married to Elizabeth Hecksher from 1943 until their divorce in 1969. They had six children. Later, he dated Lois Kraines, who was his significant other from 1973 on. [3]

He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California, alongside his daughter Lisa, who died in infancy. Holy Cross Cemetery is located at 5835 W Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California. Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County California. Carey also had five other children: Lynn, Theresa, Steven, Edward Macdonald Jr. , and Paul.

Carey's daughter Theresa is the mother of Survivor: Panama Exile Island winner Aras Baskauskas. Survivor Panama - Exile Island (Survivor Exile Island or Survivor Panama for short was the twelfth season of Survivor, and took place in the Pearl Islands Aras Baskauskas (born September 26, 1981) is the winner of Survivor Exile Island and is the second youngest male winner of Survivor Lynn Carey was a 70's Penthouse Pet and well respected singer, providing music for Russ Meyer's legendary cult classic film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Lynn Carey (born October 29, 1946) is an American Singer, Songwriter, model, and Actress best known as Penthouse, a Men 's Magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and Soft-core pornographic pictorials Russell Albion Meyer ( March 21, 1922 &ndash September 18, 2004) was an American motion picture director and This article does not discuss "cult" in the original sense of "veneration" or "religious practice" for that usage see Cult (religious practice Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 American musical comedy Film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Erica Gavin

Awards

External links

The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy Days of Our Lives is an American Soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8 1965 on the NBC network in the United Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy Days of Our Lives is an American Soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8 1965 on the NBC network in the United The Soap Opera Digest Awards are an award show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Soap Opera Digest Awards are an award show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. Days of Our Lives is an American Soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8 1965 on the NBC network in the United Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The Soap Opera Digest Awards are an award show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. Days of Our Lives is an American Soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8 1965 on the NBC network in the United
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