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David Carradine

David Carradine

Acting

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 stage, television, and in cinema, spanned more than four decades. A prolific "B" movie actor, David Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films in a career spanning more than six decades. He received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his work on Kung Fu, and received three additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory (1976), the television miniseries North and South (1985), and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Throughout his life, Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including action, documentaries, drama, horror, martial arts, science fiction, and westerns. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a director and musician. Moreover, influenced by his Kung Fu role, he studied martial arts. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Kill Bill: Vol. 1
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Bill
Poster for Kill Bill: Vol. 2
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2

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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Bill 'Snake Charmer'
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Bird on a Wire

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Bird on a Wire
Eugene Sorensen
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Heaven with a Gun

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Heaven with a Gun
Coke Beck
Poster for The Long Goodbye
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The Long Goodbye

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The Long Goodbye
Dave aka Socrates (uncredited)
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Last Hour

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Last Hour
Detective Mike Stone
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The Misfit Brigade

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The Misfit Brigade
Col. Von Weisshagen
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Dead & Breakfast

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Dead & Breakfast
Mr. Wise
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Cannonball

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Cannonball
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman
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Break

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Break
The Bishop

Production

Poster for Crime Zone
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Crime Zone

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Crime Zone
Executive Producer
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Crime of Crimes

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Crime of Crimes
Producer
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Road of No Return

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Road of No Return
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Poster for Fall Down Dead
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Fall Down Dead

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Fall Down Dead
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Poster for Project Eliminator
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Project Eliminator

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Project Eliminator
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Poster for Americana
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Americana

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Americana
Director
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Americana

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Americana
Producer
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Americana

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Americana
Editor
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Future Force

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Future Force
Associate Producer
Poster for You and Me
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You and Me

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You and Me
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Gallery

David Carradine portrait
David Carradine portrait
David Carradine portrait