John Carradine Net Worth
John Carradine Net Worth is
$19 Million
John Carradine Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
John Carradine (born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films and Westerns as well as Shakespearean theatre. A member of Cecil B. DeMille's stock company and later John Ford's company, he was one of the most prolific character actors in Hollywood history. He was married four times, had five children and was the patriarch of the Carradine family, including four of his sons and four of his grandchildren who are or were also actors. | Date Of Birth | February 5, 1906, Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | November 27, 1988, Milan, Italy |
| Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Height | 6' (1.83 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack |
| Spouse | Emily Cisneros (m. 1975–1988) |
| Children | David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Bruce Carradine, Christopher Carradine |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Deep baritone voice |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on Cedric Hardwicke] He had a wonderful quality that I noticed even before I ever met him. A wonderful quality of stillness in his face. Not a muscle ever moved, yet he conveyed wonderful things. |
| 2 | [on Bela Lugosi] Oh, he was a charming man. He always had a bucket of red wine on the set which he pulled out gracefully all day long. He never forgot his line... he never lost his affability. He was a very affable man. |
| 3 | [In 1973] I know, of course, that no self estimate is sure, but I think I'm better at acting than I am at dairy farming. |
| 4 | [In 1972] I still have an awful load to carry. I've been carrying a heavy load for thirty years. My youngest son is only 16; my next boy is 22. I've got a ways to go before I can call my life my own. |
| 5 | Never do anything you wouldn't want to be caught dead doing. |
| 6 | Lionel Barrymore then had hands like mine are now--arthritic talons. |
| 7 | I am a ham! And the ham in an actor is what makes him interesting. |
| 8 | [on John Ford] Oh, Ford was a peculiar man. You had to know how to handle him. Actors were terrified of him because he liked to terrify them. He was a sadist. |
| 9 | [on Cecil B. DeMille] I was very fond of him. I never saw him direct an actor; his specialty was the camera. He simply hired the best actors he could get and let them do their job. He didn't interfere with them unless something was drastically wrong. DeMille's specialty was the camera, the pageantry. |
| 10 | [on Darryl F. Zanuck] Nobody liked working for Zanuck, the little goddamn Napoleon, always walking around with his polo mallet. Nobody had any respect for him except as an executive. And he was a good editor at one time, but he fancied himself a writer, and he was not a good writer. |
| 11 | Directors never direct me. They just turn me loose. |
| 12 | As for making movies, who can act at eight o'clock in the morning? Let's face it! |
| 13 | [his last words before passing away in Milan, Italy] Milan. What a beautiful place to die. |
| 14 | I've made some of the greatest films ever made - and a lot of crap, too. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although he played Martha Scott's son in The Ten Commandments (1956), he was six years her senior in real life. |
| 2 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6240 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
| 3 | He had two roles in common with his The McMasters (1970) co-star Jack Palance: (1) Carradine played Count Dracula in House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945), Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) and Nocturna (1979) while Palance played him in Dracula (1974) and (2) Carradine played Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (1947) while Palance played him in Ebenezer (1998). |
| 4 | He appeared with Lon Chaney Jr. in 11 films: This Is My Affair (1937), Jesse James (1939), Frontier Marshal (1939), House of Frankenstein (1944), The Mummy's Ghost (1944), House of Dracula (1945), Casanova's Big Night (1954), The Black Sleep (1956), House of the Black Death (1965), Gallery of Horror (1967) and Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967). |
| 5 | He appeared with Basil Rathbone in seven films: The Garden of Allah (1936), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939), Casanova's Big Night (1954), The Court Jester (1955), The Black Sleep (1956) The Last Hurrah (1958) and Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967). |
| 6 | He appeared with Vincent Price in seven films: Brigham Young (1940), Casanova's Big Night (1954), The Ten Commandments (1956), The Story of Mankind (1957), The Trouble with Girls (1969), The Monster Club (1981) and House of the Long Shadows (1983). |
| 7 | He appeared with Peter Lorre in eight films: Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937), Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937), I'll Give a Million (1938), Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939), Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), Hell Ship Mutiny (1957), The Story of Mankind (1957) and The Patsy (1964). |
| 8 | He played Count Dracula in four films: House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945), Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) and Nocturna (1979). |
| 9 | After a family dispute, he left home to become an assistant to renowned Philadelphia sculptor Daniel Chester French. |
| 10 | He hitchhiked to California, earning his way as a quick-sketch artist. |
| 11 | Whispering Ghosts (1942) was his last film under his long-term Fox contract. |
| 12 | He made guest appearances on both The Twilight Zone (1959) and The Twilight Zone (1985). |
| 13 | According to Jim Beaver's career article on Carradine for the October 1979 issue of "Films in Review", writer Tennessee Williams wrote the role of Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with Carradine in mind, although other commitments kept him out of the Broadway production in favor of Burl Ives. However, Carradine did play the role in a 1977 Los Angeles production. |
| 14 | Jailed briefly in 1953 on contempt of court charges for falling behind on his alimony payments. |
| 15 | His own touring productions of "The Merchant of Venice", "Hamlet" and "Othello" outgrossed Maurice Evans' celebrated 1940 version of "Hamlet". During the San Francisco run, Carradine always had a memorial seat reserved for his close friend, the late John Barrymore. |
| 16 | Officially changed his name from John Peter Richmond to John Carradine in early 1935. |
| 17 | His first co-starring role with Boris Karloff came in 1929 during a ten-week run of "Window Panes" in Figueroa, California. Carradine played a dimwit and Karloff played a Grigory Rasputin-like character. |
| 18 | Made his stage debut in 1925 in "Camille" in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| 19 | According to oldest son David Carradine in "Hollywood and Whine", "... we carted the coffin over to our house and opened it up. I looked down at him, and the undertaker had put a demonic, artificial grin on his face--like nothing I had ever seen him do in real life, except in a horror film. I reached out and, using the sculptural skills I had learned from him, I remodeled his face to be more naturally like him. Then I poured half a bottle of J&B scotch, his favorite, down his throat, and we had a wake". |
| 20 | Had the word "HAM" in his license plates on his Mercedes-Benz when he lived in Santa Barbara, California. |
| 21 | In later life, he suffered from crippling arthritis, but continued to work. |
| 22 | Claimed near the end of his life to have appeared in more movies than any other actor, surpassing the record set by Donald Crisp, the Oscar-winning actor and director who had started in silent movies and had appeared in numerous one- and two-reel films, many of them lost. The title for actor who appeared in most films likely is a contest between Carradine (more than 300 films) and Crisp (at least 170 known films). Of the contemporary generation, Christopher Lee, who has acted in more films than his peers (over 200), does not come close to matching Carradine's prolific output. |
| 23 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 165-167. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. |
| 24 | Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 2003. |
| 25 | Always ranked his performance in Bluebeard (1944) high among his career favorites. |
| 26 | Grandfather of Martha Plimpton, Ever Carradine and Kansas Carradine. |
| 27 | He was of English, with more distant Irish and Dutch, ancestry. John was sometimes said to have Italian or Spanish roots, from the surname "Carradine", but his last traceable patrilineal ancestor, a man named Parker Carradine, was born, c. 1755, in the state of Georgia, and had no evident Spanish or Italian origins. |
| 28 | Father of Chris Carradine, David Carradine, Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine. Adoptive father of Bruce Carradine. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Shootist | 1976 | Beckum | |
| Mary of Scotland | 1936 | David Rizzio | |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | 1976 | Drunk | |
