John Carradine
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
- 2021 · Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Blood of 1000 Virgins as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 · Legends of the West as Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992 · Dracula in the Movies as (archive footage)
- 1991 · Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 1985 · Reel Horror as Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage)
- 1983 · A Rose for Emily as Col. Sartoris
- 1983 · Boogeyman II as Dr. Warren (archive footage)
- 1983 · House of the Long Shadows as Elijah Grisbane
- 1983 · The Horror of It All as Self
- 1983 · Antony and Cleopatra as Soothsayer
- 1982 · The Vals as Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)
- 1982 · Satan's Mistress as Father Stratten
- 1982 · The Scarecrow as Hubert Salter
- 1982 · The Best of Sex and Violence as Self - Host
- 1978 · Sunset Cove as Judge Harley Winslow
- 1977 · Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. as Grampa Sullivan
- 1977 · Golden Rendezvous as Fairweather
- 1977 · The Mouse and His Child as The Tramp (voice)
- 1977 · Satan's Cheerleaders as The Bum
- 1976 · Crash! as Dr. Welsey Edwards
- 1976 · Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Drunk
- 1975 · Westwind as
- 1975 · Stowaway to the Moon as Jacob Avril
- 1974 · Moonchild as Mr. Walker
- 1974 · The House of Seven Corpses as Edgar Price
- 1973 · The Cat Creature as The Hotel Clerk
- 1973 · Superchick as Igor Smith
- 1972 · Night of the Dark Full Moon as Charlie Towman
- 1972 · Richard as Plastic Surgeon
- 1971 · Decisions! Decisions! as Railroad Ticket Clerk
- 1971 · The Gatling Gun as Rev. Harper
- 1971 · Threshold as Old-fashioned Undertaker
- 1970 · Bigfoot as Jasper B. Hawks
- 1970 · Shinbone Alley as Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
- 1970 · Horror of the Blood Monsters as Dr. Rynning
- 1969 · Daughter of the Mind as Mr. Bosch
- 1969 · The Trouble with Girls as Mr. Drewcolt
- 1969 · Pact with the Devil as Dr. Halback
- 1968 · The Astro-Zombies as Dr. DeMarco
- 1967 · The Hostage as Otis Lovelace
- 1967 · Hillbillys in a Haunted House as Dr. Himmel
- 1967 · Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors as Narrator / Tristram Halbin
- 1966 · Billy the Kid Versus Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1965 · The Wizard of Mars as The Wizard of Mars
- 1960 · Sex Kittens Go to College as Prof. Watts
- 1960 · Tarzan the Magnificent as Abel Banton
- 1959 · The Incredible Petrified World as Prof. Millard Wyman
- 1959 · The Oregon Trail as Zachariah Garrison
- 1959 · Terror in the Midnight Sun as Narrator (US Re-Edit)
- 1959 · Invisible Invaders as Dr. Karol Noymann
- 1958 · Showdown at Boot Hill as Doc Weber
- 1957 · Hell Ship Mutiny as Malone
- 1957 · The True Story of Jesse James as Rev. Jethro Bailey
- 1956 · Dracula as Dracula
- 1956 · Female Jungle as Claude Almstead
- 1956 · Dark Venture as Gideon
- 1956 · Hidden Guns as Snipe Harding
- 1955 · Stranger on Horseback as Col. Buck Streeter
- 1949 · C-Man as Doc Spencer
- 1947 · The Private Affairs of Bel Ami as Charles Forestier
- 1945 · It's in the Bag! as Jefferson T. Pike
- 1944 · Bluebeard as Gaston Morrell
- 1944 · Return of the Ape Man as Prof. John Gilmore
- 1944 · The Invisible Man's Revenge as Dr. Peter Drury
- 1944 · Voodoo Man as Toby
- 1943 · Isle of Forgotten Sins as Mike Clancy
- 1943 · Hitler's Madman as Reinhardt Heydrich
- 1942 · Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Caleb Green
- 1940 · Chad Hanna as B. D. Bisbee
- 1939 · Frontier Marshal as Ben Carter
- 1939 · Land of Liberty as (archive footage)
- 1939 · The Three Musketeers as Naveau
- 1939 · Mr. Moto's Last Warning as Danforth / Richard Burke
- 1938 · Alexander's Ragtime Band as Speakeasy Doorman
- 1938 · Four Men and a Prayer as General Sebastian
- 1936 · Winterset as Bartolomio Romagna
- 1936 · Daniel Boone as Simon Girty
- 1936 · The Garden of Allah as Sand Diviner
- 1936 · Half Angel as Sanatorium Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
- 1935 · Clive of India as Drunken-Faced Clerk
- 1933 · To the Last Man as Pete Garon (uncredited)
- Future · Jack-O 2: Blood Moon Rising as Walter Machen (archive footage)
- 2024 · La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano as Nazi leader
