David Carradine
Highest Rated: 92% Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
Lowest Rated: 0% Cannonball (1976)
Birthday: Dec 8, 1936
Birthplace: Hollywood, California, USA
A leading and supporting player in television and movies, actor David Carradine rose to fame with his iconic role, Kwai Chang Caine, the half-Asian student of life on the popular TV series, "Kung Fu" (ABC, 1972-75), a role he would go on to reprise for a syndicated series in the late 1990s. The son of legendary actor John Carradine, he excelled at playing villains in action and terror films which, unfortunately, were often relegated to the straight-to-video shelf. Almost as famous as his Kung Fu persona, was his psychedelic lifestyle and devotion to Eastern philosophy, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s when Carradine seemed more engaged in his alternative lifestyle than in furthering his career - with the possible exceptions of his starring role as folk singer Woody Guthrie in the Oscar-nominated "Bound for Glory" (1976) and a turn in Ingmar Bergman's confusing "The Serpent's Egg" (1977). After two decades of relative quiet, Carradine found new life as the titular assassin in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill, Vol. 1" (2003) and "Kill Bill, Vol. 2" (2004). He went on to recur on the popular series, "Alias" (ABC, 2001-06) and play the head of the Chinese Triad in the action thriller "Crank: High Voltage" (2009). But his resurgence was cut short following a tragic death under unusual circumstances, leaving fans wondering what else the venerable actor might have had in store.
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David Carradine
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mata Hari |
Adam Zelle (Character), Director |
- | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Night of the Templar | Shopkeeper (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eldorado | The Spirit Guide (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stretch | Monteiro (Character) | - | 2011 |
92% |
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Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | Unknown (Character) | $7.0K | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Dinocroc vs. Supergator | Jason Drake (Character) | - | 2010 |
63% |
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True Legend | Anton (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Detention | Principal Hoskins (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Six Days in Paradise | Vernon Billings (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Bad Cop | Det. Humes (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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All Hell Broke Loose | U.S. Marshal Ian McHenry (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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The Rain | Clive Jonis (Character) | - | 2009 |
57% |
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My Suicide | Vargas (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Autumn | Philip (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Road of No Return | Mr. Hover (Character) | - | 2009 |
63% |
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Crank: High Voltage | Poon Dong (Character) | $13.6M | 2009 |
29% |
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Chatham | Captain Zeb (Character) | $184.1K | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tattoos: A Scarred History | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Break | The Bishop (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Camille | Cowboy Bob (Character) | - | 2008 |
10% |
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Hell Ride | The Deuce (Character) | $194.3K | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Hour | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kandisha | The American (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kung Fu Killer II | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Trident | Shopkeeper (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Permanent Vacation | Old Man (Character) | - | 2007 |
0% |
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Fall Down Dead | Wade Douglas (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Being Michael Madsen | Self | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Treasure Raiders | Pierre (Character) | - | 2007 |
11% |
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Big Stan | The Master (Character) | - | 2007 |
17% |
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National Lampoon's Homo Erectus |
Mookoo/ |
- | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fuego | Lobo (Character) | - | 2007 |
33% |
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How to Rob a Bank | Nick (Character) | $711 | 2007 |
2% |
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Epic Movie | Museum Curator (Character) | $39.7M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Sect | Van Helsing (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Son of the Dragon | Bird (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | World War I: American Legacy | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Final Move | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Miracle at Sage Creek | Ike (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brothers in Arms | Driscoll (Character) | - | 2005 |
75% |
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Hair High | Mr. Snerd (Voice) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon | Grand Master (Character) | - | 2004 |
53% |
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Dead & Breakfast | Mr. Wise (Character) | - | 2004 |
84% |
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Bill - 'Snake Charmer' (Character) | $66.2M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Last Goodbye | Fred (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Reel | James Lee Springer (Character) | - | 2003 |
85% |
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Bill (Character) | $70.1M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lost Bullet | Michael Morrison (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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The Outsider | Doctor Lucas Henry (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Naked Movie | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Nightfall | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Criminal Desire | Mr. Montague (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Balto II: Wolf Quest | Nava the Wolf Shaman (Voice) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Out of the Wilderness | Clint Dugan (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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By Dawn's Early Light | Nick Decker (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Warden of Red Rock | Mike Sullivan (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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G.O.D. | Norman Williams (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Down 'n Dirty | Gil Garner (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Full Blast | Maceo (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Donor | Mike Riordan (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Isaac Asimov's Nightfall | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Dangerous Curves | Lemmy (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Shepherd | Ventriloquist (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sublet | Max Kaufman (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Natural Selection | Dehoven (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bitter End | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stray Bullet II | Lemmy (Character) | - | 1999 |
14% |
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Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror | Luke Enright (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Effects of Magic | The Cabinet Maker (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lightspeed | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Defectors | Garret (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The New Swiss Family Robinson | Sheldon Blake (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kiss of a Stranger | Sean O'Leary (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Knocking on Death's Door | Doc Hadley (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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The Rage | Lucas McDermott (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Last Stand at Saber River | Duane Kidston (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Macon County Jail | Coley (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lost Treasure of Dos Santos | Martin Shaw (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Distant Justice | Joe Foley (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Center | Chavez (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Kill Zone | Col. Horace Wiggins (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Night Rhythms | Vincent (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Animal Instincts | William Lamberti (Character) | - | 1992 |
86% |
