Timothy Carey Net Worth
Timothy Carey Net Worth is
$6 Million
Timothy Carey Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Timothy Agoglia Carey (March 11, 1929 – May 11, 1994) was an American film and television actor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.Carey wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the 1962 feature The World's Greatest Sinner, which was scored by Frank Zappa. Although it did not have wide commercial release, the film achieved cult status through repeated screenings at the "midnight movies" in Los Angeles in the 1960s. This movie established Carey as an important figure in independent film.Carey usually portrayed psychotic, manic, arrogant, obsessed, and/or violent characters, who are driven to extremes.As an actor, Carey appeared in the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing and Paths of Glory, and in the John Cassavetes-directed films Minnie and Moskowitz and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. During the filming of Paths Of Glory Carey was disruptive, trying to draw more attention to his character during the filming. A scene where Carey and the other actors were brought a duck dinner as their final meal before execution took 57 takes due to his behavior. The final straw occurred when he faked his own kidnapping for personal publicity, causing Kubrick and Producer James B. Harris to fire him. Because of this, they were unable to show the three condemned soldiers during the battle scene, and a double was used during the scene when a priest was hearing his character's confession. The scene was filmed with the double's back to the camera. The 1957 film Bayou featured one of Carey's few leading roles, as a Cajun shopkeeper named Ulysses.He had roles in East of Eden, The Wild One, One-Eyed Jacks, The Boy and the Pirates, and Beach Blanket Bingo. He played a minor role as the Angel of Death in the comedy film D.C. Cab, and appeared in the Monkees vehicle Head. His final appearance was in the 1986 movie Echo Park. Carey also did a select amount of acting on TV from the 1950s through the 1980s.Carey's face (from the movie The Killing) is positioned behind George Harrison on the cover of the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Although Carey's image is not seen on the commercially released version of the cover, it can be seen on outtake photos from the Sgt. Pepper session.According to director Quentin Tarantino, Carey auditioned for his film Reservoir Dogs, for the role of Joe Cabot. Although Carey did not get the role, the screenplay of the film was dedicated to him, among others.He died of a stroke in 1994 at the age of 65 in Los Angeles, and was buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California. | Full Name | Timothy Carey |
| Date Of Birth | March 11, 1929, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | May 11, 1994, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
| Height | 6' 3½" (1.92 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Director, Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Children | Romeo Carey |
| Movies | Paths of Glory, The Killing, The World's Greatest Sinner, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, One-Eyed Jacks, Minnie and Moskowitz, Waterhole No. 3, Bayou, The Outfit, Head, Echo Park, Convicts 4, Mermaids of Tiburon, Fast-Walking, The Boy and the Pirates, Rio Conchos, D.C. Cab, A Time for Killing, Pee... |
| Star Sign | Pisces |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tall frame and anvil-like face |
| 2 | Often played sleazy, violent criminals |
| 3 | Often played probably psychotic characters with a volcanic temper |
| 4 | Often spoke moving his lips while keeping his teeth closed |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [from a 1957 newspaper article] People are finally beginning to understand me. The trouble is, people in Hollywood never saw a guy like me before. They think I'm a man from another planet. |
| 2 | I've been in and out of more jails on vagrancy charges -- the police always arrest me on suspicion because I look suspicious. |
| 3 | Why are people afraid of me? One producer thought I was on dope. I don't even drink or smoke. I'm just enthusiastic. I don't need any stimulation. |
