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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 5, 1906
Died
November 27, 1988
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- John Peter Richmond
- Peter Richmond
- John Carradine Sr.
John Carradine
1.8 Popularity
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
10.0
Nazi leader
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
2024
4.7
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
0.0
Self
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
2016
7.2
Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
10.0
Self (Archival Footage)
The Trail of Dracula
2013
5.3
Self (archive footage)
Blood of 1000 Virgins
2013
10.0
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
1.0
Dr. Warren
Boogeyman II: Redux
2003
6.9
Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
0.0
Count Dracula
The Wolfman's Cure
1998
Credits
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
as Nazi leader
2024
10.0
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self (archive footage)
2021
4.7
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
as Self
2016
0.0
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
7.2
The Trail of Dracula
as Self (Archival Footage)
2013
10.0
Blood of 1000 Virgins
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.3
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
10.0
Boogeyman II: Redux
as Dr. Warren
2003
1.0
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1999
6.9
The Wolfman's Cure
as Count Dracula
1998
0.0
Jack-O
as Walter Machen
1995
3.5
Bikini Drive-In
1995
4.9
Legends of the West
as Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn'
1992
0.0
🎬
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1991
5.7
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1991
10.0
🎬
The Alien Within
as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage)
1990
5.0
Buried Alive
as Jacob Julian
1989
4.0
Evil Spawn
as Dr. Emil Zeitman
1987
3.8
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Leo
1986
6.1
Star Slammer
as The Justice
1986
3.8
🎬
Hollywood Ghost Stories
as Narrator / Host
1986
4.4
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
as Himself
1986
0.0
Monster in the Closet
as Old Joe Shempter
1986
4.9
The Tomb
as Andoheb
1986
3.7
Revenge
as Sen. Martin Bradford
1986
6.2
Haunted Hollywood
as Host
1986
0.0
Evils of the Night
as Dr. Kozmar
1985
3.5
Reel Horror
as Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage)
1985
2.4
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Still Life")
1985
7.8
The Ice Pirates
as Supreme Commander
1984
5.6
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
10.0
Imps*
as Gentleman
1983
3.8
A Rose for Emily
as Col. Sartoris
1983
6.0
Boogeyman II
as Dr. Warren (archive footage)
1983
3.0
House of the Long Shadows
as Elijah Grisbane
1983
6.4
The Horror of It All
as Self
1983
8.0
Antony and Cleopatra
as Soothsayer
1983
4.0
The Vals
as Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)
1982
2.6
The Secret of NIMH
as Great Owl (voice)
1982
7.5
Satan's Mistress
as Father Stratten
1982
3.0
The Scarecrow
as Hubert Salter
1982
5.2
The Best of Sex and Violence
as Self - Host
1982
4.9
Fame
as Danny Amatullo
1982
6.8
🎬
The Reluctant Dragon
as Narrator
1981
0.0
Frankenstein Island
as Dr. Frankenstein
1981
3.3
Goliath Awaits
as Ronald Bentley
1981
6.8
The Nesting
as Col. LeBrun
1981
5.2
The Monster Club
as R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer
1981
5.8
The Howling
as Erle Kenton
1981
6.6
The Boogey Man
as Dr. Warren
1980
4.9
Monstroid
as Priest
1980
3.4
A Tribute to Dr. Shock
as Self (archive footage)
1980
10.0
The Seekers
as Avery Mills
1979
0.0
The Littlest Hobo
as Chief Justice Hamilton
1979
7.3
Americathon
as Uncle Sam
1979
3.5
Nocturna
as Count Dracula
1979
4.1
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
as Professor Nikolaeff
1979
2.7
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
3.8
The Bees
as Dr. Sigmund Hummel
1978
4.6
Flying High
1978
4.5
Vega$
1978
7.0
Vampire Hookers
as Richmond Reed
1978
3.6
Sunset Cove
as Judge Harley Winslow
1978
3.6
Doctor Dracula
as Radcliff
1978
4.1
Salem and the Scarlet Letter
as Narrator
1978
0.0
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
as Grampa Sullivan
1977
5.4
Golden Rendezvous
as Fairweather
1977
4.9
The Mouse and His Child
as The Tramp (voice)
1977
6.2
Shock Waves
as Captain
1977
4.8
The White Buffalo
as Amos Briggs
1977
5.9
Satan's Cheerleaders
as The Bum
1977
4.3
Tail Gunner Joe
as Wisconsin Farmer
1977
6.0
The Sentinel
as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran
1977
6.1
🎬
The Lady and the Lynchings
1977
0.0
Crash!
