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David Carradine (1936-2009) was an American actor. Carradine is best known as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu (1972-1975) and for playing the titular character in both of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill movies. His IMDb page shows over 235 acting credits from 1947 to 2021. This page will rank David Carradine movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
David Carradine Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
David Carradine Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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- Sort David Carradine movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each David Carradine movie received.
- Sort David Carradine movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About David Carradine
- John Arthur Carradine was born in Hollywood, California in 1936. Growing up he was called Jack. Legally changed his name from John to David, to not only become a professional actor but also to avoid confusion with his famous father.
2. David Carradine was the son of actor John Carradine. He was the half brother of actors Keith and Robert Carradine. He was the uncle of actresses Ever Carradine and Martha Plimpton.
3. David Carradine lived with Barbara Hershey from 1972-1975 (she changed her last name to Seagull during this time). They have a son they named Free Carradine at birth, but who has since changed his name to Tom Carradine.
4. To date, David Carradine is the only actor who has appeared in films directed by Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman, and Quentin Tarantino.
5. Quentin Tarantino had originally envisioned the character “Bill” in the “Kill Bill” films as a suave “James Bond-type” man and had first approached Warren Beatty for the role. Beatty turned it down and suggested that he get David Carradine for the role.
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David Carradine was the # 3 most connected actor of the 2000’s.
i saw 5, including top 3. 10s and favorites kill bill 1 and 2. they are my second and third favorite tarantino movies to pulp fiction. they were spoofs , right? no 9s ,no hidden gems. loved “grasshopper”.
The son of the great character actor John Carradine gets some UMR love, nice.
I’ve seen 15 of the 40 films on the chart. Favorites are – Death Race 2000, Lone Wolf McQuade, Q The Winged Serpent, The Long Riders, The Good Guys and the Bad Guys, Mean Streets and Kill Bill 1 & 2.
As a kid I used to watch David on TV in the series Kung Fu. Bruce Lee was involved with the creation of the series, which was originally titled ‘The Warrior’ and wanted to star but it was not meant to be. TV producers felt he was ‘too oriental’.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!