- 2016 · Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror as Self
- 2014 · Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2013 · The Trail of Dracula as Self (Archival Footage)
- 2012 · The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features as
- 2003 · Boogeyman II: Redux as Dr. Warren
- 1998 · The Wolfman's Cure as Count Dracula
- 1995 · Jack-O as Walter Machen
- 1995 · Bikini Drive-In as
- 1991 · Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 1990 · The Alien Within as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage)
- 1989 · Buried Alive as Jacob Julian
- 1987 · Evil Spawn as Dr. Emil Zeitman
- 1986 · Peggy Sue Got Married as Leo
- 1986 · Star Slammer as The Justice
- 1986 · Hollywood Ghost Stories as Narrator / Host
- 1986 · Lugosi: The Forgotten King as Himself
- 1986 · Monster in the Closet as Old Joe Shempter
- 1986 · The Tomb as Andoheb
- 1986 · Revenge as Sen. Martin Bradford
- 1986 · Haunted Hollywood as Host
- 1985 · Evils of the Night as Dr. Kozmar
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "Still Life")
- 1985 · Frankenstein's Brain as
- 1984 · The Ice Pirates as Supreme Commander
- 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1983 · Imps* as Gentleman
- 1982 · The Secret of NIMH as Great Owl (voice)
- 1982 · Fame as Danny Amatullo
- 1981 · The Reluctant Dragon as Narrator
- 1981 · Frankenstein Island as Dr. Frankenstein
- 1981 · Goliath Awaits as Ronald Bentley
- 1981 · The Nesting as Col. LeBrun
- 1981 · The Monster Club as R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer
- 1981 · The Howling as Erle Kenton
- 1980 · The Boogey Man as Dr. Warren
- 1980 · Monstroid as Priest
- 1980 · A Tribute to Dr. Shock as Self (archive footage)
- 1979 · The Littlest Hobo as Chief Justice Hamilton
- 1979 · Americathon as Uncle Sam
- 1979 · The Seekers as Avery Mills
- 1979 · Nocturna as Count Dracula
- 1979 · Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident as Professor Nikolaeff
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · The Bees as Dr. Sigmund Hummel
- 1978 · Flying High as
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · Vampire Hookers as Richmond Reed
- 1978 · Old Friends... New Friends as Self
- 1978 · Doctor Dracula as Radcliff
- 1978 · Salem and the Scarlet Letter as Narrator
- 1977 · Shock Waves as Captain
- 1977 · The White Buffalo as Amos Briggs
- 1977 · Tail Gunner Joe as Wisconsin Farmer
- 1977 · The Sentinel as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran
- 1977 · The Lady and the Lynchings as
- 1976 · The Last Tycoon as Tour Guide
- 1976 · The Killer Inside Me as Dr. Smith
- 1976 · Captains and the Kings as Father Hale
- 1976 · Death at Love House as Conan Carroll
- 1976 · The Shootist as Beckum
- 1975 · Journey Into the Beyond as Narrator (English Version)
- 1975 · Wonder Woman as Harlow Gault
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as The Professor
- 1975 · Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary as The Man
- 1974 · The Lady's Not for Burning as Old Skips
- 1974 · The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute as Self
- 1974 · The Cowboys as Oscar Schmidt
- 1973 · Shadow House as Uncle
- 1973 · 1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel as The Sage
- 1973 · Bad Charleston Charlie as Alcoholic Reporter
- 1973 · Terror in the Wax Museum as Claude Dupree
- 1973 · The Night Strangler as Llewellyn Crossbinder
- 1972 · Kung Fu as Rev. Serenity Johnson
- 1972 · The Rookies as
- 1972 · The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Narrator (voice)
- 1972 · Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask as Dr. Bernardo
- 1972 · Portnoy's Complaint as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
- 1972 · Boxcar Bertha as H. Buckram Sartoris
- 1972 · Demented Death Farm Massacre as The Judge Of Hell
- 1972 · Emergency! as
- 1971 · Film '72 as Self
- 1971 · The Seven Minutes as Sean O'Flanagan
- 1971 · Blood Legacy as Christopher Dean
- 1970 · Night Gallery as
- 1970 · Crowhaven Farm as Nate Cheever
- 1970 · Myra Breckinridge as Surgeon
- 1970 · Hell's Bloody Devils as Pet Shop Owner
- 1970 · The McMasters as Preacher
- 1970 · Blood of the Iron Maiden as Dr. Goolie
- 1970 · Cain's Cutthroats as Preacher Simms
- 1970 · McCloud as
- 1969 · Madame Death as Dr. Favel
