About

Known credits:
280
Birthday:
1906-02-05
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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John Carradine

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2024 La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano Actor Nazi leader 59
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2021 Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2018 Doses of Horror Actor Richmond Reed ("A Dose of Bloodsucking Tramps" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
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2013 The Trail of Dracula Actor Self 59
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2013 Blood of 1000 Virgins Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2012 The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features Actor 59
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2003 Boogeyman II: Redux Actor Dr. Warren 58
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1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1995 Jack-O Actor Walter Machen 57
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1995 Bikini Drive-In Actor 58
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1992 Legends of the West Actor Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn' N/A
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1991 Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook Actor Count Dracula (archive footage) 59
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1991 Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook Actor Count Dracula (archive footage) 59
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1990 The Alien Within Actor Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage) N/A
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1989 Buried Alive Actor Jacob Julian 58
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1987 Evil Spawn Actor Dr. Emil Zeitman 58
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1986 Star Slammer Actor The Justice 57
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1986 Peggy Sue Got Married Actor Leo 60
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1986 Hollywood Ghost Stories Actor Narrator / Host 58
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1986 Lugosi: The Forgotten King Actor Himself N/A
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1986 Monster in the Closet Actor Old Joe Shempter 57
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1986 The Tomb Actor Andoheb 58
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1986 Revenge Actor Sen. Martin Bradford 59
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1986 Horrible Horror Actor Dr. Karol Noymann in 'Invisible Invaders' 59
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1986 Haunted Hollywood Actor Host N/A
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1985 Evils of the Night Actor Dr. Kozmar 57
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1985 Reel Horror Actor Alcoholic Reporter (archive footage) 58
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1984 Elvira's MTV Halloween Party Actor 59
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1984 The Ice Pirates Actor Supreme Commander 58
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1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1983 Imps* Actor Gentleman 58
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1983 A Rose for Emily Actor Col. Sartoris 58
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1983 Boogeyman II Actor Dr. Warren (archive footage) 57
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1983 House of the Long Shadows Actor Elijah Grisbane 59
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1983 The Horror of It All Actor Self 59
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1983 Antony and Cleopatra Actor Soothsayer 59
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1982 The Vals Actor Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage) 58
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1982 The Secret of NIMH Actor Great Owl (voice) 68
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1982 Satan's Mistress Actor Father Stratten 58
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1982 The Scarecrow Actor Hubert Salter 58
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1982 The Best of Sex and Violence Actor Self - Host 59
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1981 The Reluctant Dragon Actor Narrator N/A
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1981 Frankenstein Island Actor Dr. Frankenstein 57
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1981 Goliath Awaits Actor Ronald Bentley 69
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1981 The Nesting Actor Col. LeBrun 58
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1981 The Monster Club Actor R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer 58
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1981 The Howling Actor Erle Kenton 62
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1980 The Boogey Man Actor Dr. Warren 57
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1980 Monstroid Actor Priest 58
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1980 A Tribute to Dr. Shock Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1979 The Seekers Actor Avery Mills N/A
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1979 Nocturna Actor Count Dracula 58
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1979 Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident Actor Professor Nikolaeff 58
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1979 The Horror Show Actor (archive footage) 59
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1978 The Bees Actor Dr. Sigmund Hummel 58
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1978 Vampire Hookers Actor Richmond Reed 58
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1978 Sunset Cove Actor Judge Harley Winslow 58
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1978 Doctor Dracula Actor Radcliff 58
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1978 Salem and the Scarlet Letter Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1977 Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. Actor Grampa Sullivan 58
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1977 Golden Rendezvous Actor Fairweather 58
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1977 The Mouse and His Child Actor The Tramp (voice) 58
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1977 Shock Waves Actor Captain 57
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1977 The White Buffalo Actor Amos Briggs 58
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1977 Satan's Cheerleaders Actor The Bum 57
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1977 Tail Gunner Joe Actor Wisconsin Farmer 58
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1977 The Sentinel Actor Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran 59
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1977 The Lady and the Lynchings Actor N/A
