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John Carradine

Date of Death: November 27, 1988 (82)

Birth Place: New York, NY, USA

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STAGE CREDITS

Frankenstein
[Broadway]
1981
DeLacey
The Fantasticks
[Regional (US)]
Regional Revival, 1972
Performer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1962
Lycus
Lycus [Replacement]
The Time of Your Life
[Broadway]
1955
Kit Carson
The Madwoman of Chaillot
[Broadway]
1950
The Ragpicker
The Madwoman of Chaillot
[Broadway]
1948
The Ragpicker
The Leading Lady
[Broadway]
1948
Benjy
The Cup of Trembling
[Broadway]
1948
Walter Fowler
Volpone
[Broadway]
1948
Voltore
Galileo
[Broadway]
1947
Inquisitor
The Duchess of Malfi
[Broadway]
1946
The Cardinal
The Vagabond King
[Los Angeles]
LACLO Production, 1942
Performer

Movies

Cardinal Richelieu
[ 1935 ] Agitator
Winterset
[ 1936 ] Bartolomio Romagna
White Fang
[ 1936 ] Beauty Smith
Mary of Scotland
[ 1936 ] David Rizzio
Laughing at Trouble
[ 1936 ] Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady
Ramona
[ 1936 ] Jim Farrar
Dimples
[ 1936 ] Richards
The Garden of Allah
[ 1936 ] Sand Diviner
The Prisoner of Shark Island
[ 1936 ] Sgt. Rankin
Daniel Boone
[ 1936 ] Simon Girty
Captains Courageous
[ 1937 ] Long Jack
Love Under Fire
[ 1937 ] Captain Delmar
This Is My Affair
[ 1937 ] Ed
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
[ 1937 ] Harry Wilkins
Danger - Love at Work
[ 1937 ] Herbert Pemberton
Ali Baba Goes to Town
[ 1937 ] Ishak, Broderick
Thank You, Mr. Moto
[ 1937 ] Piereira
The Hurricane
[ 1937 ] Warden
Kidnapped
[ 1938 ] Gordon
I'll Give a Million
[ 1938 ] Kopelpeck
Gateway
[ 1938 ] Leader of Refugees
Submarine Patrol
[ 1938 ] McAllison
International Settlement
[ 1938 ] Murdock
Of Human Hearts
[ 1938 ] President Lincoln
Kentucky Moonshine
[ 1938 ] Reef Hatfield
Alexander's Ragtime Band
[ 1938 ] Taxi Driver
The Hound of the Baskervilles
[ 1939 ] Barryman
Frontier Marshal
[ 1939 ] Ben Carter
Jesse James
[ 1939 ] Bob Ford
Drums Along the Mohawk
[ 1939 ] Caldwell
Captain Fury
[ 1939 ] Coughy, Roger Bradford
Five Came Back
[ 1939 ] Crimp
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
[ 1939 ] Danforth
Stagecoach
[ 1939 ] Hatfield
The Three Musketeers
[ 1939 ] Naveau
Chad Hanna
[ 1940 ] B.D. Bisbee
The Return of Frank James
[ 1940 ] Bob Ford
Brigham Young
[ 1940 ] Porter Rockwell
Western Union
[ 1941 ] Doc Murdoch
Blood and Sand
[ 1941 ] El Nacional
Swamp Water
[ 1941 ] Jesse Wick
Man Hunt
[ 1941 ] Mr. Jones
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
[ 1942 ] Caleb Green
Whispering Ghosts
[ 1942 ] Norbert Long Jack
Reunion in France
[ 1942 ] Ulrich Windler
Revenge of the Zombies
[ 1943 ] Dr. Max Heinrich Von Altermann
Captive Wild Woman
[ 1943 ] Dr. Sigmund Walters
I Escaped from the Gestapo
[ 1943 ] Fritz Martin - Gestapo Agent
Silver Spurs
[ 1943 ] Lucky Miller
Isle of Forgotten Sins
[ 1943 ] Mike Clancy
Gangway for Tomorrow
[ 1943 ] Mr. Wellington
