John Carradine

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The Ten Commandments1956
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962
Stagecoach1939
Bride of Frankenstein1935

About John Carradine

Known for: Acting
Born: February 5, 1906
Died: November 27, 1988 (age 82)
Birthplace: New York, États-Unis

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…

Also credited as

John Peter Richmond, Peter Richmond, John Carradine Sr.

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Filmography

Jack-O 2: Blood Moon Rising2026as Walter Machen (archive footage)

La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano2024as Nazi leader
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!2021as Self (archive footage)
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror2016as Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014as Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Trail of Dracula2013as Self (Archival Footage)
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features2012
James Dean: Forever Young2005as Self (archive footage)
The Great Man: W.C. Fields2005as Self (archive footage)
Boogeyman II: Redux2003as Dr. Warren
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'1999as Self (archive footage)
Jack-O1995as Walter Machen
Bikini Drive-In1995
Legends of the West1992as Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dracula in the Movies1992as (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991as Count Dracula (archive footage)
The Alien Within1990as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage)
Buried Alive1989as Jacob Julian
Evil Spawn1987as Dr. Emil Zeitman
Peggy Sue Got Married1986as Leo
Star Slammer1986as The Justice
Hollywood Ghost Stories1986as Narrator / Host
Lugosi: The Forgotten King1986as Himself
Monster in the Closet1986as Old Joe Shempter
The Tomb1986as Andoheb
Revenge1986as Sen. Martin Bradford
Evils of the Night1985as Dr. Kozmar
Reel Horror1985as Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage)
Frankenstein's Brain1985
The Ice Pirates1984as Supreme Commander
Going Hollywood: The '30s1984as (archive footage)
Imps*1983as Gentleman
A Rose for Emily1983as Col. Sartoris
Boogeyman II1983as Dr. Warren (archive footage)
House of the Long Shadows1983as Elijah Grisbane
The Horror of It All1983as Self
Antony and Cleopatra1983as Soothsayer
The Vals1982as Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)
The Secret of NIMH1982as Great Owl (voice)
Satan's Mistress1982as Father Stratten
The Scarecrow1982as Hubert Salter
The Reluctant Dragon1981as Narrator
Frankenstein Island1981as Dr. Frankenstein
The Nesting1981as Col. LeBrun
The Monster Club1981as R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer
The Howling1981as Erle Kenton
The Boogey Man1980as Dr. Warren
Monstroid1980as Priest
A Tribute to Dr. Shock1980as Self (archive footage)
Americathon1979as Uncle Sam
Nocturna1979as Count Dracula
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident1979as Professor Nikolaeff
The Horror Show1979as (archive footage)
The Bees1978as Dr. Sigmund Hummel
Vampire Hookers1978as Richmond Reed
Sunset Cove1978as Judge Harley Winslow
Doctor Dracula1978as Radcliff
Salem and the Scarlet Letter1978as Narrator
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.1977as Grampa Sullivan
Golden Rendezvous1977as Fairweather
The Mouse and His Child1977as The Tramp (voice)
Shock Waves1977as Captain
The White Buffalo1977as Amos Briggs
Satan's Cheerleaders1977as The Bum
Tail Gunner Joe1977as Wisconsin Farmer
The Sentinel1977as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran
The Lady and the Lynchings1977
Crash!1976as Dr. Welsey Edwards
The Last Tycoon1976as Tour Guide
The Killer Inside Me1976as Dr. Smith
Death at Love House1976as Conan Carroll
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood1976as Drunk
The Shootist1976as Beckum
Journey Into the Beyond1975as Narrator (English Version)
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary1975as The Man
Stowaway to the Moon1975as Jacob Avril
The Lady's Not for Burning1974as Old Skips
Moonchild1974as Mr. Walker
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute1974as Self
The House of Seven Corpses1974as Edgar Price
The Cat Creature1973as The Hotel Clerk
