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
Bill
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Bill 'Snake Charmer'
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Eugene Sorensen
Bird on a Wire
Coke Beck
Heaven with a Gun
Dave aka Socrates (uncredited)
The Long Goodbye
Detective Mike Stone
Last Hour
Col. Von Weisshagen
The Misfit Brigade
Mr. Wise
Dead & Breakfast
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman
Cannonball
The Bishop
Break
Big Bill Shelly
Boxcar Bertha
Self
Being Michael Madsen
Mr. Hover
Road of No Return
Self - Cameo Appearance
The Best of Sex and Violence
Philip
Autumn
Driscoll
Brothers in Arms
Gideon Fisk
Evil Toons
Clint Dugan
Out of the Wilderness
Cowboy Bob
Camille
Chief Wulisso (voice)
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Dark One
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha
Circle of Iron
Captain Gates
Gray Lady Down
Crane
Kung Fu Killer
Museum Curator
Epic Movie
Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice)
Balto: Wolf Quest
Sheldon Blake
The New Swiss Family Robinson
Frankenstein
Death Race 2000
The Deuce
Hell Ride
Marshal Ian McHenry
All Hell Broke Loose
Shepard
Q
The Master
Big Stan
Nick
How to Rob a Bank
Othello Jones
Roadside Prophets
Kaz Oshay
Deathsport
The Beggar
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Van Helsing
The Last Sect
Woody Guthrie
Bound for Glory
Pierre
Treasure Raiders
Dow
Warlords
Mookoo / Uncle Unky
Homo Erectus
Cole Younger
The Long Riders
Rawley Wilkes
Lone Wolf McQuade
Anthony
苏乞儿
Poon Dong
Crank: High Voltage
Clive Jonis
Dark Fields
Capt. Zebulon Hedge
The Golden Boys
Sweeney
Think Big
Self
Spiral Fitness Beginnings
Jason Drake
Dinocroc vs. Supergator
Mardulak
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Doctor Lucas Henry
The Outsider
Vincent
Night Rhythms
Kain
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Monteiro
Stretch
Gnomen
Nightfall
Abel Rosenberg
The Serpent's Egg
Jesse Boone
Young Billy Young
Ike
Miracle at Sage Creek
Dalton Rhodes
Martial Law
Kwai Chang Caine
Kung Fu: The Movie
Jim Roth
Armed Response
Det. Humes
Bad Cop
William Lamberti
Animal Instincts
John Tucker
Future Force
Ventriloquist
The Shepherd
Waco
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Vargas
My Suicide
Captain Baker
Final Move
Jason
Crime Zone
Michale Maltin
Capital Punishment
Dad
Karate Cop
Pearl
Sonny Boy
Col. Horace Wiggins
Kill Zone
Duane Kidston
Last Stand at Saber River
Eddie Miles
Safari 3000
Harley Thomas
Thunder and Lightning
Charlie Swattle
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Self - Actor
Corman's World
The Spirit Guide
Eldorado
Richard Adams
Trick or Treats
John Tucker
Future Zone
Lucas Barnes
The Violent Ones
Buckingham
Richard III
White Feather
The McMasters
Col. James Cooper
Behind Enemy Lines
Las huellas del lince
Max Crawford
Night Children
Joe Rourke
Open Fire
Stephen
I Saw What You Did
Leroy Jessup
The Bad Seed
Frank McEntire
Crime of Crimes
Shopkeeper
Night of the Templar
Self
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'
Principal Hoskins
Detention
Lieutenant
Deadly Surveillance
Louis Dehoven
The Monster Hunter
Martin Shaw
Lost Treasure of Dos Santos
Ben Irons
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Col. Whitlock
Animal Protector
Oskar
Tropical Snow
Maceo
Full Blast
Harmon
Nowhere to Run
Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy
Six Against the Rock
Bryant
On the Line
Miles
Light Speed
Self
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
Coley
Macon County Jail
Michael
Dune Warriors
Gen. Corman
Field of Fire
Norman Williams
Guaranteed on Delivery
The American Soldier
Americana
Flack
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
Lemmy
Dangerous Curves
Slade
The Cover Girl and the Cop
J.C. Busch
Oceans of Fire
Professor Foxwood
The Mad Bunch
Bobby Dee
Jealousy
Self
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Brad Randolph
Cloud Dancer
Old Man
Permanent Vacation
Gene Gauge
The Hunted
The General
The Puzzle in the Air
Ron Morrell
Project Eliminator
James Lorrimer
Cercasi successo disperatamente
Raf McCane
Absolute Evil
Mr. Snerz (voice)
Hair High
Fred McGillicuddie
Last Goodbye
Wade Douglas
Fall Down Dead
Man Playing Dice
Heartbeat
Drunk
Mean Streets
James Lee Springer
American Reel
Self
Naked Movie
Felix
Too Many Thieves
Kwai Chang Caine
Kung Fu - The Legend Continues
Neal
Madoff: Made Off with America
Nick Decker
By Dawn's Early Light
Grand Master
Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
Hanley
Midnight Fear
Artemis McBride
Brotherhood of the Gun
Narrator
Kung Fu Action Masters
David Mountford
Macho Callahan
Maggiore Charles Forsythe
Run for Your Life
Self
Modern Warriors
Paul Gauguin
Gauguin the Savage
Luke Enright
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
The American
Kandisha
Kwai Chang Caine
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
Mr. C
Double Trouble
Michael LeWinter
Fatal Secret
Bradley
Try This One for Size
Cal Dodge
Taggart
Self
A Tale of James Brown
Joe Foley
Distant Justice
Tom Horn
Mr. Horn
Bill (Snake Charmer)
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Self
UnConventional
Sean O'Leary
Kiss of a Stranger
Mike Sullivan
Warden of Red Rock
Michael
A Distant Scream
Lobo
Fuego
Zeto
You and Me
John Tucker (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Action
Stretch
Bus Riley's Back in Town
Self
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Colonel
Code... Death: Frontera Sur
Self
Away from Home
Chavez
Dead Center
Doc Hadley
Knocking on Death's Door
Craw Dantley
Long Way Home
Self
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Mike
The Donor
Gil Garner
Down 'n Dirty
Self (archive footage)
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Max Kaufman
Code Name: Jaguar
Mr. Montague
Lovers and Liars
Frankenstein (voice)
Death Race
Self
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Locky
Johnny Belinda
Lucas McDermott
The Rage
John Freemont
L'Aigle et le Cheval
Mikhail
Ближний бой
Michael Morrison
Bala perdida
The Cabinet Maker
The Effects of Magic
Self
A Vampire Reformed
Self
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Kwai-Chang Caine
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Le professeur d'arts martiaux à LAPD
Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette
The Bitter End
Self (archive footage)
Mata Hari
Woof! Woof!! Uncle Matty's Ultimate Guide to Dog Training
Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts
Clockwork (voice)
Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy
Vernon Billings
Six Days in Paradise
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
194
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-12-08
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
John Arthur Carradine