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John Carradine

Highest Rated: 100% Blood and Sand (1941)

Lowest Rated: 14% The Kentuckian (1955)

Birthday: Feb 5, 1906

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

John Carradine had his roots in Shakespeare, whose tragedies and histories he memorized as a schoolboy. Hitchhiking west to break into films, Carradine wrestled a contract out of 20th Century Fox, but generally did his best work for other studios, notably with director John Ford in "Stagecoach" (1939), "Drums Along the Mohawk" (1940), and the Academy Award-winning "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940). A free agent during World War II, Carradine played Nazi thugs and mad scientists with equal aplomb while inheriting the Dracula cape from Bela Lugosi for "House of Frankenstein" (1944) and "House of Dracula" (1945), cementing a lifelong association with fright films. In his later years, Carradine appeared in Joe Dante's whip-smart horror satire "The Howling" (1981) and Francis Ford Coppola's lyrical "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986). By the time of his death in 1988, Carradine had long been immortalized in the hearts of horror film fans for making light of humanity's dark side.

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Highest rated movies

100% 69% Blood and Sand
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100% 86% Stagecoach
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100% 87% The Night Strangler
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100% 45% Captain Kidd
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100% 37% Bluebeard
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97% 93% The Court Jester
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95% 92% The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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95% 89% Captains Courageous
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94% 85% Johnny Guitar
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John Carradine