as Dr. Welsey Edwards
1976
5.1
The Last Tycoon
as Tour Guide
1976
6.3
The Killer Inside Me
as Dr. Smith
1976
4.3
Captains and the Kings
as Father Hale
1976
8.3
Death at Love House
as Conan Carroll
1976
4.7
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Drunk
1976
4.1
The Shootist
as Beckum
1976
7.1
Journey Into the Beyond
as Narrator (English Version)
1975
4.8
Wonder Woman
as Harlow Gault
1975
7.0
Starsky & Hutch
as The Professor
1975
7.3
🎬
Westwind
1975
4.0
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
as The Man
1975
4.9
Stowaway to the Moon
as Jacob Avril
1975
5.8
🎬
The Lady's Not for Burning
as Old Skips
1974
0.0
Moonchild
as Mr. Walker
1974
1.8
🎬
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self
1974
7.7
🎬
The Cowboys
as Oscar Schmidt
1974
5.0
The House of Seven Corpses
as Edgar Price
1974
4.6
The Cat Creature
as The Hotel Clerk
1973
5.0
Shadow House
as Uncle
1973
0.0
Superchick
as Igor Smith
1973
3.2
🎬
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel
as The Sage
1973
0.0
Bad Charleston Charlie
as Alcoholic Reporter
1973
5.3
Terror in the Wax Museum
as Claude Dupree
1973
5.1
The Night Strangler
as Llewellyn Crossbinder
1973
6.7
Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Charlie Towman
1972
5.0
Kung Fu
as Rev. Serenity Johnson
1972
7.7
The Rookies
1972
6.8
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Narrator (voice)
1972
5.5
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
as Dr. Bernardo
1972
6.5
Richard
as Plastic Surgeon
1972
6.0
Portnoy's Complaint
as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
1972
4.3
Boxcar Bertha
as H. Buckram Sartoris
1972
5.8
Demented Death Farm Massacre
as The Judge Of Hell
1972
2.5
Emergency!
1972
7.8
Decisions! Decisions!
as Railroad Ticket Clerk
1971
0.0
The Seven Minutes
as Sean O'Flanagan
1971
5.5
The Gatling Gun
as Rev. Harper
1971
4.6
Blood Legacy
as Christopher Dean
1971
3.4
🎬
Threshold
as Old-fashioned Undertaker
1971
0.0
Night Gallery
1970
7.8
Crowhaven Farm
as Nate Cheever
1970
6.0
Bigfoot
as Jasper B. Hawks
1970
3.0
Shinbone Alley
as Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
1970
6.3
Myra Breckinridge
as Surgeon
1970
4.5
Hell's Bloody Devils
as Pet Shop Owner
1970
3.8
The McMasters
as Preacher
1970
4.2
Blood of the Iron Maiden
as Dr. Goolie
1970
3.5
Cain's Cutthroats
as Preacher Simms
1970
4.5
McCloud
1970
7.1
Horror of the Blood Monsters
as Dr. Rynning
1970
3.2
Madame Death
as Dr. Favel
1969
4.4
Daughter of the Mind
as Mr. Bosch
1969
6.4
🎬
Secret of Death
as Mad Doctor / Nazi Leader
1969
5.3
Five Bloody Graves
as Boone Hawkins
1969
4.0
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Ticker
1969
5.5
Blood of Dracula's Castle
as George
1969
4.3
Love, American Style
as Old George Pomerantz
1969
6.1
The Trouble with Girls
as Mr. Drewcolt
1969
4.7
The Vampire Girls
as Count Branos Alucard
1969
4.7
Pact with the Devil
as Dr. Halback
1969
3.8
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
as Professor Cummings
1969
4.7
Autopsy of a Ghost
as Satán
1968
4.8
Land of the Giants
as Egor Crull
1968
6.7
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Helicopter Spies
as Third-Way Priest
1968
4.8
The Astro-Zombies
as Dr. DeMarco
1968
3.5
Chewing Gum
as Old Man
1968
8.0
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
They Ran for Their Lives
as Laslo
1968
5.0
Blood of Ghastly Horror
as Dr. Howard Vanard
1967
2.9
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
as Dr. Howard Vanard
1967
6.0
The Hostage
as Otis Lovelace
1967
4.6
Hondo
1967
6.5
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
as Dr. Himmel
1967
2.6
Ironside
1967
6.8
Gallery of Horror
as Narrator / Tristram Halbin
1967
4.4
Red Zone Cuba
as Mr. Wilson
1966
2.6
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Prof. Boris Budge
1966
6.6
The Green Hornet
as James Rancourt / The Scarf
1966
7.2
Munster, Go Home!
as Cruikshank
1966
6.4
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
as Count Dracula
1966
4.1
Doom of Dracula
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1966
0.0
The Emperor's New Clothes
as King Luvimself
1966
0.0
Laredo
as Prof. Paracelsus Smythe
1965
6.3
The Big Valley
as Elias Brown
1965
6.1
Lost in Space
as Arcon
1965
7.1
The Legend of Jesse James
as Noah
1965
4.8
Broken Sabre
as General Josh McCord
1965
0.0
Curse of the Stone Hand
as The Old Drunk
1965
2.2
Branded
1965
6.6
Branded
as General Joshua McCord
1965
6.6
House of the Black Death
as Andre Desard
1965
3.8
🎬
Something for Mrs. Gibbs
1965
0.0
The Wizard of Mars
as The Wizard of Mars
1965
3.4
Cheyenne Autumn
as Jeff Blair
1964
6.7
Daniel Boone
as Zack Pike
1964
7.0
The Munsters
1964
7.9
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Old Man - Third-Way Priest
1964
7.1
The Patsy
as Bruce Alden
1964
6.2
Genesis
as Narrator
1964
0.0
The Lucy Show
as Guzman
1962
7.0
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Gavin Revere
1962
7.9
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Maj. Cassius Starbuckle
1962
7.8
Harrigan and Son
1960
0.0
Thriller
as Jed Carta
1960
6.6
Thriller
as Jason Longfellow
1960
6.6
Sex Kittens Go to College
as Prof. Watts
1960
3.1
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Slave Catcher
1960
5.8
Tarzan the Magnificent
as Abel Banton
1960
5.8
The Incredible Petrified World
as Prof. Millard Wyman
1959
3.4
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
The Rebel
as Elmer Dodson
1959
4.7
The Twilight Zone
as Brother Jerome
1959
8.5
Johnny Ringo
as The Rain Man
1959
5.7
Lock-Up
1959
6.2
The Oregon Trail
as Zachariah Garrison
1959
5.5
Terror in the Midnight Sun
as Narrator (US Re-Edit)
1959
3.8
Invisible Invaders
as Dr. Karol Noymann
1959
5.0
The Cosmic Man
as Cosmic Man
1959
4.6
The Last Hurrah
as Amos Force
1958
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Sheriff Vince Morgan
1958
6.1
Lawman
as Geoffrey Hendon
1958
5.6
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Amos McKenna
1958
6.8
The Proud Rebel
as Traveling Salesman
1958
6.1
Showdown at Boot Hill
as Doc Weber
1958
6.5
Hell Ship Mutiny
as Malone
1957
4.0
The Story of Mankind
as Khufu
1957
4.3
Suspicion
as Raphael
1957
5.9
DuPont Show of the Month
as John Canty
1957
6.8
Maverick
1957
6.9
Wagon Train
as Park Cleatus
1957
6.6
Sugarfoot
as Mathew McDavitt
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
The Unearthly
as Dr. Charles Conway
1957
3.7
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as Dr. John Rayburn
1957
3.0
The True Story of Jesse James
