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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Carradine has received more than 5,097,410 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). John Carradine is the 1,153rd most popular actor (down from 955th in 2019), the 1,982nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,755th in 2019) and the 534th most popular American Actor.

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  • 40

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  • 2.81

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  • 4.70

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Carradine ranks 1,153 out of 13,578. Before him are Janet Gaynor, Judd Hirsch, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nino Manfredi, Henry Calvin, and Anthony Daniels. After him are Yury Solomin, Catherine Spaak, Lyubov Orlova, Bill Paxton, Amber Heard, and Andie MacDowell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, John Carradine ranks 94. Before him are Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Joaquín Balaguer, Heinz Harmel, John Dickson Carr, Lillian Asplund, and Janet Gaynor. After him are Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Horst Schumann, George Sanders, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, Curtis LeMay, and Junio Valerio Borghese. Among people deceased in 1988, John Carradine ranks 58. Before him are Isamu Noguchi, Antonín Puč, Dino Grandi, Heo Jeong, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, and Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás. After him are George Uhlenbeck, Sergey Gorshkov, Vladimír Menšík, Lev Pontryagin, Bluma Zeigarnik, and Henry Murray.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Carradine ranks 1,982 out of 20,380. Before him are Christina Aguilera (1980), Carl Reiner (1922), Elias Howe (1819), Janet Gaynor (1906), Judd Hirsch (1935), and Henry Calvin (1918). After him are Philip José Farmer (1918), Joe Lynn Turner (1951), Bill Paxton (1955), Amber Heard (1986), Gene Vincent (1935), and Billy Preston (1946).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Carradine ranks 534. Before him are Dana Elcar (1927), Sydney Chaplin (1926), Carl Reiner (1922), Janet Gaynor (1906), Judd Hirsch (1935), and Henry Calvin (1918). After him are Bill Paxton (1955), Amber Heard (1986), Andie MacDowell (1958), Candice Bergen (1946), Rhea Perlman (1948), and Marion Ramsey (1947).

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Television and Movie Roles

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Dr. Bernardo
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.
Aug 6o 19726.5 / 10
The Grapes of Wrath
Casy
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Mar 15o 19407.835 / 10
Stagecoach
Hatfield
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.
Mar 3o 19397.6 / 10