David Carradine
American actor (1936-2009) · United States · Actors · Died at 72
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Something wrong?He wandered the Old West as a Shaolin monk in Kung Fu, then waited decades for Quentin Tarantino to cast him as Bill - the role that reminded everyone why they'd been watching in the first place.
A life in dates
Crank: High VoltageFilm, 2009Poon Dong2007
Big StanFilm, The Master2005Saturn AwardsAward2004
Danny PhantomSeries, Clockwork (voice)2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1Film, Bill2002
Balto: Wolf QuestFilm, Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice)1998
CharmedSeries, Tempus1996
ProfilerSeries, Christopher Joe Allman1992
Animal InstinctsFilm, William Lamberti1990
Bird on a WireFilm, Eugene Sorensen1986
MatlockSeries, Jimmy Legrand1984
AirwolfSeries, Dr. Robert Winchester1983
Lone Wolf McQuadeFilm, Rawley Wilkes1982
QFilm, Shepard1978
Circle of IronFilm, The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha1976
Bound for GloryFilm, Woody Guthrie1975
Death Race 2000Film, Frankenstein1972
Boxcar BerthaFilm, Big Bill Shelly1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1966Theatre World AwardAward1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries, Fitzhugh1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1936Born8 December 1936Also in Deutsch
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David Carradine (left) and Martin Milner in the Chrysler Theatre presentation "The War and Eric Kurtz" (1965)
Carradine as Caine
With guest star Sondra Locke, 1974
Carradine signing autographs in Malmö, Sweden in May 2005
Carradine in 2005
Carradine and his daughter with wife Gail in 1987
Grave of David Carradine at Forest Lawn Hollywood HillsFilmography 40
IKIron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
KAKill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
CWCorman's World
TLTrue Legend
DSDinocroc vs. SupergatorCVCrank: High Voltage
RRRoad of No Return
DRDeath Race
HRHell Ride
CACamilleBSBig Stan
EMEpic Movie
HBHow to Rob a Bank
KVKill Bill: Vol. 2
DBDead & BreakfastKVKill Bill: Vol. 1BQBalto: Wolf Quest
TOThe Outsider
AIAn American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
CTChildren of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
ETEvil Toons
WTWaxwork II: Lost in TimeAIAnimal Instincts
DTDouble Trouble
SRSundown: The Vampire in RetreatBWBird on a Wire
MLMartial Law
TSThe Warrior and the SorceressLMLone Wolf McQuadeQQ
TRThe Long Riders
GDGray Lady DownCICircle of Iron
TEThe Serpent's Egg
CACannonballBGBound for GloryDRDeath Race 2000
MSMean Streets
TGThe Long GoodbyeBBBoxcar Bertha284 credits on file
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MSMadam Secretary
MEMediumDPDanny Phantom
JAJackie Chan AdventuresCHCharmed
KHKing of the Hill
JMJust Shoot Me!PRProfiler
DWDr. Quinn, Medicine WomanMAMatlock
ASAmazing StoriesAIAirwolf
SLSaturday Night Live
MPMidi Première
LDLes Rendez-vous du dimancheTSThe Dick Cavett Show
IRIronside
TSThe Merv Griffin Show
THThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVThe VirginianTSThe Mike Douglas Show
TATony AwardsGAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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Born into the Carradine acting dynasty, he broke through on Broadway in 1965 playing Atahuallpa in The Royal Hunt of the Sun. Television made him a star: Kung Fu ran from 1972 to 1975, earning him Emmy and Golden Globe nominations as the soft-spoken Kwai Chang Caine. The years between filled with B-movies and cult roles - Boxcar Bertha for Scorsese, Death Race 2000, a Golden Globe nod for playing Woody Guthrie in Bound for Glory. He kept working, over 200 credits across four decades, through arrests and rough stretches. Kill Bill in 2003 brought the second act: his fourth Golden Globe nomination and a Saturn Award for playing the villain everyone had been waiting to meet. He received his Walk of Fame star in 1997. On June 4, 2009, he was found dead in a Bangkok hotel room, the cause ruled accidental death by autoerotic asphyxiation.
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