David Carradine

David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk travelling through the American Old West. He also portrayed the title character of both of the Kill Bill films. He appeared in two Martin Scorsese films: Boxcar Bertha and Mean Streets. David Carradine was a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father, John Carradine. The elder Carradine's acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage, television, and in cinema, spanned more than four decades. A prolific "B" movie actor, David Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films in a career spanning more than six decades. He received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his work on Kung Fu, and received three additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory (1976), the television miniseries North and South (1985), and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Throughout his life, Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including action, documentaries, drama, horror, martial arts, science fiction, and westerns. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a director and musician. Moreover, influenced by his Kung Fu role, he studied martial arts. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cast

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

(Bill)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

(Bill 'Snake Charmer')

Bird on a Wire

(Eugene Sorensen)

Heaven with a Gun

(Coke Beck)

The Long Goodbye

(Dave aka Socrates (uncredited))

Last Hour

(Detective Mike Stone)

The Misfit Brigade

(Col. Von Weisshagen)

Dead & Breakfast

(Mr. Wise)

Cannonball

(Coy "Cannonball" Buckman)

Break

(The Bishop)

Boxcar Bertha

(Big Bill Shelly)

Being Michael Madsen

(Self)

Road of No Return

(Mr. Hover)

The Best of Sex and Violence

(Self - Cameo Appearance)

Autumn

(Philip)

Brothers in Arms

(Driscoll)

Evil Toons

(Gideon Fisk)

Out of the Wilderness

(Clint Dugan)

Camille

(Cowboy Bob)

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island

(Chief Wulisso (voice))

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II

(Dark One)

Circle of Iron

(The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha)

Gray Lady Down

(Captain Gates)

Kung Fu Killer

(Crane)

Epic Movie

(Museum Curator)

Balto II: Wolf Quest

(Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice))

The New Swiss Family Robinson

(Sheldon Blake)

Death Race 2000

(Frankenstein)

Hell Ride

(The Deuce)

All Hell Broke Loose

(Marshal Ian McHenry)

Q

(Shepard)

Big Stan

(The Master)

How to Rob a Bank

(Nick)

Roadside Prophets

(Othello Jones)

Deathsport

(Kaz Oshay)

Waxwork II: Lost in Time

(The Beggar)

The Last Sect

(Van Helsing)

Bound for Glory

(Woody Guthrie)

Treasure Raiders

(Pierre)

Be Water

(Self (archive footage))

Warlords

(Dow)

Homo Erectus

(Mookoo / Uncle Unky)

The Long Riders

(Cole Younger)

Lone Wolf McQuade

(Rawley Wilkes)

True Legend

(Anthony)

Crank: High Voltage

(Poon Dong)

Dark Fields

(Clive Jonis)

The Golden Boys

(Capt. Zebulon Hedge)

Think Big

(Sweeney)

Spiral Fitness Beginnings

(Self)

Dinocroc vs. Supergator

(Jason Drake)

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

(Mardulak)

The Outsider

(Doctor Lucas Henry)

Night Rhythms

(Vincent)

The Warrior and the Sorceress

(Kain)

Stretch

(Monteiro)

Nightfall

(Gnomen)

The Serpent's Egg

(Abel Rosenberg)

Young Billy Young

(Jesse Boone)

Miracle at Sage Creek

(Ike)

Martial Law

(Dalton Rhodes)

Kung Fu The Movie

(Kwai Chang Caine)

Armed Response

(Jim Roth)

Bad Cop

(Det. Humes)

Animal Instincts

(William Lamberti)

Future Force

(John Tucker)

The Shepherd

(Ventriloquist)

Stroker - Ein Mann wie ein Stromstoss

(Ron Morrell)

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

(Waco)

My Suicide

(Vargas)

Final Move

(Captain Baker)

Crime Zone

(Jason)

Capital Punishment

(Michale Maltin)

Karate Cop

(Dad)

Sonny Boy

(Pearl)

Kill Zone

(Col. Horace Wiggins)

Last Stand at Saber River

(Duane Kidston)

Safari 3000

(Eddie Miles)

Thunder and Lightning

(Harley Thomas)

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

(Charlie Swattle)

Corman's World

(Self - Actor)

Eldorado

(The Spirit Guide)

Trick or Treats

(Richard Adams)

Future Zone

(John Tucker)

The Violent Ones

(Lucas Barnes)

Richard III

(Buckingham)

The McMasters

(White Feather)

P.O.W. The Escape

(Col. James Cooper)

The Trace of Lynx

Night Children

(Max Crawford)

Open Fire

(Joe Rourke)

I Saw What You Did

(Stephen)

Nosferatu: The First Vampire

(Host)

The Bad Seed

(Leroy Jessup)

Crime of Crimes

(Frank McEntire)

Night of the Templar

(Shopkeeper)

The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'

(Self)

Detention

(Principal Hoskins)

Deadly Surveillance

(Lieutenant)

The Monster Hunter

(Louis Dehoven)

Lost Treasure of Dos Santos

(Martin Shaw)

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

(Ben Irons)

Animal Protector

(Col. Whitlock)

Tropical Snow

(Oskar)

Full Blast

(Maceo)

Kung Fu Killer 2

(Crane)

Nowhere to Run

(Harmon)

Six Against the Rock

(Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy)

On the Line

(Bryant)

Light Speed

(Miles)

Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil

(Self)

Macon County Jail

(Coley)

