John Carradine
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 5, 1906
- Died
- November 27, 1988
- 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 the later decades of his career, he starred mostly in low-budget B-movies, but continued to also appear in higher-profile fare. In total, he holds 351 film and television credits, making him one of the most prolific English-speaking actors of all time. Carradine was married four times, had five children, and was the patriarch of the Carradine family, including four sons and four grandchildren who are or were also actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Jack-O 2: Blood Moon Rising 2026
as Walter Machen (archive footage)
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano 2024
as Nazi leader
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror 2016
as Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
as Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Trail of Dracula 2013
as Self (Archival Footage)
Blood of 1000 Virgins 2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features 2012
Actor
James Dean: Forever Young 2005
as Self (archive footage)
- The Great Man: W.C. Fields
The Great Man: W.C. Fields 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Boogeyman II: Redux 2003
as Dr. Warren
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' 1999
as Self (archive footage)
Jack-O 1995
as Walter Machen
Bikini Drive-In 1995
Actor
Legends of the West 1992
as Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dracula in the Movies 1992
as (archive footage)
- Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook 1991
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook 1991
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- The Alien Within
The Alien Within 1990
as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage)
Buried Alive 1989
as Jacob Julian
Evil Spawn 1987
as Dr. Emil Zeitman
Peggy Sue Got Married 1986
as Leo
Star Slammer 1986
as The Justice
- Hollywood Ghost Stories
Hollywood Ghost Stories 1986
as Narrator / Host
Lugosi: The Forgotten King 1986
as Self
Monster in the Closet 1986
as Old Joe Shempter
The Tomb 1986
as Andoheb
Revenge 1986
as Sen. Martin Bradford
Evils of the Night 1985
as Dr. Kozmar
Reel Horror 1985
as Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage)
- Frankenstein's Brain
Frankenstein's Brain 1985
Actor
The Ice Pirates 1984
as Supreme Commander
Going Hollywood: The '30s 1984
as (archive footage)
Imps* 1983
as Gentleman
A Rose for Emily 1983
as Col. Sartoris
Boogeyman II 1983
as Dr. Warren (archive footage)
House of the Long Shadows 1983
as Elijah Grisbane
The Horror of It All 1983
as Self
Antony and Cleopatra 1983
as Soothsayer
The Vals 1982
as Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)
The Secret of NIMH 1982
as Great Owl (voice)
Satan's Mistress 1982
as Father Stratten
The Scarecrow 1982
as Hubert Salter
The Best of Sex and Violence 1982
as Self - Host
- The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon 1981
as Narrator
Frankenstein Island 1981
as Dr. Frankenstein
The Nesting 1981
as Col. LeBrun
The Monster Club 1981
as R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer
The Howling 1981
as Erle Kenton
The Boogey Man 1980
as Dr. Warren
Monstroid 1980
as Priest
A Tribute to Dr. Shock 1980
as Self (archive footage)
Americathon 1979
as Uncle Sam
Nocturna 1979
as Count Dracula
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident 1979
as Professor Nikolaeff
The Horror Show 1979
as (archive footage)
The Bees 1978
as Dr. Sigmund Hummel
Vampire Hookers 1978
as Richmond Reed
Sunset Cove 1978
as Judge Harley Winslow
Doctor Dracula 1978
as Radcliff
Salem and the Scarlet Letter 1978
as Narrator
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. 1977
as Grampa Sullivan
Golden Rendezvous 1977
as Fairweather
The Mouse and His Child 1977
as The Tramp (voice)
Shock Waves 1977
as Captain
The White Buffalo 1977
as Amos Briggs
Satan's Cheerleaders 1977
as The Bum
Tail Gunner Joe 1977
as Wisconsin Farmer
The Sentinel 1977
as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran
- The Lady and the Lynchings
The Lady and the Lynchings 1977
Actor
Crash! 1976
as Dr. Welsey Edwards
The Last Tycoon 1976
as Tour Guide
The Killer Inside Me 1976
as Dr. Smith
Death at Love House 1976
as Conan Carroll
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood 1976
as Drunk
The Shootist 1976
as Beckum
Journey Into the Beyond 1975
as Narrator (English Version)
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary 1975
as The Man
Stowaway to the Moon 1975
as Jacob Avril
- The Lady's Not for Burning
The Lady's Not for Burning 1974
