John Carradine was born to a reporter/artist and a surgeon in Poughkeepsie, New York. He received an education in sculpture at Christ Church School and Graphic Art School, and afterwards traveled the South selling his sketches.
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💰 Net worth
Tol'able David (1930)
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$100 per week |
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
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$300 per week |
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
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$500 per week |
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
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$500 per week |
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
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$500 per week |
Kidnapped (1938)
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$500 per week |
Stagecoach (1939)
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$3,600 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
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$600 per week |
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
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$600 per week |
Whispering Ghosts (1942)
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$1,300 per week |
Northwest Rangers (1942)
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$2,500 per week |
Reunion in France (1942)
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$2,500 per week |
I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)
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$25,000 |
Gangway for Tomorrow (1943)
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$2,500 per week |
Voodoo Man (1944)
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$3,000 per week |
The Black Parachute (1944)
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$3,500 |
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
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$3,500 |
Alaska (1944)
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$3,750 |
House of Frankenstein (1944)
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$3,500 per week |
Information Please (1944)
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$2,500 per week |
House of Dracula (1945)
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$4,500 per week |
Hollywood Screen Test (1948)
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$125 |
The Story of Mankind (1957)
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$2,500 |
The Incredible Petrified World (1959)
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$100 per day |
Night Train to Mundo Fine (1966)
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$600 |
Gallery of Horror (1967)
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$300 |
Five Bloody Graves (1969)
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$2,000 per week |
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals (1969)
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$1,000 per day |
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
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$3,000 |
Shadow House (1973)
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$100 |
Satan's Cheerleaders (1977)
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$500 |
Shock Waves (1977)
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$5,000 |
John Carradine, the son of a reporter/artist and a surgeon, grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. He attended Christ Church School and Graphic Art School, studying sculpture, and afterward roamed the South selling sketches. He made his acting debut in "Camille" in a New Orleans theatre in 1925. Arriving in Los Angeles in 1927, he worked in local theatre. He applied for a job as as scenic designer to Cecil B. DeMille, who rejected his designs but gave him voice work in several films. His on-screen debut was in Tol'able David (1930), billed as Peter Richmond. A protégé and close friend of John Barrymore, Carradine was an extremely prolific film character actor while simultaneously maintaining a stage career in classic leading roles such as Hamlet and Malvolio. In his later years he was typed as a horror star, putting in appearances in many low- and ultra-low-budget horror films. He was a member of the group of actors often used by director John Ford that became known as "The John Ford Stock Company". John Carradine died at age 82 of natural causes on November 27, 1988.