| White Fang | 1936 | Beauty Smith | |
| McCoy | 1976 | TV Series | |
| Half Angel | 1936 | Sanatorium Inmate (voice, uncredited) | |
| The Rookies | 1975 | TV Series | The Voice |
| Under Two Flags | 1936 | Cafard (scenes deleted) | |
| Far Out Space Nuts | 1975 | TV Series | Ruler |
| A Message to Garcia | 1936 | President William McKinley (voice, uncredited) | |
| Mobile One | 1975 | TV Series | Maynard Swope |
| The Prisoner of Shark Island | 1936 | Sgt. Rankin | |
| Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary | 1975 | The Man | |
| Anything Goes | 1936 | Bearded Ballet Master (uncredited) | |
| Kung Fu | 1972-1975 | TV Series | Rev. Serenity Johnson |
| The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo | 1935 | Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited) | |
| Stowaway to the Moon | 1975 | TV Movie | Jacob Avril |
| Bad Boy | 1935 | Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant (uncredited) | |
| Westwind | 1975 | TV Series | Captain Hooks |
| The Crusades | 1935 | Leopold - Duke of Austria / A French King / A Wise Man (uncredited) | |
| The Lady's Not for Burning | 1974 | TV Movie | Old Skips |
| She Gets Her Man | 1935 | Lunchroom customer (uncredited) | |
| Emergency! | 1974 | TV Series | Jonas Larson |
| Alias Mary Dow | 1935 | Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited) | |
| Moonchild | 1974 | Mr. Walker | |
| Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 | Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited) | |
| The Cowboys | 1974 | TV Series | Oscar Schmidt |
| Cardinal Richelieu | 1935 | Agitator | |
| The House of Seven Corpses | 1974 | Edgar Price | |
| Les Misérables | 1935 | Enjolras | |
| The Cat Creature | 1973 | TV Movie | The Hotel Clerk |
| Transient Lady | 1935 | Ren Baxter (uncredited) | |
| Shadow House | 1973 | Short | Uncle |
| Clive of India | 1935 | Drunken-Faced Clerk (uncredited) | |
| Superchick | 1973 | Igor Smith | |
| Cleopatra | 1934 | Roman Citizen / Party Guest / Soldier (voice, uncredited) | |
| Bad Charleston Charlie | 1973 | Fritz Frugal - Reporter | |
| The Black Cat | 1934 | Cult Organist (uncredited) | |
| Terror in the Wax Museum | 1973 | Claude Dupree | |
| The Meanest Gal in Town | 1934 | Stranded Actor (uncredited) | |
| Love, American Style | 1973 | TV Series | Old George Pomerantz (segment "Love and the Anniversary") |
| The Invisible Man | 1933 | Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited) | |
| The Night Strangler | 1973 | TV Movie | Llewellyn Crossbinder |
| To the Last Man | 1933 | Pete Garon (uncredited) | |
| 1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel | 1973 | Short | |
| This Day and Age | 1933 | Assistant Principal Abernathy (as John Peter Richmond) | |
| Silent Night, Bloody Night | 1972 | Charlie Towman | |
| Morning Glory | 1933 | Dream Apparition (uncredited) | |
| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask | 1972 | Doctor Bernardo | |
| The Story of Temple Drake | 1933 | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | |
| Richard | 1972 | Plastic Surgeon | |
| The Sign of the Cross | 1932 | Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob / ... (uncredited) | |
| Portnoy's Complaint | 1972 | Judge (voice, uncredited) | |
| Forgotten Commandments | 1932 | First Orator (uncredited) | |
| Boxcar Bertha | 1972 | H. Buckram Sartoris | |
| Heaven on Earth | 1931 | Chicken Sam (as Peter Richmond) | |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | 1972 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Tol'able David | 1930 | Buzzard Hatburn (as Peter Richmond) | |
| Ironside | 1971 | TV Series | Isaiah Witt, 'The Creeper' |
| Bright Lights | 1930 | Telegraph Newspaper Photographer (uncredited) | |
| Night Gallery | 1971 | TV Series | Mr. Hawkins (segment "Big Surprise") |
| Decisions! Decisions! | 1971 | TV Movie | Railroad ticket clerk |
| The Seven Minutes | 1971 | Sean O'Flanagan | |
| The Gatling Gun | 1971 | Rev. Harper | |
| Will to Die | 1971 | Christopher Dean | |
| Honey Britches | 1971 | The Judge of Hell (uncredited) | |
| Threshold | 1971 | Short | Old-fashioned Undertaker |
| Crowhaven Farm | 1970 | TV Movie | Nate Cheever |
| Bigfoot | 1970 | Jasper B. Hawks | |
| The McMasters | 1970 | Preacher | |
| Shinbone Alley | 1970 | Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice) | |
| Myra Breckinridge | 1970 | Surgeon | |
| Blood of the Iron Maiden | 1970 | Dr. Goolie | |
| Horror of the Blood Monsters | 1970 | Dr. Rynning | |
| Cain's Way | 1970 | Preacher Simms | |
| Hell's Bloody Devils | 1970 | Pet Shop Owner | |
