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David Carradine is a Actor, Director, Associate Producer and Editor American born on 8 december 1936 at Hollywood (USA)
David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor and martial artist, best known for his leading role as a Shaolin peace-loving monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s television series Kung Fu. He was a member of a productive acting family that began with his father, John Carradine. His acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage, television and cinema, spanned over four decades. A prolific "B" movie actor, he appeared in more than 100 feature films and was nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award. The last nomination was for his title role in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.
Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including horror, action, western, martial arts, drama, science fiction and documentary. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was also a musician and pursued a directing career. Influenced by his most popular acting role, he studied martial arts. The son of a frequently married actor, he had an unstable childhood. This instability would continue throughout his life as he himself was married five times. He was also frequently arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses which often involved substance abuse. He died on June 3, 2009, from asphyxiation a in hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand; the main report is that it was a sex-related erotic asphyxiation, however, there has been a controversy over this and some have said he may have been murdered.
In 1969, Carradine met actress Barbara Hershey while the two of them were working on Heaven with a Gun. The pair lived together until 1975. They appeared in other films together, including Martin Scorsese's Boxcar Bertha. In 1972, they appeared in a nude Playboy spread, recreating some sex scenes from Boxcar Bertha. That year Hershey gave birth to their son, Free (who later changed his name to Tom, much to his father's chagrin). The relationship fell apart around the time of his 1974 burglary arrest, when Carradine began an affair with Season Hubley, who had guest-starred on Kung Fu. Carradine was engaged to Hubley for a time, but they never married.
In February 1977, Carradine married his second wife, Linda, (née Linda Anne Gilbert, born March 16, 1950) the former wife of The Byrds lead guitarist, Roger McGuinn, in a civil ceremony, in Munich, Germany, immediately following the filming of The Serpent's Egg. Their daughter Kansas was born April 19, 1978. This marriage ended in divorce, as did the two that followed. He was married to Gail Jensen from 1986–1997. She died in April 2010, at the age of 60, of an alcohol-related illness. He was also married to Marina Anderson from 1998–2001. By this time, Carradine had proclaimed himself to be a "serial monogamist".
On December 26, 2004, Carradine married the widowed Annie Bierman (née Anne Kirstie Fraser, born December 21, 1960) at the seaside Malibu home of his friend, Michael Madsen. Vicki Roberts, his attorney and longtime friend of his wife, performed the ceremony. With this marriage he acquired three stepdaughters, Amanda Eckelberry (born 1989), Madeleine Rose (born 1995) and Olivia Juliette (born 1998), as well as a stepson, actor Max Richard Carradine (born 1998).
In one of his final interviews, Carradine stated that at 71, he was still "in excellent shape", attributing it to a good diet and having a youthful circle of friends. "Everybody that I know is at least 10 or 20 years younger than I am. My wife Annie is 24 years younger than I am.
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David Carradine
Birth name John Arthur Carradine
Nationality USA
Birth 8 december 1936 at Hollywood (USA)
Death 3 june 2009 (at 72 years) at Bangkok (Thailande)
Nationality USA
Birth 8 december 1936 at Hollywood (USA)
Death 3 june 2009 (at 72 years) at Bangkok (Thailande)
David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor and martial artist, best known for his leading role as a Shaolin peace-loving monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s television series Kung Fu. He was a member of a productive acting family that began with his father, John Carradine. His acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage, television and cinema, spanned over four decades. A prolific "B" movie actor, he appeared in more than 100 feature films and was nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award. The last nomination was for his title role in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.
Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including horror, action, western, martial arts, drama, science fiction and documentary. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was also a musician and pursued a directing career. Influenced by his most popular acting role, he studied martial arts. The son of a frequently married actor, he had an unstable childhood. This instability would continue throughout his life as he himself was married five times. He was also frequently arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses which often involved substance abuse. He died on June 3, 2009, from asphyxiation a in hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand; the main report is that it was a sex-related erotic asphyxiation, however, there has been a controversy over this and some have said he may have been murdered.
