EARLY DAYS PRODUCTIONS
Carradine was born Richmond Reed Carradine in New York City, the son of Genevieve Winifred (née Richmond), a surgeon, and William Reed Carradine, a correspondent for the Associated Press. He attended the Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania and originally planned a career as a painter and sculptor. He began his career in show business as a Shakespearean dramatic actor and made his cinematic debut in 1930 under the name Peter Richmond. He adopted the stage name "John Carradine" in 1935, and legally took the name as his own two years later.
1906 - 1988
Stats:
Birth Name: Richmond Reed Carradine
Height: 6' 1 1/2"
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Nickname: The Bard of the Boulevard
Quote: "I am a ham! And the ham in an actor is what makes him interesting"
Birth Name: Richmond Reed Carradine
Height: 6' 1 1/2"
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Nickname: The Bard of the Boulevard
Quote: "I am a ham! And the ham in an actor is what makes him interesting"
He did considerable stage work, much of which provided his only opportunity to work in a classic drama context. He toured with his own Shakespearean company in the 1940s, playing Hamlet and Macbeth. He appeared in seemingly dozens of low-budget horror films in the 1940s, in order to finance a touring classical theatre company.
He occasionally, however, did play a "good guy" role, as in The Grapes of Wrath, in which he played Casy, the ill-fated "preacher". Carradine appeared in ten John Ford productions, including The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). He also portrayed the Biblical hero Aaron in The Ten Commandments (1956).
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John Carradine's Selected Filmography
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married
1986 Monster in the Closet
1984 The Ice Pirates
1983 House of the Long Shadows
1982 The Secret of NIMH
1981 The Monster Club
1981 The Howling
1977 The Mouse and His Child
1977 The Sentinel
1976 The Last Tycoon
1976 The Shootist
1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1975 Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
1974 Silent Night, Bloody Night
1974 The House of Seven Corpses
1973 The Gatling Gun
1973 Terror in the Wax Museum
1972 Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
1972 Boxcar Bertha
1971 Cain's Cutthroats
1970 The McMasters
1970 Myra Breckinridge
1970 Five Bloody Graves
1969 The Trouble with Girls
1969 Blood of Dracula's Castle
1966 Munster, Go Home!
1966 Billy the Kid vs. Dracula
1964 Cheyenne Autumn
1964 The Patsy
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1960 Tarzan the Magnificent
1960 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1959 The Oregon Trail
1959 Invisible Invaders
1958 The Last Hurrah
1958 The Proud Rebel
1957 The Story of Mankind
1957 The Unearthly
1957 The True Story of Jesse James
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
1956 The Ten Commandments
1956 The Court Jester
1956 Dark Venture
1955 The Kentuckian
1954 The Egyptian
1954 Johnny Guitar
1954 Casanova's Big Night
1945 House of Dracula
1945 Captain Kidd
1944 House of Frankenstein
1944 Bluebeard
1944 The Mummy's Ghost
1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain
1941 Blood and Sand
1940 Brigham Young
1940 The Return of Frank James
1940 The Grapes of Wrath
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 Five Came Back
1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939 The Three Musketeers
1939 Stagecoach
1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939 Jesse James
1938 Kidnapped
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 Of Human Hearts
1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937 Captains Courageous
1936 Winterset
1936 Daniel Boone
1936 The Garden of Allah
1936 Dimples
1936 White Fang
1936 Under Two Flags
1935 Cardinal Richelieu
1935 Les Misérables
1986 Monster in the Closet
1984 The Ice Pirates
1983 House of the Long Shadows
1982 The Secret of NIMH
1981 The Monster Club
1981 The Howling
1977 The Mouse and His Child
1977 The Sentinel
1976 The Last Tycoon
1976 The Shootist
1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1975 Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
1974 Silent Night, Bloody Night
1974 The House of Seven Corpses
1973 The Gatling Gun
1973 Terror in the Wax Museum
1972 Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
1972 Boxcar Bertha
1971 Cain's Cutthroats
1970 The McMasters
1970 Myra Breckinridge
1970 Five Bloody Graves
1969 The Trouble with Girls
1969 Blood of Dracula's Castle
1966 Munster, Go Home!
1966 Billy the Kid vs. Dracula
1964 Cheyenne Autumn
1964 The Patsy
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1960 Tarzan the Magnificent
1960 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1959 The Oregon Trail
1959 Invisible Invaders
1958 The Last Hurrah
1958 The Proud Rebel
1957 The Story of Mankind
1957 The Unearthly
1957 The True Story of Jesse James
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
1956 The Ten Commandments
1956 The Court Jester
1956 Dark Venture
1955 The Kentuckian
1954 The Egyptian
1954 Johnny Guitar
1954 Casanova's Big Night
1945 House of Dracula
1945 Captain Kidd
1944 House of Frankenstein
1944 Bluebeard
1944 The Mummy's Ghost
1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain
1941 Blood and Sand
1940 Brigham Young
1940 The Return of Frank James
1940 The Grapes of Wrath
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 Five Came Back
1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939 The Three Musketeers
1939 Stagecoach
1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939 Jesse James
1938 Kidnapped
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 Of Human Hearts
1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937 Captains Courageous
1936 Winterset
1936 Daniel Boone
1936 The Garden of Allah
1936 Dimples
1936 White Fang
1936 Under Two Flags
1935 Cardinal Richelieu
1935 Les Misérables
Early Days Productions: John Carradine 03/17/2012
Full Movie: Bluebeard (1944)
In Paris, an artist hires portrait models, and after he finishes their portraits, he strangles them. - Edited from IMDB
Four of Carradine's five sons became actors: David Carradine, Robert Carradine, Keith Carradine, and Bruce Carradine. David's show, Kung Fu, featured his father John and half-brother Robert in the episode "Dark Angel". John would appear as the same character, the Reverend Serenity Johnson, in two more episodes: "The Nature of Evil" and "Ambush". Keith Carradine portrayed a younger version of his half-brother David's character throughout the series.
Carradine's deep, resonant voice earned him the nickname "The Voice". He was also known as the "Bard of the Boulevard" from his idiosyncratic habit of strolling Hollywood streets while reciting Shakespearean soliloquys, something he always denied. Carradine suffered from painful and crippling arthritis during his later years, but continued working nonetheless. On November 27, 1988, Carradine died of natural causes in Milan, Italy at age 82. His final words were: "Milan. What a beautiful place to die".