| 4 | [from a 1968 newspaper interview] Characters as evil as the ones I play just can't be allowed to remain in society. The only time I managed to "stay alive" all the way through a picture was when I wrote and produced one myself. |
| 5 | I can't even take a stroll through a park. As soon as women see my face they start gathering up their children and running for home. |
| 6 | Every time a policeman gets a look at me I can see the wheels starting to turn in his head. He's positive that I'm on his "wanted" list for at least three major crimes. |
| 7 | Acting is an intimate thing -- dealing with emotions. The script is only a blueprint -- not the final product. You've got to take the character and become it. You've got to live the role. |
| 8 | Coppola [Francis Ford Coppola] wanted me so much to be in "The Godfather." But the stage wasn't right. I just would have made a lot of money, and when you make a lot of money, it doesn't help an artist because the more money you have, the more trouble you have. Except to make a film, that's different, of course, but Cassavetes [John Cassavetes], it would never affect him ... Coppola didn't have the sensitivity Cassavetes had. He's a good director, a nice fella, but he's no John. Nobody's a John Cassavetes. Nobody! |
| 9 | [from a 1957 interview] I never walk through a scene. Whatever I do I do with enthusiasm -- and it didn't take me long to find out that the more enthusiastic I got about my work the less enthusiastic some of my fellow players got about me. |
| 10 | [on being in Marine boot camp at age 15] Marine boot camp was fine until I got to Paris Island, then I didn't like the Marine Corps. Oh, I could tell you things about the Marine Corps, boy. I'm not kidding. I called my mother and said, "I wanna get out of here!" I didn't like it at all. It wasn't what I believed it was going to be. I knew it wasn't going to be a tea party, but ... They beat me from pillar to post, you know, they called me "big stupe," kept on shooting me in the arm with this thing. The drill instructor said, "Look, I'm just as good as Jesus Christ." He was tough, this guy. They had a rifle range, you know, and I never could get in the right position. You had to kneel down and put your fanny on your heel. I just couldn't do that too good. And the drill instructor said, "I want this big stupe to fall over a locker box tonight." Every recruit has a locker box. If you fall over it, everybody can beat you up. So they came and beat me up that night. I ended up in the hospital. I tried to protect my knees, and they hit my knees with a baseball bat. And that was the Marine Corps. |
| 11 | It's amazing how people get so afraid and weak. I was up for a big part in "Bonnie and Clyde," but Arthur Penn took one look at me and nearly fainted in my arms. He'd heard that I'd gotten into a punch-out with Elia Kazan on "East of Eden." Which wasn't true. But because of the garbled story and Penn's weakness, I didn't get the part. The same thing with Stephen Frears years later on "The Grifters" -- weakness. The same with Harvey Keitel's weakness on "Reservoir Dogs." Tarantino [Quentin Tarantino] brought me in to read. He'd done a terrific script with my name on top of it -- inspiration by Timothy Carey. Harvey Keitel didn't want me on the show. He was afraid -- I could tell when I walked in. He had the right to say yea or nay to any actor. Larry Tierney [Lawrence Tierney] got the part. Larry's a good friend of mine, and he called me up later and kind of apologized. |
| 12 | I wanted to be a singer, but I was tone deaf, they said. So they put me in dramatic class. I really liked that. This was good training; this was the Stanislavsky method. |
| 13 | [on John Cassavetes] I wish I could get him [John Cassavetes] on the phone and speak to him ... I wish I had a direct wire to where he is. If there's a heaven, if there's a God, he's got to be right there. I feel his spirit around me ... John Cassavetes was different! He would inspire people. He didn't believe in anything negative; there wasn't a negative bone in his body. You could always call him up anytime and he was always there to give you a helping hand. Just incredible .. He had to drop dead and die, I mean it's just a shame. I don't know why he couldn't have stayed. He kept telling me he's OK, he's OK, but he wasn't. |