Biography
Shortly after being drafted into the Army in 1960, Carradine proposed marriage to Donna Lee Becht (born September 26, 1937), whom he had met while they were students at Oakland High School. They were married on Christmas Day that year. She lived with him off-base in Virginia while he was stationed at Fort Eustis. In April 1962, she gave birth to their daughter Calista. After his discharge, they lived in New York while Carradine established his acting career, appearing on Broadway in The Deputy and Royal Hunt of the Sun. The marriage dissolved in 1968, whereupon Carradine left New York and headed back to California to continue his television and film careers.In 1969, Carradine met actress Barbara Hershey while the two of them were working on Heaven with a Gun. The pair lived together until 1975. They appeared in other films together, including Martin Scorsese's Boxcar Bertha. In 1972, they appeared in a nude Playboy spread, recreating some sex scenes from Boxcar Bertha. That year Hershey gave birth to their son, Free (who later changed his name to Tom, much to his father's chagrin). The relationship fell apart around the time of his 1974 burglary arrest, when Carradine began an affair with Season Hubley, who had guest-starred on Kung Fu. Carradine was engaged to Hubley for a time, but they never married.
In February 1977, Carradine married his second wife, Linda, (née Linda Anne Gilbert, born March 16, 1950) the former wife of The Byrds lead guitarist, Roger McGuinn, in a civil ceremony, in Munich, Germany, immediately following the filming of The Serpent's Egg. Their daughter Kansas was born April 19, 1978. This marriage ended in divorce, as did the two that followed. He was married to Gail Jensen from 1986–1997. She died in April 2010, at the age of 60, of an alcohol-related illness. He was also married to Marina Anderson from 1998–2001. By this time, Carradine had proclaimed himself to be a "serial monogamist".
On December 26, 2004, Carradine married the widowed Annie Bierman (née Anne Kirstie Fraser, born December 21, 1960) at the seaside Malibu home of his friend, Michael Madsen. Vicki Roberts, his attorney and longtime friend of his wife, performed the ceremony. With this marriage he acquired three stepdaughters, Amanda Eckelberry (born 1989), Madeleine Rose (born 1995) and Olivia Juliette (born 1998), as well as a stepson, actor Max Richard Carradine (born 1998).
In one of his final interviews, Carradine stated that at 71, he was still "in excellent shape", attributing it to a good diet and having a youthful circle of friends. "Everybody that I know is at least 10 or 20 years younger than I am. My wife Annie is 24 years younger than I am.
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Filmography of David Carradine (113 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Jodorowsky's Dune | Actor | Self (Archival Footage) |
| 2012 | Eldorado | Actor | The Spirit Guide |
| 2011 | Stretch | Actor | Monteiro |
| 2010 | Hell Ride | Actor | The Deuce |
| 2010 | Detention | Actor | Principal Hoskins |
| 2010 | True Legend | Actor | Anton |
| 2010 | Dinocroc vs. Supergator | Actor | Jason Drake |
| 2009 | Crank: High Voltage | Actor | Poon Dong |
| 2009 | Break | Actor | The Bishop |
| 2009 | Absolute Evil | Actor | Raf McCane |
| 2009 | My Suicide | Actor | Vargas |
| 2009 | Autumn | Actor | Philip |
| 2009 | Dark Fields | Actor | Clive Jonis |
| 2008 | Death Race | Actor | Frankenstein (voice) |
| 2008 | Kandisha | Actor | The American |
| 2008 | Camille | Actor | Cowboy Bob |
| 2008 | Last Hour | Actor | Detective Mike Stone |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys | Actor | Capt. Zebulon Hedge |
| 2008 | Richard III | Actor, Executive producer | Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Killer | Actor | Crane |
| 2008 | Son of the Dragon | Actor | Bird |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | Actor | Museum Curator |
| 2007 | Being Michael Madsen | Actor | Self |
| 2007 | Big Stan | Actor | The Master |
| 2007 | Fall Down Dead | Actor, Associate Producer | Wade Douglas |
| 2007 | Fuego | Actor | Lobo |
| 2007 | Homo Erectus | Actor | Mookoo / Uncle Unky |
| 2007 | How to Rob a Bank | Actor | Nick |
| 2007 | Treasure Raiders | Actor | Pierre |
| 2005 | Dead & Breakfast | Actor | Mr. Wise |
| 2005 | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Actor | Self |
| 2005 | Brothers in Arms | Actor | Driscoll |
| 2004 | Hair High | Actor | Mr. Snerz (voice) |
| 2004 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Actor | Bill |
| 2004 | Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon | Actor | Grand Master |
| 2003 | American Reel | Actor | James Lee Springer |
| 2003 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Actor | Bill |
| 2003 | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Actor | Bill (Snake Charmer) |
| 2002 | Balto II: Wolf Quest | Actor | Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice) |
| 2002 | The Outsider | Actor | Doctor Lucas Henry |
| 2001 | Out of the Wilderness | Actor | Clint Dugan |
| 2001 | The Donor | Actor | Mike |
| 2001 | Down 'n Dirty | Actor | Gil Garner |
| 1999 | The Shepherd | Actor | Ventriloquist |
| 1998 | The New Swiss Family Robinson | Actor | Sheldon Blake |
| 1998 | An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Actor | Chief Wulisso (voice) |
| 1998 | Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror | Actor | Luke Enright |
| 1997 | The Good Life | Actor | |
| 1997 | Last Stand at Saber River | Actor | Duane Kidston |
| 1997 | The Rage | Actor | Lucas McDermott |
| 1994 | The Eagle and the Horse | Actor | John Freemont |
| 1993 | Frontera Sur | Actor | Colonel |
| 1992 | Evil Toons | Actor | Gideon Fisk |
| 1992 | Roadside Prophets | Actor | Othello Jones |
| 1992 | Waxwork II: Lost in Time | Actor | The Beggar |
| 1992 | Double Trouble | Actor | Mr. C |
| 1991 | Karate Cop | Actor | Dad |
| 1991 | The Gambler | Actor | Caine |
| 1990 | Bird on a Wire | Actor | Eugene Sorensen |
| 1990 | Future Zone | Actor | John Tucker |
| 1990 | Martial Law | Actor | Dalton Rhodes |
| 1989 | Future Force | Actor, Associate Producer | John Tucker |
| 1989 | Nowhere to Run | Actor | Harmon |
| 1989 | Try This One for Size | Actor | Bradley |
| 1989 | Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Actor | Mardulak |
| 1989 | Think Big | Actor | Sweeney |
| 1989 | Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II | Actor | Dark One |
| 1989 | Crime Zone | Actor, Executive Producer | Jason |
| 1989 | Nowhere to Run | Actor | Harmon |
| 1989 | Sonny Boy | Actor | Pearl |
| 1988 | Run for Your Life | Actor | Maggiore Charles Forsythe |
| 1988 | I Saw What You Did | Actor | Stephen |
| 1988 | Tropical Snow | Actor | Oskar |
| 1987 | Heartbeat | Actor | Man Playing Dice |
| 1986 | Armed Response | Actor | Jim Roth |
| 1986 | P.O.W. The Escape | Actor | Col. James Cooper |
| 1986 | Kung Fu The Movie | Actor, Co-Producer | Kwai Chang Caine |
| 1985 | The Bad Seed | Actor | Leroy Jessup |
| 1985 | Blackout | Actor | |
| 1985 | North and South (TV miniseries) | Actor | |
| 1984 | The Warrior and the Sorceress | Actor | Kain |
| 1983 | Lone Wolf McQuade | Actor | Rawley Wilkes |
| 1982 | Q | Actor | Shepard |
| 1982 | Safari 3000 | Actor | Eddie Miles |
| 1982 | Trick or Treats | Actor | Richard Adams |
| 1981 | Americana | Actor, Director, Producer, Editor | The American Soldier |
| 1980 | Cloud Dancer | Actor | Brad Randolph |
| 1980 | The Long Riders | Actor | Cole Younger |
| 1980 | High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Actor | Ben Irons |
| 1979 | Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider | Actor | Charlie Swattle |
| 1979 | Mr. Horn | Actor | Tom Horn |
| 1979 | I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs | Actor | |
| 1978 | Circle of Iron | Actor | The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha |
| 1978 | Deathsport | Actor | Kaz Oshay |
| 1978 | Gray Lady Down | Actor | Captain Gates |
| 1977 | The Serpent's Egg | Actor | Abel Rosenberg |
| 1977 | Thunder and Lightning | Actor | Harley Thomas |
| 1976 | Bound for Glory | Actor | Woody Guthrie |
| 1976 | Cannonball | Actor | Coy "Cannonball" Buckman |
| 1975 | Death Race 2000 | Actor | Frankenstein |
| 1973 | Mean Streets | Actor | Drunk |
| 1973 | The Long Goodbye | Actor | Dave aka Socrates (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Boxcar Bertha | Actor | Big Bill Shelly |
| 1971 | Macho Callahan | Actor | David Mountford |
| 1970 | The McMasters | Actor | White Feather |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Actor, Director | Waco |
| 1969 | Heaven with a Gun | Actor | Coke Beck |
| 1969 | Young Billy Young | Actor | Jesse Boone |
| 1967 | Johnny Belinda | Actor | Locky |
| 1966 | Too Many Thieves | Actor | Felix |
| 1965 | Bus Riley's Back in Town | Actor | Stretch |
| 1965 | Taggart | Actor | Cal Dodge |
| 1938 | Crime School | Actor |