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.
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Known For
The Howling
(1981)
Erle Kenton
The Ten Commandments
(1956)
Aaron
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962)
Maj. Cassius Starbuckle
Bride of Frankenstein
(1935)
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
Stagecoach
(1939)
Hatfield
The Shootist
(1976)
Beckum
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Casy
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
(1972)
Dr. Bernardo
The Secret of NIMH
(1982)
Great Owl (voice)
The Black Cat
(1934)
Cult Organist
Munster, Go Home!
(1966)
Cruikshank
The White Buffalo
(1977)
Amos Briggs
Johnny Guitar
(1954)
Old Tom
Peggy Sue Got Married
(1986)
Leo
Western Union
(1941)
Doc Murdoch
The Patsy
(1964)
Bruce Alden
Full Filmography
Acting
Bright Lights
(1930)
Newspaper reporter / photographer
Tol'able David
(1930)
Buzzard Hatburn
Heaven on Earth
(1931)
Chicken Sam
The Sign of the Cross
(1932)
Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
The Invisible Man
(1933)
Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)
To the Last Man
(1933)
Pete Garon (uncredited)
This Day and Age
(1933)
Assistant Principal
Morning Glory
(1933)
Dream Apparition (uncredited)
The Story of Temple Drake
(1933)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Cleopatra
(1934)
Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
The Black Cat
(1934)
Cult Organist
The Meanest Gal in Town
(1934)
Stranded Actor (uncredited)
Bad Boy
(1935)
Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
(1935)
Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)
Cardinal Richelieu
(1935)
Agitator
Alias Mary Dow
(1935)
Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
(1935)
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
Les Misérables
(1935)
Enjolras
Winterset
(1936)
Bartolomio Romagna
Mary of Scotland
(1936)
Rizzio
Laughing at Trouble
(1936)
Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady
Ramona
(1936)
Jim Farrar
Dimples
(1936)
Richards
Daniel Boone
(1936)
Simon Girty
The Prisoner of Shark Island
(1936)
Sergeant Rankin
White Fang
(1936)
Beauty Smith
The Garden of Allah
(1936)
Sand Diviner
Under Two Flags
(1936)
Cafard
The Hurricane
(1937)
Warden
Thank You, Mr. Moto
(1937)
Pereira
Captains Courageous
(1937)
Long Jack
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
(1937)
Harry Wilkins
The Last Gangster
(1937)
Casper
Ali Baba Goes to Town
(1937)
Ishak
Love Under Fire
(1937)
Capt. Delmar
Danger – Love at Work
(1937)
Herbert Pemberton
This Is My Affair
(1937)
Ed
International Settlement
(1938)
Murdock
Gateway
(1938)
Leader of Refugees
I'll Give a Million
(1938)
Kopelpeck
Kidnapped
(1938)
Gordon
Submarine Patrol
(1938)
McAllison
Four Men and a Prayer
(1938)
General Sebastian
Of Human Hearts
(1938)
President Lincoln
Alexander's Ragtime Band
(1938)
Speakeasy Doorman
Kentucky Moonshine
(1938)
Reef Hatfield
Captain Fury
(1939)
Coughy
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1939)
Barryman
Five Came Back
(1939)
Mr. Crimp
The Three Musketeers
(1939)
Naveau
Jesse James
(1939)
Bob Ford
Stagecoach
(1939)
Hatfield
Drums Along the Mohawk
(1939)
Caldwell
Frontier Marshal
(1939)
Ben Carter
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
(1939)
Danforth / Richard Burke
Land of Liberty
(1939)
(archive footage)
Brigham Young
(1940)
Porter Rockwell
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Casy
Chad Hanna
(1940)
B. D. Bisbee
The Return of Frank James
(1940)
Bob Ford
Man Hunt
(1941)
Mr. Jones
Swamp Water
(1941)
Jesse Wick
Blood and Sand
(1941)
Nacional
Western Union
(1941)
Doc Murdoch
Whispering Ghosts
(1942)
Norbert
Northwest Rangers
(1942)
Martin Caswell
Reunion in France
(1942)
Ulrich Windler
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
(1942)
Caleb Green
Captive Wild Woman
(1943)
Dr. Sigmund Walters
Silver Spurs
(1943)
Lucky Miller
I Escaped from the Gestapo
(1943)
Martin
Revenge of the Zombies
(1943)
Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann
Isle of Forgotten Sins
(1943)
Mike Clancy
Gangway for Tomorrow
(1943)
Mr. Wellington
Hitler's Madman
(1943)
Reinhardt Heydrich
The Adventures of Mark Twain
(1944)
Bret Harte
Waterfront
(1944)
Victor Marlow
Bluebeard
(1944)
Gaston Morrell
Return of the Ape Man
(1944)
Prof. John Gilmore
The Mummy's Ghost
(1944)
Yousef Bey
Voodoo Man
(1944)
Toby
The Invisible Man's Revenge
(1944)
Dr. Peter Drury
Barbary Coast Gent
(1944)
Duke Cleat
House of Frankenstein
(1944)
Dracula (aka Baron Latos)
Jungle Woman
(1944)
Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited)
Alaska
(1944)
John Reagan
The Black Parachute
(1944)
General von Bodenbach
Captain Kidd
(1945)
Orange Povey
House of Dracula
(1945)
Count Dracula
Fallen Angel
(1945)
Professor Madley
It's in the Bag!