John Carradine FALLEN ANGEL, John Carradine, 1945, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. HITLER'S MADMAN, John Carradine, 1943 HOUSE OF DRACULA, John Carradine, 1945 HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, John Carradine as Dracula, 1944 THE MUMMY'S GHOST, John Carradine, 1944 THE MUMMY'S GHOST, John Carradine, 1944 WESTERN UNION, John Carradine, 1941, TM and copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved THE TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES, Robert Wagner, John Carradine, Hope Lange, 1957. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN, John Carradine (center), 1944 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Salem and the Scarlet Letter Narrator - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trail of Dracula Self - 2017
57% 67% Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen Self - 2004
No Score Yet 12% Jack-O Lantern Unknown (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 26% Buried Alive Jacob (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 22% Shantytown Honeymoon The Judge of Hell (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 24% Prison Ship The Justice (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Alien Within Dr. Emil Zeitman (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 0% Revenge Sen. Martin Bradford (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Ghost Stories Narrator - 1986
87% 55% Peggy Sue Got Married Leo (Character) $37.7M 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Reel Horror Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage) (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 3% Evils of the Night Dr. Kozmar (Character) - 1985
17% 50% The Ice Pirates Supreme Commander (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Antony and Cleopatra Soothsayer (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 44% House of the Long Shadows Lord Elijah Grisbane (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 95% The Boogey Man II Unknown (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Vals Mr. Stanton (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aladdin & the Magic Lamp The Wizard (Voice) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp Unknown (Voice) - 1983
93% 85% The Secret of NIMH Great Owl (Voice) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Best of Sex and Violence Narrator - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Klynham Summer Hubert Salter (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 10% Frankenstein Island Dr. Frankenstein (Character) - 1981
75% 39% The Monster Club R.Chetwynd-Hayes (Character) - 1981
74% 60% The Howling Erle Kenton (Character) - 1981
33% 35% The Boogey Man Dr. Warren (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Monster Unknown (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 14% Monstroid Priest (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Beast From Beyond Priest (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sunset Cove Judge Harley Winslow (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cruise Missile Professor Nikolaeff (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 46% Night of the Bloodsuckers Unknown (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 9% The Bees Dr. Sigmund Hummel (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Greatest Heroes of the Bible King David (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 40% Nocturna Count Dracula (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 29% Satan's Cheerleaders The Bum (Character) - 1977
45% 44% The Sentinel Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran (Character) - 1977
17% 51% The White Buffalo Amos Briggs (Character) - 1977
60% 40% Shock Waves Captain (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tail Gunner Joe Wisconsin farmer (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 44% Golden Rendezvous Fairweather (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Dracula Radcliff (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Christmas Coal Mine Miracle Grampa (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Journey Into the Beyond Unknown (Character) - 1977
40% 25% The Killer Inside Me Dr. Jason Smith (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 36% Death at Love House Conan Carroll (Character) - 1976
81% 88% The Shootist Hezekiah Beckum (undertaker) (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 12% Crash! Dr. Welsey Edwards (Character) - 1976
33% 40% The Last Tycoon Tour guide (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moonchild Mr. Walker (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stowaway to the Moon Jacob Avril (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Full Moon Mr. Walker (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 29% Terror in the Wax Museum Claude Dupree (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 28% The House of Seven Corpses Edgar Price (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 20% Superchick Igor Smith (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bad Charleston Charlie Fritz Frugal - Reporter (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cat Creature The Hotel Clerk (Character) - 1973
100% 87% The Night Strangler Llewellyn Crossbinder (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red Zone Cuba Mr. Wilson (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 30% Silent Night, Bloody Night Charlie Towman (Character) - 1972
88% 69% Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) Dr. Bernardo (Character) - 1972
54% 33% Boxcar Bertha H. Buckram Sartoris (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 7% Legacy of Blood Christopher Dean (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 68% Shinbone Alley Tyrone T. Tattersall (Voice) - 1971
No Score Yet 40% The Gatling Gun Rev. Harper (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 41% The Seven Minutes Sean O'Flanagan (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zora Charlie Towman (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 24% Crowhaven Farm Nate Cheever (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 25% Vampire Men of the Lost Planet Dr. Rynning (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The McMasters Preacher (Character) - 1970
24% 35% Myra Breckinridge Surgeon (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 11% The Fakers Pet Shop Owner (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cain's Way Preacher Simms (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 29% Bigfoot Jasper B. Hawks (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Five Bloody Graves Boone Hawkins (Character) - 1969
17% 28% The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Ticker (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 54% The Trouble With Girls Mr. Drewcolt (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Enigma de muerte Polito the Clown (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet La señora Muerte Dr. Favel (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet They Ran for Their Lives Laslo (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 10% Night Train to Mundo Fine Mr. Wilson (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daughter of the Mind Mr. Bosch (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 17% The Astro-Zombies Dr. DeMarco (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Space Vampires Dr. DeMarco (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Las Vampiras Count Branos Alucard (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 14% The Pact With the Devil Dr. Halback (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Autopsy of a Ghost Unknown (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Vampires Count Branos Alucard (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 9% Blood Suckers Narrator/Tristram Halbin (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 11% Dracula's Castle George (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 21% Hillbillys in a Haunted House Dr. Himmel (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Return From the Past Narrator/Tristram Halbin (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 62% The Hostage Otis Lovelace (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 18% Billy the Kid vs. Dracula Count Dracula/James Underhill (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broken Sabre General Josh McCord (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man With the Synthetic Brain Dr. Vanard (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet House of the Black Death Andre Desard (Character) - 1965
60% 44% Cheyenne Autumn Jeff Blair (Character) - 1964
82% 63% The Patsy Bruce Alden (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Curse of the Stone Hand The Old Drunk (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 15% Wizard of Mars The Wizard of Mars (Character) - 1964
95% 92% The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Major Cassius Starbuckle (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 100% Tarzan the Magnificent Abel Banton (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 8% The Cosmic Man Cosmic Man (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Oregon Trail Zachariah Garrison (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 16% Invisible Invaders Dr. Karol Noymann (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Invasion of the Animal People Narrator - 1959
No Score Yet 53% Showdown at Boot Hill Doc Weber (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 0% The Incredible Petrified World Prof. Millard Wyman (Character) - 1958
