John Carradine

Richmond Reed Carradine
1906 - 1988
American born New York City

Nickname The Bard of Boulevard, The Voice . Height 6' 2" (1.88 m) . Son of a reporter/artist and a surgeon. Grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. Attended Christ Church School, and Graphic Art School, studying sculpture. Roamed the South selling sketches. Made acting debut in Camille in a New Orleans theatre in 1925. Arrived in Los Angeles in 1927, worked in local theatre. Applied as scenic designer to Cecil B. DeMille, who rejected his designs but gave him voice work in several films. Debuted on film in Tol'able David (1930), billed as Peter Richmond. Protege and close friend of John Barrymore. Extremely prolific movie character actor, while simultaneously maintaining a stage career in classic leading roles such as Hamlet and Malvolio. Typed in later years as horror star. Member of the "John Ford Stock Company." Spouse Emily Cisneros (1974 - ?), Doris Rich (1957 - 1971) (widowed), Sonia Sorel (13 August 1944 - 1956) (divorced), Ardanelle McCool Cosner (1935 - 1941) (divorced).

Bikini Drive-In (1995) , Jack-O (1995) , Buried Alive (1990) , Prison Ship (1988) , Monster in the Closet (1987) ., Evil Spawn (1987) , The Tomb (1986) , Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) , "The Twilight Zone" (1986) , Revenge (1986) , Evils of the Night (1985) , "Fame" (1985) , "The Fall Guy"(1984) , The Ice Pirates (1984) , House of the Long Shadows (1983) , Antony and Cleopatra (1983) , The Secret of NIMH (1982) , Satan's Mistress (1982) , "Fantasy Island" (1982) , The Scarecrow (1982) , Rose for Emily (1982) , The Vals (1982) , Goliath Awaits (1981) , The Nesting (1981), Missile X - Geheimauftrag Neutronenbombe (1981) , The Howling (1981) , Frankenstein Island (1981) , The Boogeyman (1980) , The Monster Club (1980), The Seekers (1979) , "The Littlest Hobo" (1979) , Americathon (1979) , Nocturna (1979) , "B.J. and the Bear" (1979) , Monster (1979) , "Wonder Woman" (1978) , The Bees (1978) , "Greatest Heroes of the Bible" (1978) , "Vega$" (1978) , Vampire Hookers (1978) , Sunset Cove (1978/I) , Doctor Dracula (1978) , "Starsky and Hutch" (1978) , Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977) ,Golden Rendezvous (1977) , The Mouse and His Child (1977) , Shock Waves (1977), Satan's Cheerleaders (1977) , The White Buffalo (1977) , "McCloud" (1977) , Tail Gunner Joe (1977) ,The Sentinel (1977) , Crash! (1977) , The Lady and the Lynchings (1977) , The Last Tycoon (1976) , The Killer Inside Me (1976) , "Captains and the Kings" (1976) , Death at ove House (1976) , The Shootist (1976) , Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976), "The Rookies" (1975) , "Far Out Space Nuts"(1975) , "Mobile One"(1975) , Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975) , "Kung Fu" (1975) , Stowaway to the Moon (1975) , Young Frankenstein (1974) , The Lady's Not for Burning (1974) , "Emergency!" (1974) , Moonchild (1974) , Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974) , The House of Seven Corpses (1974) , "The Cowboys" (1974) , The Cat Creature (1973) , Hex (1973) , Superchick (1973) , Bad Charleston Charlie (1973) , The Gatling Gun (1973) , Terror in the Wax Museum (1973) , "Love, American Style" (1973) , The Night Strangler (1973) (TV) , Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) , Richard (1972) , Portnoy's Complaint (1972) , Boxcar Bertha (1972) , Shadow House (1972) , Decisions! Decisions! (1972) , Blood of Ghastly Horror (1972) , "Ironside" (1971) , "Night Gallery" (1971) , The Seven Minutes (1971) , Shinbone Alley (1971) , Blood Legacy (1971) , Honey Britches (1971) , Cain's Cutthroats (1971) , Beast of the Yellow Night (1971), Crowhaven Farm (1970) , Bigfoot (1970) , The McMasters (1970) , Myra Breckinridge (1970) , Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970), Five Bloody Graves (1970) , Hell's Bloody Devils (1970) , Blood of the Iron Maiden (1970), Señora Muerte, La (1969) , Daughter of the Mind (1969) , "Bonanza" (1969) , "Land of the Giants"(1969) , Enigma de muerte (1969) , The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969) , Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969), The Trouble with Girls (1969) ,Vampiras, Las (1969) , "The Big Valley" (1969) , Pacto diabólico (1969) , The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals (1969) , Autopsia de un fantasma (1968) , The Astro-Zombies (1968) , They Ran for Their Lives (1968) , "Daniel Boone" (1968) , Antologia del miedo (1968) , "Hondo" (1967) , The Hostage (1967) , Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967) , "Lost in Space" (1967) , "The Green Hornet" (1967) , Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1967) , Night Train to Mundo Fine (1966) , "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." (1966) , Munster, Go Home (1966) , Billy the Kid versus Dracula (1966) , "Branded" (1966) , "Laredo" (1966) , "The Legend of Jesse James" (1966) , "The Munsters" (1966) , "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1966) , The Emperor's New Clothes (1966) , "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1965) , House of the Black Death (1965) , The Wizard of Mars (1965) , Cheyenne Autumn (1964) , The Patsy (1964) , "The Lucy Show" (1964) , Genesis (1964) , Curse of the Stone Hand (1964) , The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) , "Thriller" (1961) , "Death Valley Days" (1961) , "Maverick" (1961) , "Wagon Train" (1960) , "Harrigan and Son" (1960) , "The Twilight Zone" (1960) , "The