John Carradine

John Carradine

American actor (1906-1988)

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). 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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 109 films (1932–1978) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 34 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1940 The Grapes Of Wrath John Ford 1:29 B&W
1940 The Grapes of wrath John Ford 128 min B&W
1940 The Grapes Of Wrath. John Ford 1586 ft. B&W
1940 The Return Of Frank James. Fritz Lang 8 440 ft. Color
1941 Blood And Sand Ideal Pictures: Publisher 75 min 1:15:00 16mm B&W sound
1941 Land Of Liberty. ▶ Cecil B. DeMille 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1941 Man hunt Fritz Lang 100 min B&W
1941 Man Hunt. Fritz Lang 9 030 ft. B&W
1941 Swamp Water Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1:28:00 16mm B&W sound
1941 Swamp Water. Jean Renoir, Irving Pichel 7935 ft. B&W
1942 Whispering Ghosts. Alfred L. Werker 6745 ft. Color
1943 Captive Wild Woman. Edward Dmytryk 7 reels B&W
1943 Gangway For Tomorrow. John H. Auer 69 min. B&W
1943 Isle of Forgotten Sins Edgar G. Ulmer 82 min B&W
1943 Revenge Of The Zombies. Steve Sekely 6 reels B&W
1943 The Mummy's Ghost. Reginald Le Borg 6 reels B&W
1944 A Night Of Adventure. Gordon Douglas 65 min. B&W
1944 Alaska. George Archainbaud 8 reels
1944 Bluebeard. PRC Pictures Inc. 8 reels 16mm B&W sound
1944 House Of Frankenstein. Erle C. Kenton 7 reels B&W
1944 Jungle Woman. Reginald LeBorg 6 reels B&W
1944 The Black Parachute. Lew Landers 7 reels B&W
1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge. Ford Beebe 8 reels B&W
1944 Voodoo Man. William Beaudine 7 reels B&W
1945 House of Dracula. Erle C. Kenton 28:00 16mm B&W sound
1945 It's In The Bag. Richard Wallace 90 min. Color & B&W
1946 The Face Of Marble. William Beaudine 7 reels Color & B&W
1949 C-Man. Laurel Films 77 min. 35mm B&W sound
1956 The Ten commandments Cecil B. DeMille 220 min Color
1956 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. Paramount Pictures Corp. 219 min 35mm Color sound
1957 Half Human. Distributors Corp. of America 70 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 The True Story Of Jesse James. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 92 min. 35mm Color sound
1957 The Unearthly. AB-PT Pictures Corp. 71 min. 35mm B&W sound
1958 Showdown At Boot Hill. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 72 min. 35mm B&W sound
1959 The Cosmic Man. Futura Pictures Inc. 72 min. 35mm B&W sound
1960 Sex Kittens Go To College. Allied Artists Pictures & Photoplay Associates Inc. 94 min 35mm B&W sound
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John Ford 123 min 16mm B&W sound
1964 The Wizard Of Mars Ideal Pictures Inc 81 16mm Color sound
1966 Billy the Kid vs. Dracula director, William Beaudine. 72 16mm Color sound
1966 Munster Go Home. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 96 min 35mm Color sound
1966 Red Zone Cuba Coleman Francis 89 min B&W
1967 Hillbillys in a Haunted House Jean Yarbrough 86 min
1967 The Helicopter Spies Arena Productions 95 min Color sound
1968 The astro-zombies. JACK H. HARRIS ENTERTAINMENT 2600 16mm Color sound
1969 Blood of Dracula's Castle Al Adamson 84 min
1969 The Good Guys And The Bad Guys Warner Bros.-Seven Arts 91 min Color sound
1970 Bigfoot Robert F. Slatzer
1970 Myra Breckinridge Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 95 min Color sound
1970 Threshold a film by J. Maynard Lovins ; directed and produced by J. Maynard Lovins ; screenplay by Thomas Latimer. 26 16mm Color sound
1971 Cain's Cutthroats Ken Osborne