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John Carradine
John Carradine (born Richmond Reed Carradine) was an American actor known as one of the greatest character actors in American cinema. Carradine was born in New York City on February 5, 1906, and died on November 27, 1988, in Milan, Italy. He was highly acclaimed for his roles in horror films, Westerns, and Shakespearean theater. Some of his notable roles include Count Dracula in House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945), Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966), and Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1979). He also had a significant role as “Preacher Casy” in John Ford’s The Grapes of Wrath. Carradine starred in more than 351 film and television productions, which made him one of the most prolific English-speaking actors of all time.
In his personal life, Carradine was married four times and fathered five children. He is the patriarch of the Carradine family, many of whom are or were also actors. Beyond his work in film, Carradine was also known for his Shakespearean theater touring company. He did vast amounts of stage work, including Broadway roles in productions like Ferdinand, The Duchess of Malfi, and Lycus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Carradine lived a long and prolific career before his death at the age of 82.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Richmond Reed Carradine
Born: New York City, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: February 5, 1906
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1930-1988
Children: 5
Spouses: Ardanelle McCool Cosner, Sonia Sorel, Doris Rich, Emily Cisneros
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Movies Featuring John Carradine
Stagecoach
The White Buffalo
The Kentuckian
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Secret of NIMH
The Ice Pirates
The Shootist
The Grapes of Wrath
Boxcar Bertha
Captains Courageous
The Patsy
The Monster Club
The Sentinel
The Invisible Man
The Trail of Dracula
The Alien Within
Boogeyman II: Redux
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
The Boogey Man
Goliath Awaits
The Scarecrow
Satan’s Mistress
The Nesting
Frankenstein Island
Boogeyman II
A Rose for Emily
Elvira’s MTV Halloween Party
Reel Horror
Evils of the Night
Monstroid
Antony and Cleopatra
The Horror of It All
House of the Long Shadows
Imps*
Going Hollywood: The ’30s
Monster in the Closet
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
Hollywood Ghost Stories
Star Slammer
Evil Spawn
Buried Alive
The Vals
Revenge
The Tomb
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Shock Waves
Whispering Ghosts
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
The Cat Creature
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Blood and Sand
Death at Love House
Captains and the Kings
It’s in the Bag!
The Seven Minutes
The McMasters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Helicopter Spies
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Gatling Gun
Madame Death
Myra Breckinridge
The Trouble with Girls
Portnoy’s Complaint
The Hostage
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Cain’s Cutthroats
Cleopatra
Gangway for Tomorrow
The Killer Inside Me
Female Jungle
Desert Sands
The Story of Temple Drake
The Return of Frank James
Moonchild
Doom of Dracula
The Egyptian
Shadow House
Autopsy of a Ghost
Cheyenne Autumn
Blood Of Ghastly Horror
Chad Hanna
I Escaped from the Gestapo
The Black Sleep
Doctor Dracula
100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company
Horror of the Blood Monsters
The Movie Orgy
The Face of Marble
Shinbone Alley
House of Dracula
Brigham Young
Terror in the Midnight Sun
The Proud Rebel
The Bees
The Meanest Gal in Town
Bluebeard
Superchick
Secret of Death
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Submarine Patrol
The Mouse and His Child
House of Frankenstein
The Last Hurrah
Western Union
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Silver Spurs
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Captain Kidd
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
Kentucky Moonshine
Fallen Angel
White Fang
Ali Baba Goes to Town
The Garden of Allah
Of Human Hearts
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Invisible Invaders
Vampire Hookers
Mary of Scotland
Sex Kittens Go to College
Satan’s Cheerleaders
Return of the Ape Man
Danger – Love at Work
Johnny Guitar
The Incredible Petrified World
Journey Into the Beyond
Kidnapped
Crash!
Tarzan the Magnificent
Bigfoot
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
Stranger on Horseback
The Hurricane
Tail Gunner Joe
Demented Death Farm Massacre
The Unearthly
The Ten Commandments
Americathon
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Frontier Marshal
Showdown at Boot Hill
Jack-O
Munster, Go Home!
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Jesse James
Dimples
The Cosmic Man
Hitler’s Madman
Stowaway to the Moon
Revenge of the Zombies
Drums Along the Mohawk
Red Zone Cuba
The Story of Mankind
Gallery of Horror
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
The Oregon Trail
The Seekers
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Daniel Boone
The Last Gangster
Blood of Dracula’s Castle
Voodoo Man
House of the Black Death
Crowhaven Farm
Daughter of the Mind
The Mummy’s Ghost
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
Isle of Forgotten Sins
The House of Seven Corpses
The True Story of Jesse James
100 Years of Horror: The Walking Dead
The Night Strangler
C-Man
Cardinal Richelieu
Terror in the Wax Museum
The Black Cat
The Astro-Zombies
The Sign of the Cross
Love Under Fire
The Invisible Man’s Revenge
Captain Fury
Clive of India
Curse of the Stone Hand
Night of the Dark Full Moon
The Horror Show
Swamp Water
Mr. Moto’s Last Warning
Thank You, Mr. Moto
The Vampire Girls
Golden Rendezvous
Five Came Back
Reunion in France
This Day and Age
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of ‘The Wolf Man’
To the Last Man
Bright Lights
Ramona
This Is My Affair
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Career Timeline
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1986
Monster in the Closet
Old Joe Shempter
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
Himself
Hollywood Ghost Stories
Narrator / Host
Star Slammer
The Justice
Revenge
Sen. Martin Bradford
The Tomb
Andoheb
1983
Boogeyman II
Dr. Warren (archive footage)
A Rose for Emily
Col. Sartoris
Antony and Cleopatra
Soothsayer
The Horror of It All
Self
House of the Long Shadows
Elijah Grisbane
Imps*
Gentleman
1982
The Secret of NIMH
The Scarecrow
Hubert Salter
Satan’s Mistress
Father Stratten
The Vals
Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)
1977
The White Buffalo
The Sentinel
Shock Waves
Captain
The Mouse and His Child
The Tramp (voice)
Satan’s Cheerleaders
The Bum
Tail Gunner Joe
Wisconsin Farmer
Golden Rendezvous
Fairweather
1976
The Shootist
Death at Love House
Conan Carroll
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Drunk
The Killer Inside Me
Dr. Smith
Crash!