| The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals | 1969 | Prof. Cummings | |
| Daughter of the Mind | 1969 | TV Movie | Mr. Bosch |
| Bonanza | 1961-1969 | TV Series | Preacher Dillard / Jedediah Milbank |
| Madame Death | 1969 | Dr. Favel | |
| Land of the Giants | 1969 | TV Series | Egor Crull |
| Enigma de muerte | 1969 | Mad Doctor / Nazi Leader | |
| Five Bloody Graves | 1969 | Boone Hawkins | |
| The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | 1969 | Ticker | |
| Las vampiras | 1969 | Count Branos Alucard | |
| Blood of Dracula's Castle | 1969 | George - the butler | |
| The Trouble with Girls | 1969 | Mr. Drewcolt | |
| The Big Valley | 1969 | TV Series | Elias Brown |
| Diabolical Pact | 1969 | Dr. Halback | |
| Autopsia de un fantasma | 1968 | Satán | |
| The Astro-Zombies | 1968 | Dr. DeMarco | |
| They Ran for Their Lives | 1968 | Laslo | |
| Daniel Boone | 1968 | TV Series | Zack Pike |
| The Helicopter Spies | 1968 | Third-Way Priest | |
| Antologia del miedo | 1968 | Short | |
| Psycho | 1967 | Dr. Howard Vanard | |
| Hondo | 1967 | TV Series | Dr. Leonard Zeber |
| The Hostage | 1967 | Otis Lovelace | |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1967 | TV Series | Old Man - Third-Way Priest |
| Hillbillys in a Haunted House | 1967 | Dr. Himmil | |
| Lost in Space | 1967 | TV Series | Arcon |
| The Green Hornet | 1967 | TV Series | James Rancourt / The Scarf |
| Gallery of Horror | 1967 | Narrator / Tristram Halbin | |
| The Emperor's New Clothes | 1966 | King Luvimself | |
| Night Train to Mundo Fine | 1966 | Mr. Wilson | |
| The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | 1966 | TV Series | Prof. Boris Budge |
| Munster, Go Home! | 1966 | Cruikshank | |
| Branded | 1965-1966 | TV Series | General Joshua McCord Gen. Josh McCord Gen. Joshua McCord |
| Billy the Kid Versus Dracula | 1966 | Count Dracula / posing as James Underhill | |
| Laredo | 1966 | TV Series | Prof. Paracelsus Smythe |
| The Legend of Jesse James | 1966 | TV Series | Noah |
| The Munsters | 1965-1966 | TV Series | Mr. Gateman |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | 1966 | TV Series | Marvin Bagby / Marvo the Magnificent |
| House of the Black Death | 1965 | Andre Desard | |
| The Wizard of Mars | 1965 | The Wizard of Mars | |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1965 | TV Series | Gavin Revere |
| Curse of the Stone Hand | 1965 | The Old Drunk | |
| Something for Mrs. Gibbs | 1965 | Short | |
| Genesis | 1964/I | Narrator | |
| Cheyenne Autumn | 1964 | Jeff Blair | |
| The Patsy | 1964 | Bruce Alden | |
| The Lucy Show | 1964 | TV Series | Professor Guzman |
| Lawman | 1962 | TV Series | Geoffrey Hendon |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | Maj. Cassius Starbuckle | |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1956-1962 | TV Series | Abdul Kashmir / Dr. Prager / Slim Jim / ... |
| Thriller | 1961 | TV Series | Jason Longfellow / Jed Carta |
| Death Valley Days | 1961 | TV Series | The Stranger |
| Maverick | 1961 | TV Series | Judge Reese |
| Wagon Train | 1958-1960 | TV Series | Park Cleatus / Doc Lockridge |
| Harrigan and Son | 1960 | TV Series | Nippy |
| The Twilight Zone | 1960 | TV Series | Brother Jerome |
| The Rebel | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Elmer Dodson |
| Sex Kittens Go to College | 1960 | Prof. Watts | |
| Tarzan the Magnificent | 1960 | Abel Banton | |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 1960 | Slave Catcher | |
| Overland Trail | 1960 | TV Series | Caleb Nash |
| Lock Up | 1960 | TV Series | James Carew |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | 1960 | TV Series | Amos McKenna |
| Johnny Ringo | 1959 | TV Series | The Rain Man |
| The Incredible Petrified World | 1959 | Prof. Millard Wyman | |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | TV Series | Don Ignacio Vasquez |
| The Oregon Trail | 1959 | Zachariah Garrison | |
| Gunsmoke | 1955-1959 | TV Series | Kader / Ephraim Hunt |
| Invasion of the Animal People | 1959 | Narrator (English version, voice) | |
| Man Without a Gun | 1959 | TV Series | The Devil |
| The Rifleman | 1959 | TV Series | James Barrow McBride Abel Goss |
| Invisible Invaders | 1959 | Dr. Karol Noymann | |
| Tombstone Territory | 1959 | TV Series | Sheriff Binns |
| The Millionaire | 1959 | TV Series | Karl Miller AKA Count Karl Millevich |
| Bat Masterson | 1959 | TV Series | Sheriff Vince Morgan |
| The Cosmic Man | 1959 | Cosmic Man | |
| The Rough Riders | 1959 | TV Series | Alexander Sugrue |
| Rescue 8 | 1959 | TV Series | Craig Wilde |
| Cimarron City | 1959 | TV Series | Jared Tucker |
