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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John Carradine
Filmography
Movies
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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% |
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Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen | Self | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Jack-O Lantern | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Buried Alive | Jacob (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Shantytown Honeymoon | The Judge of Hell (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Prison Ship | The Justice (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alien Within | Dr. Emil Zeitman (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Revenge | Sen. Martin Bradford (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Ghost Stories | Narrator | - | 1986 |
87% |
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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 |
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Evils of the Night | Dr. Kozmar (Character) | - | 1985 |
17% |
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The Ice Pirates | Supreme Commander (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Antony and Cleopatra | Soothsayer (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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House of the Long Shadows | Lord Elijah Grisbane (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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The Boogey Man II | Unknown (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aladdin & the Magic Lamp | The Wizard (Voice) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Vals | Mr. Stanton (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp | Unknown (Voice) | - | 1983 |
93% |
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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 |
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Frankenstein Island | Dr. Frankenstein (Character) | - | 1981 |
75% |
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The Monster Club | R.Chetwynd-Hayes (Character) | - | 1981 |
74% |
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The Howling | Erle Kenton (Character) | - | 1981 |
40% |
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The Boogey Man | Dr. Warren (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Monster | Unknown (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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Night of the Bloodsuckers | Unknown (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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Nocturna | Count Dracula (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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Satan's Cheerleaders | The Bum (Character) | - | 1977 |
45% |
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The Sentinel | Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran (Character) | - | 1977 |
17% |
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The White Buffalo | Amos Briggs (Character) | - | 1977 |
60% |
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Shock Waves | Captain (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tail Gunner Joe | Wisconsin farmer (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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The Killer Inside Me | Dr. Jason Smith (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Death at Love House | Conan Carroll (Character) | - | 1976 |
81% |
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The Shootist | Hezekiah Beckum (undertaker) (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Crash! | Dr. Welsey Edwards (Character) | - | 1976 |
33% |
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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 |
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Terror in the Wax Museum | Claude Dupree (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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The House of Seven Corpses | Edgar Price (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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The Night Strangler | Llewellyn Crossbinder (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Zone Cuba | Mr. Wilson (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Silent Night, Bloody Night | Charlie Towman (Character) | - | 1972 |
88% |
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) | Dr. Bernardo (Character) | - | 1972 |
56% |
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Boxcar Bertha | H. Buckram Sartoris (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Legacy of Blood | Christopher Dean (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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Shinbone Alley | Tyrone T. Tattersall (Voice) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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The Gatling Gun | Rev. Harper (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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The Seven Minutes | Sean O'Flanagan (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zora | Charlie Towman (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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Crowhaven Farm | Nate Cheever (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Vampire Men of the Lost Planet | Dr. Rynning (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The McMasters | Preacher (Character) | - | 1970 |
27% |
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Myra Breckinridge | Surgeon (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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The Fakers | Pet Shop Owner (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cain's Way | Preacher Simms (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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Bigfoot | Jasper B. Hawks (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Five Bloody Graves | Boone Hawkins (Character) | - | 1969 |
17% |
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Ticker (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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Night Train to Mundo Fine | Mr. Wilson (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They Ran for Their Lives | Laslo (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daughter of the Mind | Mr. Bosch (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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The Astro-Zombies | Dr. DeMarco (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Las Vampiras | Count Branos Alucard (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Space Vampires | Dr. DeMarco (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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Blood Suckers |
Narrator/ |
- | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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Dracula's Castle | George (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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Hillbillys in a Haunted House | Dr. Himmel (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return From the Past |
Narrator/ |
- | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hostage | Otis Lovelace (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Billy the Kid vs. Dracula |
Count Dracula/ |
- | 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% |
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Cheyenne Autumn | Jeff Blair (Character) | - | 1964 |
82% |
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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 |
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Wizard of Mars | The Wizard of Mars (Character) | - | 1964 |
95% |
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Major Cassius Starbuckle (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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Tarzan the Magnificent | Abel Banton (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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The Cosmic Man | Cosmic Man (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Oregon Trail | Zachariah Garrison (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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Invisible Invaders | Dr. Karol Noymann (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Invasion of the Animal People | Narrator | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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Showdown at Boot Hill | Doc Weber (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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The Incredible Petrified World | Prof. Millard Wyman (Character) | - | 1958 |
