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
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Bonanza
1959
Ironside
1967
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Maverick
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Matinee Theater
1955
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Rifleman
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Love, American Style
1969
Filmography
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
Bonanza
as Jedediah Milbank · 1959
Ironside
· 1967
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
Maverick
· 1957
Wagon Train
as Park Cleatus · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
· 1957
Matinee Theater
· 1955
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Gavin Revere · 1962
The Rifleman
· 1958
The Rifleman
as James Barrow McBride · 1958
Love, American Style
as Old George Pomerantz · 1969
Climax!
as John Evan · 1954
Climax!
as The Duke · 1954
Climax!
as Colonel Archer · 1954
The Beverly Hillbillies
· 1962
Studio One
as Mr. Wadleigh · 1948
Emergency!
· 1972
The Twilight Zone
as Brother Jerome · 1959
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Still Life") · 1985
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Don Ignacio Vasquez · 1955
Starsky & Hutch
as The Professor · 1975
Daniel Boone
as Zack Pike · 1964
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Malvolio · 1948
The Lucy Show
as Guzman · 1962
Cheyenne
· 1955
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Amos McKenna · 1958
The Big Valley
as Elias Brown · 1965
Film '72
as Self · 1971
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 1948
Lost in Space
as Arcon · 1965
Fame
as Danny Amatullo · 1982
Lawman
as Geoffrey Hendon · 1958
McCloud
· 1970
The Munsters
· 1964
The Rookies
· 1972
Night Gallery
· 1970
Bat Masterson
as Sheriff Vince Morgan · 1958
77 Sunset Strip
· 1958
Gunsmoke
as Ephraim Hunt · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Kader · 1955
Vega$
· 1978
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Old Man - Third-Way Priest · 1964
Wonder Woman
as Harlow Gault · 1975
Thriller
as Jed Carta · 1960
Thriller
as Jason Longfellow · 1960
Sugarfoot
as Mathew McDavitt · 1957
The Millionaire
as Karl Miller AKA Count Karl Millevich · 1955
Branded
· 1965
Branded
as General Joshua McCord · 1965
Suspense
· 1949
The Rebel
as Elmer Dodson · 1959
Telephone Time
· 1956
Navy Log
· 1955
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
· 1951
Laredo
as Prof. Paracelsus Smythe · 1965
Land of the Giants
as Egor Crull · 1968
Lights Out
· 1949
MGM Parade
as Self · 1955
MGM Parade
as self · 1955
Lock-Up
· 1959
The Green Hornet
as James Rancourt / The Scarf · 1966
The Ten Commandments
as Aaron · 1956
The Littlest Hobo
as Chief Justice Hamilton · 1979
Bourbon Street Beat
· 1959
Suspicion
as Raphael · 1957
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Prof. Boris Budge · 1966
The Secret of NIMH
as Great Owl (voice) · 1982
The Legend of Jesse James
as Noah · 1965
Johnny Ringo
as The Rain Man · 1959
Harrigan and Son
· 1960
Flying High
· 1978
Hondo
· 1967
DuPont Show of the Month
as John Canty · 1957
Captains and the Kings
as Father Hale · 1976
The Howling
as Erle Kenton · 1981
The Shootist
as Beckum · 1976
Fallen Angel
as Professor Madley · 1945
Around the World in 80 Days
as Proctor Stamp · 1956
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Cassius Starbuckle · 1962
The Invisible Man
as Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited) · 1933
Bride of Frankenstein
as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited) · 1935
Stagecoach
as Hatfield · 1939
Gang Busters
· 1952
The Grapes of Wrath
as Casy · 1940
Evils of the Night
as Dr. Kozmar · 1985
Goliath Awaits
as Ronald Bentley · 1981
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Leo · 1986
The Sentinel
as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran · 1977
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
as Dr. Bernardo · 1972
The Egyptian
as Grave Robber · 1954
Dr. Fu Manchu
· 1956
The Seekers
as Avery Mills · 1979
House of Frankenstein
as Dracula (aka Baron Latos) · 1944
The Last Tycoon
as Tour Guide · 1976
The Ice Pirates
as Supreme Commander · 1984
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
· 1951
Buried Alive
as Jacob Julian · 1989
The White Buffalo
as Amos Briggs · 1977
The Court Jester
as Giacomo · 1955
Boxcar Bertha
as H. Buckram Sartoris · 1972
Cheyenne Autumn
as Jeff Blair · 1964
Johnny Guitar
as Old Tom · 1954
Jesse James
as Bob Ford · 1939
The Cowboys
as Oscar Schmidt · 1974
