David Carradine
Acting
🎂 1936-12-08
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(253)
Tempus
1998
Junichiro (voice)
1997
Self - Host
1975
Jessica's Brother
2005
Jimmy Legrand
1986
Steve Mazarowski
1986
Self
1961
Self - Presenter
1956
The Utah Kid
1962
Pogo Weems
1967
Luke Roberts
1967
Frank Carlson
1967
Dr. Robert Winchester
1984
Self - Nominee
1944
Self
1944
Houston Currier
1993
Fitzhugh
1963
Lo Pei (voice)
2000
Clint
1955
Gideon
1970
Self
1975
Bill
2003
Jason Blake
1968
Edward Clarke
1962
Calvin
1985
Self
2009
Kwai Chang Caine
1993
Clockwork (voice)
2004
Justin LaMotte
1985
David Carradine
1997
Self
2001
Self
1962
Bill 'Snake Charmer'
2004
Andrew Weller
1999
Self
1975
Self - Guest
1968
Christopher Joe Allman
1996
Frankenstein (voice)
2008
Kung Fu Master
2003
Spender
1985
Victor Garrison
1993
Anthony
2010
Poon Dong
2009
The Master
2007
Wally Carpen
1963
Bob Hawkins
2000
Gene Gauge
1967
Museum Curator
2007
John Tucker (archive Footage)
2013
Self
2001
Eugene Sorensen
1990
Bill (Snake Charmer)
2006
Conrad
2001
Shepard
1982
William Lamberti
1992
Self
1986
Dave aka Socrates (uncredited)
1973
Rawley Wilkes
1983
Michael/Harris
1984
Drunk
1973
Cowboy Bob
2008
Frankenstein
1975
Mandrax (voice)
1996
Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice)
2002
Shane
1966
Cole Younger
1980
Chief Wulisso (voice)
1998
Crane
2008
Mr. Farber
2001
The Deuce
2008
Doctor Lucas Henry
2002
Hermanski
1984
Abel Rosenberg
1977
Wade Douglas
2007
Dalton Rhodes
1990
Old Man
2007
Lucas McDermott
1997
Sweeney
1989
Jason Drake
2010
Shopkeeper
2012
Mookoo / Uncle Unky
2007
Coke Beck
1969
Pierre
2007
Gideon Fisk
1992
Self
2008
Captain Gates
1978
Self (archive footage)
2019
Gideon Graham
2009
Kwai-Chang Caine
1991
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self
2005
Raf McCane
2009
Sheldon Blake
1998
Mr. C
1992
Guru Danny
2007
Self - Actor
2011
Kain
1984
Kwai Chang Caine
1986
Waco
1969
Vargas
2009
Luke Enright
1998
Coley
1997
Kaz Oshay
1978
Big Bill Shelly
1972
The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha
1978
Charlie Swattle
1979
The Beggar
1992
Bird
2008
Slade
1989
Eddie Miles
1982
Nick Decker
2001
Cal Dodge
1965
Ike
2005
Detective Mike Stone
2008
Harry Solow
1992
Crane
2008
Craw Dantley
1975
Woody Guthrie
1976
Stephen
1988
Self
1998
Self
2007
The General
1999
Self
2009
Sean O'Leary
1999
Driscoll
2005
Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy
1987
Self
2006
Bobby Dee
1984
Buckingham
2007
Jesse Boone
1969
Bradley
1989
Gene Gauge
1967
Mardulak
1989
Le professeur d'arts martiaux à LAPD
1979
The Bishop
2009
Mr. Wise
2004
Self
2009
Craw
1975
The Leader
1981
Louis Dehoven
1999
Grand Master
2004
Pearl
1989
Miles
1998
Stretch
1965
Lucas Barnes
1967
Self
2004
Jason
1988
Van Helsing
2006
Frank McEntire
1989
Vincent
1992
Col. James Cooper
1986
Dark One
1989
Dow
1989
Jim Roth
1986
Ben Irons
1980
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman
1976
Duane Kidston
1997
Principal Hoskins
2010
Harmon
1989
Paul Gauguin
1980
Joe Rourke
1988
Self
1996
Mr. Montague
1998
Brad Randolph
1980
Max Crawford
1989
Tom Horn
1979
Kwai Chang Caine
1992
Self
2002
Max Kaufman
1999
Artemis McBride
1991
Host
1998
Self
2016
Col. Von Weisshagen
1987
The Spirit Guide
2012
Chavez
1994
Man Playing Dice
1987
Leroy Jessup
1985
Fred McGillicuddie
2004
Mike Sullivan
2001
Self
2004
Nick
2007
Locky
1967
Mr. Snerz (voice)
2004
Capt. Zebulon Hedge
2008
Kwai Chang Caine
1972
The American
2008
Col. Whitlock
1988
Ventriloquist
1998
The American Soldier
1981
Michael Morrison
2003
David Mountford
1971
Dad
1991
Harley Thomas
1977
John Freemont
1994
Mr. Hover
2009
John Tucker
1990
Self - Host
2003
Kwai Chang Caine
1972
1989
Det. Humes
2009
Michael
1991
Maggiore Charles Forsythe
1988
Captain Baker
2006
Mike
2001
Col. Horace Wiggins
1993
Lieutenant
1991
White Feather
1970
James Lorrimer
1994
1999
Flack
1971
Ron Morrell
1991
Norman Williams
2001
Philip
2009
Michael
1984
The Cabinet Maker
1998
Richard Adams
1982
Self - Cameo Appearance
1982
Martin Shaw
1997
Clive Jonis
2009
J.C. Busch
1986
John Tucker
1989
Felix
1966
Zeto
1975
Joe Foley
1992
Hanley
1991
Michale Maltin
1991
Monteiro
2011
Lobo
2007
Oskar
1988
Othello Jones
1992
Neal
2013
Professor Foxwood
1989
Self
1978
Gil Garner
2001
Gen. Corman
1991
Lemmy
2000
Gnomen
2000
Self
2002
Doc Hadley
1999
Mikhail
2007
Michael LeWinter
1988
Self
2004
Bryant
1984
Maceo
2000
Marshal Ian McHenry
2009
James Lee Springer
2003
John Tucker (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
Self
2008
Colonel
1993
Narrator
2000
Clint Dugan
2001
Self
2007