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1976 Crash! Actor Dr. Welsey Edwards 58
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1976 The Last Tycoon Actor Tour Guide 60
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1976 The Killer Inside Me Actor Dr. Smith 58
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1976 Captains and the Kings Actor Father Hale 70
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1976 Death at Love House Actor Conan Carroll 58
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1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Actor Drunk 58
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1976 The Shootist Actor Beckum 63
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1975 Journey Into the Beyond Actor Narrator (English Version) 58
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1975 Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary Actor The Man 58
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1975 Stowaway to the Moon Actor Jacob Avril 59
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1974 The Lady's Not for Burning Actor Old Skips N/A
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1974 Moonchild Actor Mr. Walker 58
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1974 The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute Actor Self 59
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1974 The Cowboys Actor Oscar Schmidt 69
Fair
1974 The House of Seven Corpses Actor Edgar Price 58
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1973 The Cat Creature Actor The Hotel Clerk 58
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1973 Shadow House Actor Uncle N/A
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1973 Superchick Actor Igor Smith 58
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1973 1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel Actor The Sage N/A
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1973 Bad Charleston Charlie Actor Alcoholic Reporter 58
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1973 Terror in the Wax Museum Actor Claude Dupree 58
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1973 The Night Strangler Actor Llewellyn Crossbinder 59
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1972 Night of the Dark Full Moon Actor Charlie Towman 57
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1972 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Actor Narrator (voice) 58
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1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask Actor Dr. Bernardo 63
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1972 Richard Actor Plastic Surgeon 59
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1972 Portnoy's Complaint Actor Judge (voice) (uncredited) 58
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1972 Boxcar Bertha Actor H. Buckram Sartoris 58
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1971 Decisions! Decisions! Actor Railroad Ticket Clerk N/A
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1971 The Seven Minutes Actor Sean O'Flanagan 59
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1971 The Gatling Gun Actor Rev. Harper 58
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1971 Blood Legacy Actor Christopher Dean 58
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1971 Demented Death Farm Massacre Actor The Judge Of Hell 58
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1971 Threshold Actor Old-fashioned Undertaker N/A
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1970 Crowhaven Farm Actor Nate Cheever 59
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1970 Bigfoot Actor Jasper B. Hawks 57
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1970 Shinbone Alley Actor Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice) 58
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1970 Myra Breckinridge Actor Surgeon 57
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1970 Hell's Bloody Devils Actor Pet Shop Owner 58
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1970 The McMasters Actor Preacher 58
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1970 Blood of the Iron Maiden Actor Dr. Goolie 59
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1970 Cain's Cutthroats Actor Preacher Simms 58
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1970 Horror of the Blood Monsters Actor Dr. Rynning 57
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1969 Madame Death Actor Dr. Favel 58
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1969 Daughter of the Mind Actor Mr. Bosch 58
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1969 Secret of Death Actor Mad Doctor / Nazi Leader 59
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1969 Five Bloody Graves Actor Boone Hawkins 58
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1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Actor Ticker 58
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1969 Blood of Dracula's Castle Actor George 58
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1969 The Trouble with Girls Actor Mr. Drewcolt 58
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1969 The Vampire Girls Actor Count Branos Alucard 58
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1969 Pact with the Devil Actor Dr. Halback 58
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1969 The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals Actor Professor Cummings 58
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1968 Autopsy of a Ghost Actor Satán 59
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1968 The Helicopter Spies Actor Third-Way Priest 58
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1968 The Astro-Zombies Actor Dr. DeMarco 57
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1968 The Movie Orgy Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1968 They Ran for Their Lives Actor Laslo N/A
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1968 Chewing Gum Actor N/A
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1968 The Mummy's Ghost Actor The Egyptian Priest (archive footage) N/A
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1967 Blood Of Ghastly Horror Actor Dr. Howard Vanard 57
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1967 The Fiend with the Electronic Brain Actor Dr. Howard Vanard N/A
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1967 The Hostage Actor Otis Lovelace 58
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1967 Hillbillys in a Haunted House Actor Dr. Himmel 57
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1967 Gallery of Horror Actor Narrator / Tristram Halbin 58
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1966 Red Zone Cuba Actor Mr. Wilson 57
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1966 Munster, Go Home! Actor Cruikshank 59
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1966 Billy the Kid Versus Dracula Actor Count Dracula 57
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1966 The Emperor's New Clothes Actor King Luvimself N/A
