Biographie

According to oldest son David Carradine in "Hollywood and Whine", "... we carted the coffin over to our house and opened it up. I looked down at him, and the undertaker had put a demonic, artificial grin on his face--like nothing I had ever seen him do in real life, except in a horror film. I reached out and, using the sculptural skills I had learned from him, I remodeled his face to be more naturally like him. Then I poured half a bottle of J&B scotch, his favorite, down his throat, and we had a wake".

He played Count Dracula in four films: La Maison de Frankenstein (1944), La Maison de Dracula (1945), Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) and Nocturna (1979).

In later life, he suffered from crippling arthritis, but continued to work.

Officially changed his name from John Peter Richmond to John Carradine in early 1935.

He hitchhiked to California, earning his way as a quick-sketch artist.

I've made some of the greatest films ever made--and a lot of crap, too.

[his last words before passing away in Milan, Italy] Milan. What a beautiful place to die.

As for making movies, who can act at eight o'clock in the morning? Let's face it!

Directors never direct me. They just turn me loose.

[on Darryl F. Zanuck] Nobody liked working for Zanuck, the little goddamn Napoleon, always walking around with his polo mallet. Nobody had any respect for him except as an executive. And he was a good editor at one time, but he fancied himself a writer, and he was not a good writer.

Le commando des morts-vivants (1977) - $5,000

Satan's Cheerleaders (1977) - $500

Shadow House (1973) - $100

Boxcar Bertha (1972) - $3,000

The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals (1986) - $1,000 per day