Name
David Carradine
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1936-12-08
Deathday
2009-06-03 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk travelling through the American Old West. He also portrayed the title character of both of the Kill Bill films. He appeared in two Martin Scorsese films: Boxcar Bertha and Mean Streets.
David Carradine was a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father, John Carradine. The elder Carradine's acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage, television, and in cinema, spanned more than four decades. A prolific "B" movie actor, David Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films in a career spanning more than six decades. He received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his work on Kung Fu, and received three additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory (1976), the television miniseries North and South (1985), and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Throughout his life, Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including action, documentaries, drama, horror, martial arts, science fiction, and westerns. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a director and musician. Moreover, influenced by his Kung Fu role, he studied martial arts. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Known For
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
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The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of ass...
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Crank: High Voltage
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Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replace...
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Death Race
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Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breakin...
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The Long Riders
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The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic por...
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Bird on a Wire
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An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recog...
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Epic Movie
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When the Pevensie siblings each follow their own path, they find themselves at Willy's Cho...
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Mean Streets
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A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within th...
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Bill
- 2004 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Bill 'Snake Charmer'
- 1990 Bird on a Wire as Eugene Sorensen
- 1969 Heaven with a Gun as Coke Beck
- 1973 The Long Goodbye as Dave aka Socrates (uncredited)
- 2008 Last Hour as Detective Mike Stone
- 1987 The Misfit Brigade as Col. Von Weisshagen
- 2004 Dead & Breakfast as Mr. Wise
- 1976 Cannonball as Coy "Cannonball" Buckman
- 2009 Break as The Bishop
- 1972 Boxcar Bertha as Big Bill Shelly
- 2007 Being Michael Madsen as Self
- 2009 Road of No Return as Mr. Hover
- 1982 The Best of Sex and Violence as Self - Cameo Appearance
- 2009 Autumn as Philip
- 2005 Brothers in Arms as Driscoll
- 1992 Evil Toons as Gideon Fisk
- 2001 Out of the Wilderness as Clint Dugan
- 2008 Camille as Cowboy Bob
- 1998 An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island as Chief Wulisso (voice)
- 1989 Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II as Dark One
- 1978 Circle of Iron as The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha
- 1978 Gray Lady Down as Captain Gates
- 2008 Kung Fu Killer as Crane
- 2002 Balto: Wolf Quest as Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice)
- 2007 Epic Movie as Museum Curator
- 1998 The New Swiss Family Robinson as Sheldon Blake
- 1975 Death Race 2000 as Frankenstein
- 2008 Hell Ride as The Deuce
- 2009 All Hell Broke Loose as Marshal Ian McHenry
- 1982 Q as Shepard
- 2007 Big Stan as The Master
- 2007 How to Rob a Bank as Nick
- 1992 Roadside Prophets as Othello Jones
- 1978 Deathsport as Kaz Oshay
- 1992 Waxwork II: Lost in Time as The Beggar
- 2006 The Last Sect as Van Helsing
- 1976 Bound for Glory as Woody Guthrie
- 2007 Treasure Raiders as Pierre
- 1989 Warlords as Dow
- 2007 Homo Erectus as Mookoo / Uncle Unky
- 1980 The Long Riders as Cole Younger
- 1983 Lone Wolf McQuade as Rawley Wilkes
- 2009 Crank: High Voltage as Poon Dong
- 2010 True Legend as Anthony
- 2009 Dark Fields as Clive Jonis
- 2008 The Golden Boys as Capt. Zebulon Hedge
- 1989 Think Big as Sweeney
- 2010 Dinocroc vs. Supergator as Jason Drake
- 2007 Spiral Fitness Beginnings as Self
- 1991 Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat as Mardulak
- 2002 The Outsider as Doctor Lucas Henry
- 1992 Night Rhythms as Vincent
- 1984 The Warrior and the Sorceress as Kain
- 2011 Stretch as Monteiro
- 2000 Nightfall as Gnomen