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1966 Doom of Dracula Actor Count Dracula N/A
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1965 Broken Sabre Actor General Josh McCord N/A
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1965 Curse of the Stone Hand Actor The Old Drunk 58
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1965 House of the Black Death Actor Andre Desard 58
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1965 The Wizard of Mars Actor The Wizard of Mars 58
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1965 Something for Mrs. Gibbs Actor N/A
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1964 Cheyenne Autumn Actor Jeff Blair 60
Fair
1964 The Patsy Actor Bruce Alden 59
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1964 Genesis Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Actor Maj. Cassius Starbuckle 72
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1960 Sex Kittens Go to College Actor Prof. Watts 58
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1960 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Actor Slave Catcher 59
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1960 Tarzan the Magnificent Actor Abel Banton 58
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1959 The Incredible Petrified World Actor Prof. Millard Wyman 57
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1959 The Oregon Trail Actor Zachariah Garrison 58
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1959 Terror in the Midnight Sun Actor Narrator (US Re-Edit) 57
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1959 Invisible Invaders Actor Dr. Karol Noymann 58
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1959 The Cosmic Man Actor Cosmic Man 58
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1958 The Last Hurrah Actor Amos Force 60
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1958 Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman Actor Dr. John Rayburn 58
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1958 The Proud Rebel Actor Traveling Salesman 59
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1958 Showdown at Boot Hill Actor Doc Weber 59
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1957 Hell Ship Mutiny Actor Malone 58
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1957 The Story of Mankind Actor Khufu 58
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1957 The Unearthly Actor Dr. Charles Conway 57
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1957 The True Story of Jesse James Actor Rev. Jethro Bailey 59
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1956 Dracula Actor Dracula N/A
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1956 Around the World in Eighty Days Actor Proctor Stamp 62
Fair
1956 The Ten Commandments Actor Aaron 73
Good
1956 Female Jungle Actor Claude Almstead 59
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1956 The Black Sleep Actor Bohemund 59
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1956 Dark Venture Actor Gideon 58
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1956 Hidden Guns Actor Snipe Harding 58
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1955 The Court Jester Actor Giacomo 62
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1955 Desert Sands Actor Jala 58
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1955 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Actor The Duke 58
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1955 The Kentuckian Actor Ziby Fletcher 58
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1955 Stranger on Horseback Actor Col. Buck Streeter 58
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1954 Thunder Pass Actor Bergstrom 59
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1954 The Egyptian Actor Grave Robber 59
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1954 Johnny Guitar Actor Old Tom 65
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1954 Casanova's Big Night Actor Foressi 59
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1953 The Hound of Heaven Actor Hyder Simpson N/A
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1953 The Hound Of Heaven Actor Hyder Simpson N/A
N/A
1949 C-Man Actor Doc Spencer 58
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1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Actor Charles Forestier 59
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1947 Fish Story Actor John Carradine 59
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1946 Down Missouri Way Actor Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning N/A
N/A
1946 The Face of Marble Actor Dr. Charles Randolph 58
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1945 House of Dracula Actor Count Dracula 58
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1945 Captain Kidd Actor Orange Povey 58
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1945 Fallen Angel Actor Professor Madley 59
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1945 It's in the Bag! Actor Jefferson T. Pike 58
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1944 House of Frankenstein Actor Dracula (aka Baron Latos) 59
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1944 Alaska Actor John Reagan 59
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1944 Bluebeard Actor Gaston Morrell 58
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1944 Barbary Coast Gent Actor Duke Cleat 58
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1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain Actor Bret Harte 59
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1944 Return of the Ape Man Actor Prof. John Gilmore 58
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1944 The Mummy's Ghost Actor Yousef Bey 58
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1944 Waterfront Actor Victor Marlow 58
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1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge Actor Dr. Peter Drury 58
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1944 Jungle Woman Actor Dr. Sigmund Walters (archive footage / uncredited) 58
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1944 The Black Parachute Actor General von Bodenbach 59
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1944 Voodoo Man Actor Toby 58
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1943 Gangway for Tomorrow Actor Mr. Wellington 59
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1943 Revenge of the Zombies Actor Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann 58
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1943 Isle of Forgotten Sins Actor Mike Clancy 58
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1943 Silver Spurs Actor Lucky Miller 58
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1943 Hitler's Madman Actor Reinhardt Heydrich 58
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1943 Captive Wild Woman Actor Dr. Sigmund Walters 58
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1943 I Escaped from the Gestapo Actor Martin 59
