John Carradine 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 DeMilles stock company and later John Fords company best known for his roles in horror films Westerns and Shakespearean theatre In the later decades of his career he starred mostly in lowbudget Bmovies but continued to also appear in higherprofile fare In total he holds 351 film and television credits making him one of the most prolific Englishspeaking actors of all time Carradine was married four times had five children and was the patriarch of the Carradine family including four sons and four grandchildren who are or were also actors Description above from the Wikipedia article John Carradine licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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