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Roadside Prophets | Othello Jones (Character) | $141.7K | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Waxwork II: Lost in Time | The Beggar (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Field of Fire | Gen. Corman (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Path of Fire | Gen. Corman (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Code... Death: Frontera Sur | Unknown (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Karate Cop | Dad (Character) | - | 1992 |
33% |
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Evil Toons | Gideon Fisk (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Capital Punishment | Michael Maltin (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Dune Warriors | Michael (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brotherhood of the Gun | Artemis McBride (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That's Action | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Martial Law | Dalton Rhodes (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Sonny Boy | Pearl (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Future Zone | John Tucker (Character) | - | 1990 |
25% |
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Bird on a Wire | Eugene Sorenson (Character) | $68.8M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fatal Secret | Michael LeWinter (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midnight Fear | Hanley (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Think Big | Victor (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Mardulak (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Future Force | Tucker (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tropical Snow | Oskar (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nowhere to Run | Harmon (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mad Bunch | Professor Foxwood (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Prisoner | Steve Mazarowski (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Children | Max (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Try This One for Size | Bradley (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cover Girl and the Cop | Slade (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II | One (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Project: Eliminator | Ron Morrell (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Open Fire | Joe Rourke (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Crime Zone |
Jason (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Run for Your Life | Major Charles Forsythe (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Wheels of Terror | Col. Von Weisshagen (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Misfit Brigade | Col. Von Weisshagen (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Warlords | Dow (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Six Against the Rock | Bernard "Bernie" Paul Coy (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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P.O.W. The Escape | Col. James Cooper (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Armed Response | Jim Roth (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oceans of Fire | J.C. Busch (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Kung Fu: The Movie | Kwai Chang Caine (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Distant Scream |
Michael/ |
- | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bad Seed | Leroy Jessup (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jealousy | Unknown (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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The Warrior and the Sorceress | Kain (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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On the Line | Bryant (Character) | - | 1984 |
57% |
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Lone Wolf McQuade | Rawley Wilkes (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Trick or Treats | Richard Adams (Character) | - | 1982 |
73% |
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Q | Detective Shepard (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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The Winged Serpent | Shepard (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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Safari 3000 | Eddie Miles (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Americana |
The American Soldier (Character), Director |
- | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Ben Irons (Character) | - | 1980 |
81% |
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The Long Riders | Cole Younger (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cloud Dancer | Brad Randolph (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Los Jinetes | Unknown (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gauguin the Savage | Paul Gauguin (Character) | - | 1980 |
38% |
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Circle of Iron |
The Blind Man/ |
- | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fast Charlie... The Moonbeam Rider | Charlie Swattle (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Mr. Horn | Tom Horn (Character) | - | 1979 |
63% |
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Gray Lady Down | Capt. Gates (Character) | - | 1978 |
20% |
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The Serpent's Egg | Abel Rosenberg (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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Deathsport | Kaz Oshay (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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Thunder and Lightning | Harley Thomas (Character) | - | 1977 |
81% |
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Bound for Glory | Woody Guthrie (Character) | - | 1976 |
0% |
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Cannonball | Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman (Character) | - | 1976 |
82% |
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Death Race 2000 | Frankenstein (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You and Me |
Zeto (Character), Director, Original Music |
- | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Long Way Home | Craw (Character) | - | 1975 |
92% |
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Mean Streets | Drunk (Character) | $32.6K | 1973 |
56% |
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Boxcar Bertha | Big Bill Shelly (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Kung Fu |
Kwai Chang Caine/ |
- | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring | Flack (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The McMasters | White Feather (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Macho Callahan | David Mountford (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Heaven With a Gun | Coke Beck (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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Young Billy Young | Jesse Boone (Character) | - | 1969 |
17% |
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Waco (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Taggart | Cal Dodge (Character) | - | 1965 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North and South, Book II | Justin LaMotte (Character) | 1986 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs | Unknown (Character) | 2019 |
6% | No Score Yet | Mental | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
7% | No Score Yet | In Case of Emergency | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild West Tech | Host | 2004-2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eve | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
86% | 88% | Alias | Conrad (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Titus | Unknown (Character) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Jackie Chan | Lo Pei (Guest Voice) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Queen of Swords | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just Shoot Me | Himself (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Charmed | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Profiler | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Quinn | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues |
Unknown (Character), Writer |
1993-1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Spender (Character) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 1989 |
No Score Yet | 82% | Amazing Stories | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 75% | North and South | Justin LaMotte (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983-1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Partners in Crime | Hermanski (Character) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Airwolf | Dr. Robert Winchester (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu |
Kwai Chang Caine (Character), Director |
1972-1975 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Night Gallery | Unknown (Character) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Clint (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shane | Shane (Character) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Trials of O'Brien | Felix (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East Side/West Side | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |