- He played the son of his real life mother Olive Carey in The Searchers (1956).
- His close friendship with Robert Mitchum ended when he gave up drinking.
- Son of Harry Carey and Olive Carey.
- He was active in Democratic politics for most of his life but did vote Republican during the 1980s when Ronald Reagan held office.
- Had appeared with John Wayne in nine films: 3 Godfathers (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), Island in the Sky (1953), The Searchers (1956), Rio Bravo (1959), The Undefeated (1969), Big Jake (1971) and Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973). Carey's scenes in "Rio Bravo" were cut from the final print although he still receives billing in the opening credits.
- His father, actor Harry Carey, started his career in 1909 at the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company.
- Served with the United States Navy during World War II. He was a pharmacist's mate (corpsman) on the USS George Clymer (APA-27) in the Pacific theater. He provided medical assistance to wounded servicemen in places like Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
- He and his father Harry Carey (born Henry DeWitt George Carey, Sr.) both appear in Red River (1948) although they share no scenes together. The elder Carey died before the film was released.
- Given nickname "Dobe", short for adobe (the color of Carey's hair as a boy).
- Has four children with wife Marilyn Carey (married 1944).
- Although he was 72 years when he played Marshal Fred White in Tombstone (1993), White was only 31 when he died on October 30, 1880.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
- Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 2003.
- Had appeared with Ben Johnson in nine films: 3 Godfathers (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), Wagon Master (1950), Cheyenne Autumn (1964), The Undefeated (1969), Wild Times (1980), The Shadow Riders (1982) and Cherry 2000 (1987).
- No relation to Harry Caray, announcer for the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
- He had a cameo in Back to the Future Part III (1990) as one of the old timers in 1885, along with his fellow western actors Dub Taylor and Pat Buttram.
- Following his death, he was interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
- He was the nephew of Ruth Fuller Golden.
- Son-in-law of character actor Paul Fix.
- Underwent hip surgery following a fall in September 2009.
- Survived by his wife, Marilyn Carey, and 3 children: Thomas Carey; Melinda Carey Menoni; Patricia Carey. He was predeceased by his son, Steven Harry Carey (born 12/13/1945) who died of a heart attack on August 13,1989.
- Was in the last episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel.".
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