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