Hitler's Madman
[ 1943 ] Reinhardt Heydrich
The Adventures of Mark Twain
[ 1944 ] Bret Harte
The Invisible Man's Revenge
[ 1944 ] Doctor Peter Drury
House of Frankenstein
[ 1944 ] Dracula aka Baron Latos
Barbary Coast Gent
[ 1944 ] Duke Cleat
The Black Parachute
[ 1944 ] General von Bodenbach
Alaska
[ 1944 ] John Reagan
Return of the Ape Man
[ 1944 ] Prof. John Gilmore
Voodoo Man
[ 1944 ] Toby
Waterfront
[ 1944 ] Victor Marlow
The Mummy's Ghost
[ 1944 ] Yousef Bey
House of Dracula
[ 1945 ] Dracula, Baron Latos
It's in the Bag!
[ 1945 ] Jefferson T. Pike
Captain Kidd
[ 1945 ] Orange Povy
Fallen Angel
[ 1945 ] Professor Madley
The Face of Marble
[ 1946 ] Dr. Charles Randolph
Down Missouri Way
[ 1946 ] ThorndykeThornyP. Dunning
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
[ 1947 ] Charles Forestier
'C'-Man
[ 1949 ] Doc Spencer
Thunder Pass
[ 1954 ] Bergstrom
The Egyptian
[ 1954 ] Grave Robber
Casanova's Big Night
[ 1954 ] Minister Foressi
Johnny Guitar
[ 1954 ] Old Tom
Female Jungle
[ 1955 ] Claude Almstead
Stranger on Horseback
[ 1955 ] Col. Buck Streeter
The Court Jester
[ 1955 ] Giacomo
Desert Sands
[ 1955 ] Jala
The Kentuckian
[ 1955 ] Ziby Fletcher
The Ten Commandments
[ 1956 ] Aaron
The Black Sleep
[ 1956 ] Borg aka Bohemond
Around the World in 80 Days
[ 1956 ] Col. Stamp Proctor - San Francisco Politico
Dark Venture
[ 1956 ] Gideon
Hidden Guns
[ 1956 ] Snipe Harding
The Unearthly
[ 1957 ] Dr. Charles Conway
Hell Ship Mutiny
[ 1957 ] Malone
The Story of Mankind
[ 1957 ] Pharaoh Khufu
The True Story of Jesse James
[ 1957 ] Rev. Jethro Bailey
The Last Hurrah
[ 1958 ] Amos Force
Showdown at Boot Hill
[ 1958 ] Doc Weber
Half Human
[ 1958 ] Dr. John Rayburn, Anthropologist
The Proud Rebel
[ 1958 ] Traveling Salesman
The Cosmic Man
[ 1959 ] Cosmic Man
Invisible Invaders
[ 1959 ] Dr. Karol Noymann
Invasion of the Animal People
[ 1959 ] Narrator
The Incredible Petrified World
[ 1959 ] Prof. Millard Wyman
The Oregon Trail
[ 1959 ] Zachariah Garrison
Tarzan the Magnificent
[ 1960 ] Abel Banton
Sex Kittens Go to College
[ 1960 ] Prof. Harvey Watts
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
[ 1960 ] Slave Catcher
The Patsy
[ 1964 ] Bruce Arden
Cheyenne Autumn
[ 1964 ] Jeff Blair
Genesis
[ 1964 ] Narrator
Curse of the Stone Hand
[ 1965 ] The Old Drunk
The Wizard of Mars
[ 1965 ] The Wizard of Mars
Munster, Go Home!
[ 1966 ] Cruikshank
Red Zone Cuba
[ 1966 ] Mr. Wilson
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
[ 1967 ] Dr. Himmil
Blood of Ghastly Horror
[ 1967 ] Dr. Howard Vanard
Gallery of Horror
[ 1967 ] Narrator, Tristram Halbin
The Hostage
[ 1967 ] Otis Lovelace
The Astro-Zombies
[ 1968 ] Dr. DeMarco
Autopsia de un fantasma
[ 1968 ] Satán
Five Bloody Graves
[ 1969 ] Boone Hawkins
The Vampires
[ 1969 ] Count Branos Alucard
Madame Death
[ 1969 ] Dr. Favel
Diabolical Pact
[ 1969 ] Dr. Halback
Blood of Dracula's Castle
[ 1969 ] George - the Butler
The Trouble with Girls
[ 1969 ] Mr. Drewcolt
Enigma de muerte