Shadow House1973as Uncle
Superchick1973as Igor Smith
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel1973as The Sage
Bad Charleston Charlie1973as Alcoholic Reporter
Terror in the Wax Museum1973as Claude Dupree
The Night Strangler1973as Llewellyn Crossbinder
Night of the Dark Full Moon1972as Charlie Towman
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow1972as Narrator (voice)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask1972as Dr. Bernardo
Richard1972as Plastic Surgeon
Portnoy's Complaint1972as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Boxcar Bertha1972as H. Buckram Sartoris
Demented Death Farm Massacre1972as The Judge Of Hell
Decisions! Decisions!1971as Railroad Ticket Clerk
The Seven Minutes1971as Sean O'Flanagan
The Gatling Gun1971as Rev. Harper
Blood Legacy1971as Christopher Dean
Threshold1971as Old-fashioned Undertaker
Crowhaven Farm1970as Nate Cheever
Bigfoot1970as Jasper B. Hawks
Shinbone Alley1970as Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
Myra Breckinridge1970as Surgeon
Hell's Bloody Devils1970as Pet Shop Owner
The McMasters1970as Preacher
Blood of the Iron Maiden1970as Dr. Goolie
Cain's Cutthroats1970as Preacher Simms
Horror of the Blood Monsters1970as Dr. Rynning
Madame Death1969as Dr. Favel
Daughter of the Mind1969as Mr. Bosch
Secret of Death1969as Polito the Clown
Five Bloody Graves1969as Boone Hawkins
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys1969as Ticker
Blood of Dracula's Castle1969as George
The Trouble with Girls1969as Mr. Drewcolt
The Vampire Girls1969as Count Branos Alucard
Pact with the Devil1969as Dr. Halback
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals1969as Professor Cummings
Autopsy of a Ghost1968as Satán
The Mummy's Ghost1968as The Egyptian Priest
The Helicopter Spies1968as Third-Way Priest
The Astro-Zombies1968as Dr. DeMarco
Chewing Gum1968as Roberto Sánchez
The Movie Orgy1968as Self (archive footage)
They Ran for Their Lives1968as Laslo
Blood of Ghastly Horror1967as Dr. Howard Vanard
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain1967as Dr. Howard Vanard
The Hostage1967as Otis Lovelace
Hillbillys in a Haunted House1967as Dr. Himmel
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors1967as Narrator / Tristram Halbin
Red Zone Cuba1966as Mr. Wilson
Munster, Go Home!1966as Cruikshank
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula1966as Count Dracula
The Emperor's New Clothes1966as King Luvimself
Broken Sabre1965as General Josh McCord
Curse of the Stone Hand1965as The Old Drunk
House of the Black Death1965as Andre Desard
Something for Mrs. Gibbs1965
The Wizard of Mars1965as The Wizard of Mars
Cheyenne Autumn1964as Jeff Blair
The Patsy1964as Bruce Alden
Genesis1964as Narrator
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962as Cassius Starbuckle
Sex Kittens Go to College1960as Prof. Watts
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1960as Slave Catcher
Tarzan the Magnificent1960as Abel Banton
The Incredible Petrified World1959as Prof. Millard Wyman
The Oregon Trail1959as Zachariah Garrison
Terror in the Midnight Sun1959as Narrator (US Re-Edit)
Invisible Invaders1959as Dr. Karol Noymann
The Cosmic Man1959as Cosmic Man
The Last Hurrah1958as Amos Force
The Proud Rebel1958as Traveling Salesman
Showdown at Boot Hill1958as Doc Weber
Hell Ship Mutiny1957as Malone
The Story of Mankind1957as Khufu
The Unearthly1957as Dr. Charles Conway
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman1957as Dr. John Rayburn
The True Story of Jesse James1957as Rev. Jethro Bailey
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses1957as Felix the Great
Dracula1956as Dracula
The Ten Commandments1956as Aaron
Around the World in 80 Days1956as Proctor Stamp
Female Jungle1956as Claude Almstead
The Black Sleep1956as Bohemund
Dark Venture1956as Gideon
Hidden Guns1956as Snipe Harding
The Court Jester1955as Giacomo
Desert Sands1955as Jala
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1955as The Duke
The Kentuckian1955as Ziby Fletcher
Stranger on Horseback1955as Col. Buck Streeter
Thunder Pass1954as Bergstrom
The Egyptian1954as Grave Robber
Johnny Guitar1954as Old Tom
Casanova's Big Night1954as Foressi
The Hound Of Heaven1953as Hyder Simpson