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Barryman · 1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Caldwell · 1939
Old Friends... New Friends
as Self · 1978
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Ticker · 1969
The Sign of the Cross
as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited) · 1932
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Sergeant Rankin · 1936
Shock Waves
as Captain · 1977
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Dr. Peter Drury · 1944
House of the Long Shadows
as Elijah Grisbane · 1983
The Black Cat
as Cult Organist · 1934
House of Dracula
as Count Dracula · 1945
Blood and Sand
as Nacional · 1941
Vampire Hookers
as Richmond Reed · 1978
Captains Courageous
as Long Jack · 1937
The Trouble with Girls
as Mr. Drewcolt · 1969
The True Story of Jesse James
as Rev. Jethro Bailey · 1957
Alaska
as John Reagan · 1944
Western Union
as Doc Murdoch · 1941
The Monster Club
as R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer · 1981
The Patsy
as Bruce Alden · 1964
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2014
The Return of Frank James
as Bob Ford · 1940
Monster in the Closet
as Old Joe Shempter · 1986
Captain Kidd
as Orange Povey · 1945
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Slave Catcher · 1960
Myra Breckinridge
as Surgeon · 1970
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage) · 1968
Cleopatra
as Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice) · 1934
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Drunk · 1976
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Speakeasy Doorman · 1938
Four Men and a Prayer
as General Sebastian · 1938
The Story of Mankind
as Khufu · 1957
Mary of Scotland
as Rizzio · 1936
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as Dr. John Rayburn · 1957
The Boogey Man
as Dr. Warren · 1980
The Proud Rebel
as Traveling Salesman · 1958
The Kentuckian
as Ziby Fletcher · 1955
Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Charlie Towman · 1972
Brigham Young
as Porter Rockwell · 1940
James Dean: Forever Young
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
Death at Love House
as Conan Carroll · 1976
Jack-O
as Walter Machen · 1995
Nocturna
as Count Dracula · 1979
Les Misérables
as Enjolras · 1935
The Last Hurrah
as Amos Force · 1958
Munster, Go Home!
as Cruikshank · 1966
The Story of Temple Drake
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) · 1933
Pact with the Devil
as Dr. Halback · 1969
Blood of Dracula's Castle
as George · 1969
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as Charles Forestier · 1947
Of Human Hearts
as President Lincoln · 1938
Bikini Drive-In
· 1995
Americathon
as Uncle Sam · 1979
Westwind
· 1975
Thank You, Mr. Moto
as Pereira · 1937
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Caleb Green · 1942
The House of Seven Corpses
as Edgar Price · 1974
Tarzan the Magnificent
as Abel Banton · 1960
Stranger on Horseback
as Col. Buck Streeter · 1955
The McMasters
as Preacher · 1970
The Mouse and His Child
as The Tramp (voice) · 1977
The Oregon Trail
as Zachariah Garrison · 1959
The Garden of Allah
as Sand Diviner · 1936
The Mummy's Ghost
as Yousef Bey · 1944
Jack-O 2: Blood Moon Rising
as Walter Machen (archive footage) · 2026
Cain's Cutthroats
as Preacher Simms · 1970
The Night Strangler
as Llewellyn Crossbinder · 1973
Man Hunt
as Mr. Jones · 1941
Blood of 1000 Virgins
as Self (archive footage) · 2013
The Killer Inside Me
as Dr. Smith · 1976
The Best of Sex and Violence
as Self - Host · 1982
Horror of the Blood Monsters
as Dr. Rynning · 1970
Reunion in France
as Ulrich Windler, Head of Paris Gestapo · 1942
Isle of Forgotten Sins
as Mike Clancy · 1943
The Bees
as Dr. Sigmund Hummel · 1978
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self · 1974
Casanova's Big Night
as Foressi · 1954
This Is My Affair
as Ed · 1937
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
as The Man · 1975
Legends of the West
as Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn' (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1992
The Seven Minutes
as Sean O'Flanagan · 1971
Tail Gunner Joe
as Wisconsin Farmer · 1977
Terror in the Wax Museum
as Claude Dupree · 1973
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
as Professor Nikolaeff · 1979
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage) · 1992
Haunted Hollywood
as Host · 1986
Broken Sabre
as General Josh McCord · 1965
This Day and Age
as Assistant Principal · 1933
Monstroid
as Priest · 1980
Shadow House
as Uncle · 1973
Kung Fu
as Rev. Serenity Johnson · 1972
It's in the Bag!
