David Carradine

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Details

AKA: John Arthur Carradine
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 12/08/1936
Birthplace: Hollywood, California, USA
Death Date: 06/03/2009

biography

A leading and supporting player in television and movies, David Carradine rose to fame with his iconic role, Kwai Chang Caine, the half-Asian student of life on the popular TV series, "Kung Fu" (ABC, 1972-75) – a role he would go on to reprise for a syndicated series in the late 1990s. The son of legendary actor John Carradine, he excelled at playing villains in action and terror films which, unfortunately, often carried a "soon to be on a video shelf near you" proviso. Almost as famous as his Kung Fu persona, was his psychedelic lifestyle and devotion to Eastern philosophy, particularly in Continued

Credits

Mental
(TV Show)
2009-2009
Book of Judges
Gideon Graham
2009
Crank: High Voltage
Poon Dong
2009
Kung Fu Killer
(TV Show)
2008-2008
Part 1
White Crane
2008
Part 2
White Crane
2008
National Lampoon's Stoned Age
Mookoo
2008
In Case of Emergency
(TV Show)
2007-2007
Let Go, Let Golf
Guru Danny
2007
Eve
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Kung Fu Divas
Teacher
2005
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Bill
2004
Dead and Breakfast
Mr. Wise
2004
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Bill
2003
Titus
(TV Show)
2001-2001
Houseboat
Bob Hawkins
2001
Just Shoot Me
(TV Show)
2000-2000
Brandi, You're A Fine Girl
Actor
2000
Q
Detective Shepard
1982
The Long Riders
Cole Younger
1980
Bound For Glory
Woody Guthrie
1976
Death Race 2000
Frankenstein
1975
Mean Streets
Drunk
1973
Fall Down Dead
Associate Producer
How to Rob a Bank
Nick
Kandisha
Cast
Fuego
Lobo
Absolute Evil
Cast
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Cast
Camille
Cowboy Bob
Omega Cop II: The Challenge
Actor
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Luke
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Beggar
Animal Instincts
Lamberti
My Suicide
Gabriel Vargas
Treasure Raiders
Cast
Macho Callahan
Colonel David Mountford
Double Trouble
Mr C
Natural Selection
Dehoven
Roadside Prophets
Othello Jones
Dead Center
Chavez
Heaven With a Gun
Coke Beck
The Rage
Lucas
Project: Eliminator
Associate Producer
Trick or Treats
Richard
Young Billy Young
Jesse Boone
Think Big
John Sweeney
The Violent Ones
Lucas Barnes
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Himself
Hair High
Voice of Mr Snerz
Brothers in Arms
Driscoll
Zoo
Actor
Shepherd
Actor
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
Dark One
Big Stan
Cast
Fall Down Dead
Wade
Night Rhythms
Vincent Machelli
Tropical Snow
Oskar
Martial Law
Dalton Rhodes
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Waco
Bird on A Wire
Eugene Sorenso
The McMasters
Actor
Capital Punishment
Actor
Macon County Jail
Actor
Sauf votre respect
Bradley
Midnight Fear
Sheriff Steve Hanley
Lone Wolf McQuade
Rawley Wilkes
Boxcar Bertha
Bill Shelley
Distant Justice
Joe Foley
The Serpent's Egg
Abel Rosenberg
Gray Lady Down
Captain Gates
Night Children
Actor
Americana
Director
You and Me
Director
Sundown
Count Mardulak
Nowhere to Run
Harmon
Evil Toons
Actor
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Kain
Crime Zone
Jason
Thunder and Lightning
Harley Thomas
Dune Warriors
Michael
Isaac Asimov's Nightfall
Actor
Cloud Dancer
Brad Randolph
Fast Charlie - The Moonbeam Rider
Charlie Swattle
Sonny Boy
Pearl
Fatal Secret
Actor
Field of Fire
General Corman
The Golden Boys
Captain Zebulon Hedge
Kill Zone
Actor
The Misfit Brigade
Colonel Von Weisshagen
P.O.W. the Escape
Colonel Jim Cooper
A Distant Scream
Actor
Armed Response
Jim Roth
Safari 3000
Eddie Miles
Rio Abajo
Bryant--Chuck's Uncle
Deathsport
Kaz Oshay
Project: Eliminator
Ron Morrell
You and Me
Actor
Americana
Soldier
The Silent Flute
Blind Man
Cannonball
"Cannonball" Buckman
Americana
Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in New York City
 
Served in the US Army
 
Put under contract by Universal
1963 
Broadway debut, "The Deputy"
1964 
First film appearance (in bit part) "Taggart"
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