Deceased

How Did John Carradine Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 82

Also known asJohn Peter Richmond, Peter Richmond, John Carradine Sr.GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn05/02/1906Born inNew York, États-UnisDied27/11/1988Died inMilanCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ312878 ↗TMDb#8516 ↗

John Carradine was an American character actor, who was considered one of the greatest 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).

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Filmography217 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2024	La Lucha Invade el Cine MexicanoMovie	Nazi leader	118
2021	Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!Movie	Self (archive footage)	115
2016	Lugosi: The Forgotten King of HorrorMovie	Self	110
2014	Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsMovie	Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)	108
1999	Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'Movie	Self (archive footage)	93
1995	Bikini Drive-InMovie	—	89
1992	Legends of the WestMovie	Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn' (archive footage) (uncredited)	86
1992	Dracula in the MoviesMovie	(archive footage)	86
1991	Frankenstein: A Cinematic ScrapbookMovie	Count Dracula (archive footage)	85
1991	Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookMovie	Count Dracula (archive footage)	85
1986	Hollywood Ghost StoriesMovie	Narrator / Host	80
1986	Peggy Sue Got MarriedMovie	Leo	80
1985	The Twilight ZoneSeries	(segment "Still Life")	79
1984	The Ice PiratesMovie	Supreme Commander	78
1984	Going Hollywood: The '30sMovie	(archive footage)	78
1983	House of the Long ShadowsMovie	Elijah Grisbane	77
1983	Imps*Movie	Gentleman	77
1983	The Horror of It AllMovie	Self	77
1983	A Rose for EmilyMovie	Col. Sartoris	77
1982	FameSeries	Danny Amatullo	76
1982	Satan's MistressMovie	Father Stratten	76
1982	The ValsMovie	Mr. Stanton (Head of the Orphanage)	76
1982	The Secret of NIMHMovie	Great Owl (voice)	76
1982	The Best of Sex and ViolenceMovie	Self - Host	76
1981	Frankenstein IslandMovie	Dr. Frankenstein	75
1981	The HowlingMovie	Erle Kenton	75
1981	Goliath AwaitsSeries	Ronald Bentley	75
1981	The Monster ClubMovie	R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer	75
1979	The Littlest HoboSeries	Chief Justice Hamilton	73
1979	The SeekersSeries	Avery Mills	73
1979	AmericathonMovie	Uncle Sam	73
1979	NocturnaMovie	Count Dracula	73
1979	The Horror ShowMovie	(archive footage)	73
1978	Flying HighSeries	—	72
1978	Vega$Series	—	72
1977	Golden RendezvousMovie	Fairweather	71
1977	The SentinelMovie	Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran	71
1977	Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.Movie	Grampa Sullivan	71
1977	The White BuffaloMovie	Amos Briggs	71
1977	Tail Gunner JoeMovie	Wisconsin Farmer	71
1976	The Last TycoonMovie	Tour Guide	70
1976	Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodMovie	Drunk	70
1976	Captains and the KingsSeries	Father Hale	70
1976	The ShootistMovie	Beckum	70
1976	Death at Love HouseMovie	Conan Carroll	70
1975	Starsky & HutchSeries	The Professor	69
1975	Wonder WomanSeries	Harlow Gault	69
1975	Stowaway to the MoonMovie	Jacob Avril	69
1974	The Lady's Not for BurningMovie	Old Skips	68
1974	The House of Seven CorpsesMovie	Edgar Price	68
1973	Terror in the Wax MuseumMovie	Claude Dupree	67
1973	The Night StranglerMovie	Llewellyn Crossbinder	67
1973	SuperchickMovie	Igor Smith	67
1973	The Cat CreatureMovie	The Hotel Clerk	67
1972	Emergency!Series	—	66
1972	The RookiesSeries	—	66
1972	Kung FuSeries	Rev. Serenity Johnson	66
1972	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to AskMovie	Dr. Bernardo	66
