David Carradine

Known for ActingBorn 1936-12-08Died 2009-06-03Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk travelling through the American Old West. He also portrayed the title character of both of the Kill Bill films. He appeared in two Martin Scorsese films: Boxcar Bertha and Mean Streets. David Carradine was a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father, John Carradine. The elder Carradine's acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage, television, and in cinema, spanned more than four decades. A prolific "B" movie actor, David Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films in a career spanning more than six decades. He received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his work on Kung Fu, and received three additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory (1976), the television miniseries North and South (1985), and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Throughout his life, Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including action, documentaries, drama, horror, martial arts, science fiction, and westerns. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a director and musician. Moreover, influenced by his Kung Fu role, he studied martial arts. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

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The Bitter End

Woof! Woof!! Uncle Matty's Ultimate Guide to Dog Training

The Eagle and the Horse

Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy

A Distant Scream

In Case of Emergency

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes

That's Action

The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'

The Family Holvak

Midi Première

Johnny Belinda

Eve

Danny Phantom

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Jackie Chan Adventures

Charmed

E! True Hollywood Story

The Nightmare Room

Family Law

Wild West Tech

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Arrest and Trial

American Reel

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Medium

Night Gallery

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

Airwolf

Kung Fu

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Celebrity Ghost Stories

King of the Hill

North and South

Amazing Stories

Today's F.B.I.

Try This One for Size

Lizzie McGuire

Corman's World

The Long Goodbye

Madam Secretary

Celebrity Paranormal Project

Matlock

You and Me

Profiler

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks