John Carradine
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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
Credits
The Ten Commandments (1956)
as Aaron
Shadow House (1973)
as Uncle
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
as Great Owl (voice)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Cassius Starbuckle
Richard (1972)
as Plastic Surgeon
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
as Leo
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Proctor Stamp
The Invisible Man (1933)
as Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)
Stagecoach (1939)
as Hatfield
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
Monstroid (1980)
as Priest
Buried Alive (1989)
as Jacob Julian
The Howling (1981)
as Erle Kenton
Fallen Angel (1945)
as Professor Madley
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Casy
The Shootist (1976)
as Beckum
House of Dracula (1945)
as Count Dracula
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
as Dr. Bernardo
Nocturna (1979)
as Count Dracula
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
as Foressi
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
as Barryman
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
The Ice Pirates (1984)
as Supreme Commander
Brigham Young (1940)
as Porter Rockwell
The White Buffalo (1977)
as Amos Briggs
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
as Slave Catcher
The Sentinel (1977)
as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran
The Egyptian (1954)
as Grave Robber
Americathon (1979)
as Uncle Sam
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
as Jeff Blair
Vampire Hookers (1978)
as Richmond Reed
Shock Waves (1977)
as Captain
The Last Tycoon (1976)
as Tour Guide
Captains Courageous (1937)
as Long Jack
Cleopatra (1934)
as Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
as Old Tom
James Dean: Forever Young (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Monster Club (1981)
as R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer
Sex Kittens Go to College (1960)
as Prof. Watts
Pact with the Devil (1969)
as Dr. Halback
Jack-O (1995)
as Walter Machen
Jack-O 2: Blood Moon Rising (2026)
as Walter Machen (archive footage)
Western Union (1941)
as Doc Murdoch
The Court Jester (1955)
as Giacomo
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
Dracula (1956)
as Dracula
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
as Surgeon
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
as Caldwell
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
as Elijah Grisbane
The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
as Rev. Jethro Bailey
Alaska (1944)
as John Reagan
Broken Sabre (1965)
as General Josh McCord
The Patsy (1964)
as Bruce Alden
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
as H. Buckram Sartoris
Cain's Cutthroats (1970)
as Preacher Simms
Jesse James (1939)
as Bob Ford
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
as Ticker
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
as Caleb Green
The Night Strangler (1973)
as Llewellyn Crossbinder
Legends of the West (1992)
as Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary of Scotland (1936)
as Rizzio
Bikini Drive-In (1995)
Actor
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957)
as Dr. John Rayburn
Blood and Sand (1941)
as Nacional
House of Frankenstein (1944)
as Dracula (aka Baron Latos)
The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Kentuckian (1955)
as Ziby Fletcher
The Black Cat (1934)
as Cult Organist
Frankenstein's Brain (1985)
Actor
Monster in the Closet (1986)
as Old Joe Shempter
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
as Dr. Peter Drury
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as Sergeant Rankin
The Last Gangster (1937)
as Casper
Evils of the Night (1985)
as Dr. Kozmar
Hitler's Madman (1943)
as Reinhardt Heydrich
The Return of Frank James (1940)
as Bob Ford
The House of Seven Corpses (1974)
as Edgar Price
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1967)
as Narrator / Tristram Halbin
Captain Kidd (1945)
as Orange Povey
Threshold (1971)
as Old-fashioned Undertaker
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
as Wisconsin Farmer
Moonchild (1974)
as Mr. Walker
The Proud Rebel (1958)
as Traveling Salesman
The Last Hurrah (1958)
as Amos Force
Munster, Go Home! (1966)
as Cruikshank
The Seven Minutes (1971)
as Sean O'Flanagan
The Garden of Allah (1936)
as Sand Diviner
Five Came Back (1939)
as Mr. Crimp
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
as Charles Forestier
Demented Death Farm Massacre (1972)
