John Carradine
Also known as Richmond Reed Carradine
John Carradine 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, known for his roles in horror films, Westerns, and Shakespearean theater, most notably portraying Count Dracula in House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945), Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966), and Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1979). Among his other notable roles was "Preacher Casy" in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath. In later decades of his career, he starred mostly in low-budget B-movies. In total, he holds 351 film and television credits, making him one of the most prolific English-speaking film and television actors of all time.
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- Works
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Top works
- The Secret of NIMH
- Taxed to death in Alabama as the result of prohibition
- Prohibition in Georgia
- The silver whistle
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Key facts
- Born
- Richmond Reed Carradine , ( 1906-02-05 ) February 5, 1906, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- November 27, 1988 (1988-11-27) (aged 82), Milan , Italy
- Other name
- Peter Richmond
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1930–1988
- Spouses
- Ardanelle McCool Cosner ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1935 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1944 ) Sonia Sorel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1944 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1956 ) Doris Rich ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; died 1971 ) Emily Cisneros ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1975 )
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John Carradine właściwie Richmond Reed Carradine (ur. 5 lutego 1906 w Nowym Jorku, zm. 27 listopada 1988 w Mediolanie we Włoszech) – amerykański aktor filmowy irlandzkiego pochodzenia. Specjalizował się głównie w rolach w tzw. filmach klasy B, były to przede wszystkim horrory i westerny. W ciągu trwającej blisko 60 lat aktorskiej kariery zagrał w ponad 200 filmach i dziesiątkach seriali telewizyjnych.
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