John Carradine

Biography

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.

Known For

Bonanza

Ironside

The Rifleman

Maverick

Wagon Train

Love, American Style

The Twilight Zone

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

All Movies (277)

• La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano2024 · as Nazi leader
• Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror2016 · as Self
• Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014 · as Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Trail of Dracula2013 · as Self (Archival Footage)
• Blood of 1000 Virgins2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features2012
• Boogeyman II: Redux2003 · as Dr. Warren
• Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Wolfman's Cure1998 · as Count Dracula
• Jack-O1995 · as Walter Machen
• Bikini Drive-In1995
• Legends of the West1992 · as Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn' (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Dracula in the Movies1992 · as (archive footage)
• Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991 · as Count Dracula (archive footage)
• Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991 · as Count Dracula (archive footage)
• The Alien Within1990 · as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage)
• Buried Alive1989 · as Jacob Julian
• Evil Spawn1987 · as Dr. Emil Zeitman
• Star Slammer1986 · as The Justice
• Peggy Sue Got Married1986 · as Leo
• Hollywood Ghost Stories1986 · as Narrator / Host
• Lugosi: The Forgotten King1986 · as Himself
• Monster in the Closet1986 · as Old Joe Shempter
• The Tomb1986 · as Andoheb
• Revenge1986 · as Sen. Martin Bradford
• Evils of the Night1985 · as Dr. Kozmar
• Reel Horror1985 · as Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage)
• Frankenstein's Brain1985
• The Ice Pirates1984 · as Supreme Commander
• Going Hollywood: The '30s1984 · as (archive footage)
• Imps*1983 · as Gentleman
• A Rose for Emily1983 · as Col. Sartoris
• Boogeyman II1983 · as Dr. Warren (archive footage)
• House of the Long Shadows1983 · as Elijah Grisbane
• The Horror of It All1983 · as Self
• Antony and Cleopatra1983 · as Soothsayer
• The Vals1982 · as Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)
• The Secret of NIMH1982 · as Great Owl (voice)
• Satan's Mistress1982 · as Father Stratten
• The Scarecrow1982 · as Hubert Salter
• The Best of Sex and Violence1982 · as Self - Host
• The Reluctant Dragon1981 · as Narrator
• Frankenstein Island1981 · as Dr. Frankenstein
• The Nesting1981 · as Col. LeBrun
• The Monster Club1981 · as R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer
• The Howling1981 · as Erle Kenton
• The Boogey Man1980 · as Dr. Warren
• Monstroid1980 · as Priest
• A Tribute to Dr. Shock1980 · as Self (archive footage)
• Americathon1979 · as Uncle Sam
• Nocturna1979 · as Count Dracula
• Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident1979 · as Professor Nikolaeff
• The Horror Show1979 · as (archive footage)
• The Bees1978 · as Dr. Sigmund Hummel
• Vampire Hookers1978 · as Richmond Reed
• Sunset Cove1978 · as Judge Harley Winslow
• Doctor Dracula1978 · as Radcliff
• Salem and the Scarlet Letter1978 · as Narrator
• Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.1977 · as Grampa Sullivan
• Golden Rendezvous1977 · as Fairweather
• The Mouse and His Child1977 · as The Tramp (voice)
• Shock Waves1977 · as Captain
• The White Buffalo1977 · as Amos Briggs
• Satan's Cheerleaders1977 · as The Bum
• Tail Gunner Joe1977 · as Wisconsin Farmer
• The Sentinel1977 · as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran
• The Lady and the Lynchings1977
• Crash!1976 · as Dr. Welsey Edwards
• The Last Tycoon1976 · as Tour Guide
• The Killer Inside Me1976 · as Dr. Smith
• Death at Love House1976 · as Conan Carroll
• Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood1976 · as Drunk
• The Shootist1976 · as Beckum
• Journey Into the Beyond1975 · as Narrator (English Version)
• Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary1975 · as The Man
• Stowaway to the Moon1975 · as Jacob Avril
• The Lady's Not for Burning1974 · as Old Skips
• Moonchild1974 · as Mr. Walker
• The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute1974 · as Self
• The House of Seven Corpses1974 · as Edgar Price
• The Cat Creature1973 · as The Hotel Clerk
• Shadow House1973 · as Uncle
• Superchick1973 · as Igor Smith
• 1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel1973 · as The Sage
• Bad Charleston Charlie1973 · as Alcoholic Reporter
• Terror in the Wax Museum1973 · as Claude Dupree