[ 1969 ] Polito the Clown
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
[ 1969 ] Prof. Cummings
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
[ 1969 ] Ticker
Blood of the Iron Maiden
[ 1970 ] Dr. Goolie
Horror of the Blood Monsters
[ 1970 ] Dr. Rynning
Hell's Bloody Devils
[ 1970 ] Pet Shop Owner
The McMasters
[ 1970 ] Preacher
Cain's Way
[ 1970 ] Preacher Simms
Myra Breckinridge
[ 1970 ] Surgeon
Shinbone Alley
[ 1970 ] Tyrone T. Tattersall
House of the Black Death
[ 1971 ] Andre Desard
Will to Die
[ 1971 ] Christopher Dean
The Seven Minutes
[ 1971 ] Sean O Flanagan
Honey Britches
[ 1971 ] The Judge of Hell
The Gatling Gun
[ 1971 ] The Reverend Harper
Silent Night, Bloody Night
[ 1972 ] Charlie Towman
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
[ 1972 ] Doctor Bernardo
Boxcar Bertha
[ 1972 ] H. Buckram Sartoris
Moonchild
[ 1972 ] Mr. Walker
Terror in the Wax Museum
[ 1973 ] Claude Dupree
Bad Charleston Charlie
[ 1973 ] Fritz Frugal - Reporter
Superchick
[ 1973 ] Igor Smith
The House of Seven Corpses
[ 1974 ] Edgar Price
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
[ 1975 ] The Man
The Shootist
[ 1976 ] Beckum
Crash!
[ 1976 ] Dr. Welsey Edwards
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
[ 1976 ] Drunk
The Last Tycoon
[ 1976 ] Tour Guide
The White Buffalo
[ 1977 ] Amos Briggs
Shock Waves
[ 1977 ] Captain Ben Morris
Golden Rendezvous
[ 1977 ] Fairweather
The Sentinel
[ 1977 ] Father Halliran
Satan's Cheerleaders
[ 1977 ] The Bum
The Mouse and His Child
[ 1977 ] The Tramp
The Bees
[ 1978 ] Dr. Sigmund Hummel
Sunset Cove
[ 1978 ] Judge Harley Winslow
Vampire Hookers
[ 1978 ] Richmond Reed
Nocturna
[ 1979 ] Count Dracula
Teheran Incident
[ 1979 ] Professor Nikolaeff
The Boogey Man
[ 1980 ] Dr. Warren
Monstroid
[ 1980 ] Priest
The Nesting
[ 1981 ] Col. LeBrun
Frankenstein Island
[ 1981 ] Dr. Frankenstein
The Howling
[ 1981 ] Erle Kenton
Demon Rage
[ 1982 ] Father Stratten
Klynham Summer
[ 1982 ] Hubert Salter
The Secret of NIMH
[ 1982 ] The Great Owl
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
[ 1982 ] The Wizard
Doctor Dracula
[ 1983 ] Hadley Radcliff
House of the Long Shadows
[ 1983 ] Lord Elijah Grisbane
The Vals
[ 1983 ] Mr. Stanton - Head of the Orphanage
The Ice Pirates
[ 1984 ] Supreme Commander
Evils of the Night
[ 1985 ] Dr. Kozmar
Peggy Sue Got Married
[ 1986 ] Leo
The Tomb
[ 1986 ] Mr. Andoheb
Star Slammer
[ 1986 ] The Justice
Evil Spawn
[ 1987 ] Dr. Emil Zeitman
Monster in the Closet
[ 1987 ] Old Joe Shempter
Buried Alive
[ 1989 ] Jacob Julian
Jack-O
[ 1995 ] Walter Machen

TV Shows

Branded
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Kung Fu
Rev. Serenity Johnson
The Munsters
Mr. Gateman

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has John Carradine been in?

John Carradine has appeared on Broadway in 10 shows.

How many West End shows has John Carradine been in?

John Carradine has not appeared in the West End

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