as Rev. Jethro Bailey
1957
6.2
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
as Felix the Great
1957
0.0
Dracula
as Dracula
1956
0.0
Around the World in 80 Days
as Proctor Stamp
1956
6.6
The Ten Commandments
as Aaron
1956
7.8
Dr. Fu Manchu
1956
6.0
Female Jungle
as Claude Almstead
1956
5.5
The Black Sleep
as Bohemund
1956
6.1
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
🎬
Dark Venture
as Gideon
1956
4.0
Hidden Guns
as Snipe Harding
1956
5.0
The Court Jester
as Giacomo
1955
7.3
Desert Sands
as Jala
1955
4.2
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Gunsmoke
as Ephraim Hunt
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Kader
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as The Duke
1955
4.2
The Kentuckian
as Ziby Fletcher
1955
5.7
Stranger on Horseback
as Col. Buck Streeter
1955
5.5
The Millionaire
as Karl Miller AKA Count Karl Millevich
1955
5.0
Climax!
as John Evan
1954
3.3
Climax!
as The Duke
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Colonel Archer
1954
3.3
Thunder Pass
as Bergstrom
1954
6.0
The Egyptian
as Grave Robber
1954
6.4
Johnny Guitar
as Old Tom
1954
7.4
Casanova's Big Night
as Foressi
1954
5.8
The Hound Of Heaven
as Hyder Simpson
1953
0.0
🎬
Gang Busters
1952
0.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Lights Out
1949
5.8
C-Man
as Doc Spencer
1949
5.1
Suspense
1949
4.9
Studio One
as Mr. Wadleigh
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Malvolio
1948
6.3
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as Charles Forestier
1947
6.1
Fish Story
as John Carradine
1947
4.5
Down Missouri Way
as Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning
1946
0.0
The Face of Marble
as Dr. Charles Randolph
1946
4.4
House of Dracula
as Count Dracula
1945
5.5
Captain Kidd
as Orange Povey
1945
6.2
Fallen Angel
as Professor Madley
1945
6.5
It's in the Bag!
as Jefferson T. Pike
1945
5.7
House of Frankenstein
as Dracula (aka Baron Latos)
1944
6.0
Alaska
as John Reagan
1944
5.0
Bluebeard
as Gaston Morrell
1944
5.3
Barbary Coast Gent
as Duke Cleat
1944
4.6
The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Bret Harte
1944
6.6
Return of the Ape Man
as Prof. John Gilmore
1944
5.4
The Mummy's Ghost
as Yousef Bey
1944
5.6
Waterfront
as Victor Marlow
1944
4.6
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Dr. Peter Drury
1944
5.6
Jungle Woman
as Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited)
1944
4.9
The Black Parachute
as General von Bodenbach
1944
5.5
Voodoo Man
as Toby
1944
5.0
Gangway for Tomorrow
as Mr. Wellington
1943
5.3
Revenge of the Zombies
as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann
1943
5.2
Isle of Forgotten Sins
as Mike Clancy
1943
4.6
Silver Spurs
as Lucky Miller
1943
3.8
Hitler's Madman
as Reinhardt Heydrich
1943
5.3
Captive Wild Woman
as Dr. Sigmund Walters
1943
5.2
I Escaped from the Gestapo
as Martin
1943
5.6
Reunion in France
as Ulrich Windler, Head of Paris Gestapo
1942
6.4
Northwest Rangers
as Martin Caswell
1942
6.0
Whispering Ghosts
as Norbert
1942
6.4
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Caleb Green
1942
7.2
Swamp Water
as Jesse Wick
1941
6.3
Man Hunt
as Mr. Jones
1941
6.9
Blood and Sand
as Nacional
1941
6.5
Western Union
as Doc Murdoch
1941
6.0
Chad Hanna
