David Carradine
Acting • Born 1936-12-08 – Died 2009-06-03
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 Best Supporting Actor. Throughout his life, Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including action, documentaries, drama, horror, martial arts, science fiction, and westerns. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a director and musician. Moreover, influenced by his Kung Fu role, he studied martial arts. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
257 credits
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Movie • 2003
Bill
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Movie • 2004
Bill 'Snake Charmer'
Bird on a Wire
Movie • 1990
Eugene Sorensen
Heaven with a Gun
Movie • 1969
Coke Beck
The Long Goodbye
Movie • 1973
Dave aka Socrates (uncredited)
Last Hour
Movie • 2008
Detective Mike Stone
The Misfit Brigade
Movie • 1987
Col. Von Weisshagen
Dead & Breakfast
Movie • 2004
Mr. Wise
Cannonball
Movie • 1976
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman
Break
Movie • 2009
The Bishop
Boxcar Bertha
Movie • 1972
Big Bill Shelly
Being Michael Madsen
Movie • 2007
Self
Road of No Return
Movie • 2009
Mr. Hover
The Best of Sex and Violence
Movie • 1982
Self - Cameo Appearance
Autumn
Movie • 2009
Philip
Brothers in Arms
Movie • 2005
Driscoll
Evil Toons
Movie • 1992
Gideon Fisk
Out of the Wilderness
Movie • 2001
Clint Dugan
Camille
Movie • 2008
Cowboy Bob
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Movie • 1998
Chief Wulisso (voice)
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
Movie • 1989
Dark One
Circle of Iron
Movie • 1978
The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha
Gray Lady Down
Movie • 1978
Captain Gates
Kung Fu Killer
Movie • 2008
Crane
Epic Movie
Movie • 2007
Museum Curator
Balto: Wolf Quest
Movie • 2002
Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice)
The New Swiss Family Robinson
Movie • 1998
Sheldon Blake
Death Race 2000
Movie • 1975
Frankenstein
Hell Ride
Movie • 2008
The Deuce
All Hell Broke Loose
Movie • 2009
Marshal Ian McHenry
Q
Movie • 1982
Shepard
Big Stan
Movie • 2007
The Master
How to Rob a Bank
Movie • 2007
Nick
Roadside Prophets
Movie • 1992
Othello Jones
Deathsport
Movie • 1978
Kaz Oshay
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Movie • 1992
The Beggar
The Last Sect
Movie • 2006
Van Helsing
Bound for Glory
Movie • 1976
Woody Guthrie
Treasure Raiders
Movie • 2007
Pierre
Warlords
Movie • 1989
Dow
Homo Erectus
Movie • 2007
Mookoo / Uncle Unky
The Long Riders
Movie • 1980
Cole Younger
Lone Wolf McQuade
Movie • 1983
Rawley Wilkes
True Legend
Movie • 2010
Anthony
Crank: High Voltage
Movie • 2009
Poon Dong
Dark Fields
Movie • 2009
Clive Jonis
The Golden Boys
Movie • 2008
Capt. Zebulon Hedge
Think Big
Movie • 1989
Sweeney
Spiral Fitness Beginnings
Movie • 2007
Self
Dinocroc vs. Supergator
Movie • 2010
Jason Drake
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Movie • 1991
Mardulak
The Outsider
Movie • 2002
Doctor Lucas Henry
Night Rhythms
Movie • 1992
Vincent
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Movie • 1984
Kain
Stretch
Movie • 2011
Monteiro
Nightfall
Movie • 2000
Gnomen
The Serpent's Egg
Movie • 1977
Abel Rosenberg
Young Billy Young
Movie • 1969
Jesse Boone
Miracle at Sage Creek
Movie • 2005
Ike
Martial Law
Movie • 1990
Dalton Rhodes
Kung Fu: The Movie
Movie • 1986
Kwai Chang Caine
Armed Response
Movie • 1986
Jim Roth
Bad Cop
Movie • 2009
Det. Humes
Animal Instincts
Movie • 1992
William Lamberti
Future Force
Movie • 1989
John Tucker
The Shepherd
Movie • 1998
Ventriloquist
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Movie • 1969
Waco
My Suicide
Movie • 2009
Vargas
Final Move
Movie • 2006
Captain Baker
Crime Zone
Movie • 1988
Jason
Capital Punishment
Movie • 1991
Michale Maltin
Karate Cop
Movie • 1991
Dad
Sonny Boy
Movie • 1989
Pearl
Kill Zone
Movie • 1993
Col. Horace Wiggins
Last Stand at Saber River
Movie • 1997
Duane Kidston
Safari 3000
Movie • 1982
Eddie Miles
Thunder and Lightning
Movie • 1977
Harley Thomas
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Movie • 1979
