John Carradine: Movies & Box Office
- films
- 201
- on screen
- 1930–2021
- box office
- $109M
- Born
- February 5, 1906
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Full name
- Richmond Reed Carradine
- Citizenship
- American
- Occupations
- Actor
- Years active
- 1930-1988
- Spouses
- Ardanelle McCool Cosner, Sonia Sorel, Doris Rich, Emily Cisneros
- Children
- 5
The Best John Carradine Movies
The films of John Carradine that made the most at the worldwide box office, biggest first: The Ten Commandments (1956) leads with $65.5M. The full ranking adds the most awarded films and the newest releases.
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Worldwide box office: $65.5M The Ten Commandments 1956 · History -
Worldwide box office: $14.7M The Secret of NIMH 1982 · Adventure -
Worldwide box office: $14.3M The Ice Pirates 1984 · Action -
Worldwide box office: $8.09M The Shootist 1976 · Drama -
Worldwide box office: $6.17M Americathon 1979 · Comedy -
Worldwide box office: $27.1K The Invisible Man 1933 · Horror
John Carradine's Career in Numbers
John Carradine's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres John Carradine works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Bright Lights (1930) to Boogeyman II: Redux (2003), and the 1970s were the busiest decade.
John Carradine Movies by Decade
- 1930s 39
- 1940s 30
- 1950s 21
- 1960s 28
- 1970s 43
- 1980s 27
- 1990s 3
- 2000s 1
The 1970s were John Carradine's busiest decade, with 43 films.
John Carradine Movies by Genre
- Horror 48
- Drama 33
- Comedy 18
- Western 14
- Adventure 13
- Sci-Fi 12
- Action 8
- Crime 7
- Mystery 6
- Thriller 6
Horror is the genre John Carradine has worked in most, with 48 films, ahead of drama (33).
John Carradine Career Milestones
- First film
- Bright Lights 1930
- Biggest box office hit
- The Ten Commandments $65.5M worldwide
- Newest film
- Boogeyman II: Redux 2003
John Carradine Filmography: Every Movie
Every film John Carradine is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
John Carradine Movies as an Actor
192- 2003
Boogeyman II: Redux as Dr. Warren · Horror - 1995
Jack-O as Walter Machen · Horror - 1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Count Dracula (archive footage) · Documentary - 1990
The Alien Within as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage) · Sci-Fi - 1989
Buried Alive as Jacob Julian · Horror - 1987
Evil Spawn as Dr. Emil Zeitman · Sci-Fi - 1986
Star Slammer as The Justice · Action - 1986
Hollywood Ghost Stories as Narrator / Host · Fantasy - 1986
Monster in the Closet as Old Joe Shempter · Horror - 1986
The Tomb as Andoheb · Fantasy - 1986
Revenge as Sen. Martin Bradford · Horror - 1985
Evils of the Night as Dr. Kozmar · Horror - 1985
Reel Horror as Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage) · Comedy - 1984
Elvira’s MTV Halloween Party Tv movie - 1984
The Ice Pirates Action Worldwide box office: $14.3M - 1984
Going Hollywood: The ’30s as (archive footage) · Documentary - 1983
Imps* as Gentleman · Comedy - 1983
A Rose for Emily as Col. Sartoris · Drama - 1983
Boogeyman II as Dr. Warren (archive footage) · Horror - 1983
House of the Long Shadows as Elijah Grisbane · Comedy - 1983
Antony and Cleopatra as Soothsayer · Drama - 1982
The Vals as Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage) · Comedy - 1982
The Secret of NIMH Adventure Worldwide box office: $14.7M - 1982
Satan’s Mistress as Father Stratten · Horror - 1982
The Scarecrow as Hubert Salter · Drama - 1981
Frankenstein Island as Dr. Frankenstein · Sci-Fi - 1981
The Monster Club Horror - 1981
The Nesting as Col. LeBrun · Mystery - 1981
Goliath Awaits as Ronald Bentley · Drama - 1980
The Boogey Man as Dr. Warren · Horror - 1980
Monstroid as Priest · Horror - 1979