83% 81% The Last Hurrah Amos Force, Newspaper Publisher/Managing Editor (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 10% The Story of Mankind Khufu (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hell-Ship Mutiny Malone (Character) - 1957
88% 35% The True Story of Jesse James Rev. Jethro Bailey (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 7% The Unearthly Dr. Charles Conway (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hidden Guns Snipe Harding (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 25% Female Jungle Claude Almstead (Character) - 1956
84% 87% The Ten Commandments Aaron (Character) - 1956
74% 57% Around the World in 80 Days Col. Proctor Stamp (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 35% The Black Sleep Borg aka Bohemond (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dark Venture Gideon (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 0% Desert Sands Jala (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 14% Half Human Dr. John Rayburn (Character) - 1955
97% 93% The Court Jester Giacomo (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 67% Stranger on Horseback Col. Buck Streeter (Character) - 1955
14% 42% The Kentuckian Fletcher (Character) - 1955
94% 85% Johnny Guitar Old Tom (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 82% Casanova's Big Night Foressi (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 12% C-Man Doc Spencer (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 60% The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Charles Forestier (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Down Missouri Way Thorndyke `'Thorny'` P. Dunning (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Face of Marble Dr. Charles Randolph (Character) - 1946
85% 61% Fallen Angel Professor Madley (Character) - 1945
100% 45% Captain Kidd Orange Povey (Character) - 1945
55% 46% House of Frankenstein Dracula (Character) - 1945
56% 28% House of Dracula Count Dracula (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alaska John Reagan (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 20% Jungle Woman Dr. Sigmund Walters (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 59% The Adventures of Mark Twain Bret Harte (Character) - 1944
40% 21% The Invisible Man's Revenge Doctor Drury (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 33% Waterfront Victor Marlow (Character) - 1944
100% 37% Bluebeard Gaston Morel (Character) - 1944
33% 17% The Mummy's Ghost Yousef Bey (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 10% Voodoo Man Toby (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 50% Return of the Ape Man Prof. Gilmore (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barbary Coast Gent Duke Cleat (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Black Parachute General von Bodenbach (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 29% Monsoon Mike Clancy (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Escape Martin (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 50% Hitler's Madman Reinhardt Heydrich (Character) - 1943
40% 7% Captive Wild Woman Dr. Sigmund Walters (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silver Spurs Lucky Miller (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 8% Revenge of the Zombies Dr. Max Heinrich von Aldermann (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gangway for Tomorrow Mr. Wellington (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Whispering Ghosts Norbert (Long Jack) (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 49% Reunion in France Ulrich Windler (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 60% Son of Fury Caleb Green (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Northwest Rangers Martin Caswell (Character) - 1942
100% 69% Blood and Sand Nacional (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 70% Swamp Water Jesse Wick (Character) - 1941
93% 75% Man Hunt Mr. Jones (Character) - 1941
75% 60% Western Union Doc Murdoch (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 40% Chad Hanna Bisbee (Character) - 1940
71% 47% The Return of Frank James Bob Ford (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 47% Brigham Young Porter Rockwell (Character) - 1940
100% 88% The Grapes of Wrath Casy (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 63% Five Came Back Mr. Crimp (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 62% Frontier Marshal Ben Carter (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 36% The Three Musketeers Naveau (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 67% Jesse James Bob Ford (Character) - 1939
82% 60% Drums Along the Mohawk Caldwell (Character) - 1939
91% 83% The Hound of the Baskervilles Barryman (Character) - 1939
100% 86% Stagecoach Hatfield (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 42% Mr. Moto's Last Warning Danforth / Richard Burke (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gateway Leader of Refugees (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 43% Kidnapped Gordon (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 52% Of Human Hearts President Abraham Lincoln (Character) - 1938
83% 46% Alexander's Ragtime Band Taxi Driver (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Submarine Patrol McAllison (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet I'll Give a Million Kopelpeck (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danger, Love at Work Herbert Pemberton (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ali Baba Goes to Town Ishak/Broderick/Himself (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 33% This Is My Affair Ed (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 68% The Hurricane Warden (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 58% The Last Gangster Caspar (Character) - 1937
95% 89% Captains Courageous Long Jack (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 67% Thank You, Mr. Moto Pereira (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet White Fang Beauty Smith (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ramona Jim Farrar (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 25% Winterset Bartolomeo Romagna (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daniel Boone Simon Girty (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 45% Mary of Scotland Rizzio (Character) - 1936
89% 71% The Prisoner of Shark Island Sgt. Rankin (Character) - 1936
36% 38% The Garden of Allah Sand Diviner (Character) - 1936
85% 86% Les Miserables Enjolras (Character) - 1935
86% 65% The Story of Temple Drake Courtroom spectator (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bright Lights Newspaper Photographer (uncredited) (Character) - 1930

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fame Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Littlest Hobo Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet B.J. and the Bear Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
100% 82% Wonder Woman Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Starsky and Hutch Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet McCloud Loren Belasco (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Guest Star) 1972 1974-1975
No Score Yet 100% Night Gallery Unknown (Character) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1961 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Valley Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daniel Boone Unknown (Guest Star) 1968
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet 76% Lost in Space Arcon (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet 83% The Green Hornet Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
10% No Score Yet The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Branded Unknown (Guest Star) 1965-1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laredo Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
83% 92% The Munsters Mr. Gateman (Guest Star) 1965-1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Beverly Hillbillies Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lucy Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thriller Unknown (Character) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Doc Lockridge (Guest Star) 1958 1960
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Brother Jerome (Character) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rebel Unknown (Guest Star) 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lock Up Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnny Ringo Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Don Ignacio Vasquez (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1955 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Kader (Guest Star) 1955 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rifleman Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bat Masterson Sheriff Vince Morgan (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sugarfoot Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Roderick Delaquois (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Restless Gun Archibald Plunkette/Archie Plunker (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Skelton Show Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		1956 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cheyenne Unknown (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1955-1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Suspense Unknown (Character) 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lights Out Unknown (Character) 1951