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John Carradine
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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, includ…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
John Carradine's Filmography
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Jack-O 2: Blood Moon Rising
as Walter Machen (archive footage)
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
as Nazi leader
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self (archive footage)
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
as Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Trail of Dracula
as Self (Archival Footage)
Blood of 1000 Virgins
as Self (archive footage)
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
James Dean: Forever Young
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Great Man: W.C. Fields
as Self (archive footage)
Boogeyman II: Redux
as Dr. Warren
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
Jack-O
as Walter Machen
Bikini Drive-In
Legends of the West
as Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
No Poster
The Alien Within
as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage)
Buried Alive
as Jacob Julian
Evil Spawn
as Dr. Emil Zeitman
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Leo
Star Slammer
as The Justice
No Poster
Hollywood Ghost Stories
as Narrator / Host
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
as Himself
Monster in the Closet
as Old Joe Shempter
The Tomb
as Andoheb
Revenge
as Sen. Martin Bradford
Evils of the Night
as Dr. Kozmar
Reel Horror
as Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage)
No Poster
Frankenstein's Brain
The Ice Pirates
as Supreme Commander
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Imps*
as Gentleman
A Rose for Emily
as Col. Sartoris
Boogeyman II
as Dr. Warren (archive footage)
House of the Long Shadows
as Elijah Grisbane
The Horror of It All
as Self
Antony and Cleopatra
as Soothsayer
The Vals
as Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)
The Secret of NIMH
as Great Owl (voice)
Satan's Mistress
as Father Stratten
The Scarecrow
as Hubert Salter
The Best of Sex and Violence
as Self - Host
No Poster
The Reluctant Dragon
as Narrator
Frankenstein Island
as Dr. Frankenstein
The Nesting
as Col. LeBrun
The Monster Club
as R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer
The Howling
as Erle Kenton
The Boogey Man
as Dr. Warren
Monstroid
as Priest
A Tribute to Dr. Shock
as Self (archive footage)
Americathon
as Uncle Sam
Nocturna
as Count Dracula
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
as Professor Nikolaeff
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
The Bees
as Dr. Sigmund Hummel
Vampire Hookers
as Richmond Reed
Sunset Cove
as Judge Harley Winslow
Doctor Dracula
as Radcliff
Salem and the Scarlet Letter
as Narrator
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
as Grampa Sullivan
Golden Rendezvous
as Fairweather
The Mouse and His Child
as The Tramp (voice)
Shock Waves
as Captain
The White Buffalo
as Amos Briggs
Satan's Cheerleaders
as The Bum
Tail Gunner Joe
as Wisconsin Farmer
The Sentinel
as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran
No Poster
The Lady and the Lynchings
Crash!
as Dr. Welsey Edwards
The Last Tycoon
as Tour Guide
The Killer Inside Me
as Dr. Smith
Death at Love House
as Conan Carroll
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Drunk
The Shootist
as Beckum
Journey Into the Beyond
as Narrator (English Version)
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
as The Man
Stowaway to the Moon
as Jacob Avril
No Poster
The Lady's Not for Burning
as Old Skips
Moonchild
as Mr. Walker
No Poster
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self
The House of Seven Corpses
as Edgar Price
The Cat Creature
as The Hotel Clerk
Shadow House
as Uncle
Superchick
as Igor Smith
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel
as The Sage
Bad Charleston Charlie
as Alcoholic Reporter
Terror in the Wax Museum
as Claude Dupree
The Night Strangler
as Llewellyn Crossbinder
Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Charlie Towman
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Narrator (voice)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
as Dr. Bernardo
Richard
as Plastic Surgeon
Portnoy's Complaint
as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Boxcar Bertha
as H. Buckram Sartoris
Demented Death Farm Massacre
as The Judge Of Hell
Decisions! Decisions!
as Railroad Ticket Clerk
The Seven Minutes
as Sean O'Flanagan
The Gatling Gun
as Rev. Harper
Blood Legacy
as Christopher Dean
No Poster
Threshold
as Old-fashioned Undertaker
Crowhaven Farm
as Nate Cheever
Bigfoot
as Jasper B. Hawks
Shinbone Alley
as Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
Myra Breckinridge
as Surgeon
Hell's Bloody Devils
as Pet Shop Owner
The McMasters
as Preacher
Blood of the Iron Maiden
as Dr. Goolie
Cain's Cutthroats
as Preacher Simms
Horror of the Blood Monsters
as Dr. Rynning
Madame Death
as Dr. Favel
Daughter of the Mind
as Mr. Bosch
Secret of Death
as Polito the Clown
Five Bloody Graves
as Boone Hawkins
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Ticker
Blood of Dracula's Castle
as George
The Trouble with Girls
as Mr. Drewcolt
The Vampire Girls
as Count Branos Alucard
Pact with the Devil
as Dr. Halback
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
as Professor Cummings
Autopsy of a Ghost
as Satán
The Mummy's Ghost
as The Egyptian Priest
The Helicopter Spies
as Third-Way Priest
The Astro-Zombies
as Dr. DeMarco
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
They Ran for Their Lives
as Laslo
Chewing Gum
as Roberto Sánchez
Blood of Ghastly Horror
as Dr. Howard Vanard
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
as Dr. Howard Vanard
The Hostage
as Otis Lovelace
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
as Dr. Himmel
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
as Narrator / Tristram Halbin
Red Zone Cuba
as Mr. Wilson
Munster, Go Home!
