John Carradine
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
2024
as Nazi leader
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
2016
as Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blood of 1000 Virgins
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Trail of Dracula
2013
as Self (Archival Footage)
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
James Dean: Forever Young
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Boogeyman II: Redux
2003
as Dr. Warren
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Jack-O
1995
as Walter Machen
Bikini Drive-In
1995
Legends of the West
1992
as Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dracula in the Movies
1992
as (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
The Alien Within
1990
as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage)
Buried Alive
1989
as Jacob Julian
Evil Spawn
1987
as Dr. Emil Zeitman
The Tomb
1986
as Andoheb
Star Slammer
1986
as The Justice
Monster in the Closet
1986
as Old Joe Shempter
Revenge
1986
as Sen. Martin Bradford
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
1986
as Himself
Hollywood Ghost Stories
1986
as Narrator / Host
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
as Leo
Haunted Hollywood
1986
as Host
Evils of the Night
1985
as Dr. Kozmar
Reel Horror
1985
as Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage)
Frankenstein's Brain
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Still Life")
The Ice Pirates
1984
as Supreme Commander
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Elvira's MTV Halloween Party
1984
as Self
Imps*
1983
as Gentleman
The Horror of It All
1983
as Self
House of the Long Shadows
1983
as Elijah Grisbane
Boogeyman II
1983
as Dr. Warren (archive footage)
Antony and Cleopatra
1983
as Soothsayer
A Rose for Emily
1983
as Col. Sartoris
The Best of Sex and Violence
1982
as Self - Host
The Vals
1982
as Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)
Satan's Mistress
1982
as Father Stratten
The Secret of NIMH
1982
as Great Owl (voice)
The Scarecrow
1982
as Hubert Salter
Fame
1982
as Danny Amatullo
Frankenstein Island
1981
as Dr. Frankenstein
The Howling
1981
as Erle Kenton
The Monster Club
1981
as R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer
The Reluctant Dragon
1981
as Narrator
The Nesting
1981
as Col. LeBrun
Goliath Awaits
1981
as Ronald Bentley
The Boogey Man
1980
as Dr. Warren
Monstroid
1980
as Priest
A Tribute to Dr. Shock
1980
as Self (archive footage)
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
Nocturna
1979
as Count Dracula
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
1979
as Professor Nikolaeff
Americathon
1979
as Uncle Sam
The Littlest Hobo
1979
as Chief Justice Hamilton
The Seekers
1979
as Avery Mills
The Bees
1978
as Dr. Sigmund Hummel
Doctor Dracula
1978
as Radcliff
Vampire Hookers
1978
as Richmond Reed
Salem and the Scarlet Letter
1978
as Narrator
Sunset Cove
1978
as Judge Harley Winslow
Vega$
1978
Flying High
1978
Old Friends... New Friends
1978
as Self
Shock Waves
1977
as Captain
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
as Wisconsin Farmer
Satan's Cheerleaders
1977
as The Bum
The White Buffalo
1977
as Amos Briggs
Golden Rendezvous
1977
as Fairweather
The Sentinel
1977
as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran
The Lady and the Lynchings
1977
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
as Grampa Sullivan
The Mouse and His Child
1977
as The Tramp (voice)
The Shootist
1976
as Beckum
The Killer Inside Me
1976
as Dr. Smith
The Last Tycoon
1976
as Tour Guide
Crash!
1976
as Dr. Welsey Edwards
Death at Love House
1976
as Conan Carroll
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Drunk
Captains and the Kings
1976
as Father Hale
Journey Into the Beyond
1975
as Narrator (English Version)
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
1975
as The Man
Stowaway to the Moon
1975
as Jacob Avril
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as The Professor
Wonder Woman
1975
as Harlow Gault
Westwind
1975
The House of Seven Corpses
1974
as Edgar Price
Moonchild
1974
as Mr. Walker
The Lady's Not for Burning
1974
as Old Skips
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self
The Cowboys
1974
as Oscar Schmidt
The Night Strangler
1973
as Llewellyn Crossbinder
Superchick
1973
as Igor Smith
The Cat Creature
1973
as The Hotel Clerk
Bad Charleston Charlie
1973
as Alcoholic Reporter
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973
as Claude Dupree
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel
1973
as The Sage
Shadow House
1973
as Uncle
Boxcar Bertha
1972
as H. Buckram Sartoris
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972
as Dr. Bernardo
Night of the Dark Full Moon
1972
as Charlie Towman
Demented Death Farm Massacre
1972
as The Judge Of Hell
Portnoy's Complaint
1972
as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1972
as Narrator (voice)
Richard
1972
as Plastic Surgeon
The Rookies
1972
Kung Fu
1972
as Rev. Serenity Johnson
Emergency!
1972
Blood Legacy
1971
as Christopher Dean
Decisions! Decisions!