The Seekers as Avery Mills · War - 1979
Americathon as Uncle Sam · Comedy Worldwide box office: $6.17M - 1979
The Horror Show as (archive footage) · Documentary - 1978
The Bees as Dr. Sigmund Hummel · Thriller - 1978
Vampire Hookers as Richmond Reed · Horror - 1978
Doctor Dracula as Radcliff · Horror - 1977
Golden Rendezvous as Fairweather · Crime - 1977
The Mouse and His Child as The Tramp (voice) · Animation - 1977
Shock Waves as Captain · Sci-Fi - 1977
The White Buffalo Action - 1977
Satan’s Cheerleaders as The Bum · Horror - 1977
The Sentinel Horror - 1977
Tail Gunner Joe as Wisconsin Farmer · Tv movie - 1976
Crash! as Dr. Welsey Edwards · Horror - 1976
The Killer Inside Me as Dr. Smith · Drama - 1976
Death at Love House as Conan Carroll · Mystery - 1976
The Shootist Drama Worldwide box office: $8.09M - 1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Drunk · Comedy - 1976
Captains and the Kings as Father Hale · Drama - 1975
Journey Into the Beyond as Narrator (English Version) · Horror - 1975
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary as The Man · Horror - 1975
Stowaway to the Moon as Jacob Avril · Sci-Fi - 1974
The House of Seven Corpses as Edgar Price · Horror - 1973
The Cat Creature as The Hotel Clerk · Horror - 1973
Shadow House as Uncle · Horror - 1973
Superchick as Igor Smith · Thriller - 1973
Terror in the Wax Museum as Claude Dupree · Horror - 1973
The Night Strangler as Llewellyn Crossbinder · Mystery - 1972
Night of the Dark Full Moon as Charlie Towman · Horror - 1972
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Narrator (voice) · Animation - 1972
Portnoy’s Complaint as Judge (voice) (uncredited) · Comedy - 1972
Boxcar Bertha Drama Worldwide box office: $6.44K - 1972
Demented Death Farm Massacre as The Judge Of Hell · Horror - 1972
Moonchild as Mr. Walker · Drama - 1971
The Seven Minutes as Sean O'Flanagan · Drama - 1971
The Gatling Gun as Rev. Harper · Action - 1970
Crowhaven Farm as Nate Cheever · Tv movie - 1970
Bigfoot as Jasper B. Hawks · Sci-Fi - 1970
Shinbone Alley as Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice) · Romance - 1970
Myra Breckinridge as Surgeon · Drama - 1970
The McMasters as Preacher · War - 1970
Cain’s Cutthroats as Preacher Simms · Comedy - 1970
Horror of the Blood Monsters as Dr. Rynning · Sci-Fi - 1969
Madame Death as Dr. Favel · Sci-Fi - 1969
Daughter of the Mind as Mr. Bosch · Horror - 1969
Secret of Death as Mad Doctor / Nazi Leader · Horror - 1969
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Ticker · Comedy - 1969
The Trouble with Girls as Mr. Drewcolt · Music - 1969
The Vampire Girls as Count Branos Alucard · Horror - 1969
Blood of Dracula’s Castle as George · Horror - 1969
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals as Professor Cummings · Horror - 1968
Autopsy of a Ghost as Satán · Horror - 1968
The Helicopter Spies as Third-Way Priest · Action - 1968
The Astro-Zombies as Dr. DeMarco · Crime - 1967
Blood Of Ghastly Horror as Dr. Howard Vanard · Horror - 1967
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain as Dr. Howard Vanard · Thriller - 1967
The Hostage as Otis Lovelace · Thriller - 1967
Hillbillys in a Haunted House as Dr. Himmel · Comedy - 1967
Gallery of Horror as Narrator / Tristram Halbin · Horror - 1966
Red Zone Cuba as Mr. Wilson · Action - 1966
Munster, Go Home! as Cruikshank · Family - 1966
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula as Count Dracula · Horror - 1966
Doom of Dracula as Count Dracula (archive footage) · Horror - 1965
Curse of the Stone Hand as The Old Drunk · Horror - 1965
House of the Black Death as Andre Desard · Horror - 1964
Cheyenne Autumn as Jeff Blair · Western Worldwide box office: $11K - 1964
The Patsy Comedy - 1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Drama - 1960