| 14 | [from a 1968 radio interview] Most of my roles, I've tried to make them diversified. In trying to make them diversified, I didn't get along with certain directors. Unfortunately, I hold the all-time record; I'm not proud of it, but it's a fact. I was asked to leave the set five times in a row. I guess I didn't read the book "How to Make Friends and Influence People." But it was a lot of fun. I'm the scourge of Hollywood. I remember an agent said to me, and it's the truth, when he mentioned my name to some casting director, the casting director just fell across the director's lap and fainted, he was so shocked by the fact that he mentioned Timothy Carey, you know. But I've been getting along with people now. I've been, you know, just sitting in my dressing room getting ready for the scene. As I told one of the assistant directors on my last picture, he gave me a very small dressing room, and I said, "You don't know my history as an actor, do you?" I got a better dressing room. |
| 15 | [on accusations of being a scene stealer] I wasn't trying to upstage anyone; I just wanted to do it for the good of the show. Sometimes I'd overdo it maybe. Sometimes I didn't do exactly what the director wanted, that's true ... I try so hard, you know. To me, it's like the last film I'm gonna make, and I want it to be the best. |
| 16 | [from a 1957 interview] I'm a big sort of lummox with an innate scorn for convention, an ambition to be a great actor that burns my insides, contempt for clothes and contempt for what other people think. |
| 17 | [reflecting on if he would have done anything differently] I wouldn't conceal my farts. I wouldn't change anything. I've always wanted to do things my own way. Same with the play I've been writing for some years now, "The Insect Trainer." I know it's not gonna make it. Somebody else said that, too ... But that's the kind of thing I like -- something that reaches out. |
| 18 | [eulogy for John Cassavetes] His grace, humility. Artistry against all odds. His light will never be extinguished. Cassavetes, always perpendicular to humanity. Antidote to apathy in my life as a thespian. To me, he will always be a theanthropist. Hail Cassavetes. |
| 19 | The truth is, I never really cared about conventional success. I was probably fired more than any other actor in Hollywood. |
| 20 | If you wanna be a good actor, go to the zoo and watch the rhino -- look at the way he moves. Watch the weasel, every part involves a new body pattern. |
| 21 | [on whether he ever drank or did drugs] No, I'm a teetotaler. I never even smoked. People were always offering me grass or cocaine. I got my own cocaine -- my own personality. I am cocaine. What do I need that stuff for? |
| 22 | You can't leave the film industry to the money people, they degrade it, they make people nothing. |
| 23 | [on how difficult it was for him to get work early in his career] Someone took me over to see Laslo Benedek, who directed The Wild One (1953), and he liked me, but he wouldn't let me drive a motorcycle. I guess he didn't trust me. He thought I'd run over a few people. |
| 24 | [on his attempt to audition for the role of "Sir Black", the villain, in Prince Valiant (1954)] I went to Western Costume . . . they fitted me in this outfit, all sashed pants and that had a medieval glove with a weapon from that era. And I thought, "How am I gonna get in there?", so I went to climb the fence at 20th Century-Fox, but I couldn't make it because of the [costume] I had on. It was right near a golf course and a golfer helped me over with a ladder. I told him I was an actor on the set who got lost. I tried to find the director, Henry Hathaway, but he wasn't in his office so I went to the commissary where he was having lunch and said, "Here I am, Sir Black! My men number many. I'm here for the part. Do I get it?" I took out my knife. He said, "Put the knife away, you got the part." Then I was escorted off the lot. I never got the part, but I enjoyed it. It was fun. |