as B. D. Bisbee
1940
6.0
Brigham Young
as Porter Rockwell
1940
4.4
The Return of Frank James
as Bob Ford
1940
6.3
The Grapes of Wrath
as Casy
1940
7.8
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Caldwell
1939
6.4
Frontier Marshal
as Ben Carter
1939
6.2
Five Came Back
as Mr. Crimp
1939
6.2
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
1939
0.0
Captain Fury
as Coughy
1939
4.9
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Barryman
1939
7.1
Stagecoach
as Hatfield
1939
7.6
The Three Musketeers
as Naveau
1939
5.8
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Danforth / Richard Burke
1939
5.5
Jesse James
as Bob Ford
1939
6.5
Submarine Patrol
as McAllison
1938
6.6
Gateway
as Leader of Refugees
1938
6.5
I'll Give a Million
as Kopelpeck
1938
5.7
Kidnapped
as Gordon
1938
4.7
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Speakeasy Doorman
1938
6.7
Kentucky Moonshine
as Reef Hatfield
1938
4.8
Four Men and a Prayer
as General Sebastian
1938
6.3
Of Human Hearts
as President Lincoln
1938
5.8
International Settlement
as Murdock
1938
5.6
Thank You, Mr. Moto
as Pereira
1937
6.1
The Last Gangster
as Casper
1937
6.4
The Hurricane
as Guard Captain
1937
6.7
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Ishak
1937
5.9
Danger – Love at Work
as Herbert Pemberton
1937
7.3
Love Under Fire
as Capt. Delmar
1937
4.7
Captains Courageous
as Long Jack
1937
7.5
This Is My Affair
as Ed
1937
7.3
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Harry Wilkins
1937
5.0
Laughing at Trouble
as Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady
1936
6.0
Winterset
as Bartolomio Romagna
1936
5.7
Daniel Boone
as Simon Girty
1936
4.6
The Garden of Allah
as Sand Diviner
1936
5.8
Dimples
as Richards
1936
6.4
Ramona
as Jim Farrar
1936
5.1
Mary of Scotland
as Rizzio
1936
6.2
White Fang
as Beauty Smith
1936
6.0
Half Angel
as Sanatorium Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
1936
6.0
Under Two Flags
as Cafard
1936
6.0
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Sergeant Rankin
1936
6.8
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
as Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)
1935
6.3
Bad Boy
as Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant
1935
5.0
Alias Mary Dow
as Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited)
1935
6.2
Bride of Frankenstein
as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
1935
7.5
Les Misérables
as Enjolras
1935
7.2
Cardinal Richelieu
as Agitator
1935
7.4
Clive of India
as Drunken-Faced Clerk
1935
4.7
Cleopatra
as Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
1934
6.0
The Black Cat
as Cult Organist
1934
6.7
The Meanest Gal in Town
as Stranded Actor (uncredited)
1934
6.5
The Invisible Man
as Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)
1933
7.5
To the Last Man
as Pete Garon (uncredited)
1933
5.7
This Day and Age
as Assistant Principal
1933
3.0
The Story of Temple Drake
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1933
6.4
The Sign of the Cross
as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
1932
6.1
Heaven on Earth
as Chicken Sam
1931
3.0
Tol'able David
as Buzzard Hatburn
1930
7.0
Bright Lights
as Newspaper reporter / photographer
1930
4.0
🎬
Frankenstein's Brain
N/A
0.0