(1945)
Jefferson T. Pike
The Face of Marble
(1946)
Dr. Charles Randolph
Down Missouri Way
(1946)
Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning
Fish Story
(1947)
John Carradine
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
(1947)
Charles Forestier
C-Man
(1949)
Doc Spencer
The Egyptian
(1954)
Grave Robber
Johnny Guitar
(1954)
Old Tom
Thunder Pass
(1954)
Bergstrom
Casanova's Big Night
(1954)
Foressi
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1955)
The Duke
The Court Jester
(1955)
Giacomo
Stranger on Horseback
(1955)
Col. Buck Streeter
Desert Sands
(1955)
Jala
The Kentuckian
(1955)
Ziby Fletcher
Hidden Guns
(1956)
Snipe Harding
Dark Venture
(1956)
Gideon
Female Jungle
(1956)
Claude Almstead
The Black Sleep
(1956)
Bohemund
The Ten Commandments
(1956)
Aaron
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Proctor Stamp
The True Story of Jesse James
(1957)
Rev. Jethro Bailey
Hell Ship Mutiny
(1957)
Malone
The Story of Mankind
(1957)
Khufu
The Unearthly
(1957)
Dr. Charles Conway
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
(1958)
Dr. John Rayburn
Showdown at Boot Hill
(1958)
Doc Weber
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Amos Force
The Proud Rebel
(1958)
Traveling Salesman
Invisible Invaders
(1959)
Dr. Karol Noymann
The Cosmic Man
(1959)
Cosmic Man
Invasion of the Animal People
(1959)
Narrator
The Incredible Petrified World
(1959)
Prof. Millard Wyman
The Oregon Trail
(1959)
Zachariah Garrison
Tarzan the Magnificent
(1960)
Abel Banton
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1960)
Slave Catcher
Sex Kittens Go to College
(1960)
Prof. Watts
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962)
Maj. Cassius Starbuckle
Cheyenne Autumn
(1964)
Jeff Blair
The Patsy
(1964)
Bruce Alden
Genesis
(1964)
Narrator
The Wizard of Mars
(1965)
The Wizard of Mars
Curse of the Fly
(1965)
Mayor Kirillov
Something for Mrs. Gibbs
(1965)
Broken Sabre
(1965)
General Josh McCord
House of the Black Death
(1965)
Andre Desard
Curse of the Stone Hand
(1965)
The Old Drunk
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
(1966)
Count Dracula
The Emperor's New Clothes
(1966)
King Luvimself
Munster, Go Home!
(1966)
Cruikshank
Doom of Dracula
(1966)
Count Dracula
Red Zone Cuba
(1966)
Mr. Wilson
Gallery of Horror
(1967)
Narrator / Tristram Halbin
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
(1967)
Dr. Himmel
The Hostage
(1967)
Otis Lovelace
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
(1967)
Dr. Howard Vanard
Blood Of Ghastly Horror
(1967)
Dr. Howard Vanard
The Movie Orgy
(1968)
Self (archive footage)
The Mummy's Ghost
(1968)
The Egyptian Priest (archive footage)
Chewing Gum
(1968)
The Astro-Zombies
(1968)
Dr. DeMarco
Autopsy of a Ghost
(1968)
Satán
They Ran for Their Lives
(1968)
Laslo
The Helicopter Spies
(1968)
Third-Way Priest
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
(1969)
Ticker
Five Bloody Graves
(1969)
Boone Hawkins
Daughter of the Mind
(1969)
Mr. Bosch
The Trouble with Girls
(1969)
Mr. Drewcolt
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
(1969)
Professor Cummings
Blood of Dracula's Castle
(1969)
George
The Vampire Girls
(1969)
Count Branos Alucard
Pact with the Devil
(1969)
Dr. Halback
Madame Death
(1969)
Dr. Favel
Secret of Death
(1969)
Mad Doctor / Nazi Leader
The McMasters
(1970)
Preacher
Cain's Cutthroats
(1970)
Preacher Simms
Horror of the Blood Monsters
(1970)
Dr. Rynning
Hell's Bloody Devils
(1970)
Pet Shop Owner
Crowhaven Farm
(1970)
Nate Cheever
Blood of the Iron Maiden
(1970)
Dr. Goolie
Shinbone Alley
(1970)
Tyrone T. Tattersall
Myra Breckinridge
(1970)
Surgeon
Bigfoot
(1970)
Jasper B. Hawks
Demented Death Farm Massacre
(1971)
The Judge Of Hell
Decisions! Decisions!