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1942 Reunion in France Actor Ulrich Windler 59
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1942 Northwest Rangers Actor Martin Caswell 59
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1942 Whispering Ghosts Actor Norbert 59
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1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake Actor Caleb Green 59
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1941 Swamp Water Actor Jesse Wick 59
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1941 Man Hunt Actor Mr. Jones 61
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1941 Blood and Sand Actor Nacional 59
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1941 Western Union Actor Doc Murdoch 59
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1940 Chad Hanna Actor B. D. Bisbee 59
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1940 Brigham Young Actor Porter Rockwell 58
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1940 The Return of Frank James Actor Bob Ford 59
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1940 The Grapes of Wrath Actor Casy 71
Good
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk Actor Caldwell 59
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1939 Frontier Marshal Actor Ben Carter 59
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1939 Five Came Back Actor Mr. Crimp 59
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1939 Land of Liberty Actor (archive footage) N/A
N/A
1939 Captain Fury Actor Coughy 59
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1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles Actor Barryman 62
Fair
1939 Stagecoach Actor Hatfield 70
Good
1939 The Three Musketeers Actor Naveau 59
Average
1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning Actor Danforth / Richard Burke 58
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1939 Jesse James Actor Bob Ford 59
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1938 Submarine Patrol Actor McAllison 59
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1938 Gateway Actor Leader of Refugees 59
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1938 I'll Give a Million Actor Kopelpeck 58
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1938 Kidnapped Actor Gordon 59
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1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band Actor Speakeasy Doorman 59
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1938 Kentucky Moonshine Actor Reef Hatfield 59
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1938 Four Men and a Prayer Actor General Sebastian 59
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1938 Of Human Hearts Actor President Lincoln 59
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1938 International Settlement Actor Murdock 59
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1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto Actor Pereira 59
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1937 The Last Gangster Actor Casper 59
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1937 The Hurricane Actor Warden 59
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1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town Actor Ishak 59
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1937 Danger – Love at Work Actor Herbert Pemberton 59
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1937 Love Under Fire Actor Capt. Delmar 59
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1937 Captains Courageous Actor Long Jack 62
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1937 This Is My Affair Actor Ed 59
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1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing! Actor Harry Wilkins N/A
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1936 Laughing at Trouble Actor Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady 59
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1936 Winterset Actor Bartolomio Romagna 59
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1936 Daniel Boone Actor Simon Girty 58
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1936 The Garden of Allah Actor Sand Diviner 58
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1936 Dimples Actor Richards 59
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1936 Ramona Actor Jim Farrar 58
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1936 Mary of Scotland Actor Rizzio 59
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1936 White Fang Actor Beauty Smith 59
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1936 Under Two Flags Actor Cafard 59
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1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island Actor Sergeant Rankin 59
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1935 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Actor Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited) 59
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1935 Bad Boy Actor Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant 59
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1935 Alias Mary Dow Actor Griffe - Nightclub Drunk (uncredited) 59
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1935 Bride of Frankenstein Actor Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited) 69
Fair
1935 Les Misérables Actor Enjolras 60
Fair
1935 Cardinal Richelieu Actor Agitator 59
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1935 Clive of India Actor Drunken-Faced Clerk 58
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1934 Cleopatra Actor Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice) 59
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1934 The Black Cat Actor Cult Organist 61
Fair
1934 The Meanest Gal in Town Actor Stranded Actor (uncredited) 59
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1933 The Invisible Man Actor Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited) 68
Fair
1933 To the Last Man Actor Pete Garon (uncredited) 59
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1933 This Day and Age Actor Assistant Principal 58
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1933 Morning Glory Actor Dream Apparition (uncredited) 59
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1933 The Story of Temple Drake Actor Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) 59
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1932 The Sign of the Cross Actor Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited) 59
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1931 Heaven on Earth Actor Chicken Sam 58
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1930 Tol'able David Actor Buzzard Hatburn 59
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1930 Bright Lights Actor Newspaper reporter / photographer 58
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The Wolfman's Cure Actor N/A
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Frankenstein's Brain Actor N/A
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