| Half Human | 1958 | Dr. John Rayburn - Narrator | |
| Sugarfoot | 1958 | TV Series | Mathew McDavitt |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1958 | TV Series | Roderick Delaquois |
| The Last Hurrah | 1958 | Amos Force | |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | 1958 | TV Series | Father Bartolome |
| The Proud Rebel | 1958 | Traveling Salesman | |
| The Restless Gun | 1958 | TV Series | Archibald Plunkette / Archie Plunker |
| Showdown at Boot Hill | 1958 | Doc Weber | |
| The Lineup | 1958 | TV Series | Deacon Whitehall |
| Suspicion | 1958 | TV Series | Raphael |
| Hell Ship Mutiny | 1957 | Malone | |
| Telephone Time | 1957 | TV Series | Kurt Wolfgang Muller / Charlie Brown |
| Matinee Theatre | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Dracula Jaffrey Pyncheon |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1957 | TV Series | Mr. Wadleigh |
| The Story of Mankind | 1957 | Khufu | |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | 1957 | TV Series | John Canty |
| Navy Log | 1957 | TV Series | Narrator / Francis Carpenter |
| The Unearthly | 1957 | Dr. Charles Conway | |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series | |
| Cheyenne | 1957 | TV Series | Delos Gerrard |
| The O. Henry Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series | Doc Millikin |
| The True Story of Jesse James | 1957 | Rev. Jethro Bailey | |
| Playhouse 90 | 1957 | TV Series | Felix the Great |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | 1956 | Col. Stamp Proctor - San Francisco Politico | |
| The Ten Commandments | 1956 | Aaron | |
| Sneak Preview | 1956 | TV Series | |
| Female Jungle | 1956 | Claude Almstead | |
| The Black Sleep | 1956 | Borg aka Bohemond | |
| Studio 57 | 1956 | TV Series | Uncle John |
| Damon Runyon Theater | 1956 | TV Series | Willis Cooper |
| My Friend Flicka | 1956 | TV Series | Matt Barnes / Mathew Jay Breckinridge |
| Front Row Center | 1956 | TV Series | Frank Deasy |
| Hidden Guns | 1956 | Snipe Harding | |
| Climax! | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Colonel Archer The Duke John Evan |
| Dark Venture | 1956 | Gideon | |
| The Court Jester | 1955 | Giacomo | |
| Desert Sands | 1955 | Jala the Wine Merchant | |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 1955 | TV Movie | The Duke |
| The Kentuckian | 1955 | Ziby Fletcher | |
| Stranger on Horseback | 1955 | Col. Buck Streeter | |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | 1954 | TV Series | Sir Rodney Brentwood |
| Tales of a Wayward Inn | 1954 | TV Movie | |
| Thunder Pass | 1954 | Bergstrom | |
| The Egyptian | 1954 | Grave Robber | |
| Johnny Guitar | 1954 | Old Tom | |
| The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet | 1954 | TV Series | Cameron Whitfield |
| Casanova's Big Night | 1954 | Minister Foressi | |
| Suspense | 1953 | TV Series | |
| The Kate Smith Hour | 1953 | TV Series | Hyder Simpson |
| The Adventures of Fu Manchu: The Zayat Kiss | 1952 | TV Movie | Dr. Fu Manchu |
| Lights Out | 1950-1952 | TV Series | Cecil Crofton |
| Gang Busters | 1952 | TV Series | |
| My Friend Irma | 1952 | TV Series | Mr. Corday (1953-1954) |
| Thunderbolt the Wondercolt | 1952 | TV Series | Thundercolt (voice) |
| The Web | 1950-1951 | TV Series | |
| Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
| The Adventures of Ellery Queen | 1951 | TV Series | |
| Sure As Fate | 1951 | TV Series | Macbeth |
| The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | 1948-1949 | TV Series | |
| 'C'-Man | 1949 | Doc Spencer | |
| The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse | 1949 | TV Series | Murderer / Malvolio |
| A Christmas Carol | 1947 | TV Movie | Ebenezer Scrooge |
| The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | 1947 | Charles Forestier | |
| Down Missouri Way | 1946 | Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning | |
| The Face of Marble | 1946 | Dr. Charles Randolph | |
| House of Dracula | 1945 | Count Dracula | |
| Captain Kidd | 1945 | Orange Povy | |
| Jack-O | 1995 | Walter Machen | |
| Fallen Angel | 1945 | Professor Madley | |
| Buried Alive | 1990 | Jacob Julian | |
| It's in the Bag! | 1945 | Jefferson T. Pike | |
| Evil Spawn | 1987 | Dr. Emil Zeitman | |
| House of Frankenstein | 1944 | Dracula | |
| Peggy Sue Got Married | 1986 | Leo | |
| Alaska | 1944 | John Reagan | |
| Monster in the Closet | 1986 | Old Joe Shempter | |
| Bluebeard | 1944 | Gaston Morel | |
| The Tomb | 1986 | Mr. Andoheb | |
| Barbary Coast Gent | 1944 | Duke Cleat | |
| Revenge | 1986 | Video | Sen. Martin Bradford |
| Return of the Ape Man | 1944 | Prof. John Gilmore | |