(1971)
Railroad Ticket Clerk
The Seven Minutes
(1971)
Sean O'Flanagan
Blood Legacy
(1971)
Christopher Dean
The Gatling Gun
(1971)
Rev. Harper
Threshold
(1971)
Old-fashioned Undertaker
Portnoy's Complaint
(1972)
Judge (voice) (uncredited)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
(1972)
Narrator (voice)
Richard
(1972)
Plastic Surgeon
Night of the Dark Full Moon
(1972)
Charlie Towman
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
(1972)
Dr. Bernardo
Boxcar Bertha
(1972)
H. Buckram Sartoris
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel
(1973)
The Sage
Bad Charleston Charlie
(1973)
Alcoholic Reporter
Terror in the Wax Museum
(1973)
Claude Dupree
The Cat Creature
(1973)
The Hotel Clerk
Superchick
(1973)
Igor Smith
The Night Strangler
(1973)
Llewellyn Crossbinder
Shadow House
(1973)
Uncle
The Lady's Not for Burning
(1974)
Old Skips
Moonchild
(1974)
Mr. Walker
The House of Seven Corpses
(1974)
Edgar Price
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
(1974)
Self
Stowaway to the Moon
(1975)
Jacob Avril
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
(1975)
The Man
Journey Into the Beyond
(1975)
Narrator (English Version)
Death at Love House
(1976)
Conan Carroll
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
(1976)
Drunk
Crash!
(1976)
Dr. Welsey Edwards
The Killer Inside Me
(1976)
Dr. Smith
The Last Tycoon
(1976)
Tour Guide
The Shootist
(1976)
Beckum
The Lady and the Lynchings
(1977)
Tail Gunner Joe
(1977)
Wisconsin Farmer
Golden Rendezvous
(1977)
Fairweather
The White Buffalo
(1977)
Amos Briggs
The Sentinel
(1977)
Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran
Satan's Cheerleaders
(1977)
The Bum
Shock Waves
(1977)
Captain
The Mouse and His Child
(1977)
The Tramp (voice)
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
(1977)
Grampa Sullivan
Vampire Hookers
(1978)
Richmond Reed
Doctor Dracula
(1978)
Radcliff
The Bees
(1978)
Dr. Sigmund Hummel
Salem and the Scarlet Letter
(1978)
Narrator
Sunset Cove
(1978)
Judge Harley Winslow
Nocturna
(1979)
Count Dracula
The Horror Show
(1979)
(archive footage)
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
(1979)
Professor Nikolaeff
The Seekers
(1979)
Avery Mills
A Tribute to Dr. Shock
(1980)
Self (archive footage)
The Boogey Man
(1980)
Dr. Warren
Monstroid
(1980)
Priest
The Monster Club
(1981)
R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer
The Nesting
(1981)
Col. LeBrun
Frankenstein Island
(1981)
Dr. Frankenstein
The Howling
(1981)
Erle Kenton
The Reluctant Dragon
(1981)
Narrator
The Vals
(1982)
Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)
The Secret of NIMH
(1982)
Great Owl (voice)
The Best of Sex and Violence
(1982)
Self - Host
The Scarecrow
(1982)
Hubert Salter
Satan's Mistress
(1982)
Father Stratten
Antony and Cleopatra
(1983)
Soothsayer
Boogeyman II
(1983)
Dr. Warren (archive footage)
House of the Long Shadows
(1983)
Elijah Grisbane
The Horror of It All
(1983)
Self
A Rose for Emily
(1983)
Col. Sartoris
Imps*
(1983)
Gentleman
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(1984)
(archive footage)
The Ice Pirates
(1984)
Supreme Commander
Elvira's MTV Halloween Party
(1984)
Reel Horror
(1985)
Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage)
Evils of the Night
(1985)
Dr. Kozmar
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
(1985)
Himself
Hollywood Ghost Stories
(1986)
Narrator / Host
Revenge
(1986)
Senator Bradford
Monster in the Closet
(1986)
Old Joe Shempter
Star Slammer
(1986)
The Justice
The Tomb
(1986)
Andoheb
Peggy Sue Got Married
(1986)
Leo
Horrible Horror
(1986)
Dr. Karol Noymann in 'Invisible Invaders'
Evil Spawn
(1987)
Dr. Emil Zeitman
Buried Alive
(1989)
Jacob Julian
The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Fred Olen Ray & Doris Wishman
(1989)
Self (archive footage)
The Alien Within
(1990)
Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
(1991)
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
(1991)
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Legends of the West
(1992)
Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn'
Jack-O
(1995)
Walter Machen
Bikini Drive-In
(1995)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
Boogeyman II: Redux
(2003)
Dr. Warren
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
(2012)
The Trail of Dracula
(2013)
Self
Blood of 1000 Virgins
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
Doses of Horror
(2018)
Richmond Reed ("A Dose of Bloodsucking Tramps" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
(2024)
Nazi leader