John Carradine
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
Credits
- 2024 · La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano as Nazi leader
- 2014 · Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1995 · Jack-O as Walter Machen
- 1991 · Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 1991 · Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 1989 · Buried Alive as Jacob Julian
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "Still Life")
- 1984 · The Ice Pirates as Supreme Commander
- 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1983 · A Rose for Emily as Col. Sartoris
- 1983 · The Horror of It All as Self
- 1982 · The Secret of NIMH as Great Owl (voice)
- 1982 · The Scarecrow as Hubert Salter
- 1982 · Fame as Danny Amatullo
- 1981 · Frankenstein Island as Dr. Frankenstein
- 1981 · The Nesting as Col. LeBrun
- 1981 · The Monster Club as R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer
- 1979 · The Littlest Hobo as Chief Justice Hamilton
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · The Bees as Dr. Sigmund Hummel
- 1978 · Flying High as
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · Doctor Dracula as Radcliff
- 1977 · The White Buffalo as Amos Briggs
- 1977 · Satan's Cheerleaders as The Bum
- 1977 · Tail Gunner Joe as Wisconsin Farmer
- 1976 · Death at Love House as Conan Carroll
- 1975 · Wonder Woman as Harlow Gault
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as The Professor
- 1975 · Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary as The Man
- 1974 · The House of Seven Corpses as Edgar Price
- 1973 · Bad Charleston Charlie as Alcoholic Reporter
- 1972 · The Rookies as
- 1972 · Emergency! as
- 1971 · The Seven Minutes as Sean O'Flanagan
- 1970 · Night Gallery as
- 1970 · Hell's Bloody Devils as Pet Shop Owner
- 1970 · McCloud as
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Old George Pomerantz
- 1969 · Pact with the Devil as Dr. Halback
- 1968 · Land of the Giants as Egor Crull
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · Chewing Gum as Old Man
- 1967 · Hondo as
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1966 · The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Prof. Boris Budge
- 1966 · The Green Hornet as James Rancourt / The Scarf
- 1966 · Doom of Dracula as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 1965 · Laredo as Prof. Paracelsus Smythe
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Elias Brown
- 1965 · Lost in Space as Arcon
- 1965 · The Legend of Jesse James as Noah
- 1965 · Broken Sabre as General Josh McCord
- 1965 · Curse of the Stone Hand as The Old Drunk
- 1965 · Branded as
- 1965 · Branded as General Joshua McCord
- 1964 · Cheyenne Autumn as Jeff Blair
- 1964 · The Munsters as
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Zack Pike
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Old Man - Third-Way Priest
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Guzman
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Gavin Revere
- 1960 · Thriller as Jed Carta
- 1960 · Thriller as Jason Longfellow
- 1960 · The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Slave Catcher
- 1960 · Tarzan the Magnificent as Abel Banton
- 1959 · Bourbon Street Beat as
- 1959 · The Rebel as Elmer Dodson
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Brother Jerome
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as The Rain Man
- 1959 · Lock-Up as
- 1958 · The Last Hurrah as Amos Force
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Sheriff Vince Morgan
- 1958 · Lawman as Geoffrey Hendon
- 1958 · The Rifleman as
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Amos McKenna
- 1958 · The Proud Rebel as Traveling Salesman
- 1957 · Suspicion as Raphael
- 1957 · DuPont Show of the Month as John Canty
- 1957 · Maverick as
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Park Cleatus
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Mathew McDavitt
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1956 · The Ten Commandments as Aaron
- 1956 · Dr. Fu Manchu as
- 1956 · Telephone Time as
- 1956 · Dark Venture as Gideon
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1955 · Cheyenne as