• The Night Strangler1973 · as Llewellyn Crossbinder
• Night of the Dark Full Moon1972 · as Charlie Towman
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow1972 · as Narrator (voice)
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask1972 · as Dr. Bernardo
• Richard1972 · as Plastic Surgeon
• Portnoy's Complaint1972 · as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
• Boxcar Bertha1972 · as H. Buckram Sartoris
• Demented Death Farm Massacre1972 · as The Judge Of Hell
• Decisions! Decisions!1971 · as Railroad Ticket Clerk
• The Seven Minutes1971 · as Sean O'Flanagan
• The Gatling Gun1971 · as Rev. Harper
• Blood Legacy1971 · as Christopher Dean
• Threshold1971 · as Old-fashioned Undertaker
• Crowhaven Farm1970 · as Nate Cheever
• Bigfoot1970 · as Jasper B. Hawks
• Shinbone Alley1970 · as Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
• Myra Breckinridge1970 · as Surgeon
• Hell's Bloody Devils1970 · as Pet Shop Owner
• The McMasters1970 · as Preacher
• Blood of the Iron Maiden1970 · as Dr. Goolie
• Cain's Cutthroats1970 · as Preacher Simms
• Horror of the Blood Monsters1970 · as Dr. Rynning
• Madame Death1969 · as Dr. Favel
• Daughter of the Mind1969 · as Mr. Bosch
• Secret of Death1969 · as Polito the Clown
• Five Bloody Graves1969 · as Boone Hawkins
• The Good Guys and the Bad Guys1969 · as Ticker
• Blood of Dracula's Castle1969 · as George
• The Trouble with Girls1969 · as Mr. Drewcolt
• The Vampire Girls1969 · as Count Branos Alucard
• Pact with the Devil1969 · as Dr. Halback
• The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals1969 · as Professor Cummings
• Autopsy of a Ghost1968 · as Satán
• The Mummy's Ghost1968 · as The Egyptian Priest
• The Helicopter Spies1968 · as Third-Way Priest
• The Astro-Zombies1968 · as Dr. DeMarco
• The Movie Orgy1968 · as Self (archive footage)
• They Ran for Their Lives1968 · as Laslo
• Chewing Gum1968 · as Roberto Sánchez
• Blood of Ghastly Horror1967 · as Dr. Howard Vanard
• The Fiend with the Electronic Brain1967 · as Dr. Howard Vanard
• The Hostage1967 · as Otis Lovelace
• Hillbillys in a Haunted House1967 · as Dr. Himmel
• Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors1967 · as Narrator / Tristram Halbin
• Red Zone Cuba1966 · as Mr. Wilson
• Munster, Go Home!1966 · as Cruikshank
• Billy the Kid Versus Dracula1966 · as Count Dracula
• The Emperor's New Clothes1966 · as King Luvimself
• Doom of Dracula1966 · as Count Dracula (archive footage)
• Broken Sabre1965 · as General Josh McCord
• Curse of the Stone Hand1965 · as The Old Drunk
• The Wizard of Mars1965 · as The Wizard of Mars
• House of the Black Death1965 · as Andre Desard
• Something for Mrs. Gibbs1965
• Cheyenne Autumn1964 · as Jeff Blair
• The Patsy1964 · as Bruce Alden
• Genesis1964 · as Narrator
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962 · as Cassius Starbuckle
• Sex Kittens Go to College1960 · as Prof. Watts
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1960 · as Slave Catcher
• Tarzan the Magnificent1960 · as Abel Banton
• The Incredible Petrified World1959 · as Prof. Millard Wyman
• The Oregon Trail1959 · as Zachariah Garrison
• Terror in the Midnight Sun1959 · as Narrator (US Re-Edit)
• Invisible Invaders1959 · as Dr. Karol Noymann
• The Cosmic Man1959 · as Cosmic Man
• The Last Hurrah1958 · as Amos Force
• The Proud Rebel1958 · as Traveling Salesman
• Showdown at Boot Hill1958 · as Doc Weber
• Hell Ship Mutiny1957 · as Malone
• The Story of Mankind1957 · as Khufu
• The Unearthly1957 · as Dr. Charles Conway
• Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman1957 · as Dr. John Rayburn
• The True Story of Jesse James1957 · as Rev. Jethro Bailey
• Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses1957 · as Felix the Great
• Dracula1956 · as Dracula
• Around the World in 80 Days1956 · as Proctor Stamp
• The Ten Commandments1956 · as Aaron
• Female Jungle1956 · as Claude Almstead
• The Black Sleep1956 · as Bohemund
• Dark Venture1956 · as Gideon
• Hidden Guns1956 · as Snipe Harding
• The Court Jester1955 · as Giacomo
• Desert Sands1955 · as Jala
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1955 · as The Duke
• The Kentuckian1955 · as Ziby Fletcher
• Stranger on Horseback1955 · as Col. Buck Streeter
• Thunder Pass1954 · as Bergstrom
• The Egyptian1954 · as Grave Robber
• Johnny Guitar1954 · as Old Tom
• Casanova's Big Night1954 · as Foressi
• The Hound Of Heaven1953 · as Hyder Simpson
• C-Man1949 · as Doc Spencer
• The Private Affairs of Bel Ami1947 · as Charles Forestier
• Fish Story1947 · as John Carradine