as Jefferson T. Pike · 1945
Captive Wild Woman
as Dr. Sigmund Walters · 1943
The Helicopter Spies
as Third-Way Priest · 1968
Dracula
as Dracula · 1956
Hitler's Madman
as Reinhardt Heydrich · 1943
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Ishak · 1937
Crash!
as Dr. Welsey Edwards · 1976
Frontier Marshal
as Ben Carter · 1939
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage) · 1999
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as The Duke · 1955
The Cat Creature
as The Hotel Clerk · 1973
The Hurricane
as Guard Captain · 1937
Daughter of the Mind
as Mr. Bosch · 1969
The Great Man: W.C. Fields
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
The Trail of Dracula
as Self (Archival Footage) · 2013
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
as Count Dracula · 1966
The Black Sleep
as Bohemund · 1956
The Hound Of Heaven
as Hyder Simpson · 1953
A Rose for Emily
as Col. Sartoris · 1983
Revenge of the Zombies
as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann · 1943
Reel Horror
as Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage) · 1985
The Gatling Gun
as Rev. Harper · 1971
Terror in the Midnight Sun
as Narrator (US Re-Edit) · 1959
They Ran for Their Lives
as Laslo · 1968
I Escaped from the Gestapo
as Martin · 1943
To the Last Man
as Pete Garon (uncredited) · 1933
Voodoo Man
as Toby · 1944
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Danforth / Richard Burke · 1939
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
as Narrator / Tristram Halbin · 1967
Sex Kittens Go to College
as Prof. Watts · 1960
Star Slammer
as The Justice · 1986
Golden Rendezvous
as Fairweather · 1977
Blood of Ghastly Horror
as Dr. Howard Vanard · 1967
I'll Give a Million
as Kopelpeck · 1938
Showdown at Boot Hill
as Doc Weber · 1958
Richard
as Plastic Surgeon · 1972
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
as Himself · 1986
Swamp Water
as Jesse Wick · 1941
Autopsy of a Ghost
as Satán · 1968
The Incredible Petrified World
as Prof. Millard Wyman · 1959
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage) · 1984
Imps*
as Gentleman · 1983
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
as Dr. Himmel · 1967
The Astro-Zombies
as Dr. DeMarco · 1968
The Last Gangster
as Casper · 1937
Kidnapped
as Gordon · 1938
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
as Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited) · 1935
The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Bret Harte · 1944
The Horror Show
as (archive footage) · 1979
Danger – Love at Work
as Herbert Pemberton · 1937
House of the Black Death
as Andre Desard · 1965
The Tomb
as Andoheb · 1986
Chad Hanna
as B. D. Bisbee · 1940
Frankenstein Island
as Dr. Frankenstein · 1981
The Lady's Not for Burning
as Old Skips · 1974
The Face of Marble
as Dr. Charles Randolph · 1946
Satan's Mistress
as Father Stratten · 1982
Jungle Woman
as Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited) · 1944
International Settlement
as Murdock · 1938
Dark Venture
as Gideon · 1956
The Nesting
as Col. LeBrun · 1981
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage) · 1939
Cardinal Richelieu
as Agitator · 1935
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
as Nazi leader · 2024
Doctor Dracula
as Radcliff · 1978
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
as Felix the Great · 1957
Return of the Ape Man
as Prof. John Gilmore · 1944
Satan's Cheerleaders
as The Bum · 1977
The Unearthly
as Dr. Charles Conway · 1957
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula (archive footage) · 1991
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel
as The Sage · 1973
Barbary Coast Gent
as Duke Cleat · 1944
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Harry Wilkins · 1937
The Three Musketeers
as Naveau · 1939
The Emperor's New Clothes
as King Luvimself · 1966
The Meanest Gal in Town
as Stranded Actor (uncredited) · 1934
Blood Legacy
as Christopher Dean · 1971
Stowaway to the Moon
as Jacob Avril · 1975