| The Twilight Zone | 1986 | TV Series | Prof. Alex Stottel (segment "Still Life") |
| The Mummy's Ghost | 1944 | Yousef Bey | |
| Prison Ship | 1986 | The Justice | |
| Waterfront | 1944 | Victor Marlow | |
| Frankenstein's Brain | 1985 | Short voice | |
| The Invisible Man's Revenge | 1944 | Doctor Drury | |
| Fame | 1985 | TV Series | Danny Amatullo |
| The Black Parachute | 1944 | General von Bodenbach | |
| Evils of the Night | 1985 | Dr. Kozmar | |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | 1944 | Bret Harte | |
| The Fall Guy | 1984 | TV Series | Preston Deauville |
| Voodoo Man | 1944 | Toby | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | 1984 | TV Movie | Soothsayer |
| Gangway for Tomorrow | 1943 | Mr. Wellington | |
| Welcome to the Fun Zone | 1984 | TV Movie | Golf Course Attendant |
| Revenge of the Zombies | 1943 | Dr. Max Heinrich Von Altermann | |
| The Ice Pirates | 1984 | Supreme Commander | |
| Isle of Forgotten Sins | 1943 | Mike Clancy | |
| Young People's Specials | 1984 | TV Series | Umbrella Jack |
| Silver Spurs | 1943 | Lucky Miller | |
| A Rose for Emily | 1983 | Short | Col. Sartoris |
| Hitler's Madman | 1943 | Reinhardt Heydrich | |
| House of the Long Shadows | 1983 | Lord Elijah Grisbane | |
| Captive Wild Woman | 1943 | Dr. Sigmund Walters | |
| The Vals | 1983 | Mr. Stanton - Head of the Orphanage | |
| I Escaped from the Gestapo | 1943 | Martin - Gestapo Agent | |
| The Secret of NIMH | 1982 | Great Owl (voice) | |
| Reunion in France | 1942 | Ulrich Windler | |
| Satan's Mistress | 1982 | Father Stratten | |
| Northwest Rangers | 1942 | Martin Caswell | |
| Klynham Summer | 1982 | Hubert Salter | |
| Whispering Ghosts | 1942 | Norbert (Long Jack) | |
| Aladdin and the Magic Lamp | 1982 | The Wizard (English version, voice) | |
| Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | 1942 | Caleb Green | |
| Fantasy Island | 1982 | TV Series | Mortician |
| Swamp Water | 1941 | Jesse Wick | |
| Frankenstein Island | 1981 | Dr. Frankenstein | |
| Man Hunt | 1941 | Mr. Jones | |
| Goliath Awaits | 1981 | TV Movie | Ronald Bentley |
| Blood and Sand | 1941 | El Nacional | |
| The Nesting | 1981 | Col. LeBrun | |
| Western Union | 1941 | Doc Murdoch | |
| CBS Library | 1981 | TV Series | Narrator - The Reluctant Dragon |
| Chad Hanna | 1940 | B.D. Bisbee | |
| The Monster Club | 1981 | R.Chetwynd-Hayes - Writer | |
| Brigham Young | 1940 | Porter Rockwell | |
| The Howling | 1981 | Erle Kenton | |
| The Return of Frank James | 1940 | Bob Ford | |
| The Reluctant Dragon | 1981 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | Jim Casy | |
| The Boogey Man | 1980 | Dr. Warren | |
| Drums Along the Mohawk | 1939 | Caldwell | |
| Monster | 1980 | Priest | |
| Frontier Marshal | 1939 | Ben Carter | |
| The Long Riders | 1980 | scenes deleted | |
| Five Came Back | 1939 | Crimp | |
| The Littlest Hobo | 1979 | TV Series | Chief Justice Hamilton |
| Captain Fury | 1939 | Coughy / Roger Bradford | |
| Americathon | 1979 | Uncle Sam (scenes deleted) | |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1939 | Barryman | |
| B.J. and the Bear | 1979 | TV Series | Transylvanian Caretaker |
| The Three Musketeers | 1939 | Naveau | |
| Nocturna | 1979 | Count Dracula | |
| Stagecoach | 1939 | Hatfield | |
| Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | 1979 | Professor Nikolaeff | |
| Mr. Moto's Last Warning | 1939 | Danforth | |
| The Seekers | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Avery Mills |
| Jesse James | 1939 | Bob Ford | |
| Wonder Woman | 1978 | TV Series | Harlow Gault |
| Submarine Patrol | 1938 | McAllison | |
| Greatest Heroes of the Bible | 1978 | TV Series | King David |
| Gateway | 1938 | Leader of Refugees | |
| Flying High | 1978 | TV Series | Eston |
| I'll Give a Million | 1938 | Kopelpeck | |
| The Bees | 1978 | Dr. Sigmund Hummel | |
| Kidnapped | 1938 | Gordon | |
| Vega$ | 1978 | TV Series | Mr. Goody |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band | 1938 | Taxi Driver | |
| Vampire Hookers | 1978 | Richmond Reed | |
| Kentucky Moonshine | 1938 | Reef Hatfield | |
| Sunset Cove | 1978 | Judge Harley Winslow | |
| Four Men and a Prayer | 1938 | General Adolfo Arturios Gregario Sebastian | |
| Doctor Dracula | 1978 | Hadley Radcliff | |
| Of Human Hearts | 1938 | President Lincoln | |
| Starsky and Hutch | 1978 | TV Series | The Professor |
| International Settlement | 1938 | Murdock | |
| The Lady and the Lynchings | 1977 | TV Movie | |
| Thank You, Mr. Moto | 1937 | Pereira | |
| Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. | 1977 | TV Movie | Grampa Sullivan |