Dune Warriors

(Michael)

Field of Fire

(Gen. Corman)

Guaranteed on Delivery

(Norman Williams)

Americana

(The American Soldier)

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

(Flack)

Dangerous Curves

(Lemmy)

The Cover Girl and the Cop

(Slade)

Oceans of Fire

(J.C. Busch)

The Mad Bunch

(Professor Foxwood)

Jealousy

(Bobby Dee)

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

(Self)

Cloud Dancer

(Brad Randolph)

Permanent Vacation

(Old Man)

The Hunted

(Gene Gauge)

The Puzzle in the Air

(The General)

Project Eliminator

(Ron Morrell)

Desperately Looking For Success

(James Lorrimer)

Absolute Evil

(Raf McCane)

Hair High

(Mr. Snerz (voice))

Last Goodbye

(Fred McGillicuddie)

Fall Down Dead

(Wade Douglas)

Heartbeat

(Man Playing Dice)

Mean Streets

(Drunk)

American Reel

(James Lee Springer)

Naked Movie

(Self)

Too Many Thieves

(Felix)

Kung Fu - A Legend Reborn

(Kwai Chang Caine)

Madoff: Made Off with America

(Neal)

By Dawn's Early Light

(Nick Decker)

Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon

(Grand Master)

Midnight Fear

(Hanley)

Brotherhood of the Gun

(Artemis McBride)

Kung Fu Action Masters

(Narrator)

Jodorowsky's Dune

(Self (archive footage))

Macho Callahan

(David Mountford)

Run for Your Life

(Maggiore Charles Forsythe)

Modern Warriors

(Self)

Gauguin the Savage

(Paul Gauguin)

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror

(Luke Enright)

Kandisha

(The American)

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon

(Kwai Chang Caine)

Double Trouble

(Mr. C)

Fatal Secret

(Michael LeWinter)

Try This One for Size

(Bradley)

Taggart

(Cal Dodge)

A Tale of James Brown

(Self)

Distant Justice

(Joe Foley)

Mr. Horn

(Tom Horn)

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

(Bill (Snake Charmer))

UnConventional

(Self)

Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird

(Archive Footage)

Kiss of a Stranger

(Sean O'Leary)

Warden of Red Rock

(Mike Sullivan)

A Distant Scream

(Michael)

Fuego

(Lobo)

You and Me

(Zeto)

That's Action

(John Tucker (archive footage) (uncredited))

Bus Riley's Back in Town

(Stretch)

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes

(Self)

Code... Death: Frontera Sur

(Colonel)

Away from Home

(Self)

Dead Center

(Chavez)

Knocking on Death's Door

(Doc Hadley)

Long Way Home

(Craw Dantley)

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

(Self)

The Donor

(Mike)

Down 'n Dirty

(Gil Garner)

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

(Self (archive footage))

Code Name: Jaguar

(Max Kaufman)

Lovers and Liars

(Mr. Montague)

Death Race

(Frankenstein (voice))

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

(Self)

Johnny Belinda

(Locky)

The Rage

(Lucas McDermott)

The Eagle and the Horse

(John Freemont)

The Ultimate Fighter

(Mikhail)

Lost Bullet

(Michael Morrison)

The Good Life

Medium

(Jessica's Brother)

Titus

(Bob Hawkins)

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

(Victor Garrison)

Jackie Chan Adventures

(Lo Pei (voice))

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

(Kwai Chang Caine)

Wild West Tech

(Self - Host)

Kung Fu

(Kwai Chang Caine)

In Case of Emergency

(Guru Danny)

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

(Self)

Alias

(Conrad)

Matlock

(Jimmy Legrand)

Charmed

(Tempus)

E! True Hollywood Story

(Self)

Danny Phantom

(Clockwork (voice))

Profiler

(Christopher Joe Allman)

Celebrity Paranormal Project

(Self)

Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys

(Mandrax (voice))

Gunsmoke

(Clint)

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

(Houston Currier)

The Ray Bradbury Theater

(Spender)

Lizzie McGuire

(Self)

Ironside

(Pogo Weems)

Mental

(Gideon Graham)

The Nightmare Room

(Mr. Farber)

Cimarron Strip

(Gene Gauge)

Family Law

(Andrew Weller)

The Virginian

(The Utah Kid)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

(Fitzhugh)

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

(Michael/Harris)

Matlock

(Steve Mazarowski)

Ironside

(Luke Roberts)

Ironside

(Frank Carlson)

Partners in Crime

(Hermanski)

The Family Holvak

(Craw)

Human Target

(Harry Solow)

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Host)

North and South

(Justin LaMotte)

Amazing Stories

(Calvin)

Arrest and Trial

(Wally Carpen)

Night Gallery

(Gideon)

The Mike Douglas Show

(Self)

Tony Awards

(Self - Presenter)

Son of the Dragon

(Bird)

Airwolf

(Dr. Robert Winchester)

Celebrity Ghost Stories

(Self)

Shane

(Shane)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

(Self)

Midi Première

(Self)

Today's F.B.I.

(The Leader)

King of the Hill

(Junichiro (voice))

The Dick Cavett Show

(Self - Guest)

The Name of the Game

(Jason Blake)

Wedden, dat..?

(Self)

Eve

(Kung Fu Master)

Just Shoot Me!

(David Carradine)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

(Edward Clarke)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Nominee)

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

(John Tucker (archive Footage))

Golden Globe Awards

(Self)