Dr. Welsey Edwards
1975
Journey Into the Beyond
Narrator (English Version)
Stowaway to the Moon
Jacob Avril
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
The Man
1973
The Cat Creature
The Hotel Clerk
Shadow House
Uncle
Superchick
Igor Smith
The Night Strangler
Llewellyn Crossbinder
Terror in the Wax Museum
Claude Dupree
1972
Boxcar Bertha
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Narrator (voice)
Portnoy’s Complaint
Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Moonchild
Mr. Walker
Demented Death Farm Massacre
The Judge Of Hell
Night of the Dark Full Moon
Charlie Towman
1970
The McMasters
Preacher
Myra Breckinridge
Surgeon
Cain’s Cutthroats
Preacher Simms
Horror of the Blood Monsters
Dr. Rynning
Shinbone Alley
Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
Bigfoot
Jasper B. Hawks
Crowhaven Farm
Nate Cheever
1969
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Ticker
Madame Death
Dr. Favel
The Trouble with Girls
Mr. Drewcolt
Secret of Death
Mad Doctor / Nazi Leader
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
Professor Cummings
Blood of Dracula’s Castle
George
Daughter of the Mind
Mr. Bosch
The Vampire Girls
Count Branos Alucard
1968
The Helicopter Spies
Third-Way Priest
Autopsy of a Ghost
Satán
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The Astro-Zombies
Dr. DeMarco
1967
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
Dr. Howard Vanard
The Hostage
Otis Lovelace
Blood Of Ghastly Horror
Dr. Howard Vanard
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Dr. Himmel
Gallery of Horror
Narrator / Tristram Halbin
1966
Doom of Dracula
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
Count Dracula
Munster, Go Home!
Cruikshank
Red Zone Cuba
Mr. Wilson
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Slave Catcher
Sex Kittens Go to College
Prof. Watts
Tarzan the Magnificent
Abel Banton
1959
Terror in the Midnight Sun
Narrator (US Re-Edit)
Invisible Invaders
Dr. Karol Noymann
The Incredible Petrified World
Prof. Millard Wyman
The Cosmic Man
Cosmic Man
The Oregon Trail
Zachariah Garrison
1958
The Proud Rebel
Traveling Salesman
The Last Hurrah
Amos Force
Showdown at Boot Hill
Doc Weber
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Dr. John Rayburn
1957
The Unearthly
Dr. Charles Conway
The Story of Mankind
Khufu
The True Story of Jesse James
Rev. Jethro Bailey
1955
The Kentuckian
Desert Sands
Jala
Stranger on Horseback
Col. Buck Streeter
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Duke
1945
It’s in the Bag!
Jefferson T. Pike
House of Dracula
Count Dracula
Captain Kidd
Orange Povey
Fallen Angel
Professor Madley
1944
Bluebeard
Gaston Morrell
House of Frankenstein
Dracula (aka Baron Latos)
Return of the Ape Man
Prof. John Gilmore
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Bret Harte
Voodoo Man
Toby
The Mummy’s Ghost
Yousef Bey
The Invisible Man’s Revenge
Dr. Peter Drury
1943
Gangway for Tomorrow
Mr. Wellington
I Escaped from the Gestapo
Martin
Silver Spurs
Lucky Miller
Hitler’s Madman
Reinhardt Heydrich
Revenge of the Zombies
Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann
Isle of Forgotten Sins
Mike Clancy
1942
Whispering Ghosts
Norbert
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Caleb Green
Reunion in France
Ulrich Windler
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
The Return of Frank James
Bob Ford
Chad Hanna
B. D. Bisbee
Brigham Young
Porter Rockwell
1939
Stagecoach
Frontier Marshal
Ben Carter
Jesse James
Bob Ford
Drums Along the Mohawk
Caldwell
Captain Fury
Coughy
Mr. Moto’s Last Warning
Danforth / Richard Burke
Five Came Back
Mr. Crimp
1938
Submarine Patrol
McAllison
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Speakeasy Doorman
Kentucky Moonshine
Reef Hatfield
Of Human Hearts
President Lincoln
Kidnapped
Gordon
1937
Captains Courageous
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Harry Wilkins
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Ishak
Danger – Love at Work
Herbert Pemberton
The Hurricane
Guard Captain
The Last Gangster
Casper
Love Under Fire
Capt. Delmar
Thank You, Mr. Moto
Pereira
This Is My Affair
Ed
1936
White Fang
Beauty Smith
The Garden of Allah
Sand Diviner
Mary of Scotland
Rizzio
Dimples
Richards
Daniel Boone
Simon Girty
Ramona
Jim Farrar
1935
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)
Cardinal Richelieu
Agitator
Clive of India
Drunken-Faced Clerk
1934
Cleopatra
Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
The Meanest Gal in Town
Stranded Actor (uncredited)
The Black Cat
Cult Organist
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