Sex Kittens Go to College as Prof. Watts · Comedy - 1960
Tarzan the Magnificent as Abel Banton · Action - 1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Slave Catcher · Adventure - 1959
The Incredible Petrified World as Prof. Millard Wyman · Adventure - 1959
The Oregon Trail as Zachariah Garrison · Western - 1959
Terror in the Midnight Sun as Narrator (US Re-Edit) · Sci-Fi - 1959
Invisible Invaders as Dr. Karol Noymann · Horror - 1959
The Cosmic Man as Cosmic Man · Adventure - 1958
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman as Dr. John Rayburn · Horror - 1958
The Last Hurrah as Amos Force · Drama - 1958
The Proud Rebel as Traveling Salesman · Drama - 1958
Showdown at Boot Hill as Doc Weber · Western - 1957
The Story of Mankind as Khufu · Sci-Fi - 1957
The Unearthly as Dr. Charles Conway · Horror - 1957
The True Story of Jesse James as Rev. Jethro Bailey · Western - 1956
The Ten Commandments as Aaron · History Worldwide box office: $65.5M - 1956
Female Jungle as Claude Almstead · Drama - 1956
The Black Sleep as Bohemund · Horror - 1955
Desert Sands as Jala · Adventure - 1955
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as The Duke · Drama - 1955
The Kentuckian Drama - 1955
Stranger on Horseback as Col. Buck Streeter · Western - 1954
The Egyptian as Grave Robber · Drama - 1954
Johnny Guitar as Old Tom · Western Worldwide box office: $19.8K - 1949
C-Man as Doc Spencer · Crime - 1947
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami as Charles Forestier · Drama - 1946
The Face of Marble as Dr. Charles Randolph · Horror - 1945
House of Dracula as Count Dracula · Horror - 1945
Captain Kidd as Orange Povey · Adventure - 1945
Fallen Angel as Professor Madley · Crime - 1945
It’s in the Bag! as Jefferson T. Pike · Comedy - 1944
House of Frankenstein as Dracula (aka Baron Latos) · Sci-Fi - 1944
Bluebeard as Gaston Morrell · Horror - 1944
Return of the Ape Man as Prof. John Gilmore · Sci-Fi - 1944
The Mummy’s Ghost as Yousef Bey · Horror - 1944
The Invisible Man’s Revenge as Dr. Peter Drury · Horror - 1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain as Bret Harte · Drama - 1944
Voodoo Man as Toby · Mystery - 1943
Gangway for Tomorrow as Mr. Wellington · Drama - 1943
Revenge of the Zombies as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann · Horror - 1943
Isle of Forgotten Sins as Mike Clancy · Drama - 1943
Silver Spurs as Lucky Miller · Western - 1943
Hitler’s Madman as Reinhardt Heydrich · War - 1943
I Escaped from the Gestapo as Martin · Mystery - 1942
Reunion in France as Ulrich Windler · War - 1942
Whispering Ghosts as Norbert · Comedy - 1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Caleb Green · Adventure - 1941
Swamp Water as Jesse Wick · Mystery - 1941
Blood and Sand as Nacional · Romance - 1941
Western Union as Doc Murdoch · Western - 1940
Chad Hanna as B. D. Bisbee · Romance - 1940
Brigham Young as Porter Rockwell · Western - 1940
The Return of Frank James as Bob Ford · Western - 1940
The Grapes of Wrath Drama Worldwide box office: $7.3K - 1939
Drums Along the Mohawk as Caldwell · Drama Worldwide box office: $10.4K - 1939
Frontier Marshal as Ben Carter · Western - 1939
Five Came Back as Mr. Crimp · Adventure - 1939
Captain Fury as Coughy · Action - 1939
Stagecoach Adventure - 1939
Mr. Moto’s Last Warning as Danforth / Richard Burke · Thriller - 1939
Jesse James as Bob Ford · Western Worldwide box office: $3.44K - 1938
Submarine Patrol as McAllison · Drama - 1938
Kidnapped as Gordon · Drama - 1938
Alexander’s Ragtime Band as Speakeasy Doorman · Drama - 1938
Kentucky Moonshine as Reef Hatfield · Comedy - 1938
Of Human Hearts as President Lincoln · Drama - 1937
Thank You, Mr. Moto as Pereira · Crime - 1937
The Last Gangster as Casper · Thriller - 1937