Hell Ship Mutiny
as Malone · 1957
Moonchild
as Mr. Walker · 1974
The Wizard of Mars
as The Wizard of Mars · 1965
Submarine Patrol
as McAllison · 1938
Five Bloody Graves
as Boone Hawkins · 1969
Shinbone Alley
as Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice) · 1970
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
· 2012
Crowhaven Farm
as Nate Cheever · 1970
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
as Grampa Sullivan · 1977
Blood of the Iron Maiden
as Dr. Goolie · 1970
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Narrator (voice) · 1972
Half Angel
as Sanatorium Inmate (voice) (uncredited) · 1936
Hell's Bloody Devils
as Pet Shop Owner · 1970
Five Came Back
as Mr. Crimp · 1939
Gateway
as Leader of Refugees · 1938
Evil Spawn
as Dr. Emil Zeitman · 1987
Curse of the Stone Hand
as The Old Drunk · 1965
The Horror of It All
as Self · 1983
Secret of Death
as Polito the Clown · 1969
Bluebeard
as Gaston Morrell · 1944
Demented Death Farm Massacre
as The Judge Of Hell · 1972
Under Two Flags
as Cafard · 1936
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
as Dr. Howard Vanard · 1967
Clive of India
as Drunken-Faced Clerk · 1935
Journey Into the Beyond
as Narrator (English Version) · 1975
Antony and Cleopatra
as Soothsayer · 1983
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
as Self · 2016
Boogeyman II
as Dr. Warren (archive footage) · 1983
Decisions! Decisions!
as Railroad Ticket Clerk · 1971
Invisible Invaders
as Dr. Karol Noymann · 1959
The Vals
as Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage) · 1982
Superchick
as Igor Smith · 1973
Thunder Pass
as Bergstrom · 1954
Heaven on Earth
as Chicken Sam · 1931
Whispering Ghosts
as Norbert · 1942
Bad Charleston Charlie
as Alcoholic Reporter · 1973
The Cosmic Man
as Cosmic Man · 1959
Bad Boy
as Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant · 1935
Kentucky Moonshine
as Reef Hatfield · 1938
Hidden Guns
as Snipe Harding · 1956
Northwest Rangers
as Martin Caswell · 1942
Portnoy's Complaint
as Judge (voice) (uncredited) · 1972
Dimples
as Richards · 1936
A Tribute to Dr. Shock
as Self (archive footage) · 1980
Winterset
as Bartolomio Romagna · 1936
Red Zone Cuba
as Mr. Wilson · 1966
Desert Sands
as Jala · 1955
Frankenstein's Brain
· 1985
Something for Mrs. Gibbs
· 1965
Salem and the Scarlet Letter
as Narrator · 1978
Daniel Boone
as Simon Girty · 1936
C-Man
as Doc Spencer · 1949
Bigfoot
as Jasper B. Hawks · 1970
Female Jungle
as Claude Almstead · 1956
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
as Professor Cummings · 1969
The Mummy's Ghost
as The Egyptian Priest · 1968
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula (archive footage) · 1991
The Black Parachute
as General von Bodenbach · 1944
Silver Spurs
as Lucky Miller · 1943
Sunset Cove
as Judge Harley Winslow · 1978
Gangway for Tomorrow
as Mr. Wellington · 1943
The Scarecrow
as Hubert Salter · 1982
Hollywood Ghost Stories
as Narrator / Host · 1986
Madame Death
as Dr. Favel · 1969
Alias Mary Dow
as Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited) · 1935
White Fang
as Beauty Smith · 1936
Captain Fury
as Coughy · 1939
Love Under Fire
as Capt. Delmar · 1937
The Hostage
as Otis Lovelace · 1967
Chewing Gum
as Roberto Sánchez · 1968
Boogeyman II: Redux
as Dr. Warren · 2003
The Vampire Girls
as Count Branos Alucard · 1969
Threshold
as Old-fashioned Undertaker · 1971
Revenge
as Sen. Martin Bradford · 1986
Bright Lights
as Newspaper reporter / photographer · 1930
Ramona
as Jim Farrar · 1936
Down Missouri Way
as Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning · 1946
Tol'able David
as Buzzard Hatburn · 1930
Laughing at Trouble
as Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady · 1936
The Reluctant Dragon
as Narrator · 1981
Waterfront
as Victor Marlow · 1944
The Lady and the Lynchings
· 1977
The Alien Within
as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage) · 1990
Genesis
as Narrator · 1964
Fish Story
as John Carradine · 1947