| 25 | [Charles Herbert, who as a child actor worked with Carey on The Boy and the Pirates (1960)] He, on that movie, probably scared me more than The Colossus of New York (1958)! But he was a nice man, and he always tried to make you feel, "I'm not really crazy," and you would say, "Okay." And then he would walk away and you'd go, "He's CRAZY!" He was a scary man. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | His father was Irish and his mother was Italian. |
| 2 | Performed a spoken word introduction for Brooklyn garage punk band The A-Bones' 1993 cover recording of the theme to The World's Greatest Sinner (1962), which was released as a 45 on the Australian Giant Claw label. |
| 3 | Quentin Tarantino had a page in his script for Reservoir Dogs (1992) where he dedicated the movie to some of his inspirations. Timothy Carey was at the very top. He also auditioned for the role of Joe Cabot, but Tarantino didn't think that he was right for the role. |
| 4 | Director Francis Ford Coppola wanted to cast him in both The Godfather (1972) and The Conversation (1974). Carey turned down the former and walked off the set of the latter. |
| 5 | Father of Romeo Carey. |
| 6 | Has a uniquely twisted screen presence that many great directors tried, and often failed, to harness. He was the only man Elia Kazan ever physically attacked on the set. Marlon Brando cast him in One-Eyed Jacks (1961) and ended up, in desperation and frustration, stabbing him with a pen. When John Cassavetes came to his house for the first time, Carey made him wear a bulky, padded suit and then turned his attack dog loose on him. Despite this odd happening, Cassevetes later declared that Carey had the "brilliance of Eisenstein." |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starsky and Hutch | 1977 | TV Series | Danny |
| Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy | 1976 | Vincent (as Timothy Agoglia Carey) | |
| Columbo | 1971-1976 | TV Series | Bert / Tony |
| Ellery Queen | 1976 | TV Series | Jay Bonner |
| The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | 1976 | Flo (as Timothy Agoglia Carey) | |
| Peeper | 1976 | Sid (as Timothy Agoglia Carey) | |
| Kung Fu | 1975 | TV Series | Bix Courtney |
| Toma | 1974 | TV Series | Lenahan |
| The Outfit | 1973 | Jake Menner | |
| The Bait | 1973 | TV Movie | Big Mike (as Timothy Agoglia Carey) |
| Tarzana | 1972 | Short | Old War Buddy Benny |
| Get to Know Your Rabbit | 1972 | Policeman (uncredited) | |
| McCloud | 1972 | TV Series | Apartment Manager |
| Minnie and Moskowitz | 1971 | Morgan Morgan (as Tim Carey) | |
| What's the Matter with Helen? | 1971 | The Tramp | |
| Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena | 1970 | Tweet Twig | |
| The Name of the Game | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Desert Rat / Jules Forel |
| Daniel Boone | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Wibberly / Lute Purdy |
| It Takes a Thief | 1970 | TV Series | Art |
| The Virginian | 1969 | TV Series | Zach Ontro |
| Change of Habit | 1969 | Ajax Market Manager (uncredited) | |
| Mannix | 1969 | TV Series | Rasmussen |
| Head | 1968 | Lord High 'n Low | |
| The Outsider | 1968 | TV Series | Max |
| Cimarron Strip | 1968 | TV Series | Lobo |
| Cowboy in Africa | 1968 | TV Series | Mike O'Neill |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1967 | TV Series | Stefan |
| Waterhole #3 | 1967 | Hilb | |
| A Time for Killing | 1967 | Billy Cat | |
| Gunsmoke | 1958-1966 | TV Series | Charles 'Buster' Rilla / Tiller Evans |
| Duel at Diablo | 1966 | Deputy Clem (uncredited) | |
| The Big Valley | 1966 | TV Series | Preacher Clegg |
| Rawhide | 1965 | TV Series | Ed Walker / Carl Hatcher |
| Beach Blanket Bingo | 1965 | South Dakota Slim | |
| Profiles in Courage | 1965 | TV Series | Hartwick |
| Rio Conchos | 1964 | Chico (uncredited) | |
| Bikini Beach | 1964 | South Dakota Slim | |
| Shock Treatment | 1964 | Hulking Patient (uncredited) | |
| Convicts 4 | 1962 | Nick | |
| Mermaids of Tiburon | 1962 | Milo Sangster | |
| The World's Greatest Sinner | 1962 | Clarence Hilliard | |
| The Second Time Around | 1961 | Bonner | |
| One-Eyed Jacks | 1961 | Howard Tetley | |
| The Boy and the Pirates | 1960 | Morgan | |
| The Untouchables | 1959 | TV Series | Loxie |
