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John Carradine

John Carradine

107 movies on Netflix

Biography

John Carradine was an American character actor who began his career on the stage in New Orleans in 1925 and later joined the stock companies of Cecil B. DeMille and John Ford. He became identified with horror films, Westerns and Shakespearean theater, most famously as Count Dracula in House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945) and Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966). Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940) gave him his first important screen part, the preacher Casy, and he appeared in eleven of Ford's pictures. His many other films included Stagecoach (1939), Jesse James (1939), The Ten Commandments (1956) and The Court Jester (1955). He toured with a Shakespearean company of his own and acted Hamlet and Macbeth, made many television appearances, voiced the Great Owl in the animated The Secret of NIMH (1982) and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1985. He worked in low-budget horror films, and his last released credit was Jack-O (1995).

82years old at death

  • Born New York City
  • Died Milan
  • Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
  • Richmond Reed Carradine (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
107
Career span
62 years1933 to 1995

Genres

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  1. A role that slipped away

    Carradine claimed he tested for the title role in Dracula as an unknown, alongside Conrad Veidt, William Courtenay, Paul Muni and Ian Keith, but the part went to Bela Lugosi.

  2. About the name

    By 1933 he was credited as John Peter Richmond. In 1935 he took the stage name John Carradine, and two years later he made that name his legal one.

  3. First role

    Carradine said he had made 70 pictures before he ever got billing, though Tol'able David (1930) was the first film credited to him.

John Carradine movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Grapes of Wrath1940 Dramaas Jim Casy

    IMDb rating 8.1108K votes

  2. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask1972 Comedyas Doctor Bernardo

    IMDb rating 6.744K votes

  3. Stagecoach1939as Hatfield

    IMDb rating 7.860K votes

  4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962as Maj. Cassius Starbuckle

    IMDb rating 8.190K votes

  5. The Howling1981as Erle Kenton

    IMDb rating 6.545K votes

  6. House of Dracula1945as Count Dracula

    IMDb rating 5.76.9K votes

  7. The Sentinel1977as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran

    IMDb rating 6.314K votes

  8. Shock Waves1977as Captain Ben Morris

    IMDb rating 5.47.2K votes

Most often with

John Ford directed ten of these films, Reginald Le Borg four and Edgar G. Ulmer three. Lon Chaney Jr. appears in eight of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What John Carradine's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$245 million

21 of the 107 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 107 films: 21 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 78 figure not found.

  • 21Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 4Never in cinemas
  • 78Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $123M50.0% of the total
  2. 2
    $18M7.3% of the total
  3. 3
    The Howling1981as Erle Kenton
    $18M7.3% of the total
  4. 4
    The Egyptian1954as Grave Robber
    $15M6.1% of the total
  5. 5
    The Secret of NIMH1982as Great Owl (voice)
    $15M6.0% of the total
  6. 6
    The Ice Pirates1984as Supreme Commander
    $14M5.8% of the total
  7. 7
    The Shootist1976as Beckum
    $13M5.5% of the total
  8. 8
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962as Maj. Cassius Starbuckle
    $8.0M3.3% of the total
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), $4.0 millionThe Sentinel (1977), $4.0 millionReunion in France (1942), $1.9 millionThe Invisible Man's Revenge (1944), $1.7 millionThe Grapes of Wrath (1940), $1.6 millionFallen Angel (1945), $1.5 millionThe Proud Rebel (1958), $1.5 millionThe True Story of Jesse James (1957), $1.5 millionMary of Scotland (1936), $1.3 millionStagecoach (1939), $1.1 millionThe Seven Minutes (1971), $1.0 millionThe Black Cat (1934), $236,000Cheyenne Autumn (1964), $10,980

$21.2 millionfrom the other 13 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total

Awards

Three awards and honors, one of them major.

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John Carradine's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Emmy Awards
Daytime Emmy AwardWon
Other honors
1983Sitges Film Festival Best Actor awardHouse of the Long ShadowsWon
Star on Hollywood Walk of FameHonored

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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