The Hurricane as Guard Captain · Romance - 1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town as Ishak · Family - 1937
Danger – Love at Work as Herbert Pemberton · Comedy - 1937
Love Under Fire as Capt. Delmar · War - 1937
Captains Courageous Adventure - 1937
This Is My Affair as Ed · Crime - 1937
Nancy Steele Is Missing! as Harry Wilkins · Drama - 1936
Daniel Boone as Simon Girty · Western - 1936
The Garden of Allah as Sand Diviner · Drama - 1936
Dimples as Richards · Family - 1936
Ramona as Jim Farrar · Adventure - 1936
Mary of Scotland as Rizzio · Drama - 1936
White Fang as Beauty Smith · Adventure - 1935
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo as Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited) · Comedy - 1935
Cardinal Richelieu as Agitator · Romance - 1935
Clive of India as Drunken-Faced Clerk · Adventure - 1934
Cleopatra as Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice) · Romance - 1934
The Black Cat as Cult Organist · Horror Worldwide box office: $180 - 1934
The Meanest Gal in Town as Stranded Actor (uncredited) · Comedy - 1933
The Invisible Man Horror Worldwide box office: $27.1K - 1933
To the Last Man as Pete Garon (uncredited) · Western - 1933
This Day and Age as Assistant Principal · Crime - 1933
The Story of Temple Drake as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) · Drama - 1932
The Sign of the Cross as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited) · Drama - 1930
Bright Lights as Newspaper reporter / photographer · Music
John Carradine in Documentaries & Specials
9- 2021
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self (archive footage) · History - 2013
The Trail of Dracula as Self · Horror - 1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of ‘The Wolf Man’ as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1996
100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company as Himself · Horror - 1996
100 Years of Horror: The Walking Dead as Himself (archive footage) · Horror - 1986
Lugosi: The Forgotten King as Himself · Horror - 1983
The Horror of It All as Self · Documentary - 1974
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute as Self · Documentary - 1968
The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage) · Comedy
Who Is John Carradine?
John Carradine was born in New York City, U.S. in 1906. Credited on films since 1930, as an actor. The background, training and the roles that shaped the career.
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.
Who John Carradine Makes Movies With
The actors and directors John Carradine shares the most films with. Lon Chaney Jr. comes first, with 16 films together, followed by Boris Karloff (12).
John Carradine: Questions & Answers
How many movies John Carradine has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has John Carradine been in?
John Carradine is credited on 201 films, from 1930 to 2021. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is John Carradine's highest-grossing movie?
The Ten Commandments (1956) is John Carradine's biggest box office hit, with $65.5M worldwide, ahead of The Secret of NIMH (1982) ($14.7M). Across every film with box office figures, John Carradine's movies have made $109M.
John Carradine's biggest hits What is John Carradine's newest movie?
The most recent film on John Carradine's filmography is Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021), in the role of Self (archive footage).
Who does John Carradine work with most often?
John Carradine shares the most films with Lon Chaney Jr. (16 films), Boris Karloff (12 films) and Vincent Price (11 films).
The Best John Carradine Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 201 credits.
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