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Timothy Carey
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Actor Born: March 11, 1929 Death: May 11, 1994 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:In films since 1952, character actor "Timothy Carey" gained a cult following for his uncompromising portrayals of sadistic criminals, drooling lechers, and psycho killers. His definitive screen moment occurred in "Stanley Kubrick"'s "The Killing" (1955), in which, as two-bit hoodlum Nikki Arane, he gleefully shot down a race horse. Kubrick used Carey again in "Paths of Glory" (1957), this time in the sympathetic role of condemned prisoner Private Ferol. Equally impressed by Carey's work was director "John Cassavetes", who gave the actor a leading role in "Killing of a Chinese Bookie" (1976). In 1963, Carey spoofed his unsavory screen image in "Beach Blanket Bingo", playing leather-jacketed cyclist South Dakota Slim, who expresses his affection for leading lady "Linda Evans" by strapping her to a buzzsaw. He went on to menace "the Monkees" in "Head" (1968), bellowing out incomprehensible imprecations as... Full Biography
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