1972	Night of the Dark Full MoonMovie	Charlie Towman	66
1971	The Seven MinutesMovie	Sean O'Flanagan	65
1971	Film '72Series	Self	65
1971	The Gatling GunMovie	Rev. Harper	65
1970	Night GallerySeries	—	64
1970	McCloudSeries	—	64
1970	The McMastersMovie	Preacher	64
1970	Myra BreckinridgeMovie	Surgeon	64
1970	Cain's CutthroatsMovie	Preacher Simms	64
1970	Shinbone AlleyMovie	Tyrone T. Tattersall (voice)	64
1970	BigfootMovie	Jasper B. Hawks	64
1969	Love, American StyleSeries	Old George Pomerantz	63
1969	The Good Guys and the Bad GuysMovie	Ticker	63
1969	Five Bloody GravesMovie	Boone Hawkins	63
1969	The Trouble with GirlsMovie	Mr. Drewcolt	63
1968	The Movie OrgyMovie	Self (archive footage)	62
1968	The Helicopter SpiesMovie	Third-Way Priest	62
1968	The Dick Cavett ShowSeries	Self - Guest	62
1968	Land of the GiantsSeries	Egor Crull	62
1967	IronsideSeries	—	61
1967	HondoSeries	—	61
1967	The HostageMovie	Otis Lovelace	61
1967	Hillbillys in a Haunted HouseMovie	Dr. Himmel	61
1966	The Green HornetSeries	James Rancourt / The Scarf	60
1966	Munster, Go Home!Movie	Cruikshank	60
1966	The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Series	Prof. Boris Budge	60
1966	Billy the Kid Versus DraculaMovie	Count Dracula	60
1965	The Big ValleySeries	Elias Brown	59
1965	Lost in SpaceSeries	Arcon	59
1965	The Legend of Jesse JamesSeries	Noah	59
1965	BrandedSeries	—	59
1965	LaredoSeries	Prof. Paracelsus Smythe	59
1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series	Old Man - Third-Way Priest	58
1964	Daniel BooneSeries	Zack Pike	58
1964	Cheyenne AutumnMovie	Jeff Blair	58
1964	The MunstersSeries	—	58
1964	GenesisMovie	Narrator	58
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries	Gavin Revere	56
1962	The Merv Griffin ShowSeries	Self	56
1962	The Beverly HillbilliesSeries	—	56
1962	The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceMovie	Cassius Starbuckle	56
1962	The Lucy ShowSeries	Guzman	56
1960	ThrillerSeries	Jason Longfellow	54
1960	The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMovie	Slave Catcher	54
1960	Sex Kittens Go to CollegeMovie	Prof. Watts	54
1959	The Twilight ZoneSeries	Brother Jerome	53
1959	Lock-UpSeries	—	53
1959	Johnny RingoSeries	The Rain Man	53
1959	The RebelSeries	Elmer Dodson	53
1959	The Incredible Petrified WorldMovie	Prof. Millard Wyman	53
1959	The Oregon TrailMovie	Zachariah Garrison	53
1959	Invisible InvadersMovie	Dr. Karol Noymann	53
1959	Bourbon Street BeatSeries	—	53
1959	The Cosmic ManMovie	Cosmic Man	53
1958	The RiflemanSeries	—	52
1958	Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries	Amos McKenna	52
1958	Bat MastersonSeries	Sheriff Vince Morgan	52
1958	77 Sunset StripSeries	—	52
1958	The Last HurrahMovie	Amos Force	52
1958	LawmanSeries	Geoffrey Hendon	52
1958	Showdown at Boot HillMovie	Doc Weber	52
1957	Wagon TrainSeries	Park Cleatus	51
1957	Have Gun, Will TravelSeries	—	51
1957	MaverickSeries	—	51
1957	SuspicionSeries	Raphael	51
1957	The True Story of Jesse JamesMovie	Rev. Jethro Bailey	51
1957	DuPont Show of the MonthSeries	John Canty	51
1957	SugarfootSeries	Mathew McDavitt	51
1957	Hell Ship MutinyMovie	Malone	51
1957	Half Human: The Story of the Abominable SnowmanMovie	Dr. John Rayburn	51
1956	Around the World in 80 DaysMovie	Proctor Stamp	50
1956	Telephone TimeSeries	—	50
1956	The Ten CommandmentsMovie	Aaron	50
1955	Navy LogSeries	—	49
1955	Matinee TheaterSeries	—	49
1955	GunsmokeSeries	Ephraim Hunt	49
1955	CheyenneSeries	—	49
1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpSeries	Don Ignacio Vasquez	49
1955	The MillionaireSeries	Karl Miller AKA Count Karl Millevich	49
1955	MGM ParadeSeries	self	49
1955	Stranger on HorsebackMovie	Col. Buck Streeter	49
1955	The Court JesterMovie	Giacomo	49