as The Judge Of Hell
The Helicopter Spies (1968)
as Third-Way Priest
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
as Yousef Bey
Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)
as Charlie Towman
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)
as The Man
The Hurricane (1937)
as Guard Captain
The Trouble with Girls (1969)
as Mr. Drewcolt
Reunion in France (1942)
as Ulrich Windler, Head of Paris Gestapo
Dark Venture (1956)
as Gideon
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
as Speakeasy Doorman
The Black Sleep (1956)
as Bohemund
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel (1973)
as The Sage
Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
as Mike Clancy
Land of Liberty (1939)
as (archive footage)
Satan's Mistress (1982)
as Father Stratten
Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
as Malone
Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)
as Dr. Rynning
The Unearthly (1957)
as Dr. Charles Conway
Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)
as Claude Dupree
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
as Pereira
The Tomb (1986)
as Andoheb
Evil Spawn (1987)
as Dr. Emil Zeitman
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
as Drunk
Bluebeard (1944)
as Gaston Morrell
The McMasters (1970)
as Preacher
Lugosi: The Forgotten King (1986)
as Himself
The Hound Of Heaven (1953)
as Hyder Simpson
Les Misérables (1935)
as Enjolras
Crash! (1976)
as Dr. Welsey Edwards
Swamp Water (1941)
as Jesse Wick
Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
as Abel Banton
The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
To the Last Man (1933)
as Pete Garon (uncredited)
Stowaway to the Moon (1975)
as Jacob Avril
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
as George
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
as Ishak
The Mummy's Ghost (1968)
as The Egyptian Priest
Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
as Danforth / Richard Burke
Blood of 1000 Virgins (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Hell's Bloody Devils (1970)
as Pet Shop Owner
Golden Rendezvous (1977)
as Fairweather
The Story of Mankind (1957)
as Khufu
Man Hunt (1941)
as Mr. Jones
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
as Bret Harte
The Boogey Man (1980)
as Dr. Warren
The Nesting (1981)
as Col. LeBrun
Captain Fury (1939)
as Coughy
Kidnapped (1938)
as Gordon
Superchick (1973)
as Igor Smith
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (1979)
as Professor Nikolaeff
The Bees (1978)
as Dr. Sigmund Hummel
Imps* (1983)
as Gentleman
Star Slammer (1986)
as The Justice
Stranger on Horseback (1955)
as Col. Buck Streeter
Of Human Hearts (1938)
as President Lincoln
The Trail of Dracula (2013)
as Self (Archival Footage)
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
as General Sebastian
Bad Charleston Charlie (1973)
as Alcoholic Reporter
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955)
as The Duke
Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
as Dr. Himmel
The Cat Creature (1973)
as The Hotel Clerk
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966)
as Count Dracula
Journey Into the Beyond (1975)
as Narrator (English Version)
The Best of Sex and Violence (1982)
as Self - Host
The Gatling Gun (1971)
as Rev. Harper
Antony and Cleopatra (1983)
as Soothsayer
Terror in the Midnight Sun (1959)
as Narrator (US Re-Edit)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
as Self
The Horror of It All (1983)
as Self
Five Bloody Graves (1969)
as Boone Hawkins
Showdown at Boot Hill (1958)
as Doc Weber
The Killer Inside Me (1976)
as Dr. Smith
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
as Dr. Sigmund Walters
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Clive of India (1935)
as Drunken-Faced Clerk
The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk (1961)
as Jason Longfellow
Frontier Marshal (1939)
as Ben Carter
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977)
as Grampa Sullivan
This Is My Affair (1937)
as Ed
The Wizard of Mars (1965)
as The Wizard of Mars
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
as Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)
Dimples (1936)
as Richards
The Mouse and His Child (1977)
as The Tramp (voice)
The Astro-Zombies (1968)
as Dr. DeMarco
I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)
as Martin
Danger – Love at Work (1937)
as Herbert Pemberton
Submarine Patrol (1938)
as McAllison
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals (1969)
as Professor Cummings
Reel Horror (1985)
as Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage)
