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David Carradine

Acting
Born: Dec 08, 1936 — Died: Jun 03, 2009
From: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Break The Bishop 2009 4.0
Road of No Return Mr. Hover 2009 5.9
Autumn Philip 2009 2.9
All Hell Broke Loose Marshal Ian McHenry 2009 1.7
Last Hour Detective Mike Stone 2008 4.188
Camille Cowboy Bob 2008 6.212
Kung Fu Killer Crane 2008 4.9
Hell Ride The Deuce 2008 5.18
Being Michael Madsen Self 2007 5.8
Epic Movie Museum Curator 2007 3.866
Brothers in Arms Driscoll 2005 3.478
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Bill 'Snake Charmer' 2004 7.877
Dead & Breakfast Mr. Wise 2004 5.523
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Bill 2003 7.97
Balto: Wolf Quest Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice) 2002 6.341
Out of the Wilderness Clint Dugan 2001 3.667
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island Chief Wulisso (voice) 1998 6.282
The New Swiss Family Robinson Sheldon Blake 1998 5.208
Evil Toons Gideon Fisk 1992 4.933
Bird on a Wire Eugene Sorensen 1990 6.225
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II Dark One 1989 2.486
The Misfit Brigade Col. Von Weisshagen 1987 5.76
The Best of Sex and Violence Self - Cameo Appearance 1982 5.464
Circle of Iron The Blind Man / Monkeyman … 1978 5.567
Gray Lady Down Captain Gates 1978 6.418
Cannonball Coy "Cannonball" Buckman 1976 5.556
Death Race 2000 Frankenstein 1975 6.135
The Long Goodbye Dave aka Socrates (uncredited) 1973 7.393
Boxcar Bertha Big Bill Shelly 1972 5.8
Heaven with a Gun Coke Beck 1969 5.481
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1936
FromHollywood, Los Angeles, …