- 1969 · Secret of Death as Polito the Clown
- 1969 · Five Bloody Graves as Boone Hawkins
- 1969 · The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Ticker
- 1969 · Blood of Dracula's Castle as George
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Old George Pomerantz
- 1969 · The Vampire Girls as Count Branos Alucard
- 1969 · The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals as Professor Cummings
- 1968 · Autopsy of a Ghost as Satán
- 1968 · Land of the Giants as Egor Crull
- 1968 · The Mummy's Ghost as The Egyptian Priest
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · The Helicopter Spies as Third-Way Priest
- 1968 · The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1968 · Chewing Gum as Roberto Sánchez
- 1968 · They Ran for Their Lives as Laslo
- 1967 · Blood of Ghastly Horror as Dr. Howard Vanard
- 1967 · The Fiend with the Electronic Brain as Dr. Howard Vanard
- 1967 · Hondo as
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1966 · Red Zone Cuba as Mr. Wilson
- 1966 · The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Prof. Boris Budge
- 1966 · The Green Hornet as James Rancourt / The Scarf
- 1966 · Munster, Go Home! as Cruikshank
- 1966 · Doom of Dracula as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 1966 · The Emperor's New Clothes as King Luvimself
- 1965 · Laredo as Prof. Paracelsus Smythe
- 1965 · Lost in Space as Arcon
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Elias Brown
- 1965 · The Legend of Jesse James as Noah
- 1965 · Broken Sabre as General Josh McCord
- 1965 · Curse of the Stone Hand as The Old Drunk
- 1965 · Branded as
- 1965 · Branded as General Joshua McCord
- 1965 · House of the Black Death as Andre Desard
- 1965 · Something for Mrs. Gibbs as
- 1964 · Cheyenne Autumn as Jeff Blair
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Zack Pike
- 1964 · The Munsters as
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Old Man - Third-Way Priest
- 1964 · The Patsy as Bruce Alden
- 1964 · Genesis as Narrator
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Guzman
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Gavin Revere
- 1962 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Cassius Starbuckle
- 1960 · Harrigan and Son as
- 1960 · Thriller as Jed Carta
- 1960 · Thriller as Jason Longfellow
- 1960 · The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Slave Catcher
- 1959 · Bourbon Street Beat as
- 1959 · The Rebel as Elmer Dodson
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Brother Jerome
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as The Rain Man
- 1959 · Lock-Up as
- 1959 · Bonanza as Jedediah Milbank
- 1959 · The Cosmic Man as Cosmic Man
- 1958 · The Last Hurrah as Amos Force
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Sheriff Vince Morgan
- 1958 · Lawman as Geoffrey Hendon
- 1958 · The Rifleman as
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Amos McKenna
- 1958 · The Proud Rebel as Traveling Salesman
- 1957 · The Story of Mankind as Khufu
- 1957 · Suspicion as Raphael
- 1957 · DuPont Show of the Month as John Canty
- 1957 · Maverick as
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Park Cleatus
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Mathew McDavitt
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · The Unearthly as Dr. Charles Conway
- 1957 · Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman as Dr. John Rayburn
- 1957 · Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses as Felix the Great
- 1956 · Around the World in 80 Days as Proctor Stamp
- 1956 · The Ten Commandments as Aaron
- 1956 · Dr. Fu Manchu as
- 1956 · The Black Sleep as Bohemund
- 1956 · Telephone Time as
- 1955 · The Court Jester as Giacomo
- 1955 · Desert Sands as Jala
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1955 · Cheyenne as
- 1955 · Navy Log as
- 1955 · MGM Parade as Self
- 1955 · MGM Parade as self
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Ephraim Hunt
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Kader
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Don Ignacio Vasquez
- 1955 · The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as The Duke
- 1955 · The Kentuckian as Ziby Fletcher
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Karl Miller AKA Count Karl Millevich