Death at Love House (1976)
as Conan Carroll
Gateway (1938)
as Leader of Refugees
C-Man (1949)
as Doc Spencer
The Three Musketeers (1939)
as Naveau
The Face of Marble (1946)
as Dr. Charles Randolph
Jungle Woman (1944)
as Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited)
Desert Sands (1955)
as Jala
Bigfoot (1970)
as Jasper B. Hawks
Curse of the Stone Hand (1965)
as The Old Drunk
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain (1967)
as Dr. Howard Vanard
Satan's Cheerleaders (1977)
as The Bum
Something for Mrs. Gibbs (1965)
Actor
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features (2012)
Actor
The Incredible Petrified World (1959)
as Prof. Millard Wyman
It's in the Bag! (1945)
as Jefferson T. Pike
The Scarecrow (1982)
as Hubert Salter
Invisible Invaders (1959)
as Dr. Karol Noymann
Autopsy of a Ghost (1968)
as Satán
Doctor Dracula (1978)
as Radcliff
The Oregon Trail (1959)
as Zachariah Garrison
Blood of Ghastly Horror (1967)
as Dr. Howard Vanard
Salem and the Scarlet Letter (1978)
as Narrator
Under Two Flags (1936)
as Cafard
Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Daughter of the Mind (1969)
as Mr. Bosch
Return of the Ape Man (1944)
as Prof. John Gilmore
Frankenstein Island (1981)
as Dr. Frankenstein
Red Zone Cuba (1966)
as Mr. Wilson
House of the Black Death (1965)
as Andre Desard
Crowhaven Farm (1970)
as Nate Cheever
This Day and Age (1933)
as Assistant Principal
Shinbone Alley (1970)
as Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
Winterset (1936)
as Bartolomio Romagna
International Settlement (1938)
as Murdock
Voodoo Man (1944)
as Toby
Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
as Harry Wilkins
Blood Legacy (1971)
as Christopher Dean
The Emperor's New Clothes (1966)
as King Luvimself
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
as Reef Hatfield
Thunder Pass (1954)
as Bergstrom
White Fang (1936)
as Beauty Smith
Sunset Cove (1978)
as Judge Harley Winslow
Whispering Ghosts (1942)
as Norbert
I'll Give a Million (1938)
as Kopelpeck
Silver Spurs (1943)
as Lucky Miller
A Tribute to Dr. Shock (1980)
as Self (archive footage)
They Ran for Their Lives (1968)
as Laslo
Heaven on Earth (1931)
as Chicken Sam
The Cosmic Man (1959)
as Cosmic Man
Daniel Boone (1936)
as Simon Girty
Northwest Rangers (1942)
as Martin Caswell
Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann
The Lady's Not for Burning (1974)
as Old Skips
Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986)
as Narrator / Host
Chad Hanna (1940)
as B. D. Bisbee
Hidden Guns (1956)
as Snipe Harding
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses (1957)
as Felix the Great
Revenge (1986)
as Sen. Martin Bradford
Boogeyman II (1983)
as Dr. Warren (archive footage)
Female Jungle (1956)
as Claude Almstead
The Vampire Girls (1969)
as Count Branos Alucard
A Rose for Emily (1983)
as Col. Sartoris
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano (2024)
as Nazi leader
Down Missouri Way (1946)
as Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning
Ramona (1936)
as Jim Farrar
Decisions! Decisions! (1971)
as Railroad Ticket Clerk
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1972)
as Narrator (voice)
Blood of the Iron Maiden (1970)
as Dr. Goolie
Chewing Gum (1968)
as Roberto Sánchez
The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)
as Stranded Actor (uncredited)
Tol'able David (1930)
as Buzzard Hatburn
The Vals (1982)
as Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror (2016)
as Self
Bad Boy (1935)
as Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant
Gangway for Tomorrow (1943)
as Mr. Wellington
Boogeyman II: Redux (2003)
as Dr. Warren
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
as Duke Cleat
Laughing at Trouble (1936)
as Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady
The Black Parachute (1944)
as General von Bodenbach
Alias Mary Dow (1935)
as Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited)
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
as Agitator
Love Under Fire (1937)
as Capt. Delmar
The Alien Within (1990)
as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage)
The Hostage (1967)
as Otis Lovelace
Half Angel (1936)
as Sanatorium Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
Bright Lights (1930)
as Newspaper reporter / photographer
Secret of Death (1969)
as Polito the Clown
Madame Death (1969)
as Dr. Favel
Waterfront (1944)
as Victor Marlow
The Reluctant Dragon (1981)
as Narrator
Genesis (1964)
as Narrator
Fish Story (1947)
as John Carradine
The Lady and the Lynchings (1977)
Actor