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John Carradine
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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.
Notable films
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The Shootist
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Ice Pirates
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Captains Courageous
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Johnny Guitar
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Ten Commandments
As Aaron
Goliath Awaits
As Ronald Bentley
The Secret of NIMH
As Great Owl (voice)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
As Cassius Starbuckle
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Writer's Fight
From Spartacus to the shadows of the blacklist, a chain of films that honours the courage of Hollywood's silenced screenwriters.
8 films
Riding the Circuit
From theme park gunslingers to bounty hunters on Mars, a journey through the sci-fi Western and the cultures that remade it.
8 films
Small Craft Warnings
From the open sea to a leaky skiff, these eight films use small boats as vessels for self-discovery, each one a different kind of voyage.
8 films
The Long Goodbye: Twilight of Heroes and Outlaws
There is a moment in Richard Lester's Robin and Marian (1976) that cuts deeper than any broadsword. Sean Connery, sporting grey in his beard and exhaustion in h...
8 films
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Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
2016 · Self
The Ice Pirates
1984 · Supreme Commander
House of the Long Shadows
1983 · Elijah Grisbane
The Secret of NIMH
1982 · Great Owl (voice)
Goliath Awaits
1981 · Ronald Bentley
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
1979 · Professor Nikolaeff
The Shootist
1976 · Beckum
The House of Seven Corpses
1974 · Edgar Price
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972 · Dr. Bernardo
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Cassius Starbuckle
Terror in the Midnight Sun
1959 · Narrator (US Re-Edit)
The Proud Rebel
1958 · Traveling Salesman
The Ten Commandments
1956 · Aaron
Johnny Guitar
1954 · Old Tom
Captain Kidd
1945 · Orange Povey
Isle of Forgotten Sins
1943 · Mike Clancy
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Casy
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939 · Barryman
Captains Courageous
1937 · Long Jack
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
The Black Cat
1934 · Cult Organist
The Invisible Man
1933 · Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)