| The Last Gangster | 1937 | Casper | |
| Golden Rendezvous | 1977 | Fairweather | |
| The Hurricane | 1937 | Warden | |
| Shock Waves | 1977 | Captain Ben Morris | |
| Ali Baba Goes to Town | 1937 | Ishak / Broderick | |
| The Mouse and His Child | 1977 | The Tramp (voice) | |
| Danger - Love at Work | 1937 | Herbert Pemberton | |
| Satan's Cheerleaders | 1977 | The Bum | |
| Love Under Fire | 1937 | Capt. Delmar | |
| The White Buffalo | 1977 | Amos Briggs (Undertaker) | |
| This Is My Affair | 1937 | Ed | |
| McCloud | 1977 | TV Series | Loren Belasco |
| Captains Courageous | 1937 | 'Long Jack' | |
| Tail Gunner Joe | 1977 | TV Movie | Wisconsin Farmer |
| Nancy Steele Is Missing! | 1937 | Harry Wilkins | |
| The Sentinel | 1977 | Father Halliran | |
| Laughing at Trouble | 1936 | Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady | |
| Crash! | 1976 | Dr. Welsey Edwards | |
| Winterset | 1936 | Bartolomio Romagna | |
| The Last Tycoon | 1976 | Tour Guide | |
| Daniel Boone | 1936 | Simon Girty | |
| The Killer Inside Me | 1976 | Dr. Jason Smith | |
| The Garden of Allah | 1936 | Sand Diviner | |
| Captains and the Kings | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | Father Hale |
| Dimples | 1936 | Richards | |
| Death at Love House | 1976 | TV Movie | Conan Carroll |
| Ramona | 1936 | Jim Farrar |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atop the Fourth Wall | 2009 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Night Train to Mundo Fine | 1966 | performer: "Night Train to Mundo Finé" | |
| Isle of Forgotten Sins | 1943 | performer: "Whiskey Johnny" |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buried Alive | 1990 | in memoriam | |
| Dieter & Andreas | 1989 | Short grateful acknowledgment |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Ghost Stories | 1986 | Documentary | Himself, Host |
| Candle in the Wind | 1986 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Haunted Hollywood | 1986 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| Lugosi: The Forgotten King | 1985 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Elvira's MTV Halloween Party | 1984 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Horror of It All | 1983 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Best of Sex and Violence | 1982 | Documentary | Special Host |
| Film '72 | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1970-1980 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| The Carradines Together | 1979 | Documentary | Himself |
| Homage for The Duke | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda | 1978 | TV Special documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1972-1977 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1977 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Reise ins Jenseits - Die Welt des Übernatürlichen | 1975 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| The Horror Hall of Fame | 1974 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Spring | 1973 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
| It's Your Bet | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1971-1972 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| About Faces | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| So This Is Hollywood | 1955 | TV Series | Himself |
| Place the Face | 1954 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Linkletter Show | 1953 | TV Series | Himself |
| Trapped | 1951 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The Ken Murray Show | 1951 | TV Series | Himself |
| Penthouse Party | 1950-1951 | TV Series | Himself |
| Versatile Varieties | 1951 | TV Series | Himself |
| Texaco Star Theatre | 1950 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Celebrity Time | 1949 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1949 | TV Series | Himself / Richard III |
| Hollywood Screen Test | 1948 | TV Series | Himself |
| Information Please: Series 3, No. 5 | 1942 | Short | Himself - Guest Panelist |
| Picture People Vol. 2 No. 6: Hollywood War Efforts | 1942 | Short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Other Dracula - The Vampire Films of John Carradine | 2016 | Video documentary short | Himself / Dracula / Narrator |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | 2015 | TV Series documentary | R.Chetwynd-Hayes - Writer |
| Film It Again, Sam: The Katzman Chronicles | 2015 | Video documentary short | |
| Svengoolie | 2012-2015 | TV Series | Dr. Sigmund Walters / Cruikshank |
| Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | 2014 | Documentary | Lord Elijah Grisbane (uncredited) |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | 2009-2013 | TV Series documentary | Yousef Bey Count Dracula Dracula ... |
| John Carradine: Galerie eines Schauspielers | 2011 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Troma Is Spanish for Troma | 2010 | Documentary | Old Joe Shempter (in 'Monster in the Closet') |
| Imps* | 2009 | Gentleman (segment "Great Moments") | |
| The Naked Archaeologist | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Orange Povey |
| Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Bruce Alden (uncredited) |
| James Dean: Forever Young | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen | 2004 | Documentary | |
| Star Trek: Enterprise | 2004 | TV Series | Giacomo |
| Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | 1999 | Video documentary short | Count Dracula |
| Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed | 1999 | Video documentary short | Yousef Bey |
| Nightmare: The Birth of Victorian Horror | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Barryman |
| 100 Years of Horror: The Aristocrats of Evil | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| 100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| 100 Years of Horror: The Monster Makers | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| 100 Years of Horror: The Walking Dead | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| 100 Years of Horror | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Actor, 'House of Frankenstein' / Himself - Monogram Co-Star |
| Bikini Drive-In | 1995 | Kim's Grandfather in Photograph | |
| Biography | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Actor 'Grapes of Wrath' |
| A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Aaron, 'The Ten Commandments' (uncredited) |
| The Vampire Interviews | 1995 | Video documentary | Himself |
| A Century of Cinema | 1994 | Documentary | Himself |
| John Ford | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Casy [in "The Grapes of Wrath"] (uncredited) |
| Legends of the West | 1992 | Documentary | Actor in 'Cheyenne Autumn' (uncredited) |
| Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | 1991 | Documentary | Count Dracula |
| The Incredibly Strange Film Show | 1989 | TV Series documentary | The Justice ('Prison Ship') |
| The 61st Annual Academy Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Himself (Memorial Tribute) |
| Reginald LeBorg - Man nannte mich den Alleskönner | 1987 | TV Movie documentary | Borg aka Bohemond |
| Horrible Horror | 1986 | Video | Dr. Karol Noymann, In clips from 'Invisible Invaders' |
| Reel Horror | 1985 | Alcoholic Reporter | |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | 1984 | Documentary | |
| Revenge of the Boogeyman | 1983 | Dr. Warren | |
| Coming Soon | 1982 | Video documentary | edited from 'House of Dracula' (uncredited) |
| Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'The Howling' | 1981 | TV Short documentary | Erle Kenton (uncredited) |
| A Tribute to Dr. Shock | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Horror Show | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Hooray for Hollywood | 1975 | Documentary | Himself, at premiere of The Little Princess (1939) |
| The American West of John Ford | 1971 | TV Movie documentary | Actor 'Stagecoach' (uncredited) |
| Off to See the Wizard | 1967 | TV Series | Slave Catcher |
| The Mummy's Ghost | 1966 | Short | The Egyptian Priest |
| Doom of Dracula | 1966 | Short | Count Dracula |
| Broken Sabre | 1965 | General Josh McCord | |
| MGM Parade | 1956 | TV Series | Long Jack |
| Jungle Woman | 1944 | Dr. Sigmund Walters (uncredited) | |
| Some of the Best | 1943 | Documentary | Long Jack in Captains Courageous (uncredited) |
| Land of Liberty | 1939 |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program | Young People's Specials (1984) |
| 1984 | International Fantasy Film Award | Fantasporto | Best Actor | For his contributions to the fantastc film genre. |
| 1984 | Golden Boot | Golden Boot Awards | ||
| 1983 | Caixa de Catalunya | Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | Best Actor | House of the Long Shadows (1983) |
| 1982 | Best Artistic Contribution | Mystfest | The Scarecrow (1982) | |
| 1981 | Silver Medallion Award | Telluride Film Festival, US | ||
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6240 Hollywood Blvd. |
Known for movies
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Jim Casy
Stagecoach (1939)
as Hatfield
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
as Doctor Bernardo
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Maj. Cassius Starbuckle