• Down Missouri Way1946 · as Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning
• The Face of Marble1946 · as Dr. Charles Randolph
• House of Dracula1945 · as Count Dracula
• Captain Kidd1945 · as Orange Povey
• Fallen Angel1945 · as Professor Madley
• It's in the Bag!1945 · as Jefferson T. Pike
• House of Frankenstein1944 · as Dracula (aka Baron Latos)
• Alaska1944 · as John Reagan
• Bluebeard1944 · as Gaston Morrell
• Barbary Coast Gent1944 · as Duke Cleat
• The Adventures of Mark Twain1944 · as Bret Harte
• Return of the Ape Man1944 · as Prof. John Gilmore
• The Mummy's Ghost1944 · as Yousef Bey
• Waterfront1944 · as Victor Marlow
• The Invisible Man's Revenge1944 · as Dr. Peter Drury
• Jungle Woman1944 · as Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited)
• The Black Parachute1944 · as General von Bodenbach
• Voodoo Man1944 · as Toby
• Gangway for Tomorrow1943 · as Mr. Wellington
• Revenge of the Zombies1943 · as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann
• Isle of Forgotten Sins1943 · as Mike Clancy
• Silver Spurs1943 · as Lucky Miller
• Hitler's Madman1943 · as Reinhardt Heydrich
• Captive Wild Woman1943 · as Dr. Sigmund Walters
• I Escaped from the Gestapo1943 · as Martin
• Reunion in France1942 · as Ulrich Windler, Head of Paris Gestapo
• Northwest Rangers1942 · as Martin Caswell
• Whispering Ghosts1942 · as Norbert
• Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake1942 · as Caleb Green
• Swamp Water1941 · as Jesse Wick
• Man Hunt1941 · as Mr. Jones
• Blood and Sand1941 · as Nacional
• Western Union1941 · as Doc Murdoch
• Chad Hanna1940 · as B. D. Bisbee
• Brigham Young1940 · as Porter Rockwell
• The Return of Frank James1940 · as Bob Ford
• The Grapes of Wrath1940 · as Casy
• Drums Along the Mohawk1939 · as Caldwell
• Frontier Marshal1939 · as Ben Carter
• Five Came Back1939 · as Mr. Crimp
• Land of Liberty1939 · as (archive footage)
• Captain Fury1939 · as Coughy
• The Hound of the Baskervilles1939 · as Barryman
• Stagecoach1939 · as Hatfield
• The Three Musketeers1939 · as Naveau
• Mr. Moto's Last Warning1939 · as Danforth / Richard Burke
• Jesse James1939 · as Bob Ford
• Submarine Patrol1938 · as McAllison
• Gateway1938 · as Leader of Refugees
• I'll Give a Million1938 · as Kopelpeck
• Kidnapped1938 · as Gordon
• Alexander's Ragtime Band1938 · as Speakeasy Doorman
• Kentucky Moonshine1938 · as Reef Hatfield
• Four Men and a Prayer1938 · as General Sebastian
• Of Human Hearts1938 · as President Lincoln
• International Settlement1938 · as Murdock
• Thank You, Mr. Moto1937 · as Pereira
• The Last Gangster1937 · as Casper
• The Hurricane1937 · as Guard Captain
• Ali Baba Goes to Town1937 · as Ishak
• Danger – Love at Work1937 · as Herbert Pemberton
• Love Under Fire1937 · as Capt. Delmar
• Captains Courageous1937 · as Long Jack
• This Is My Affair1937 · as Ed
• Nancy Steele Is Missing!1937 · as Harry Wilkins
• Laughing at Trouble1936 · as Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady
• Winterset1936 · as Bartolomio Romagna
• Daniel Boone1936 · as Simon Girty
• The Garden of Allah1936 · as Sand Diviner
• Dimples1936 · as Richards
• Ramona1936 · as Jim Farrar
• Mary of Scotland1936 · as Rizzio
• White Fang1936 · as Beauty Smith
• Half Angel1936 · as Sanatorium Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
• Under Two Flags1936 · as Cafard
• The Prisoner of Shark Island1936 · as Sergeant Rankin
• The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo1935 · as Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)
• Bad Boy1935 · as Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant
• Alias Mary Dow1935 · as Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited)
• Bride of Frankenstein1935 · as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
• Les Misérables1935 · as Enjolras
• Cardinal Richelieu1935 · as Agitator
• Clive of India1935 · as Drunken-Faced Clerk
• Cleopatra1934 · as Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
• The Black Cat1934 · as Cult Organist
• The Meanest Gal in Town1934 · as Stranded Actor (uncredited)
• The Invisible Man1933 · as Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)
• To the Last Man1933 · as Pete Garon (uncredited)
• This Day and Age1933 · as Assistant Principal
• The Story of Temple Drake1933 · as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• The Sign of the Cross1932 · as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
• Heaven on Earth1931 · as Chicken Sam
• Tol'able David1930 · as Buzzard Hatburn
• Bright Lights1930 · as Newspaper reporter / photographer
• Jack-O 2: Blood Moon Rising— · as Walter Machen (archive footage)