as Cruikshank
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
as Count Dracula
The Emperor's New Clothes
as King Luvimself
Broken Sabre
as General Josh McCord
Curse of the Stone Hand
as The Old Drunk
The Wizard of Mars
as The Wizard of Mars
House of the Black Death
as Andre Desard
No Poster
Something for Mrs. Gibbs
Cheyenne Autumn
as Jeff Blair
The Patsy
as Bruce Alden
Genesis
as Narrator
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Cassius Starbuckle
The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk
as Jason Longfellow
Sex Kittens Go to College
as Prof. Watts
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Slave Catcher
Tarzan the Magnificent
as Abel Banton
The Incredible Petrified World
as Prof. Millard Wyman
The Oregon Trail
as Zachariah Garrison
Terror in the Midnight Sun
as Narrator (US Re-Edit)
Invisible Invaders
as Dr. Karol Noymann
The Cosmic Man
as Cosmic Man
The Last Hurrah
as Amos Force
The Proud Rebel
as Traveling Salesman
Showdown at Boot Hill
as Doc Weber
Hell Ship Mutiny
as Malone
The Story of Mankind
as Khufu
The Unearthly
as Dr. Charles Conway
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as Dr. John Rayburn
The True Story of Jesse James
as Rev. Jethro Bailey
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
as Felix the Great
Dracula
as Dracula
The Ten Commandments
as Aaron
Around the World in 80 Days
as Proctor Stamp
Female Jungle
as Claude Almstead
The Black Sleep
as Bohemund
No Poster
Dark Venture
as Gideon
Hidden Guns
as Snipe Harding
The Court Jester
as Giacomo
Desert Sands
as Jala
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as The Duke
The Kentuckian
as Ziby Fletcher
Stranger on Horseback
as Col. Buck Streeter
Thunder Pass
as Bergstrom
The Egyptian
as Grave Robber
Johnny Guitar
as Old Tom
Casanova's Big Night
as Foressi
The Hound Of Heaven
as Hyder Simpson
C-Man
as Doc Spencer
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as Charles Forestier
Fish Story
as John Carradine
Down Missouri Way
as Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning
The Face of Marble
as Dr. Charles Randolph
House of Dracula
as Count Dracula
Captain Kidd
as Orange Povey
Fallen Angel
as Professor Madley
It's in the Bag!
as Jefferson T. Pike
House of Frankenstein
as Dracula (aka Baron Latos)
Alaska
as John Reagan
Bluebeard
as Gaston Morrell
Barbary Coast Gent
as Duke Cleat
The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Bret Harte
Return of the Ape Man
as Prof. John Gilmore
The Mummy's Ghost
as Yousef Bey
Waterfront
as Victor Marlow
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Dr. Peter Drury
Jungle Woman
as Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited)
The Black Parachute
as General von Bodenbach
Voodoo Man
as Toby
Gangway for Tomorrow
as Mr. Wellington
Revenge of the Zombies
as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann
Isle of Forgotten Sins
as Mike Clancy
Silver Spurs
as Lucky Miller
Hitler's Madman
as Reinhardt Heydrich
Captive Wild Woman
as Dr. Sigmund Walters
I Escaped from the Gestapo
as Martin
Reunion in France
as Ulrich Windler, Head of Paris Gestapo
Northwest Rangers
as Martin Caswell
Whispering Ghosts
as Norbert
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Caleb Green
Swamp Water
as Jesse Wick
Man Hunt
as Mr. Jones
Blood and Sand
as Nacional
Western Union
as Doc Murdoch
Chad Hanna
as B. D. Bisbee
Brigham Young
as Porter Rockwell
The Return of Frank James
as Bob Ford
The Grapes of Wrath
as Casy
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Caldwell
Frontier Marshal
as Ben Carter
Five Came Back
as Mr. Crimp
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
Captain Fury
as Coughy
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Barryman
Stagecoach
as Hatfield
The Three Musketeers
as Naveau
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Danforth / Richard Burke
Jesse James
as Bob Ford
Submarine Patrol
as McAllison
Gateway
as Leader of Refugees
I'll Give a Million
as Kopelpeck
Kidnapped
as Gordon
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Speakeasy Doorman
Kentucky Moonshine
as Reef Hatfield
Four Men and a Prayer
as General Sebastian
Of Human Hearts
as President Lincoln
International Settlement
as Murdock
Thank You, Mr. Moto
as Pereira
The Last Gangster
as Casper
The Hurricane
as Guard Captain
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Ishak
Danger – Love at Work
as Herbert Pemberton
Love Under Fire
as Capt. Delmar
Captains Courageous
as Long Jack
This Is My Affair
as Ed
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Harry Wilkins
Laughing at Trouble
as Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady
Winterset
as Bartolomio Romagna
Daniel Boone
as Simon Girty
The Garden of Allah
as Sand Diviner
Dimples
as Richards
Ramona
as Jim Farrar
Mary of Scotland
as Rizzio
White Fang
as Beauty Smith
Half Angel
as Sanatorium Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
Under Two Flags
as Cafard
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Sergeant Rankin
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
as Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)
Bad Boy
as Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant
Alias Mary Dow
as Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
Les Misérables
as Enjolras
Cardinal Richelieu
as Agitator
Clive of India
as Drunken-Faced Clerk
Cleopatra
as Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
The Black Cat
as Cult Organist
The Meanest Gal in Town
as Stranded Actor (uncredited)
The Invisible Man
as Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)
To the Last Man
as Pete Garon (uncredited)
This Day and Age
as Assistant Principal
The Story of Temple Drake
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Sign of the Cross
as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
Heaven on Earth
as Chicken Sam
Tol'able David
as Buzzard Hatburn
Bright Lights
as Newspaper reporter / photographer