- 1954 · Climax! as John Evan
- 1954 · Climax! as The Duke
- 1954 · Climax! as Colonel Archer
- 1954 · Thunder Pass as Bergstrom
- 1954 · The Egyptian as Grave Robber
- 1954 · Johnny Guitar as Old Tom
- 1954 · Casanova's Big Night as Foressi
- 1953 · The Hound Of Heaven as Hyder Simpson
- 1952 · Gang Busters as
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1951 · The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as
- 1949 · Lights Out as
- 1949 · Suspense as
- 1948 · Studio One as Mr. Wadleigh
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Malvolio
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1947 · Fish Story as John Carradine
- 1946 · Down Missouri Way as Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning
- 1946 · The Face of Marble as Dr. Charles Randolph
- 1945 · House of Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1945 · Captain Kidd as Orange Povey
- 1945 · Fallen Angel as Professor Madley
- 1944 · House of Frankenstein as Dracula (aka Baron Latos)
- 1944 · Alaska as John Reagan
- 1944 · Barbary Coast Gent as Duke Cleat
- 1944 · The Adventures of Mark Twain as Bret Harte
- 1944 · The Mummy's Ghost as Yousef Bey
- 1944 · Waterfront as Victor Marlow
- 1944 · Jungle Woman as Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited)
- 1944 · The Black Parachute as General von Bodenbach
- 1943 · Gangway for Tomorrow as Mr. Wellington
- 1943 · Revenge of the Zombies as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann
- 1943 · Silver Spurs as Lucky Miller
- 1943 · Captive Wild Woman as Dr. Sigmund Walters
- 1943 · I Escaped from the Gestapo as Martin
- 1942 · Reunion in France as Ulrich Windler, Head of Paris Gestapo
- 1942 · Northwest Rangers as Martin Caswell
- 1942 · Whispering Ghosts as Norbert
- 1941 · Swamp Water as Jesse Wick
- 1941 · Man Hunt as Mr. Jones
- 1941 · Blood and Sand as Nacional
- 1941 · Western Union as Doc Murdoch
- 1940 · Brigham Young as Porter Rockwell
- 1940 · The Return of Frank James as Bob Ford
- 1940 · The Grapes of Wrath as Casy
- 1939 · Drums Along the Mohawk as Caldwell
- 1939 · Five Came Back as Mr. Crimp
- 1939 · Captain Fury as Coughy
- 1939 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Barryman
- 1939 · Stagecoach as Hatfield
- 1939 · Jesse James as Bob Ford
- 1938 · Submarine Patrol as McAllison
- 1938 · Gateway as Leader of Refugees
- 1938 · I'll Give a Million as Kopelpeck
- 1938 · Kidnapped as Gordon
- 1938 · Kentucky Moonshine as Reef Hatfield
- 1938 · Of Human Hearts as President Lincoln
- 1938 · International Settlement as Murdock
- 1937 · Thank You, Mr. Moto as Pereira
- 1937 · The Last Gangster as Casper
- 1937 · The Hurricane as Guard Captain
- 1937 · Ali Baba Goes to Town as Ishak
- 1937 · Danger – Love at Work as Herbert Pemberton
- 1937 · Love Under Fire as Capt. Delmar
- 1937 · Captains Courageous as Long Jack
- 1937 · This Is My Affair as Ed
- 1937 · Nancy Steele Is Missing! as Harry Wilkins
- 1936 · Laughing at Trouble as Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady
- 1936 · Dimples as Richards
- 1936 · Ramona as Jim Farrar
- 1936 · Mary of Scotland as Rizzio
- 1936 · White Fang as Beauty Smith
- 1936 · Under Two Flags as Cafard
- 1936 · The Prisoner of Shark Island as Sergeant Rankin
- 1935 · The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo as Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)
- 1935 · Bad Boy as Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant
- 1935 · Alias Mary Dow as Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited)
- 1935 · Bride of Frankenstein as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
- 1935 · Les Misérables as Enjolras
- 1935 · Cardinal Richelieu as Agitator
- 1934 · Cleopatra as Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
- 1934 · The Black Cat as Cult Organist
- 1934 · The Meanest Gal in Town as Stranded Actor (uncredited)
- 1933 · The Invisible Man as Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)
- 1933 · This Day and Age as Assistant Principal
- 1933 · The Story of Temple Drake as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1932 · The Sign of the Cross as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
- 1931 · Heaven on Earth as Chicken Sam
- 1930 · Tol'able David as Buzzard Hatburn
- 1930 · Bright Lights as Newspaper reporter / photographer




