Art Carney : biography
November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Pot o’ Gold | Band memberRadio announcer | Uncredited |
| 1950 | PM Picnic | Narrator | |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Joey Friedlander | |
| 1967 | A Guide for the Married Man | Technical Adviser (Joe X) | |
| 1974 | Harry and Tonto | Harry Coombes | Academy Award for Best ActorGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1975 | W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings | Deacon John Wesley Gore | |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood | J.J. Fromberg | |
| 1977 | The Late Show | Ira Wells | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor |
| Scott Joplin | John Stark | ||
| 1978 | Movie Movie | Doctor Blaine/Doctor Bowers | |
| House Calls | Dr. Amos Willoughby | ||
| The Star Wars Holiday Special | Trader Saun Dann | ||
| 1979 | Going in Style | Al | Pasinetti Award |
| Steel | Pignose Moran | ||
| Sunburn | Marcus | ||
| Ravagers | Sergeant | ||
| 1980 | Roadie | Corpus C. Redfish | |
| Defiance | Abe | ||
| Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story | Art Rooney | TV film | |
| 1981 | St. Helens | Harry Truman | |
| Take This Job and Shove It | Charlie Pickett | ||
| 1982 | Better Late Than Never | Charley Dunbar | |
| 1983 | The Last Leaf | Mr. Behrman | |
| 1984 | Firestarter | Irv Manders | |
| The Muppets Take Manhattan | Bernard Crawford | ||
| The Naked Face | Morgens | ||
| The Night They Saved Christmas | Santa Claus | ||
| The Undergrads | Mel Adler | ||
| 1985 | Izzy and Moe | Moe Smith | |
| 1986 | Miracle of the Heart | Father O’Halleran | |
| 1987 | Night Friend | Monsignor O’Brien | |
| 1990 | Where Pigeons Go to Die | Da | |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Frank |
Early life
Carney, youngest of six sons (Fred, Jack, Ned, Phil, Robert), was born in Mount Vernon, New York, the son of Helen (née Farrell) and Edward Michael Carney, who was a newspaper man and publicist."", The New York Times, November 12, 2003 His family was Irish American and Catholic. China Daily.com. 12 November 2003. He attended A B Davis High School. Carney was drafted as an infantryman during World War II. During the Battle of Normandy, he was wounded in the leg by shrapnel and walked with a limp for the rest of his life.
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