Carroll, who had moved to Hollywood, made his film debut in "Sadie McKee" (1934). He often played doctors or butlers, but he made appearances as Marley's ghost in "A Christmas Carol" (1938) and as Joseph in "Wuthering Heights" (1939). In the original version of "Father of the Bride" (1950), he played an unctuous wedding caterer. In the 1951 film "" he played a sympathetic German Field marshal, Gerd von Rundstedt, presenting him as a tragic, resigned figure completely disillusioned with Hitler.