
John Carradine
Department: Acting
Biography
John Carradine (born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988) was an American actor, considered one of the greatest character actors in American cinema. He was a member of Cecil B. DeMille's stock company and later John Ford's company, best known for his roles in horror films, Westerns, and Shakespearean theatre. In the later decades of his career, he starred mostly in low-budget B-movies, but continued to also appear in higher-profile fare. In total, he holds 351 film and television credits, making him one of the most prolific English-speaking actors of all time. Carradine was married four times, had five children, and was the patriarch of the Carradine family, including four sons and four grandchildren who are or were also actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Bride of Frankenstein
1935

Stagecoach
1939

The Grapes of Wrath
1940

The Ice Pirates
1984

House of Frankenstein
1944

Frankenstein Island
1981

The Movie Orgy
1968

Around the World in 80 Days
1956

Boxcar Bertha
1972

The Tomb
1986

Buried Alive
1989

The Howling
1981

The Best of Sex and Violence
1982

The Unearthly
1957

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962

House of Dracula
1945

Man Hunt
1941

The Patsy
1964

The Black Cat
1934

The Ten Commandments
1956

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972

The Court Jester
1955

The Night Strangler
1973

Fallen Angel
1945

Dimples
1936

The Shootist
1976

Johnny Guitar
1954

The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939

Autopsy of a Ghost
1968

Jack-O
1995

Revenge of the Zombies
1943

Shock Waves
1977

The Astro-Zombies
1968

The Horror Show
1979

Tail Gunner Joe
1977

Reunion in France
1942

The Boogey Man
1980

Evil Spawn
1987

Voodoo Man
1944

Imps*
1983

The Last Gangster
1937

The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944

The Incredible Petrified World
1959

The Black Sleep
1956

Crowhaven Farm
1970

Cheyenne Autumn
1964

Satan's Cheerleaders
1977

Blood of Dracula's Castle
1969

The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
1969

The Mummy's Ghost
1944

Bluebeard
1944

Munster, Go Home!
1966

The Bees
1978

The Horror of It All
1983

Hell's Bloody Devils
1970

Horror of the Blood Monsters
1970

Night of the Dark Full Moon
1972

Return of the Ape Man
1944

The House of Seven Corpses
1974

The Story of Mankind
1957

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960

The Killer Inside Me
1976

Waterfront
1944

Western Union
1941

The Return of Frank James
1940

Blood and Sand
1941

Jesse James
1939

Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938

Captain Kidd
1945

The Last Tycoon
1976

Swamp Water
1941

The Trouble with Girls
1969

Captains Courageous
1937

C-Man
1949

Terror in the Midnight Sun
1959

Female Jungle
1956

The Kentuckian
1955

The Monster Club
1981

House of the Long Shadows
1983

The White Buffalo
1977

Golden Rendezvous
1977

Star Slammer
1986

Five Came Back
1939

The Sentinel
1977

Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939

Evils of the Night
1985

The Sign of the Cross
1932

Monster in the Closet
1986

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969

The Wizard of Mars
1965

Five Bloody Graves
1969

Drums Along the Mohawk
1939

The True Story of Jesse James
1957

Tarzan the Magnificent
1960

Journey Into the Beyond
1975

Boogeyman II
1983

The Last Hurrah
1958

Brigham Young
1940

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
1966

The Cosmic Man
1959

Captive Wild Woman
1943

Blood Legacy
1971

Bigfoot
1970

Revenge
1986

Casanova's Big Night
1954

Demented Death Farm Massacre
1972

The Hurricane
1937

The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936

Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937

Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967

The Face of Marble
1946

Invisible Invaders
1959

The McMasters
1970

The Hostage
1967

Superchick
1973

The Helicopter Spies
1968

Whispering Ghosts
1942

The Proud Rebel
1958

Hitler's Madman
1943

Daniel Boone
1936

Gangway for Tomorrow
1943

The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944

Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967

Alias Mary Dow
1935

Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937

House of the Black Death
1965

Kidnapped
1938

Blood of Ghastly Horror
1967

Of Human Hearts
1938

Doctor Dracula
1978

The Three Musketeers
1939

Stranger on Horseback
1955

This Day and Age
1933

Chad Hanna
1940

Crash!
1976

The Garden of Allah
1936

The Cat Creature
1973

Captain Fury
1939

Legends of the West
1992

Frontier Marshal
1939

They Ran for Their Lives
1968

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957

Sex Kittens Go to College
1960

Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
1975

Ramona
1936

Danger – Love at Work
1937

Pact with the Devil
1969

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991

This Is My Affair
1937

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991

Vampire Hookers
1978

Isle of Forgotten Sins
1943

Nocturna
1979

La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
