David Carradine

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1936-12-08

Deathday 2009-06-03 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As John Arthur Carradine, 大衛·卡拉定

David Carradine

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
2020
Be Water

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Jodorowsky's Dune

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

as John Tucker (archive Footage)

2012
Night of the Templar

as Shopkeeper

2012
Eldorado

as The Spirit Guide

2011
Corman's World

as Self - Actor

2011
My Suicide

as Vargas

2011
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

as Bill (Snake Charmer)

2011
Stretch

as Monteiro

2010
2010
True Legend

as Anthony

2010
Detention

as Principal Hoskins

2009
All Hell Broke Loose

as Marshal Ian McHenry

2009
Road of No Return

as Mr. Hover

2009
Bad Cop

as Det. Humes

2009
Dark Fields

as Clive Jonis

2009
Autumn

as Philip

2009
Break

as The Bishop

2009
Crank: High Voltage

as Poon Dong

2009
Absolute Evil

as Raf McCane

2009
Mental

as Gideon Graham

2008
Kandisha

as The American

2008
The Golden Boys

as Capt. Zebulon Hedge

2008
Death Race

as Frankenstein (voice)

2008
2008
2008
Hell Ride

as The Deuce

2008
Last Hour

as Detective Mike Stone

2008
Camille

as Cowboy Bob

2008
Naked Movie

as Self

2008
2007
Big Stan

as The Master

2007
Fuego

as Lobo

2007
2007
Fall Down Dead

as Wade Douglas

2007
Homo Erectus

as Mookoo / Uncle Unky

2007
Richard III

as Buckingham

2007
2007
2007
Epic Movie

as Museum Curator

2007
2007
In Case of Emergency

as Guru Danny

2006
The Last Sect

as Van Helsing

2006
Final Move

as Captain Baker

2005
Brothers in Arms

as Driscoll

2005
Medium

as Jessica's Brother

2004
2004
2004
Last Goodbye

as Fred McGillicuddie

2004
Hair High

as Mr. Snerz (voice)

2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2

as Bill 'Snake Charmer'

2004
Dead & Breakfast

as Mr. Wise

2004
2004
Danny Phantom

as Clockwork (voice)

2003
American Reel

as James Lee Springer

2003
2003
Lost Bullet

as Michael Morrison

2003
Eve

as Kung Fu Master

2003
Wild West Tech

as Self - Host

2002
The Outsider

as Doctor Lucas Henry

2002
2002
Balto II: Wolf Quest

as Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice)

2001
Down 'n Dirty

as Gil Garner

2001
Warden of Red Rock

as Mike Sullivan

2001
By Dawn's Early Light

as Nick Decker

2001
The Donor

as Mike

2001
Guaranteed on Delivery

as Norman Williams

2001
Out of the Wilderness

as Clint Dugan

2001
Alias

as Conrad

2001
The Nightmare Room

as Mr. Farber

2001
2000
2000
Full Blast

as Maceo

2000
2000
Nightfall

as Gnomen

2000
Jackie Chan Adventures

as Lo Pei (voice)

2000
Titus

as Bob Hawkins

1999
Code Name: Jaguar

as Max Kaufman

1999
Kiss of a Stranger

as Sean O'Leary

1999
The Puzzle in the Air

as The General

1999
1999
The Shepherd

as Ventriloquist

1999
The Monster Hunter

as Louis Dehoven

1999
Family Law

as Andrew Weller

1998
1998
Light Speed

as Miles

1998
Lovers and Liars

as Mr. Montague

1998
Charmed

as Tempus

1997
The Rage

as Lucas McDermott

1997
1997
Last Stand at Saber River

as Duane Kidston

1997
1997
Just Shoot Me!

as David Carradine

1997
King of the Hill

as Junichiro (voice)

1996
Profiler

as Christopher Joe Allman

1996
1994
The Eagle and the Horse

as John Freemont

1994
Dead Center

as Chavez

1994
1993
Kill Zone

as Col. Horace Wiggins

1993
Acapulco H.E.A.T.

as Victor Garrison

1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

as Kwai Chang Caine

1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

as Houston Currier

1992
Distant Justice

as Joe Foley

1992
Animal Instincts

as William Lamberti

1992
Night Rhythms

as Vincent

1992
1992
Roadside Prophets

as Othello Jones

1992
1992
Evil Toons

as Gideon Fisk

1992
Kung Fu - A Legend Reborn

as Kwai Chang Caine

1992
Human Target

as Harry Solow

1991
Capital Punishment

as Michale Maltin

1991
Brotherhood of the Gun

as Artemis McBride

1991
Karate Cop

as Dad

1991
Deadly Surveillance

as Lieutenant

1991
Project Eliminator

as Ron Morrell

1991
Midnight Fear

as Hanley

1991
Dune Warriors

as Michael

1991
Field of Fire

as Gen. Corman

1990
That's Action

as John Tucker (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990
Martial Law