All TV Shows (82)

• Haunted Hollywood1986 · as Host
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as (segment "Still Life")
• Fame1982 · as Danny Amatullo
• Goliath Awaits1981 · as Ronald Bentley
• The Littlest Hobo1979 · as Chief Justice Hamilton
• The Seekers1979 · as Avery Mills
• Flying High1978
• Vega$1978
• Old Friends... New Friends1978 · as Self
• Captains and the Kings1976 · as Father Hale
• Wonder Woman1975 · as Harlow Gault
• Starsky & Hutch1975 · as The Professor
• Westwind1975
• The Cowboys1974 · as Oscar Schmidt
• Kung Fu1972 · as Rev. Serenity Johnson
• The Rookies1972
• Emergency!1972
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Night Gallery1970
• McCloud1970
• Love, American Style1969 · as Old George Pomerantz
• Land of the Giants1968 · as Egor Crull
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Hondo1967
• Ironside1967
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966 · as Prof. Boris Budge
• The Green Hornet1966 · as James Rancourt / The Scarf
• Laredo1965 · as Prof. Paracelsus Smythe
• Lost in Space1965 · as Arcon
• The Big Valley1965 · as Elias Brown
• The Legend of Jesse James1965 · as Noah
• Branded1965
• Branded1965 · as General Joshua McCord
• The Munsters1964
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Zack Pike
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Old Man - Third-Way Priest
• The Lucy Show1962 · as Guzman
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Gavin Revere
• Harrigan and Son1960
• Thriller1960 · as Jed Carta
• Thriller1960 · as Jason Longfellow
• Bourbon Street Beat1959
• The Rebel1959 · as Elmer Dodson
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Brother Jerome
• Johnny Ringo1959 · as The Rain Man
• Lock-Up1959
• Bonanza1959 · as Jedediah Milbank
• 77 Sunset Strip1958
• Bat Masterson1958 · as Sheriff Vince Morgan
• Lawman1958 · as Geoffrey Hendon
• The Rifleman1958
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Amos McKenna
• Suspicion1957 · as Raphael
• DuPont Show of the Month1957 · as John Canty
• Maverick1957
• Wagon Train1957 · as Park Cleatus
• Sugarfoot1957 · as Mathew McDavitt
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957
• Dr. Fu Manchu1956
• Telephone Time1956
• Matinee Theater1955
• Cheyenne1955
• Navy Log1955
• MGM Parade1955 · as Self
• MGM Parade1955 · as self
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Ephraim Hunt
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Kader
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955 · as Don Ignacio Vasquez
• The Millionaire1955 · as Karl Miller AKA Count Karl Millevich
• Climax!1954 · as John Evan
• Climax!1954 · as The Duke
• Climax!1954 · as Colonel Archer
• Gang Busters1952
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951
• Lights Out1949
• Suspense1949
• Studio One1948 · as Mr. Wadleigh
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Malvolio
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self