2024

The Vals
1982

Bad Charleston Charlie
1973

Death at Love House
1976

Terror in the Wax Museum
1973

Reel Horror
1985

Alaska
1944

Desert Sands
1955

International Settlement
1938

Hell Ship Mutiny
1957

Kentucky Moonshine
1938

Submarine Patrol
1938

Stowaway to the Moon
1975

Cain's Cutthroats
1970

The Black Parachute
1944

Portnoy's Complaint
1972

Antony and Cleopatra
1983

To the Last Man
1933

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984

Silver Spurs
1943

Lugosi: The Forgotten King
1986

Hollywood Ghost Stories
1986

Curse of the Stone Hand
1965

Madame Death
1969

Moonchild
1974

The Oregon Trail
1959

Salem and the Scarlet Letter
1978

I'll Give a Million
1938

Barbary Coast Gent
1944

Land of Liberty
1939

Les Misérables
1935

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935

Under Two Flags
1936

White Fang
1936

Four Men and a Prayer
1938

Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937

The Egyptian
1954

Gateway
1938

Mary of Scotland
1936

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1955

Jungle Woman
1944

The Story of Temple Drake
1933

Northwest Rangers
1942

Bright Lights
1930

Cardinal Richelieu
1935

Tol'able David
1930

Heaven on Earth
1931

Laughing at Trouble
1936

Thunder Pass
1954

Hidden Guns
1956

Dark Venture
1956

Myra Breckinridge
1970

A Rose for Emily
1983

The Reluctant Dragon
1981

Secret of Death
1969

Sunset Cove
1978

Shinbone Alley
1970

The Lady and the Lynchings
1977

1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel
1973

Chewing Gum
1968

The Emperor's New Clothes
1966

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1972

The Lady's Not for Burning
1974

Shadow House
1973

Richard
1972

Blood of the Iron Maiden
1970

Decisions! Decisions!
1971

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977

Threshold
1971

Something for Mrs. Gibbs
1965

Genesis
1964

The Vampire Girls
1969

Broken Sabre
1965

Down Missouri Way
1946

Red Zone Cuba
1966

Satan's Mistress
1982

Showdown at Boot Hill
1958

It's in the Bag!
1945

Bikini Drive-In
1995

Monstroid
1980

Winterset
1936

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021

The Secret of NIMH
1982

I Escaped from the Gestapo
1943

Love Under Fire
1937

The Alien Within
1990

Blood of 1000 Virgins
2013

The Invisible Man
1933

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974

The Wolfman's Cure
1998

The Meanest Gal in Town
1934

Daughter of the Mind
1969

The Seven Minutes
1971

The Gatling Gun
1971

Bad Boy
1935

The Trail of Dracula
2013

Boogeyman II: Redux
2003

Doom of Dracula
1966

The Nesting
1981

Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
1979

Fish Story
1947

The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
1967

Peggy Sue Got Married
1986

The Mouse and His Child
1977

The Scarecrow
1982

The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976

Cleopatra
1934

A Tribute to Dr. Shock
1980

The Hound Of Heaven
1953

Clive of India
1935

Dracula
1956

Frankenstein's Brain
—

Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
2016

Americathon
1979

Half Angel
1936

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014

The Mummy's Ghost
1968

Dracula in the Movies
1992

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Cheyenne
1955

The Rookies
1972

Bourbon Street Beat
1959

Kung Fu
1972

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966

Starsky & Hutch
1975

Fame
1982

The Munsters
1964

The Twilight Zone
1985

The Lucy Show
1962

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962

Land of the Giants
1968

Lost in Space
1965

Gunsmoke
1955

Studio One
1948

Night Gallery
1970

Wonder Woman
1975

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

Emergency!
1972

The Twilight Zone
1959

Ironside
1967

Laredo
1965

Vega$
1978

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Daniel Boone
1964

The Millionaire
1955

Thriller
1960

McCloud
1970

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Climax!
1954

The Big Valley
1965

Westwind
1975

Matinee Theater
1955

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Hondo
1967

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951

Navy Log
1955

Branded
1965

Lock-Up
1959

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

The Rebel
1959

The Rifleman
1958

Sugarfoot
1957

Bat Masterson
1958

Harrigan and Son
1960

Suspense
1949

The Cowboys
1974

Johnny Ringo
1959

Dr. Fu Manchu
1956

The Legend of Jesse James
1965

Lights Out
1949

Flying High
1978

Telephone Time
1956

Gang Busters
1952

The Green Hornet
1966

Maverick
1957

Wagon Train
1957

Gunsmoke
1955

Haunted Hollywood
1986

Goliath Awaits
1981

Captains and the Kings
1976

Thriller
1960

Climax!
1954

Climax!
1954

DuPont Show of the Month
1957

Love, American Style
1969

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

Suspicion
1957

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

Lawman
1958

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

Branded
1965

The Littlest Hobo
1979

The Seekers
1979

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955

MGM Parade
1955

MGM Parade
1955