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John Carradine

1906 - 1988

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John Carradine ( KARR-ə-deen; 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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Carradine is the 1,178th most popular actor (down from 1,153rd in 2019), the 2,243rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,982nd in 2019) and the 582nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, John Carradine ranks 1,178 out of 13,578. Before him are Marie-Christine Barrault, Van Heflin, Piper Laurie, Katy Jurado, Geraldine McEwan, and Shannon Tweed. After him are Lois Maxwell, Anne Wiazemsky, Uta Hagen, Brenda Fricker, Jerry Stiller, and Ralph Macchio.

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Among people born in 1906, John Carradine ranks 92. Before him are Carlo Scarpa, Lillian Asplund, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Primo Carnera, Nazim al-Qudsi, and Muzafer Sherif. After him are Joaquín Balaguer, Franz Hössler, Piero Taruffi, Heinz Harmel, Junio Valerio Borghese, and Curtis LeMay. Among people deceased in 1988, John Carradine ranks 53. Before him are Chico Mendes, Ana Aslan, Karl August Wittfogel, Dino Grandi, Paul Grice, and Muzafer Sherif. After him are Piero Taruffi, Isamu Noguchi, René Char, Antonín Puč, Viktors Arājs, and Renato Salvatori.

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Among people born in United States, John Carradine ranks 2,243 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Kyle (1974), George Stevens (1904), Dorothea Tanning (1910), Lance Armstrong (1971), John Frankenheimer (1930), and Michael McDonald (1952). After him are Daniel Bell (1919), H. Robert Horvitz (1947), Cindy Crawford (1966), Don Budge (1915), Jerry Stiller (1927), and Hunter S. Thompson (1937).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Carradine ranks 582. Before him are Josephine Chaplin (1949), Sabrina Carpenter (1999), Fran Drescher (1957), Randolph Scott (1898), Van Heflin (1908), and Piper Laurie (1932). After him are Jerry Stiller (1927), Ralph Macchio (1961), Ruth Gordon (1896), Barbara Hershey (1948), Lisa Kudrow (1963), and Kim Hunter (1922).

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