as Dalton Rhodes

1990
Future Zone

as John Tucker

1990
Bird on a Wire

as Eugene Sorensen

1989
Warlords

as Dow

1989
Think Big

as Sweeney

1989
1989
Crime Zone

as Jason

1989
Sonny Boy

as Pearl

1989
Nowhere to Run

as Harmon

1989
Future Force

as John Tucker

1989
Night Children

as Max Crawford

1989
Crime of Crimes

as Frank McEntire

1989
The Mad Bunch

as Professor Foxwood

1988
Tropical Snow

as Oskar

1988
1988
Open Fire

as Joe Rourke

1988
Animal Protector

as Col. Whitlock

1988
Run for Your Life

as Maggiore Charles Forsythe

1988
Fatal Secret

as Michael LeWinter

1987
The Misfit Brigade

as Col. Von Weisshagen

1987
Six Against the Rock

as Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy

1987
Heartbeat

as Man Playing Dice

1986
Armed Response

as Jim Roth

1986
Oceans of Fire

as J.C. Busch

1986
P.O.W. The Escape

as Col. James Cooper

1986
Kung Fu The Movie

as Kwai Chang Caine

1986
Matlock

as Jimmy Legrand

1986
Matlock

as Steve Mazarowski

1986
1985
The Bad Seed

as Leroy Jessup

1985
North and South

as Justin LaMotte

1985
Amazing Stories

as Calvin

1984
On the Line

as Bryant

1984
A Distant Scream

as Michael

1984
Jealousy

as Bobby Dee

1984
Partners in Crime

as Hermanski

1984
Airwolf

as Dr. Robert Winchester

1983
Lone Wolf McQuade

as Rawley Wilkes

1982
Trick or Treats

as Richard Adams

1982
Q

as Shepard

1982
Safari 3000

as Eddie Miles

1982
The Best of Sex and Violence

as Self - Cameo Appearance

1981
Americana

as The American Soldier

1981
Today's F.B.I.

as The Leader

1980
Cloud Dancer

as Brad Randolph

1980
The Long Riders

as Cole Younger

1980
Gauguin the Savage

as Paul Gauguin

1979
1979
Mr. Horn

as Tom Horn

1978
Circle of Iron

as The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha

1978
Deathsport

as Kaz Oshay

1978
Gray Lady Down

as Captain Gates

1977
The Serpent's Egg

as Abel Rosenberg

1977
Thunder and Lightning

as Harley Thomas

1976
Bound for Glory

as Woody Guthrie

1976
Cannonball

as Coy "Cannonball" Buckman

1975
Long Way Home

as Craw Dantley

1975
You and Me

as Zeto

1975
Death Race 2000

as Frankenstein

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
1975
1973
Mean Streets

as Drunk

1973
The Long Goodbye

as Dave aka Socrates (uncredited)

1972
Boxcar Bertha

as Big Bill Shelly

1972
Kung Fu

as Kwai Chang Caine

1971
Macho Callahan

as David Mountford

1970
The McMasters

as White Feather

1970
Night Gallery

as Gideon

1969
Young Billy Young

as Jesse Boone

1969
Heaven with a Gun

as Coke Beck

1968
The Name of the Game

as Jason Blake

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
1967
The Hunted

as Gene Gauge

1967
The Violent Ones

as Lucas Barnes

1967
Cimarron Strip

as Gene Gauge

1967
Ironside

as Pogo Weems

1967
Ironside

as Luke Roberts

1967
Ironside

as Frank Carlson

1966
1966
Shane

as Shane

1965
Taggart

as Cal Dodge

1963
Arrest and Trial

as Wally Carpen

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Edward Clarke

1962
The Virginian

as The Utah Kid

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1955
Gunsmoke

as Clint

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Producer

2009
Road of No Return

as Associate Producer

2007
Fall Down Dead

as Associate Producer

2007
Richard III

as Executive Producer

1991
Project Eliminator

as Associate Producer

1989
Crime Zone

as Executive Producer

1989
Crime of Crimes

as Producer

1989
Future Force

as Associate Producer

1986
Kung Fu The Movie

as Co-Producer

1981
Americana

as Producer

Director

1981
Americana

as Director

1975
You and Me

as Director

1972
Kung Fu

as Director

Editor

1981
Americana

as Editor

1975
You and Me

as Editor

Sound

1975
You and Me

as Original Music Composer