Charlie Swattle
Corman's World
Movie • 2011
Self - Actor
Eldorado
Movie • 2012
The Spirit Guide
Trick or Treats
Movie • 1982
Richard Adams
Future Zone
Movie • 1990
John Tucker
The Violent Ones
Movie • 1967
Lucas Barnes
Richard III
Movie • 2007
Buckingham
The McMasters
Movie • 1970
White Feather
P.O.W. The Escape
Movie • 1986
Col. James Cooper
The Trace of Lynx
Movie • 1989
Night Children
Movie • 1989
Max Crawford
Open Fire
Movie • 1988
Joe Rourke
I Saw What You Did
Movie • 1988
Stephen
The Bad Seed
Movie • 1985
Leroy Jessup
Crime of Crimes
Movie • 1989
Frank McEntire
Night of the Templar
Movie • 2012
Shopkeeper
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'
Movie • 2004
Self
Detention
Movie • 2010
Principal Hoskins
Deadly Surveillance
Movie • 1991
Lieutenant
The Monster Hunter
Movie • 1999
Louis Dehoven
Lost Treasure of Dos Santos
Movie • 1997
Martin Shaw
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Movie • 1980
Ben Irons
Animal Protector
Movie • 1988
Col. Whitlock
Tropical Snow
Movie • 1988
Oskar
Full Blast
Movie • 2000
Maceo
Nowhere to Run
Movie • 1989
Harmon
Six Against the Rock
Movie • 1987
Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy
On the Line
Movie • 1984
Bryant
Light Speed
Movie • 1998
Miles
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
Movie • 2009
Self
Macon County Jail
Movie • 1997
Coley
Dune Warriors
Movie • 1991
Michael
Field of Fire
Movie • 1991
Gen. Corman
Guaranteed on Delivery
Movie • 2001
Norman Williams
Americana
Movie • 1981
The American Soldier
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
Movie • 1971
Flack
Dangerous Curves
Movie • 2000
Lemmy
The Cover Girl and the Cop
Movie • 1989
Slade
Oceans of Fire
Movie • 1986
J.C. Busch
The Mad Bunch
Movie • 1989
Professor Foxwood
Jealousy
Movie • 1984
Bobby Dee
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Movie • 1978
Self
Cloud Dancer
Movie • 1980
Brad Randolph
Permanent Vacation
Movie • 2007
Old Man
The Hunted
Movie • 1967
Gene Gauge
The Puzzle in the Air
Movie • 1999
The General
Project Eliminator
Movie • 1991
Ron Morrell
Desperately Looking For Success
Movie • 1994
James Lorrimer
Absolute Evil
Movie • 2009
Raf McCane
Hair High
Movie • 2004
Mr. Snerz (voice)
Last Goodbye
Movie • 2004
Fred McGillicuddie
Fall Down Dead
Movie • 2007
Wade Douglas
Heartbeat
Movie • 1987
Man Playing Dice
Mean Streets
Movie • 1973
Drunk
American Reel
Movie • 2003
James Lee Springer
Naked Movie
Movie • 2008
Self
Too Many Thieves
Movie • 1966
Felix
Kung Fu - A Legend Reborn
Movie • 1992
Kwai Chang Caine
Madoff: Made Off with America
Movie • 2013
Neal
By Dawn's Early Light
Movie • 2001
Nick Decker
Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
Movie • 2004
Grand Master
Midnight Fear
Movie • 1991
Hanley
Brotherhood of the Gun
Movie • 1991
Artemis McBride
Kung Fu Action Masters
Movie • 2000
Narrator
Macho Callahan
Movie • 1971
David Mountford
Run for Your Life
Movie • 1988
Maggiore Charles Forsythe
Modern Warriors
Movie • 2002
Self
Gauguin the Savage
Movie • 1980
Paul Gauguin
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Movie • 1998
Luke Enright
Kandisha
Movie • 2008
The American
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
Movie • 1972
Kwai Chang Caine
Double Trouble
Movie • 1992
Mr. C
Fatal Secret
Movie • 1988
Michael LeWinter
Try This One for Size
Movie • 1989
Bradley
Taggart
Movie • 1965
Cal Dodge
A Tale of James Brown
Movie • 2016
Self
Distant Justice
Movie • 1992
Joe Foley
Mr. Horn
Movie • 1979
Tom Horn
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Movie • 2011
Bill (Snake Charmer)
UnConventional
Movie • 2004
Self
Kiss of a Stranger
Movie • 1999
Sean O'Leary
Warden of Red Rock
Movie • 2001
Mike Sullivan
A Distant Scream
Movie • 1984
Michael
Fuego
Movie • 2007
Lobo
You and Me
Movie • 1975
Zeto
That's Action
Movie • 1990
John Tucker (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bus Riley's Back in Town
Movie • 1965
Stretch
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Movie • 1998
Self
Code... Death: Frontera Sur
Movie • 1993
Colonel
Away from Home
Movie • 2004
Self
Dead Center
Movie • 1994