- 1977 The Serpent's Egg as Abel Rosenberg
- 1969 Young Billy Young as Jesse Boone
- 2005 Miracle at Sage Creek as Ike
- 1990 Martial Law as Dalton Rhodes
- 1986 Kung Fu: The Movie as Kwai Chang Caine
- 2009 Bad Cop as Det. Humes
- 1986 Armed Response as Jim Roth
- 1992 Animal Instincts as William Lamberti
- 1989 Future Force as John Tucker
- 1998 The Shepherd as Ventriloquist
- 1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Waco
- 2009 My Suicide as Vargas
- 2006 Final Move as Captain Baker
- 1988 Crime Zone as Jason
- 1991 Capital Punishment as Michale Maltin
- 1991 Karate Cop as Dad
- 1989 Sonny Boy as Pearl
- 1993 Kill Zone as Col. Horace Wiggins
- 1997 Last Stand at Saber River as Duane Kidston
- 1977 Thunder and Lightning as Harley Thomas
- 1982 Safari 3000 as Eddie Miles
- 1979 Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider as Charlie Swattle
- 2011 Corman's World as Self - Actor
- 2012 Eldorado as The Spirit Guide
- 1982 Trick or Treats as Richard Adams
- 1990 Future Zone as John Tucker
- 1967 The Violent Ones as Lucas Barnes
- 2007 Richard III as Buckingham
- 1970 The McMasters as White Feather
- 1986 P.O.W. The Escape as Col. James Cooper
- 1989 The Trace of Lynx
- 1989 Night Children as Max Crawford
- 1988 Open Fire as Joe Rourke
- 1988 I Saw What You Did as Stephen
- 1985 The Bad Seed as Leroy Jessup
- 1989 Crime of Crimes as Frank McEntire
- 2012 Night of the Templar as Shopkeeper
- 2004 The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' as Self
- 2010 Detention as Principal Hoskins
- 1991 Deadly Surveillance as Lieutenant
- 1999 The Monster Hunter as Louis Dehoven
- 1997 Lost Treasure of Dos Santos as Martin Shaw
- 1980 High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane as Ben Irons
- 1988 Animal Protector as Col. Whitlock
- 1988 Tropical Snow as Oskar
- 2000 Full Blast as Maceo
- 1989 Nowhere to Run as Harmon
- 1987 Six Against the Rock as Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy
- 1984 On the Line as Bryant
- 1998 Light Speed as Miles
- 2009 Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil as Self
- 1997 Macon County Jail as Coley
- 1991 Dune Warriors as Michael
- 1991 Field of Fire as Gen. Corman
- 2001 Guaranteed on Delivery as Norman Williams
- 1981 Americana as The American Soldier
- 1971 Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring as Flack
- 2000 Dangerous Curves as Lemmy
- 1989 The Cover Girl and the Cop as Slade
- 1986 Oceans of Fire as J.C. Busch
- 1989 The Mad Bunch as Professor Foxwood
- 1984 Jealousy as Bobby Dee
- 1978 Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel as Self
- 1980 Cloud Dancer as Brad Randolph
- 2007 Permanent Vacation as Old Man
- 1967 The Hunted as Gene Gauge
- 1999 The Puzzle in the Air as The General
- 1991 Project Eliminator as Ron Morrell
- 1994 Desperately Looking For Success as James Lorrimer
- 2009 Absolute Evil as Raf McCane
- 2004 Hair High as Mr. Snerz (voice)
- 2004 Last Goodbye as Fred McGillicuddie
- 2007 Fall Down Dead as Wade Douglas
- 1987 Heartbeat as Man Playing Dice
- 1973 Mean Streets as Drunk
- 2003 American Reel as James Lee Springer
- 2008 Naked Movie as Self
- 1966 Too Many Thieves as Felix
- 1992 Kung Fu - A Legend Reborn as Kwai Chang Caine
- 2013 Madoff: Made Off with America as Neal
- 2001 By Dawn's Early Light as Nick Decker
- 2004 Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon as Grand Master
- 1991 Midnight Fear as Hanley
- 1991 Brotherhood of the Gun as Artemis McBride
- 2000 Kung Fu Action Masters as Narrator
- 1971 Macho Callahan as David Mountford
- 1988 Run for Your Life as Maggiore Charles Forsythe
- 2002 Modern Warriors as Self
- 1980 Gauguin the Savage as Paul Gauguin
- 1998 Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror as Luke
- 2008 Kandisha as The American
- 1972 Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon as Kwai Chang Caine
- 1992 Double Trouble as Mr. C
- 1988 Fatal Secret as Michael LeWinter
- 1989 Try This One for Size as Bradley
- 1965 Taggart as Cal Dodge
- 2016 A Tale of James Brown as Self
- 1992 Distant Justice as Joe Foley
- 2011 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Bill (Snake Charmer)
- 2004 UnConventional as Self
- 1999 Kiss of a Stranger as Sean O'Leary
- 2001 Warden of Red Rock as Mike Sullivan
- 1984 A Distant Scream as Michael
- 2007 Fuego as Lobo
- 1975 You and Me as Zeto
- 1990 That's Action as John Tucker (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1965 Bus Riley's Back in Town as Stretch
- 1998 Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes as Self
- 1993 Code... Death: Frontera Sur as Colonel
- 2004 Away from Home as Self
- 1994 Dead Center as Chavez
- 1999 Knocking on Death's Door as Doc Hadley
- 1975 Long Way Home as Craw Dantley
- 2002 The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies as Self
- 2001 The Donor as Mike
- 2001 Down 'n Dirty as Gil Garner
- 2019 Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 Code Name: Jaguar as Max Kaufman
- 1998 Lovers and Liars as Mr. Montague
- 2008 Death Race as Frankenstein (voice)