- 1955 · Navy Log as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Ephraim Hunt
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Kader
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Don Ignacio Vasquez
- 1955 · The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as The Duke
- 1955 · The Kentuckian as Ziby Fletcher
- 1955 · Stranger on Horseback as Col. Buck Streeter
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Karl Miller AKA Count Karl Millevich
- 1954 · Climax! as John Evan
- 1954 · Climax! as The Duke
- 1954 · Climax! as Colonel Archer
- 1951 · The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as
- 1949 · Lights Out as
- 1949 · Suspense as
- 1948 · Studio One as Mr. Wadleigh
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Malvolio
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1945 · House of Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1945 · Fallen Angel as Professor Madley
- 1944 · House of Frankenstein as Dracula (aka Baron Latos)
- 1944 · Return of the Ape Man as Prof. John Gilmore
- 1944 · Jungle Woman as Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited)
- 1943 · Gangway for Tomorrow as Mr. Wellington
- 1943 · Hitler's Madman as Reinhardt Heydrich
- 1942 · Reunion in France as Ulrich Windler, Head of Paris Gestapo
- 1942 · Northwest Rangers as Martin Caswell
- 1941 · Swamp Water as Jesse Wick
- 1941 · Western Union as Doc Murdoch
- 1940 · The Grapes of Wrath as Casy
- 1939 · Land of Liberty as (archive footage)
- 1939 · The Three Musketeers as Naveau
- 1939 · Jesse James as Bob Ford
- 1938 · Kentucky Moonshine as Reef Hatfield
- 1937 · The Last Gangster as Casper
- 1937 · Danger – Love at Work as Herbert Pemberton
- 1937 · Captains Courageous as Long Jack
- 1936 · Daniel Boone as Simon Girty
- 1936 · Dimples as Richards
- 1935 · Bad Boy as Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant
- 1935 · Les Misérables as Enjolras
- 1935 · Clive of India as Drunken-Faced Clerk
- Future · Frankenstein's Brain as
- 2021 · Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror as Self
- 2013 · The Trail of Dracula as Self (Archival Footage)
- 2013 · Blood of 1000 Virgins as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features as
- 2003 · Boogeyman II: Redux as Dr. Warren
- 1999 · Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 · The Wolfman's Cure as Count Dracula
- 1995 · Bikini Drive-In as
- 1992 · Legends of the West as Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn'
- 1990 · The Alien Within as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage)
- 1987 · Evil Spawn as Dr. Emil Zeitman
- 1986 · Peggy Sue Got Married as Leo
- 1986 · Star Slammer as The Justice
- 1986 · Hollywood Ghost Stories as Narrator / Host
- 1986 · Lugosi: The Forgotten King as Himself
- 1986 · Monster in the Closet as Old Joe Shempter
- 1986 · The Tomb as Andoheb
- 1986 · Revenge as Sen. Martin Bradford
- 1986 · Haunted Hollywood as Host
- 1985 · Evils of the Night as Dr. Kozmar
- 1985 · Reel Horror as Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage)
- 1983 · Imps* as Gentleman
- 1983 · Boogeyman II as Dr. Warren (archive footage)
- 1983 · House of the Long Shadows as Elijah Grisbane
- 1983 · Antony and Cleopatra as Soothsayer
- 1982 · The Vals as Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)
- 1982 · Satan's Mistress as Father Stratten
- 1982 · The Best of Sex and Violence as Self - Host
- 1981 · The Reluctant Dragon as Narrator
- 1981 · Goliath Awaits as Ronald Bentley
- 1981 · The Howling as Erle Kenton
- 1980 · The Boogey Man as Dr. Warren
- 1980 · Monstroid as Priest
- 1980 · A Tribute to Dr. Shock as Self (archive footage)
- 1979 · The Seekers as Avery Mills
- 1979 · Americathon as Uncle Sam
- 1979 · The Seekers as Avery Mills
- 1979 · Nocturna as Count Dracula
- 1979 · Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident as Professor Nikolaeff
- 1978 · Vampire Hookers as Richmond Reed
- 1978 · Sunset Cove as Judge Harley Winslow
- 1978 · Salem and the Scarlet Letter as Narrator
- 1977 · Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. as Grampa Sullivan
- 1977 · Golden Rendezvous as Fairweather
- 1977 · The Mouse and His Child as The Tramp (voice)
- 1977 · Shock Waves as Captain