Chavez
Knocking on Death's Door
Movie • 1999
Doc Hadley
Long Way Home
Movie • 1975
Craw Dantley
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Movie • 2002
Self
The Donor
Movie • 2001
Mike
Down 'n Dirty
Movie • 2001
Gil Garner
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Code Name: Jaguar
Movie • 1999
Max Kaufman
Lovers and Liars
Movie • 1998
Mr. Montague
Death Race
Movie • 2008
Frankenstein (voice)
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Movie • 2005
Self
Johnny Belinda
Movie • 1967
Locky
The Rage
Movie • 1997
Lucas McDermott
The Eagle and the Horse
Movie • 1994
John Freemont
The Ultimate Fighter
Movie • 2007
Mikhail
Lost Bullet
Movie • 2003
Michael Morrison
The Effects of Magic
Movie • 1998
The Cabinet Maker
A Vampire Reformed
Movie • 2008
Self
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Movie • 2009
Self
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Movie • 1991
Kwai-Chang Caine
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Movie • 1979
Le professeur d'arts martiaux à LAPD
The Bitter End
Movie • 1999
Mata Hari
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Woof! Woof!! Uncle Matty's Ultimate Guide to Dog Training
Movie • 1997
Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts
Movie • 1998
Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy
Movie • 2005
Clockwork (voice)
Six Days in Paradise
Movie • 2010
Vernon Billings
Medium
TV • 2005
Jessica's Brother
Titus
TV • 2000
Bob Hawkins
Acapulco H.E.A.T.
TV • 1993
Victor Garrison
Jackie Chan Adventures
TV • 2000
Lo Pei (voice)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Kwai Chang Caine
Wild West Tech
TV • 2003
Self - Host
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Kwai Chang Caine
In Case of Emergency
TV • 2007
Guru Danny
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self
Alias
TV • 2001
Conrad
Matlock
TV • 1986
Jimmy Legrand
Charmed
TV • 1998
Tempus
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Self
Danny Phantom
TV • 2004
Clockwork (voice)
Profiler
TV • 1996
Christopher Joe Allman
Celebrity Paranormal Project
TV • 2006
Self
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
TV • 1996
Mandrax (voice)
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Clint
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV • 1993
Houston Currier
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV • 1985
Spender
Lizzie McGuire
TV • 2001
Self
Ironside
TV • 1967
Pogo Weems
Mental
TV • 2009
Gideon Graham
The Nightmare Room
TV • 2001
Mr. Farber
Cimarron Strip
TV • 1967
Gene Gauge
Family Law
TV • 1999
Andrew Weller
The Virginian
TV • 1962
The Utah Kid
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Fitzhugh
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV • 1984
Michael/Harris
Ironside
TV • 1967
Luke Roberts
Matlock
TV • 1986
Steve Mazarowski
Ironside
TV • 1967
Frank Carlson
The Family Holvak
TV • 1975
Craw
Partners in Crime
TV • 1984
Hermanski
Human Target
TV • 1992
Harry Solow
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
North and South
TV • 1985
Justin LaMotte
Amazing Stories
TV • 1985
Calvin
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Wally Carpen
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Gideon
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Son of the Dragon
TV • 2008
Bird
Airwolf
TV • 1984
Dr. Robert Winchester
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
Shane
TV • 1966
Shane
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Midi Première
TV • 1975
Self
Today's F.B.I.
TV • 1981
The Leader
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Junichiro (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Jason Blake
Wedden, dat..?
TV • 1986
Self
Eve
TV • 2003
Kung Fu Master
Just Shoot Me!
TV • 1997
David Carradine
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Edward Clarke
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
TV • 2013
John Tucker (archive Footage)
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Kung Fu Killer
TV • 2008
Crane
Largo Winch
TV • 2001
Nério Winch
Largo Winch
TV • 2001
Fast Track
TV • 1997