- 2005 Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self
- 1967 Johnny Belinda as Locky
- 1997 The Rage as Lucas McDermott
- 1994 The Eagle and the Horse as John Freemont
- 2007 The Ultimate Fighter as Mikhail
- 2003 Lost Bullet as Michael Morrison
- 1998 The Effects of Magic as The Cabinet Maker
- 2008 A Vampire Reformed as Self
- 2009 Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
- 1991 The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw as Kwai-Chang Caine
- 1979 I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs as Le professeur d'arts martiaux à LAPD
- 1999 The Bitter End
- 2026 Mata Hari as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 Woof! Woof!! Uncle Matty's Ultimate Guide to Dog Training
- 1998 Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts
- 2005 Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy as Clockwork (voice)
- 2010 Six Days in Paradise as Vernon Billings
- 2006 World War I: American Legacy as narrator
- Soon The Good Life
- 2001 The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For as Mr. Farber
- 1998 Nosferatu: The First Vampire as Host
- 2005 Medium ( 1 episode ) as Jessica's Brother
- 2000 Titus ( 1 episode ) as Bob Hawkins
- 1993 Acapulco H.E.A.T. ( 1 episode ) as Victor Garrison
- 2000 Jackie Chan Adventures ( 2 episodes ) as Lo Pei (voice)
- 1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues ( 88 episodes ) as Kwai Chang Caine
- 2003 Wild West Tech ( 34 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1972 Kung Fu ( 62 episodes ) as Kwai Chang Caine
- 2007 In Case of Emergency ( 1 episode ) as Guru Danny
- 2001 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2001 Alias ( 2 episodes ) as Conrad
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Jimmy Legrand
- 1998 Charmed ( 1 episode ) as Tempus
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2004 Danny Phantom ( 2 episodes ) as Clockwork (voice)
- 1996 Profiler ( 1 episode ) as Christopher Joe Allman
- 2006 Celebrity Paranormal Project ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys ( 3 episodes ) as Mandrax (voice)
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Clint
- 1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ( 1 episode ) as Houston Currier
- 1985 The Ray Bradbury Theater ( 1 episode ) as Spender
- 2001 Lizzie McGuire ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Pogo Weems
- 2009 Mental ( 1 episode ) as Gideon Graham
- 2001 The Nightmare Room ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Farber
- 1967 Cimarron Strip ( 1 episode ) as Gene Gauge
- 1999 Family Law ( 3 episodes ) as Andrew Weller
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as The Utah Kid
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Fitzhugh
- 1984 Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense ( 1 episode ) as Michael/Harris
- 1986 Matlock ( 2 episodes ) as Steve Mazarowski
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Luke Roberts
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Frank Carlson
- 1984 Partners in Crime ( 1 episode ) as Hermanski
- 1975 The Family Holvak ( 2 episodes ) as Craw
- 1992 Human Target ( 1 episode ) as Harry Solow
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1985 North and South ( 8 episodes ) as Justin LaMotte
- 1985 Amazing Stories ( 1 episode ) as Calvin
- 1963 Arrest and Trial ( 1 episode ) as Wally Carpen
- 1970 Night Gallery ( 1 episode ) as Gideon
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2008 Son of the Dragon ( 2 episodes ) as Bird
- 1984 Airwolf ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Robert Winchester
- 2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1966 Shane ( 17 episodes ) as Shane
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Midi Première ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1981 Today's F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as The Leader
- 1997 King of the Hill ( 2 episodes ) as Junichiro (voice)
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Jason Blake
- 1986 Wedden, dat..? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Eve ( 1 episode ) as Kung Fu Master
- 1997 Just Shoot Me! ( 1 episode ) as David Carradine
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Edward Clarke
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Nominee
- 2013 Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten ( 1 episode ) as John Tucker (archive Footage)
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2008 Kung Fu Killer ( 2 episodes ) as Crane
- 2001 Largo Winch ( 1 episode ) as Nério Winch
- 2001 Largo Winch ( 2 episodes )
- 1997 Fast Track ( 1 episode )
- 2014 Madam Secretary ( 22 episodes ) as President Conrad Dalton
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1979 Mr. Horn ( 2 episodes ) as Tom Horn
- 1978 Old Friends... New Friends ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1983 Faces of Culture ( 26 episodes ) as Narrator
- 1981 Darkroom ( 1 episode ) as Biker / Hitchhiker
- 1985 North and South ( 3 episodes ) as Justine LaMotte