C-Man1949as Doc Spencer
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami1947as Charles Forestier
Fish Story1947as John Carradine
Down Missouri Way1946as Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning
The Face of Marble1946as Dr. Charles Randolph
House of Dracula1945as Count Dracula
Captain Kidd1945as Orange Povey
Fallen Angel1945as Professor Madley
It's in the Bag!1945as Jefferson T. Pike
House of Frankenstein1944as Dracula (aka Baron Latos)
Alaska1944as John Reagan
Bluebeard1944as Gaston Morrell
Barbary Coast Gent1944as Duke Cleat
The Adventures of Mark Twain1944as Bret Harte
Return of the Ape Man1944as Prof. John Gilmore
The Mummy's Ghost1944as Yousef Bey
Waterfront1944as Victor Marlow
The Invisible Man's Revenge1944as Dr. Peter Drury
Jungle Woman1944as Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited)
The Black Parachute1944as General von Bodenbach
Voodoo Man1944as Toby
Gangway for Tomorrow1943as Mr. Wellington
Revenge of the Zombies1943as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann
Isle of Forgotten Sins1943as Mike Clancy
Silver Spurs1943as Lucky Miller
Hitler's Madman1943as Reinhardt Heydrich
Captive Wild Woman1943as Dr. Sigmund Walters
I Escaped from the Gestapo1943as Martin
Reunion in France1942as Ulrich Windler, Head of Paris Gestapo
Northwest Rangers1942as Martin Caswell
Whispering Ghosts1942as Norbert
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake1942as Caleb Green
Swamp Water1941as Jesse Wick
Man Hunt1941as Mr. Jones
Blood and Sand1941as Nacional
Western Union1941as Doc Murdoch
Chad Hanna1940as B. D. Bisbee
Brigham Young1940as Porter Rockwell
The Return of Frank James1940as Bob Ford
The Grapes of Wrath1940as Casy
Drums Along the Mohawk1939as Caldwell
Frontier Marshal1939as Ben Carter
Five Came Back1939as Mr. Crimp
Land of Liberty1939as (archive footage)
Captain Fury1939as Coughy
The Hound of the Baskervilles1939as Barryman
Stagecoach1939as Hatfield
The Three Musketeers1939as Naveau
Mr. Moto's Last Warning1939as Danforth / Richard Burke
Jesse James1939as Bob Ford
Submarine Patrol1938as McAllison
Gateway1938as Leader of Refugees
I'll Give a Million1938as Kopelpeck
Kidnapped1938as Gordon
Alexander's Ragtime Band1938as Speakeasy Doorman
Kentucky Moonshine1938as Reef Hatfield
Four Men and a Prayer1938as General Sebastian
Of Human Hearts1938as President Lincoln
International Settlement1938as Murdock
Thank You, Mr. Moto1937as Pereira
The Last Gangster1937as Casper
The Hurricane1937as Guard Captain
Ali Baba Goes to Town1937as Ishak
Danger – Love at Work1937as Herbert Pemberton
Love Under Fire1937as Capt. Delmar
Captains Courageous1937as Long Jack
This Is My Affair1937as Ed
Nancy Steele Is Missing!1937as Harry Wilkins
Laughing at Trouble1936as Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady
Winterset1936as Bartolomio Romagna
Daniel Boone1936as Simon Girty
The Garden of Allah1936as Sand Diviner
Dimples1936as Richards
Ramona1936as Jim Farrar
Mary of Scotland1936as Rizzio
White Fang1936as Beauty Smith
Half Angel1936as Sanatorium Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
Under Two Flags1936as Cafard
The Prisoner of Shark Island1936as Sergeant Rankin
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo1935as Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)
Bad Boy1935as Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant
Alias Mary Dow1935as Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein1935as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
Les Misérables1935as Enjolras
Cardinal Richelieu1935as Agitator
Clive of India1935as Drunken-Faced Clerk
Cleopatra1934as Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
The Black Cat1934as Cult Organist
The Meanest Gal in Town1934as Stranded Actor (uncredited)
The Invisible Man1933as Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)
To the Last Man1933as Pete Garon (uncredited)
This Day and Age1933as Assistant Principal
The Story of Temple Drake1933as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Sign of the Cross1932as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
Heaven on Earth1931as Chicken Sam
Tol'able David1930as Buzzard Hatburn
Bright Lights1930as Newspaper reporter / photographer

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