86% |
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The Last Hurrah |
Amos Force, Newspaper Publisher/ |
- | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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The Story of Mankind | Khufu (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hell-Ship Mutiny | Malone (Character) | - | 1957 |
88% |
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The True Story of Jesse James | Rev. Jethro Bailey (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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The Unearthly | Dr. Charles Conway (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hidden Guns | Snipe Harding (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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Female Jungle | Claude Almstead (Character) | - | 1956 |
84% |
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The Ten Commandments | Aaron (Character) | - | 1956 |
72% |
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Around the World in 80 Days | Col. Proctor Stamp (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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The Black Sleep | Borg aka Bohemond (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dark Venture | Gideon (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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Desert Sands | Jala (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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Half Human | Dr. John Rayburn (Character) | - | 1955 |
97% |
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The Court Jester | Giacomo (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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Stranger on Horseback | Col. Buck Streeter (Character) | - | 1955 |
14% |
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The Kentuckian | Fletcher (Character) | - | 1955 |
94% |
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Johnny Guitar | Old Tom (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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Casanova's Big Night | Foressi (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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C-Man | Doc Spencer (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
100% |
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Captain Kidd | Orange Povey (Character) | - | 1945 |
55% |
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House of Frankenstein | Dracula (Character) | - | 1945 |
56% |
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House of Dracula | Count Dracula (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alaska | John Reagan (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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Jungle Woman | Dr. Sigmund Walters (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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The Adventures of Mark Twain | Bret Harte (Character) | - | 1944 |
40% |
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The Invisible Man's Revenge | Doctor Drury (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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Waterfront | Victor Marlow (Character) | - | 1944 |
100% |
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Bluebeard | Gaston Morel (Character) | - | 1944 |
33% |
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The Mummy's Ghost | Yousef Bey (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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Voodoo Man | Toby (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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Monsoon | Mike Clancy (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Escape | Martin (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet |
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Hitler's Madman | Reinhardt Heydrich (Character) | - | 1943 |
40% |
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Captive Wild Woman | Dr. Sigmund Walters (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silver Spurs | Lucky Miller (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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Reunion in France | Ulrich Windler (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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Son of Fury | Caleb Green (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Northwest Rangers | Martin Caswell (Character) | - | 1942 |
100% |
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Blood and Sand | Nacional (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet |
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Swamp Water | Jesse Wick (Character) | - | 1941 |
93% |
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Man Hunt | Mr. Jones (Character) | - | 1941 |
75% |
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Western Union | Doc Murdoch (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet |
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Chad Hanna | Bisbee (Character) | - | 1940 |
71% |
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The Return of Frank James | Bob Ford (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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Brigham Young | Porter Rockwell (Character) | - | 1940 |
100% |
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The Grapes of Wrath | Casy (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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Five Came Back | Mr. Crimp (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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Frontier Marshal | Ben Carter (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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The Three Musketeers | Naveau (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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Jesse James | Bob Ford (Character) | - | 1939 |
82% |
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Drums Along the Mohawk | Caldwell (Character) | - | 1939 |
91% |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles | Barryman (Character) | - | 1939 |
100% |
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Stagecoach | Hatfield (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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Mr. Moto's Last Warning |
Danforth / |
- | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gateway | Leader of Refugees (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet |
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Kidnapped | Gordon (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet |
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Of Human Hearts | President Abraham Lincoln (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/ |
- | 1937 |
No Score Yet |
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This Is My Affair | Ed (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hurricane | Warden (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Gangster | Caspar (Character) | - | 1937 |
95% |
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Captains Courageous | Long Jack (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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Winterset | Bartolomeo Romagna (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daniel Boone | Simon Girty (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet |
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Mary of Scotland | Rizzio (Character) | - | 1936 |
89% |
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The Prisoner of Shark Island | Sgt. Rankin (Character) | - | 1936 |
36% |
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The Garden of Allah | Sand Diviner (Character) | - | 1936 |
85% |
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Les Miserables | Enjolras (Character) | - | 1935 |
86% |
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The Story of Temple Drake | Courtroom spectator (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bright Lights | Newspaper Photographer (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1930 |
TV
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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% | 80% | 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 | 73% | 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% | 91% | 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/ |
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 |