| The Gunfight at Dodge City | 1959 | Forbes, Regan's Deputy (uncredited) | |
| Revolt in the Big House | 1958 | Ed 'Bugsy' Kyle | |
| Alcoa Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | Jonas |
| Unwed Mother | 1958 | Doctor | |
| Paths of Glory | 1957 | Pvt. Maurice Ferol | |
| House of Numbers | 1957 | Frenchy - Arnie's Cell Mate (uncredited) | |
| Bayou | 1957 | Ulysses (as Tim Carey) | |
| Chain of Evidence | 1957 | Carl Fowler | |
| Rumble on the Docks | 1956 | Frank Mangus | |
| Naked Gun | 1956 | Hartman | |
| Flight to Hong Kong | 1956 | Lagarto (as Tim Carey) | |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | 1956 | TV Series | Stark |
| The Last Wagon | 1956 | Cole Harper (uncredited) | |
| Francis in the Haunted House | 1956 | Hugo | |
| The Killing | 1956 | Nikki Arcane | |
| I'll Cry Tomorrow | 1955 | Derelict (uncredited) | |
| Francis in the Navy | 1955 | Auctioneer's Helper (uncredited) | |
| Finger Man | 1955 | Lou Terpe | |
| East of Eden | 1955 | Joe (uncredited) | |
| Hopalong Cassidy | 1954 | TV Series | Dan Warner |
| Alaska Seas | 1954 | Wycoff | |
| The Wild One | 1953 | Chino's Boy #1 (uncredited) | |
| Crime Wave | 1953 | Johnny Haslett (uncredited) | |
| White Witch Doctor | 1953 | Jarrett | |
| Cowboy G-Men | 1952-1953 | TV Series | Man at boat dock / Prisoner / Tall Gypsy / ... |
| Death Valley Days | 1953 | TV Series | Johnny |
| Bloodhounds of Broadway | 1952 | Crockett Pace (uncredited) | |
| Hellgate | 1952 | Wyand (uncredited) | |
| Racket Squad | 1952 | TV Series | Frankie |
| Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder | 1952 | TV Series | |
| Chevron Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | |
| Across the Wide Missouri | 1951 | Baptiste DuNord (uncredited) | |
| Ace in the Hole | 1951 | Construction Worker (unconfirmed, uncredited) | |
| The Devil's Gas | 1990 | Short | Professor Petrol |
| Airwolf | 1986 | TV Series | Paul McClelland, the Cat Man |
| Echo Park | 1985 | Vinnie | |
| The New Mike Hammer | 1984 | TV Series | Kenny the Knife |
| D.C. Cab | 1983 | Angel Of Death (as Timothy Agoglia Carey) | |
| Likely Stories, Vol. 2 | 1983 | TV Movie | Gynecologist (segment "The Lays of Our Lives") |
| The Greatest American Hero | 1981-1982 | TV Series | Blanchard / Cameron |
| Fast-Walking | 1982 | Bullet | |
| East of Eden | 1981 | TV Mini-Series | The Preacher |
| Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | 1980 | TV Series | Obituary Bob |
| Nightside | 1980 | TV Movie | Slowboy (as Timothy Agoglia Carey) |
| CHiPs | 1980 | TV Series | Solkin |
| Hard Knocks | 1979 | as Timothy Agoglia-Carey | |
| Supertrain | 1979 | TV Series | Anderson |
| Fiore | 1978 | TV Movie | Fiore Reid |
| Baretta | 1975-1978 | TV Series | Stelardo / El Greco / Joe Dineen / ... |
| Charlie's Angels | 1977 | TV Series | Arabian Group Leader / Burt |
| Speedtrap | 1977 | Loomis |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiore | 1978 | TV Movie | |
| Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena | 1970 | ||
| The World's Greatest Sinner | 1962 |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiore | 1978 | TV Movie | |
| Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena | 1970 | ||
| The World's Greatest Sinner | 1962 | written by |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiore | 1978 | TV Movie producer | |
| Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena | 1970 | producer | |
| The World's Greatest Sinner | 1962 | producer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reservoir Dogs | 1992 | dedicatee |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Am Legend | 1994 | Video documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making Sinner | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| American Masters | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Actor 'East of Eden' |
| A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Joe, 'East of Eden' (uncredited) |
| Charlie's Angels | 1979 | TV Series | Arabian Group Leader |
Known for movies
Paths of Glory (1957)
as Pvt. Maurice Ferol
The Killing (1956)
as Nikki Arcane
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
as Flo
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
as Howard Tetley