1971
as Railroad Ticket Clerk
Threshold
1971
as Old-fashioned Undertaker
The Seven Minutes
1971
as Sean O'Flanagan
The Gatling Gun
1971
as Rev. Harper
Film '72
1971
as Self
Crowhaven Farm
1970
as Nate Cheever
Hell's Bloody Devils
1970
as Pet Shop Owner
Horror of the Blood Monsters
1970
as Dr. Rynning
Bigfoot
1970
as Jasper B. Hawks
The McMasters
1970
as Preacher
Cain's Cutthroats
1970
as Preacher Simms
Myra Breckinridge
1970
as Surgeon
Shinbone Alley
1970
as Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
Blood of the Iron Maiden
1970
as Dr. Goolie
Night Gallery
1970
McCloud
1970
Blood of Dracula's Castle
1969
as George
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
1969
as Professor Cummings
The Trouble with Girls
1969
as Mr. Drewcolt
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Ticker
Five Bloody Graves
1969
as Boone Hawkins
Pact with the Devil
1969
as Dr. Halback
Madame Death
1969
as Dr. Favel
Secret of Death
1969
as Polito the Clown
The Vampire Girls
1969
as Count Branos Alucard
Daughter of the Mind
1969
as Mr. Bosch
Love, American Style
1969
as Old George Pomerantz
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Autopsy of a Ghost
1968
as Satán
The Astro-Zombies
1968
as Dr. DeMarco
The Helicopter Spies
1968
as Third-Way Priest
They Ran for Their Lives
1968
as Laslo
Chewing Gum
1968
as Roberto Sánchez
The Mummy's Ghost
1968
as The Egyptian Priest
Land of the Giants
1968
as Egor Crull
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967
as Narrator / Tristram Halbin
The Hostage
1967
as Otis Lovelace
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967
as Dr. Himmel
Blood of Ghastly Horror
1967
as Dr. Howard Vanard
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
1967
as Dr. Howard Vanard
Ironside
1967
Hondo
1967
Munster, Go Home!
1966
as Cruikshank
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
1966
as Count Dracula
The Emperor's New Clothes
1966
as King Luvimself
Red Zone Cuba
1966
as Mr. Wilson
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Prof. Boris Budge
The Green Hornet
1966
as James Rancourt / The Scarf
The Wizard of Mars
1965
as The Wizard of Mars
House of the Black Death
1965
as Andre Desard
Curse of the Stone Hand
1965
as The Old Drunk
Something for Mrs. Gibbs
1965
Broken Sabre
1965
as General Josh McCord
Lost in Space
1965
as Arcon
Laredo
1965
as Prof. Paracelsus Smythe
The Big Valley
1965
as Elias Brown
Branded
1965
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Noah
Branded
1965
as General Joshua McCord
The Patsy
1964
as Bruce Alden
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Jeff Blair
Genesis
1964
as Narrator
The Munsters
1964
Daniel Boone
1964
as Zack Pike
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Old Man - Third-Way Priest
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Cassius Starbuckle
The Lucy Show
1962
as Guzman
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Gavin Revere
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Slave Catcher
Tarzan the Magnificent
1960
as Abel Banton
Sex Kittens Go to College
1960
as Prof. Watts
Thriller
1960
as Jed Carta
Harrigan and Son
1960
Thriller
1960
as Jason Longfellow
The Incredible Petrified World
1959
as Prof. Millard Wyman
Terror in the Midnight Sun
1959
as Narrator (US Re-Edit)
The Cosmic Man
1959
as Cosmic Man
Invisible Invaders
1959
as Dr. Karol Noymann
The Oregon Trail
1959
as Zachariah Garrison
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Brother Jerome
Lock-Up
1959
The Rebel
1959
as Elmer Dodson
Johnny Ringo
1959
as The Rain Man
Bonanza
1959
as Jedediah Milbank
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Amos Force
The Proud Rebel
1958
as Traveling Salesman
Showdown at Boot Hill
1958
as Doc Weber
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Amos McKenna
The Rifleman
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
as Sheriff Vince Morgan
Lawman
1958
as Geoffrey Hendon
The Rifleman
1958
as James Barrow McBride
The Unearthly
1957
as Dr. Charles Conway
The Story of Mankind
1957
as Khufu
The True Story of Jesse James
1957
as Rev. Jethro Bailey
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957
as Dr. John Rayburn
Hell Ship Mutiny
1957
as Malone
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957
as Felix the Great
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Sugarfoot
1957
as Mathew McDavitt
Maverick
1957
Wagon Train
1957
as Park Cleatus
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as John Canty
Suspicion
1957
as Raphael
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Proctor Stamp
The Ten Commandments
1956
as Aaron
The Black Sleep
1956
as Bohemund
Female Jungle
1956
as Claude Almstead
Hidden Guns
1956
as Snipe Harding
Dark Venture
1956
as Gideon
Dracula
1956
as Dracula
Dr. Fu Manchu
1956
Telephone Time
1956
The Court Jester
1955
as Giacomo
The Kentuckian
1955
as Ziby Fletcher
Stranger on Horseback
1955
as Col. Buck Streeter
Desert Sands
1955
as Jala
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1955
as The Duke
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Ephraim Hunt
The Millionaire
1955
as Karl Miller AKA Count Karl Millevich
Matinee Theater
1955
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Kader
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Don Ignacio Vasquez
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
MGM Parade
1955
as self
Johnny Guitar
1954
as Old Tom
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Foressi
The Egyptian
1954
as Grave Robber
Thunder Pass
1954
as Bergstrom
Climax!
1954
as John Evan
Climax!
1954
as The Duke
Climax!
1954
as Colonel Archer
The Hound Of Heaven
1953
as Hyder Simpson
Gang Busters
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
C-Man
1949
as Doc Spencer
Suspense
1949
Lights Out
1949
Studio One
1948
as Mr. Wadleigh
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Malvolio
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
as Charles Forestier
Fish Story
1947
as John Carradine
The Face of Marble
1946
as Dr. Charles Randolph
Down Missouri Way
1946
as Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning
House of Dracula
1945
as Count Dracula
Fallen Angel
1945
as Professor Madley
Captain Kidd
1945
as Orange Povey
It's in the Bag!
1945
as Jefferson T. Pike
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Dracula (aka Baron Latos)
Voodoo Man
1944
as Toby
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
as Dr. Peter Drury
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Yousef Bey
Bluebeard
1944
as Gaston Morrell
Return of the Ape Man
1944
as Prof. John Gilmore
Waterfront
1944
as Victor Marlow
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
as Bret Harte
Alaska
1944
as John Reagan
The Black Parachute
1944
as General von Bodenbach
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Duke Cleat
Jungle Woman
1944
as Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited)
Revenge of the Zombies
1943
as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann
Captive Wild Woman
1943
as Dr. Sigmund Walters
Hitler's Madman
1943
as Reinhardt Heydrich
Gangway for Tomorrow
1943
as Mr. Wellington
Isle of Forgotten Sins
1943
as Mike Clancy
Silver Spurs
1943
as Lucky Miller
I Escaped from the Gestapo
1943
as Martin
Reunion in France
1942
as Ulrich Windler, Head of Paris Gestapo
Whispering Ghosts
1942
as Norbert
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Caleb Green
Northwest Rangers
1942
as Martin Caswell
Man Hunt
1941
as Mr. Jones
Western Union
1941
as Doc Murdoch
Blood and Sand
1941
as Nacional
Swamp Water
1941
as Jesse Wick
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Casy
The Return of Frank James
1940
as Bob Ford
Brigham Young
1940
as Porter Rockwell
Chad Hanna
1940
as B. D. Bisbee
Stagecoach
1939
as Hatfield
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
as Barryman
Jesse James
1939
as Bob Ford
Five Came Back
1939
as Mr. Crimp
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939
as Danforth / Richard Burke
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Caldwell
The Three Musketeers
1939
as Naveau
Captain Fury
1939
as Coughy
Frontier Marshal
1939
as Ben Carter
Land of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
as Speakeasy Doorman
Kidnapped
1938
as Gordon
Of Human Hearts
1938
as President Lincoln
International Settlement
1938
as Murdock
Kentucky Moonshine
1938
as Reef Hatfield
Submarine Patrol
1938
as McAllison
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Kopelpeck
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as General Sebastian
Gateway
1938
as Leader of Refugees
The Last Gangster
1937
as Casper
Captains Courageous
1937
as Long Jack
The Hurricane
1937
as Guard Captain
Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937
as Pereira
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Ishak
Danger – Love at Work
1937
as Herbert Pemberton
This Is My Affair
1937
as Ed
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937
as Harry Wilkins
Love Under Fire
1937
as Capt. Delmar
Dimples
1936
as Richards
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as Sergeant Rankin
Daniel Boone
1936
as Simon Girty
The Garden of Allah
1936
as Sand Diviner
Ramona
1936
as Jim Farrar
Under Two Flags
1936
as Cafard
White Fang
1936
as Beauty Smith
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Rizzio
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady
Winterset
1936
as Bartolomio Romagna
Half Angel
1936
as Sanatorium Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
Alias Mary Dow
1935
as Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited)
Les Misérables
1935
as Enjolras
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935
as Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)
Cardinal Richelieu
1935
as Agitator
Bad Boy
1935
as Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant
Clive of India
1935
as Drunken-Faced Clerk
The Black Cat
1934
as Cult Organist
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
as Stranded Actor (uncredited)
Cleopatra
1934
as Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
This Day and Age
1933
as Assistant Principal
To the Last Man
1933
as Pete Garon (uncredited)
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Invisible Man
1933
as Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)
The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
Heaven on Earth
1931
as Chicken Sam
Bright Lights
1930
as Newspaper reporter / photographer
Tol'able David
1930
as Buzzard Hatburn