David Carradine

DOB: 1936-12-08

DOD: 2009-06-03

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.

Starred In

2003
Movie

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2004
Movie

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

1990
Movie

Bird on a Wire

1969
Movie

Heaven with a Gun

1973
Movie

The Long Goodbye

2008
Movie

Last Hour

1987
Movie

The Misfit Brigade

2004
Movie

Dead & Breakfast

1976
Movie

Cannonball

2009
Movie

Break

1972
Movie

Boxcar Bertha

2009
Movie

Road of No Return

2009
Movie

Autumn

2005
Movie

Brothers in Arms

1992
Movie

Evil Toons

2008
Movie

Camille

1978
Movie

Circle of Iron

1978
Movie

Gray Lady Down

2008
Movie

Kung Fu Killer

2002
Movie

Balto: Wolf Quest

2007
Movie

Epic Movie

1975
Movie

Death Race 2000

2008
Movie

Hell Ride

1982
Movie

Q

2007
Movie

Big Stan

2007
Movie

How to Rob a Bank

1992
Movie

Roadside Prophets

1978
Movie

Deathsport

2006
Movie

The Last Sect

1976
Movie

Bound for Glory

2007
Movie

Treasure Raiders

2020
Movie

Be Water

1989
Movie

Warlords

2007
Movie

Homo Erectus

1980
Movie

The Long Riders

1983
Movie

Lone Wolf McQuade

2010
Movie

True Legend

2009
Movie

Dark Fields

2008
Movie

The Golden Boys

1989
Movie

Think Big

2002
Movie

The Outsider

1992
Movie

Night Rhythms

2011
Movie

Stretch

2000
Movie

Nightfall

1977
Movie

The Serpent's Egg

1969
Movie

Young Billy Young

1990
Movie

Martial Law

1986
Movie

Kung Fu: The Movie

2009
Movie

Bad Cop

1986
Movie

Armed Response

1992
Movie

Animal Instincts

1989
Movie

Future Force

1999
Movie

The Shepherd

2009
Movie

My Suicide

2006
Movie

Final Move

1988
Movie

Crime Zone

1991
Movie

Capital Punishment

1991
Movie

Karate Cop

1989
Movie

Sonny Boy

1993
Movie

Kill Zone

1982
Movie

Safari 3000

2011
Movie

Corman's World

2012
Movie

Eldorado

1982
Movie

Trick or Treats

1990
Movie

Future Zone

1967
Movie

The Violent Ones

2007
Movie

Richard III

1970
Movie

The McMasters

1986
Movie

P.O.W. The Escape

1989
Movie

The Trace of Lynx

1989
Movie

Night Children

1988
Movie

Open Fire

1988
Movie

I Saw What You Did

1985
Movie

The Bad Seed

1989
Movie

Crime of Crimes

2010
Movie

Detention

1999
Movie

The Monster Hunter

1988
Movie

Animal Protector

1988
Movie

Tropical Snow

2000
Movie

Full Blast

2008
Movie

Kung Fu Killer 2

1989
Movie

Nowhere to Run

1984
Movie

On the Line

1998
Movie

Light Speed

1997
Movie

Macon County Jail

1991
Movie

Dune Warriors

1991
Movie

Field of Fire

1981
Movie

Americana

2000
Movie

Dangerous Curves

1986
Movie

Oceans of Fire

1989
Movie

The Mad Bunch

1984
Movie

Jealousy

1980
Movie

Cloud Dancer

2007
Movie

Permanent Vacation

1967
Movie

The Hunted

1991
Movie

Project Eliminator

2009
Movie

Absolute Evil

2004
Movie

Hair High

2004
Movie

Last Goodbye

2007
Movie

Fall Down Dead

1987
Movie

Heartbeat

1973
Movie

Mean Streets

2003
Movie

American Reel

2008
Movie

Naked Movie

1966
Movie

Too Many Thieves

1991
Movie

Midnight Fear

2013
Movie

Jodorowsky's Dune

1971
Movie

Macho Callahan

1988
Movie

Run for Your Life

2002
Movie

Modern Warriors

1980
Movie

Gauguin the Savage

2008
Movie

Kandisha

1992
Movie

Double Trouble

1988
Movie

Fatal Secret

1965
Movie

Taggart

1992
Movie

Distant Justice

1979
Movie

Mr. Horn

2004
Movie

UnConventional

1999
Movie

Kiss of a Stranger

2001
Movie

Warden of Red Rock

1984
Movie

A Distant Scream

2007
Movie

Fuego

1975
Movie

You and Me

1990
Movie

That's Action

2004
Movie

Away from Home

1994
Movie

Dead Center

1975
Movie

Long Way Home

2001
Movie

The Donor

2001
Movie

Down 'n Dirty

1999
Movie

Code Name: Jaguar

1998
Movie

Lovers and Liars

2008
Movie

Death Race

1967
Movie

Johnny Belinda

1997
Movie

The Rage

2003
Movie

Lost Bullet

NaN
Movie

The Good Life

2008
Movie

A Vampire Reformed

1999
Movie

The Bitter End

2005
Tv

Medium

2000
Tv

Titus

1972
Tv

Kung Fu

2001
Tv

Alias

1986
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Matlock

1998
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Charmed

2004
Tv

Danny Phantom

1996
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Profiler

1955
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Gunsmoke

1967
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Ironside

2009
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Mental

1999
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Family Law

1962
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The Virginian

1986
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Matlock

1967
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Ironside

1967
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Ironside

1992
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Human Target

1970
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Night Gallery

1956
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Tony Awards

1984
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Airwolf

1966
Tv

Shane

2003
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Eve