1955	The KentuckianMovie	Ziby Fletcher	49
1955	The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMovie	The Duke	49
1955	Desert SandsMovie	Jala	49
1954	Climax!Series	John Evan	48
1954	Johnny GuitarMovie	Old Tom	48
1954	The EgyptianMovie	Grave Robber	48
1954	Thunder PassMovie	Bergstrom	48
1954	Casanova's Big NightMovie	Foressi	48
1952	Gang BustersSeries	—	46
1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokSeries	—	45
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries	—	45
1949	Lights OutSeries	—	43
1949	SuspenseSeries	—	43
1949	C-ManMovie	Doc Spencer	43
1948	The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries	Malvolio	42
1948	Studio OneSeries	Mr. Wadleigh	42
1948	The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries	Self	42
1947	The Private Affairs of Bel AmiMovie	Charles Forestier	41
1945	Fallen AngelMovie	Professor Madley	39
1944	Voodoo ManMovie	Toby	38
1944	AlaskaMovie	John Reagan	38
1944	Barbary Coast GentMovie	Duke Cleat	38
1944	House of FrankensteinMovie	Dracula (aka Baron Latos)	38
1943	Hitler's MadmanMovie	Reinhardt Heydrich	37
1943	Captive Wild WomanMovie	Dr. Sigmund Walters	37
1943	Revenge of the ZombiesMovie	Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann	37
1942	Reunion in FranceMovie	Ulrich Windler, Head of Paris Gestapo	36
1942	Whispering GhostsMovie	Norbert	36
1941	Blood and SandMovie	Nacional	35
1941	Western UnionMovie	Doc Murdoch	35
1940	The Grapes of WrathMovie	Casy	34
1940	The Return of Frank JamesMovie	Bob Ford	34
1940	Brigham YoungMovie	Porter Rockwell	34
1939	StagecoachMovie	Hatfield	33
1939	Jesse JamesMovie	Bob Ford	33
1939	Five Came BackMovie	Mr. Crimp	33
1939	Drums Along the MohawkMovie	Caldwell	33
1939	Captain FuryMovie	Coughy	33
1939	The Three MusketeersMovie	Naveau	33
1939	The Hound of the BaskervillesMovie	Barryman	33
1939	Land of LibertyMovie	(archive footage)	33
1938	I'll Give a MillionMovie	Kopelpeck	32
1938	Of Human HeartsMovie	President Lincoln	32
1938	KidnappedMovie	Gordon	32
1938	Alexander's Ragtime BandMovie	Speakeasy Doorman	32
1938	Four Men and a PrayerMovie	General Sebastian	32
1938	Submarine PatrolMovie	McAllison	32
1938	International SettlementMovie	Murdock	32
1937	The HurricaneMovie	Guard Captain	31
1937	Captains CourageousMovie	Long Jack	31
1937	Ali Baba Goes to TownMovie	Ishak	31
1937	This Is My AffairMovie	Ed	31
1937	Danger – Love at WorkMovie	Herbert Pemberton	31
1937	The Last GangsterMovie	Casper	31
1936	Mary of ScotlandMovie	Rizzio	30
1936	Daniel BooneMovie	Simon Girty	30
1936	The Prisoner of Shark IslandMovie	Sergeant Rankin	30
1936	White FangMovie	Beauty Smith	30
1936	DimplesMovie	Richards	30
1936	Half AngelMovie	Sanatorium Inmate (voice) (uncredited)	30
1936	The Garden of AllahMovie	Sand Diviner	30
1936	Under Two FlagsMovie	Cafard	30
1936	RamonaMovie	Jim Farrar	30
1935	Bride of FrankensteinMovie	Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)	29
1935	Les MisérablesMovie	Enjolras	29
1935	Bad BoyMovie	Angry Saxophone Player - Tenant	29
1935	The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte CarloMovie	Despondent Casino Gambler (uncredited)	29
1935	Clive of IndiaMovie	Drunken-Faced Clerk	29
1934	CleopatraMovie	Roman Citizen/Party Guest/Soldier (uncredited) (voice)	28
1933	The Invisible ManMovie	Informer Suggesting Ink (uncredited)	27
1933	To the Last ManMovie	Pete Garon (uncredited)	27
1933	This Day and AgeMovie	Assistant Principal	27
1933	The Story of Temple DrakeMovie	Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)	27
1932	The Sign of the CrossMovie	Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)	26
1931	Heaven on EarthMovie	Chicken Sam	25
1930	Bright LightsMovie	Newspaper reporter / photographer	24
1930	Tol'able DavidMovie	Buzzard Hatburn	24