Facts:   - imagesize: 230px    - death place: new york , new york , u.s.    - resting place: forest lawn memorial park -lrb- hollywood hills -rrb-    - death cause: lung cancer    - yearsactive: 1951 -- 2008    - death date: 6 february 2009    - spouse: colleen children maureen peppler -lrb- 1949 - ? , divorced -rrb- welch 3 children -lrb- 1976-2009 , his death -rrb- 2      - othername: phil carey    - birth date: 15 july 1925    - children: jeff , shannon -lrb- w/welch -rrb- , linda , lisa -lrb- w/peppler -rrb- sean    - name: philip carey    - birthname: eugene joseph carey    - image: philipcarey.png    - birth place: hackensack , new jersey , u.s.    - occupation: actor   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of philip carey .
philip carey -lrb- born eugene joseph carey , july 15 , 1925february 6 , 2009 -rrb- was an american actor .