David Carradine

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-12-08 (73 years old)

Deathday

2009-06-03

Place of Birth

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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 s...

Acting

2004

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

as Bill 'Snake Charmer'

1990

Bird on a Wire

as Eugene Sorensen

1969

Heaven with a Gun

as Coke Beck

1973

The Long Goodbye

as Dave aka Socrates (uncredited)

2008

Last Hour

as Detective Mike Stone

1987

The Misfit Brigade

as Col. Von Weisshagen

2004

Dead & Breakfast

as Mr. Wise

1976

Cannonball

as Coy "Cannonball" Buckman

2009

Break

as The Bishop

1972

Boxcar Bertha

as Big Bill Shelly

2009

Road of No Return

as Mr. Hover

1982

The Best of Sex and Violence

as Self - Cameo Appearance

2009

Autumn

as Philip

2005

Brothers in Arms

as Driscoll

1992

Evil Toons

as Gideon Fisk

2001

Out of the Wilderness

as Clint Dugan

2008

Camille

as Cowboy Bob

1978

Circle of Iron

as The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha

1978

Gray Lady Down

as Captain Gates

2008

2002

Balto: Wolf Quest

as Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice)

2007

Epic Movie

as Museum Curator

1998

1975

Death Race 2000

as Frankenstein

2008

Hell Ride

as The Deuce

2009

All Hell Broke Loose

as Marshal Ian McHenry

1982

Q

as Shepard

2007

Big Stan

as The Master

1992

Roadside Prophets

as Othello Jones

1978

Deathsport

as Kaz Oshay

1992

2006

The Last Sect

as Van Helsing

1976

Bound for Glory

as Woody Guthrie

2007

2020

Be Water

as Self (archive footage)

1989

Warlords

as Dow

2007

Homo Erectus

as Mookoo / Uncle Unky

1980

The Long Riders

as Cole Younger

1983

Lone Wolf McQuade

as Rawley Wilkes

2009

2010

True Legend

as Anthony

2009

Dark Fields

as Clive Jonis

2008

The Golden Boys

as Capt. Zebulon Hedge

1989

Think Big

as Sweeney

2010

2002

The Outsider

as Doctor Lucas Henry

1992

Night Rhythms

as Vincent

2011

Stretch

as Monteiro

2000

Nightfall

as Gnomen

1977

The Serpent's Egg

as Abel Rosenberg

1969

Young Billy Young

as Jesse Boone

1990

Martial Law

as Dalton Rhodes

1986

Kung Fu: The Movie

as Kwai Chang Caine

2009

Bad Cop

as Det. Humes

1986

Armed Response

as Jim Roth

1992

Animal Instincts

as William Lamberti

1989

Future Force

as John Tucker

1999

The Shepherd

as Ventriloquist

2009

My Suicide

as Vargas

2006

Final Move

as Captain Baker

1988

Crime Zone

as Jason

1991

Capital Punishment

as Michale Maltin

1991

1989

Sonny Boy

as Pearl

1993

Kill Zone

as Col. Horace Wiggins

1997

1977

Thunder and Lightning

as Harley Thomas

1982

Safari 3000

as Eddie Miles

2011

Corman's World

as Self - Actor

2012

Eldorado

as The Spirit Guide

1982

Trick or Treats

as Richard Adams

1990

Future Zone

as John Tucker

1967

The Violent Ones

as Lucas Barnes

2007

Richard III

as Buckingham

1970

The McMasters

as White Feather

1986

P.O.W. The Escape

as Col. James Cooper

1989

Night Children

as Max Crawford

1988

Open Fire

as Joe Rourke

1988

1985

The Bad Seed

as Leroy Jessup

1989

Crime of Crimes

as Frank McEntire

2012

2010

Detention

as Principal Hoskins

1991

Deadly Surveillance

as Lieutenant

1999

The Monster Hunter

as Louis Dehoven

1997

1988

Animal Protector

as Col. Whitlock

1988

2000

Full Blast

as Maceo

2008

1989

1987

Six Against the Rock

as Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy

1984

On the Line

as Bryant

1998

Light Speed

as Miles

1997

1991

Dune Warriors

as Michael

1991

Field of Fire

as Gen. Corman

2001

Guaranteed on Delivery

as Norman Williams

1981

Americana

as The American Soldier

2000

1986

Oceans of Fire

as J.C. Busch

1989

The Mad Bunch

as Professor Foxwood

1984

Jealousy

as Bobby Dee

1980

Cloud Dancer

as Brad Randolph

2007

1967

The Hunted

as Gene Gauge

1999

The Puzzle in the Air

as The General

1991

Project Eliminator

as Ron Morrell

1994

2009

Absolute Evil

as Raf McCane

2004

Hair High

as Mr. Snerz (voice)

2004

Last Goodbye

as Fred McGillicuddie

2007

Fall Down Dead

as Wade Douglas

1987

Heartbeat

as Man Playing Dice

1973

Mean Streets

as Drunk

2003

American Reel

as James Lee Springer

2008

1966

1992

Kung Fu - A Legend Reborn

as Kwai Chang Caine

2001

By Dawn's Early Light

as Nick Decker

1991

Midnight Fear

as Hanley

1991

Brotherhood of the Gun

as Artemis McBride

2000

2013

Jodorowsky's Dune

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Macho Callahan

as David Mountford

1988

Run for Your Life

as Maggiore Charles Forsythe

2002

1980

Gauguin the Savage

as Paul Gauguin

2008

Kandisha

as The American

1992

1988

Fatal Secret

as Michael LeWinter

1989

1965

Taggart

as Cal Dodge

1992

Distant Justice

as Joe Foley

1979

Mr. Horn

as Tom Horn

2011

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

as Bill (Snake Charmer)

2004

1999

Kiss of a Stranger

as Sean O'Leary

2001

Warden of Red Rock

as Mike Sullivan

1984

2007

Fuego

as Lobo

1975

You and Me

as Zeto

1990

That's Action

as John Tucker (archive footage) (uncredited)

2004

1994

Dead Center

as Chavez

1999

1975

Long Way Home

as Craw Dantley

2001

The Donor

as Mike

2001

Down 'n Dirty

as Gil Garner

2019

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

as Self (archive footage)

1999

Code Name: Jaguar

as Max Kaufman

1998

Lovers and Liars

as Mr. Montague

2008

Death Race

as Frankenstein (voice)

1967

1997

The Rage

as Lucas McDermott

1994

The Eagle and the Horse

as John Freemont

2007

2003

Lost Bullet

as Michael Morrison

1998

The Effects of Magic

as The Cabinet Maker

1991

1979

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

as Le professeur d'arts martiaux à LAPD

Production

1988

Crime Zone

as Executive Producer

1989

Crime of Crimes

as Producer

2009

Road of No Return

as Associate Producer

2007

Fall Down Dead

as Associate Producer

1991

Project Eliminator

as Associate Producer

1981

Americana

as Director

1981

Americana

as Producer

1981

Americana

as Editor

1989

Future Force

as Associate Producer

1975

You and Me

as Editor

1975

You and Me

as Director

1975

You and Me

as Original Music Composer

2007

Richard III

as Executive Producer

1986

Kung Fu: The Movie

as Co-Producer

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