- 1977 · The Sentinel as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran
- 1977 · The Lady and the Lynchings as
- 1976 · Crash! as Dr. Welsey Edwards
- 1976 · The Last Tycoon as Tour Guide
- 1976 · The Killer Inside Me as Dr. Smith
- 1976 · Captains and the Kings as Father Hale
- 1976 · Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Drunk
- 1976 · The Shootist as Beckum
- 1975 · Journey Into the Beyond as Narrator (English Version)
- 1975 · Westwind as
- 1975 · Stowaway to the Moon as Jacob Avril
- 1974 · The Lady's Not for Burning as Old Skips
- 1974 · Moonchild as Mr. Walker
- 1974 · The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute as Self
- 1974 · The Cowboys as Oscar Schmidt
- 1973 · The Cat Creature as The Hotel Clerk
- 1973 · Shadow House as Uncle
- 1973 · Superchick as Igor Smith
- 1973 · 1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel as The Sage
- 1973 · Terror in the Wax Museum as Claude Dupree
- 1973 · The Night Strangler as Llewellyn Crossbinder
- 1972 · Night of the Dark Full Moon as Charlie Towman
- 1972 · Kung Fu as Rev. Serenity Johnson
- 1972 · The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Narrator (voice)
- 1972 · Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask as Dr. Bernardo
- 1972 · Richard as Plastic Surgeon
- 1972 · Portnoy's Complaint as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
- 1972 · Boxcar Bertha as H. Buckram Sartoris
- 1972 · Demented Death Farm Massacre as The Judge Of Hell
- 1971 · Decisions! Decisions! as Railroad Ticket Clerk
- 1971 · The Gatling Gun as Rev. Harper
- 1971 · Blood Legacy as Christopher Dean
- 1971 · Threshold as Old-fashioned Undertaker
- 1970 · Crowhaven Farm as Nate Cheever
- 1970 · Bigfoot as Jasper B. Hawks
- 1970 · Shinbone Alley as Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
- 1970 · Myra Breckinridge as Surgeon
- 1970 · The McMasters as Preacher
- 1970 · Blood of the Iron Maiden as Dr. Goolie
- 1970 · Cain's Cutthroats as Preacher Simms
- 1970 · Horror of the Blood Monsters as Dr. Rynning
- 1969 · Madame Death as Dr. Favel
- 1969 · Daughter of the Mind as Mr. Bosch
- 1969 · Secret of Death as Mad Doctor / Nazi Leader
- 1969 · Five Bloody Graves as Boone Hawkins
- 1969 · The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Ticker
- 1969 · Blood of Dracula's Castle as George
- 1969 · The Trouble with Girls as Mr. Drewcolt
- 1969 · The Vampire Girls as Count Branos Alucard
- 1969 · The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals as Professor Cummings
- 1968 · Autopsy of a Ghost as Satán
- 1968 · The Helicopter Spies as Third-Way Priest
- 1968 · The Astro-Zombies as Dr. DeMarco
- 1968 · The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1968 · They Ran for Their Lives as Laslo
- 1967 · Blood of Ghastly Horror as Dr. Howard Vanard
- 1967 · The Fiend with the Electronic Brain as Dr. Howard Vanard
- 1967 · The Hostage as Otis Lovelace
- 1967 · Hillbillys in a Haunted House as Dr. Himmel
- 1967 · Gallery of Horror as Narrator / Tristram Halbin
- 1966 · Red Zone Cuba as Mr. Wilson
- 1966 · Munster, Go Home! as Cruikshank
- 1966 · Billy the Kid Versus Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1966 · The Emperor's New Clothes as King Luvimself
- 1965 · Something for Mrs. Gibbs as
- 1965 · The Wizard of Mars as The Wizard of Mars
- 1965 · House of the Black Death as Andre Desard
- 1964 · The Patsy as Bruce Alden
- 1964 · Genesis as Narrator
- 1962 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Maj. Cassius Starbuckle
- 1960 · Harrigan and Son as
- 1960 · Sex Kittens Go to College as Prof. Watts
- 1959 · The Incredible Petrified World as Prof. Millard Wyman
- 1959 · The Oregon Trail as Zachariah Garrison
- 1959 · Terror in the Midnight Sun as Narrator (US Re-Edit)
- 1959 · Invisible Invaders as Dr. Karol Noymann
- 1959 · The Cosmic Man as Cosmic Man
- 1958 · Showdown at Boot Hill as Doc Weber
- 1957 · Hell Ship Mutiny as Malone
- 1957 · The Story of Mankind as Khufu
- 1957 · The Unearthly as Dr. Charles Conway
- 1957 · Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman as Dr. John Rayburn
- 1957 · The True Story of Jesse James as Rev. Jethro Bailey
- 1957 · Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses as Felix the Great
- 1956 · Dracula as Dracula
- 1956 · Around the World in 80 Days as Proctor Stamp
- 1956 · Female Jungle as Claude Almstead
- 1956 · The Black Sleep as Bohemund
- 1956 · Hidden Guns as Snipe Harding
- 1955 · The Court Jester as Giacomo
- 1955 · Desert Sands as Jala
- 1954 · Thunder Pass as Bergstrom
- 1954 · The Egyptian as Grave Robber
- 1954 · Johnny Guitar as Old Tom
- 1954 · Casanova's Big Night as Foressi
- 1953 · The Hound Of Heaven as Hyder Simpson
- 1952 · Gang Busters as
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1949 · C-Man as Doc Spencer
- 1947 · The Private Affairs of Bel Ami as Charles Forestier
- 1947 · Fish Story as John Carradine
- 1946 · Down Missouri Way as Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning
- 1946 · The Face of Marble as Dr. Charles Randolph
- 1945 · Captain Kidd as Orange Povey
- 1945 · It's in the Bag! as Jefferson T. Pike
- 1944 · Alaska as John Reagan
- 1944 · Bluebeard as Gaston Morrell
- 1944 · Barbary Coast Gent as Duke Cleat
- 1944 · The Adventures of Mark Twain as Bret Harte
- 1944 · The Mummy's Ghost as Yousef Bey
- 1944 · Waterfront as Victor Marlow
- 1944 · The Invisible Man's Revenge as Dr. Peter Drury
- 1944 · The Black Parachute as General von Bodenbach
- 1944 · Voodoo Man as Toby
- 1943 · Revenge of the Zombies as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann
- 1943 · Isle of Forgotten Sins as Mike Clancy
- 1943 · Silver Spurs as Lucky Miller
- 1943 · Captive Wild Woman as Dr. Sigmund Walters
- 1943 · I Escaped from the Gestapo as Martin
- 1942 · Whispering Ghosts as Norbert
- 1942 · Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Caleb Green
- 1941 · Man Hunt as Mr. Jones
- 1941 · Blood and Sand as Nacional
- 1940 · Chad Hanna as B. D. Bisbee
- 1940 · Brigham Young as Porter Rockwell
- 1940 · The Return of Frank James as Bob Ford
- 1939 · Drums Along the Mohawk as Caldwell
- 1939 · Frontier Marshal as Ben Carter
- 1939 · Five Came Back as Mr. Crimp
- 1939 · Captain Fury as Coughy
- 1939 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Barryman
- 1939 · Stagecoach as Hatfield
- 1939 · Mr. Moto's Last Warning as Danforth / Richard Burke
- 1938 · Submarine Patrol as McAllison
- 1938 · Gateway as Leader of Refugees
- 1938 · I'll Give a Million as Kopelpeck
- 1938 · Kidnapped as Gordon
- 1938 · Alexander's Ragtime Band as Speakeasy Doorman
- 1938 · Four Men and a Prayer as General Sebastian
- 1938 · Of Human Hearts as President Lincoln
- 1938 · International Settlement as Murdock
- 1937 · Thank You, Mr. Moto as Pereira
- 1937 · The Hurricane as Guard Captain
- 1937 · Ali Baba Goes to Town as Ishak
- 1937 · Love Under Fire as Capt. Delmar
- 1937 · This Is My Affair as Ed
- 1937 · Nancy Steele Is Missing! as Harry Wilkins
- 1936 · Laughing at Trouble as Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady
- 1936 · Winterset as Bartolomio Romagna
- 1936 · The Garden of Allah as Sand Diviner
- 1936 · Ramona as Jim Farrar
- 1936 · Mary of Scotland as Rizzio
- 1936 · White Fang as Beauty Smith
- 1936 · Half Angel as Sanatorium Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
- 1936 · Under Two Flags as Cafard
- 1936 · The Prisoner of Shark Island as Sergeant Rankin
- 1935 · The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo as Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)
- 1935 · Alias Mary Dow as Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited)
- 1935 · Bride of Frankenstein as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
- 1935 · Cardinal Richelieu as Agitator
- 1934 · Cleopatra as Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
- 1934 · The Black Cat as Cult Organist
- 1934 · The Meanest Gal in Town as Stranded Actor (uncredited)
- 1933 · The Invisible Man as Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)
- 1933 · To the Last Man as Pete Garon (uncredited)
- 1933 · This Day and Age as Assistant Principal
- 1933 · The Story of Temple Drake as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1932 · The Sign of the Cross as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
- 1931 · Heaven on Earth as Chicken Sam
- 1930 · Tol'able David as Buzzard Hatburn
- 1930 · Bright Lights as Newspaper reporter / photographer