Get a closer look at some of Hollywood's perfect pairs.

Hollywood Power Couples

Get a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s perfect pairs.

Sinister sequels, eerie indies, and blockbuster boo-fests — here are the most exciting horror movies and shows to add to your Watchlist.

The Best New and Upcoming Horror

Celebrate some of the most iconic Asian actors from film and television, from [link=/name/nm1231899/]Priyanka Chopra Jonas[/link] to [link=/name/nm0702841]Ke Huy Quan[/link], plus many more.

Asian Icons of Film and Television

Celebrate some of the most iconic Asian actors from film and television, from <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm1231899/?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Priyanka Chopra Jonas</a> to <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm0702841?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Ke Huy Quan</a>, plus many more.

Charlton Heston and John Carradine in The Ten Commandments (1956)

Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, and Eugene Mazzola in The Ten Commandments (1956)

Bela Lugosi and John Carradine in Return of the Ape Man (1944)

John Carradine, Sidney Blackmer, William Henry, Dean Jagger, William Marshall, and Charles Wagenheim in I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)

John Carradine in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

John Carradine, Francis Ford, and O.P. Heggie in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

John Carradine and Warner Baxter in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

John Carradine and Francis Ford in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Dana Andrews, John Carradine, and Olin Howland in Fallen Angel (1945)

John Carradine in A Christmas Carol (1947)

John Carradine and Scotty Morrow in The Cosmic Man (1959)

John Carradine and Angela Greene in The Cosmic Man (1959)

John Carradine and Slim Summerville in Western Union (1941)

John Carradine, Tala Birell, and Gale Sondergaard in Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)

David Carradine, John Carradine, Barbara Hershey, Bernie Casey, and Barry Primus in Boxcar Bertha (1972)

John Carradine in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

John Carradine and Edmund Purdom in The Egyptian (1954)

John Carradine, Broderick Crawford, and Steven Marlo in Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)

John Carradine in Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)

John Carradine in The Horror of It All (1983)

John Carradine in Far Out Space Nuts (1975)

John Carradine and Martha O'Driscoll in House of Dracula (1945)

John Carradine in House of Dracula (1945)

Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., and Tor Johnson in The Black Sleep (1956)

John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., and George Barrows in Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)

Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., and Paul E. Burns in Jesse James (1939)

John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Richard Alexander, Joe Sawyer, Tom Tyler, and Harry Woods in Frontier Marshal (1939)

Wallace Beery and John Carradine in Barbary Coast Gent (1944)

Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Eugene Mazzola, and Henry Wilcoxon in The Ten Commandments (1956)

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.

Photos

John Carradine

More from this person

More to explore

Recently viewed