as Old Skips
Moonchild 1974
as Mr. Walker
- The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute 1974
as Self
The House of Seven Corpses 1974
as Edgar Price
The Cat Creature 1973
as The Hotel Clerk
Shadow House 1973
as Uncle
Superchick 1973
as Igor Smith
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel 1973
as The Sage
Bad Charleston Charlie 1973
as Alcoholic Reporter
Terror in the Wax Museum 1973
as Claude Dupree
The Night Strangler 1973
as Llewellyn Crossbinder
Night of the Dark Full Moon 1972
as Charlie Towman
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1972
as Narrator (voice)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask 1972
as Dr. Bernardo
Richard 1972
as Plastic Surgeon
Portnoy's Complaint 1972
as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Boxcar Bertha 1972
as H. Buckram Sartoris
Demented Death Farm Massacre 1972
as The Judge Of Hell
Decisions! Decisions! 1971
as Railroad Ticket Clerk
The Seven Minutes 1971
as Sean O'Flanagan
The Gatling Gun 1971
as Rev. Harper
Blood Legacy 1971
as Christopher Dean
- Threshold
Threshold 1971
as Old-fashioned Undertaker
Crowhaven Farm 1970
as Nate Cheever
Bigfoot 1970
as Jasper B. Hawks
Shinbone Alley 1970
as Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)
Myra Breckinridge 1970
as Surgeon
Hell's Bloody Devils 1970
as Pet Shop Owner
The McMasters 1970
as Preacher
Blood of the Iron Maiden 1970
as Dr. Goolie
Cain's Cutthroats 1970
as Preacher Simms
Horror of the Blood Monsters 1970
as Dr. Rynning
Madame Death 1969
as Dr. Favel
Daughter of the Mind 1969
as Mr. Bosch
Secret of Death 1969
as Polito the Clown
Five Bloody Graves 1969
as Boone Hawkins
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys 1969
as Ticker
Blood of Dracula's Castle 1969
as George
The Trouble with Girls 1969
as Mr. Drewcolt
The Vampire Girls 1969
as Count Branos Alucard
Pact with the Devil 1969
as Dr. Halback
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals 1969
as Professor Cummings
Autopsy of a Ghost 1968
as Satán
The Mummy's Ghost 1968
as The Egyptian Priest
The Helicopter Spies 1968
as Third-Way Priest
The Astro-Zombies 1968
as Dr. DeMarco
Chewing Gum 1968
as Roberto Sánchez
They Ran for Their Lives 1968
as Laslo
The Movie Orgy 1968
as Self (archive footage)
Blood of Ghastly Horror 1967
as Dr. Howard Vanard
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain 1967
as Dr. Howard Vanard
The Hostage 1967
as Otis Lovelace
Hillbillys in a Haunted House 1967
as Dr. Himmel
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors 1967
as Narrator / Tristram Halbin
Red Zone Cuba 1966
as Mr. Wilson
Munster, Go Home! 1966
as Cruikshank
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula 1966
as Count Dracula
The Emperor's New Clothes 1966
as King Luvimself
Broken Sabre 1965
as General Josh McCord
Curse of the Stone Hand 1965
as The Old Drunk
- Something for Mrs. Gibbs
Something for Mrs. Gibbs 1965
Actor
House of the Black Death 1965
as Andre Desard
The Wizard of Mars 1965
as The Wizard of Mars
Cheyenne Autumn 1964
as Jeff Blair
The Patsy 1964
as Bruce Alden
Genesis 1964
as Narrator
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962
as Cassius Starbuckle
The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk 1961
as Jason Longfellow
Sex Kittens Go to College 1960
as Prof. Watts
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1960
as Slave Catcher
Tarzan the Magnificent 1960
as Abel Banton
The Incredible Petrified World 1959
as Prof. Millard Wyman
The Oregon Trail 1959
as Zachariah Garrison
Terror in the Midnight Sun 1959
as Narrator (US Re-Edit)
Invisible Invaders 1959
as Dr. Karol Noymann
The Cosmic Man 1959
as Cosmic Man
The Last Hurrah 1958
as Amos Force
The Proud Rebel 1958
as Traveling Salesman
Showdown at Boot Hill 1958
as Doc Weber
Hell Ship Mutiny 1957
as Malone
The Story of Mankind 1957
as Khufu
The Unearthly 1957
as Dr. Charles Conway
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman 1957
as Dr. John Rayburn
The True Story of Jesse James 1957
as Rev. Jethro Bailey
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses 1957
as Felix the Great
Dracula 1956
as Dracula
The Ten Commandments 1956
as Aaron
Around the World in 80 Days 1956
as Proctor Stamp
Female Jungle 1956
as Claude Almstead
The Black Sleep 1956
as Bohemund
- Dark Venture
Dark Venture 1956
as Gideon
Hidden Guns 1956
as Snipe Harding
The Court Jester 1955
as Giacomo
Desert Sands 1955
as Jala
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1955
as The Duke
The Kentuckian 1955
as Ziby Fletcher
Stranger on Horseback 1955
as Col. Buck Streeter
Thunder Pass 1954
as Bergstrom
The Egyptian 1954