Rebel" (1960) ,Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) , Tarzan the Magnificent (1960) , The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) , "Overland Trail" (1960) , "Lock Up" (1960) , "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (1960) , "Johnny Ringo" (1959) , "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" (1959) , The Oregon Trail (1959) , "Gunsmoke" (1959) , Rymdinvasion i Lappland (1959) , "The Rifleman" (1959) , Invisible Invaders (1959) , "The Millionaire" (1959) , "Bat Masterson" (1959) , The Cosmic Man (1959) , "The Rough Riders" (1959) , "Cimarron City" (1959) , "Sugarfoot" (1958) , "77 Sunset Strip" (1958) , The Last Hurrah (1958) , Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1958) , The Proud Rebel (1958) , "Have Gun - Will Travel" (1958) , "The Restless Gun" (1958) , Showdown at Boot Hill (1958) , "Suspicion"(1958) , "The Red Skelton Show" (1958) , Hell Ship Mutiny (1957) , "Telephone Time" (1957) , "Studio One" (1957) , The Story of Mankind (1957) , "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1957) , The Unearthly (1957) , "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1957) , "Cheyenne" (1957) , The True Story of Jesse James (1957) , "The O. Henry Playhouse" (1957) , "Playhouse 90" (1957) , The Incredible Petrified World (1957) , "Matinee Theatre"(1956) , Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) , The Ten Commandments (1956) , The Black Sleep (1956) , "Studio 57" (1956) , "Damon Runyon Theater" (1956) , "My Friend Flicka"(1956) , "Front Row Center" (1956) , Hidden Guns (1956) , The Court Jester (1956) , "Climax!" (1956) , Dark Venture (1956) , Desert Sands (1955) , The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955) , The Kentuckian (1955) , Stranger on Horseback (1955) , "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1954) , Thunder Pass (1954), The Egyptian (1954) , Johnny Guitar (1954) , "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1954) , Casanova's Big Night (1954) , Female Jungle (1954) , "Suspense" (1953) , "Lights Out" (1952) ,
"Thunderbolt the Wondercolt" (1952) , "The Web" (1951) , "Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre" ... (1951) , "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" (1951) , "Sure As Fate" (1951) , "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre" (1949) , C-Man (1949) , "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1949) , A Christmas Carol (1947) , The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) , Down Missouri Way (1946) , The Face of Marble (1946) , House of Dracula (1945) , Captain Kidd (1945), Fallen Angel (1945) , It's in the Bag! (1945) , House of Frankenstein (1944) , Alaska (1944) , Bluebeard (1944) , Barbary Coast Gent (1944) , Return of the Ape Man (1944) , The Mummy's Ghost (1944) , Waterfront (1944) , The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) , The Black Parachute (1944) , The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) , Voodoo Man (1944) , Gangway for Tomorrow (1943) , Revenge of the Zombies (1943) , Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943) , Silver Spurs (1943) , Hitler's Madman (1943) , Captive Wild Woman (1943) , I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943) , Reunion in France (1942) , Northwest Rangers (1942) , Whispering Ghosts (1942) , Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) , Swamp Water (1941) , Man Hunt (1941) , Blood and Sand (1941) , Western Union (1941) , Chad Hanna (1940) , Brigham Young (1940) , The Return of Frank James (1940) , The Grapes of Wrath (1940) , Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) , Frontier Marshal (1939) , Five Came Back (1939) , Captain Fury (1939) , The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) , The Three Musketeers (1939) , Stagecoach (1939) , Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) , Jesse James (1939) ,Submarine Patrol (1938) , Gateway (1938) , I'll Give a Million (1938) , Kidnapped (1938) , Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) , Kentucky Moonshine (1938) , Four Men and a Prayer (1938) , Of Human Hearts (1938), International Settlement (1938) , Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) , The Last Gangster (1937) , The Hurricane (1937) , Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) , Danger-Love at Work (1937) , Love Under Fire (1937) , This Is My Affair (1937) , Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) , Captains Courageous (1937) , Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) , Laughing at Trouble (1936) , Winterset (1936) , Daniel Boone (1936) , The Garden of Allah (1936) , Dimples (1936) , Ramona (1936) , Mary of Scotland (1936) , White Fang (1936) , Half Angel (1936) , Under Two Flags (1936) , Captain January (1936) , A Message to Garcia (1936) ,The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) , Anything Goes (1936) , The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935) , Bad Boy (1935) , Dublin in Brass (1935) , The Crusades (1935) , She Gets Her Man (1935) , Alias Mary Dow (1935) , Bride of Frankenstein (1935) , Misérables, Les (1935) , Cardinal Richelieu (1935) , Transient Lady (1935) , Clive of India (1935) , Cleopatra (1934) , The Black Cat (1934) , The Meanest Gal in Town (1934) , The Invisible Man (1933) ,To the Last Man (1933) , This Day and Age (1933) , The Story of Temple Drake (1933) , The Sign of the Cross (1932) , Forgotten Commandments (1932) , Heaven on Earth (1931) , Tol'able David (1930) , Bright Lights (1930)