as Grave Robber
Johnny Guitar 1954
as Old Tom
Casanova's Big Night 1954
as Foressi
The Hound Of Heaven 1953
as Hyder Simpson
C-Man 1949
as Doc Spencer
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami 1947
as Charles Forestier
Fish Story 1947
as John Carradine
Down Missouri Way 1946
as Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning
The Face of Marble 1946
as Dr. Charles Randolph
House of Dracula 1945
as Count Dracula
Captain Kidd 1945
as Orange Povey
Fallen Angel 1945
as Professor Madley
It's in the Bag! 1945
as Jefferson T. Pike
House of Frankenstein 1944
as Dracula / Baron Latos
Alaska 1944
as John Reagan
Bluebeard 1944
as Gaston Morrell
Barbary Coast Gent 1944
as Duke Cleat
The Adventures of Mark Twain 1944
as Bret Harte
Return of the Ape Man 1944
as Prof. John Gilmore
The Mummy's Ghost 1944
as Yousef Bey
Waterfront 1944
as Victor Marlow
The Invisible Man's Revenge 1944
as Dr. Peter Drury
Jungle Woman 1944
as Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited)
The Black Parachute 1944
as General von Bodenbach
Voodoo Man 1944
as Toby
Gangway for Tomorrow 1943
as Mr. Wellington
Revenge of the Zombies 1943
as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann
Isle of Forgotten Sins 1943
as Mike Clancy
Silver Spurs 1943
as Lucky Miller
Hitler's Madman 1943
as Reinhardt Heydrich
Captive Wild Woman 1943
as Dr. Sigmund Walters
I Escaped from the Gestapo 1943
as Martin
Reunion in France 1942
as Ulrich Windler, Head of Paris Gestapo
Northwest Rangers 1942
as Martin Caswell
Whispering Ghosts 1942
as Norbert
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1942
as Caleb Green
Swamp Water 1941
as Jesse Wick
Man Hunt 1941
as Mr. Jones
Blood and Sand 1941
as Nacional
Western Union 1941
as Doc Murdoch
Chad Hanna 1940
as B. D. Bisbee
Brigham Young 1940
as Porter Rockwell
The Return of Frank James 1940
as Bob Ford
The Grapes of Wrath 1940
as Casy
Drums Along the Mohawk 1939
as Caldwell
Frontier Marshal 1939
as Ben Carter
Five Came Back 1939
as Mr. Crimp
Land of Liberty 1939
as (archive footage)
Captain Fury 1939
as Coughy
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939
as Barryman
Stagecoach 1939
as Hatfield
The Three Musketeers 1939
as Naveau
Mr. Moto's Last Warning 1939
as Danforth / Richard Burke
Jesse James 1939
as Bob Ford
Submarine Patrol 1938
as McAllison
Gateway 1938
as Leader of Refugees
I'll Give a Million 1938
as Kopelpeck
Kidnapped 1938
as Gordon
Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938
as Speakeasy Doorman
Kentucky Moonshine 1938
as Reef Hatfield
Four Men and a Prayer 1938
as General Sebastian
Of Human Hearts 1938
as President Lincoln
International Settlement 1938
as Murdock
Thank You, Mr. Moto 1937
as Pereira
The Last Gangster 1937
as Casper
The Hurricane 1937
as Guard Captain
Ali Baba Goes to Town 1937
as Ishak
Danger – Love at Work 1937
as Herbert Pemberton
Love Under Fire 1937
as Capt. Delmar
Captains Courageous 1937
as Long Jack
This Is My Affair 1937
as Ed
Nancy Steele Is Missing! 1937
as Harry Wilkins
Laughing at Trouble 1936
as Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady
Winterset 1936
as Bartolomio Romagna
Daniel Boone 1936
as Simon Girty
The Garden of Allah 1936
as Sand Diviner
Dimples 1936
as Richards
Ramona 1936
as Jim Farrar
Mary of Scotland 1936
as Rizzio
White Fang 1936
as Beauty Smith
Half Angel 1936
as Sanatorium Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
Under Two Flags 1936
as Cafard
The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936
as Sergeant Rankin
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo 1935
as Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)
Bad Boy 1935
as Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant
Alias Mary Dow 1935
as Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited)
Les Misérables 1935
as Enjolras
Bride of Frankenstein 1935
as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
Cardinal Richelieu 1935
as Agitator
Clive of India 1935
as Drunken-Faced Clerk
Cleopatra 1934
as Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
The Black Cat 1934
as Cult Organist
The Meanest Gal in Town 1934
as Stranded Actor (uncredited)
The Invisible Man 1933
as Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)
To the Last Man 1933
as Pete Garon (uncredited)
This Day and Age 1933
as Assistant Principal
The Story of Temple Drake 1933
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Sign of the Cross 1932
as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
Heaven on Earth 1931
as Chicken Sam
Tol'able David 1930
as Buzzard Hatburn
Bright Lights 1930
as Newspaper reporter / photographer
Credits from TMDB.