Line #51 Creator/DavidCarradine


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2	->''"Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver."''
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4	David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an actor and musician best known for his many martial artist and {{Yellowface}} roles. He was the son of Creator/JohnCarradine and half-brother of Creator/KeithCarradine and Creator/RobertCarradine.
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6	In 1960, he served in the US Army for two years, though at one point, he was court-martialed for shoplifting. Afterwards he became an actor. Interestingly, during production of perhaps his most famous role, ''Series/KungFu1972'', he did not actually know martial arts and made do with his dancing, sword fighting, boxing, and street fighting skills. Afterwards, he studied martial arts for real, and while he never considered himself a master, he became skilled enough at Tai Chi to launch several instructionals of the art. In 2005, he visited the Shaolin Monastery and the abbot, Shi Yǒngxìn, thanked him for helping to promote the Shaolin and kung fu culture, which he replied, "I am happy to serve."
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8	He sang and played several instruments like the piano, guitar, and flute. He often contributed to the soundtracks of movies or shows he was part of. He and his brother Robert were in a band called ''Cosmic Rescue Team'' aka ''Soul Dogs''.
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10	He was married and divorced several times, had a high profile romance with the actress Creator/BarbaraHershey, and had three children and four stepchildren. He also had an extensive criminal record. At several points in his life, he had been arrested for various offenses.
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12	He passed away at age 72. His cause of death was ruled that he accidentally suffocated himself while attempting Auto-EroticAsphyxiation. His final roles were released posthumously. His tombstone calls him "The Barefoot Legend" and has the first line of his song "Paint", "I'm lookin' for a place where the dogs don't bite, and children don't cry and everything goes just right, and brothers don't fight..."
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14	!!Notable Roles
15	!!!Film
16	* 1972 ''Film/BoxcarBertha'': 'Big' Bill Shelly
17	* 1973 ''Film/TheLongGoodbye'': Dave / Socrates – Marlowe's Cellmate
18	* 1973 ''Film/MeanStreets'': Drunk
19	* 1975 ''Film/DeathRace2000'': Frankenstein
20	* 1976 ''Film/BoundForGlory'': Music/WoodyGuthrie
21	* 1976 ''Film/{{Cannonball}}'': Coy "Cannonball" Buckman
22	* 1978 ''Film/GrayLadyDown'': Captain Don Gates
23	* 1978 ''Film/CircleOfIron'': The Blind Man, The Monkeyman, Death, and Chang-Sha
24	* 1980 ''Film/TheLongRiders'': Cole Younger
25	* 1982 ''Film/QTheWingedSerpent'': Detective Sheppard
26	* 1983 ''Film/LoneWolfMcQuade'': Rawley Wilkes
27	* 1984 ''Film/TheWarriorAndTheSorceress'': Kain
28	* 1985 ''Film/{{The Bad Seed\|1985}}'': Leroy Jessup
29	* 1986 ''Film/KungFuTheMovie'': Kwai Chang Caine
30	* 1989 ''Film/SundownTheVampireInRetreat'': Count Mardulak
31	* 1989 ''Film/WizardsOfTheLostKingdom2'': The Dark One
32	* 1990 ''Film/BirdOnAWire'': Eugene Sorenson
33	* 1992 ''Film/WaxworkIILostInTime'': The Beggar
34	* 1998 ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornVFieldsOfTerror'': Luke Enright
35	* 1998 ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailTheTreasureOfManhattanIsland'': Chief Wulisso
36	* 2000 ''Film/{{Nightfall\|2000}}'': Gnomen
37	* 2002 ''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'': Nava
38	* 2003-2004 ''Film/KillBill'': Bill
39	* 2007 ''Film/NationalLampoon's Stoned Age/Homo Erectus'': Mookoo
40	* 2007 ''Film/BigStan'': The Master
41	* 2007 ''Film/EpicMovie'': Museum Curator
42	* 2007 ''Film/HowToRobABank'': Nick
43	* 2008 ''Film/DeathRace'': Voice of Niles York, the original Frankenstein
44	* 2009 ''Film/CrankHighVoltage'': Poon Dong
45	* 2010 ''Film/TrueLegend2010'': Anthony (final film role, released posthumously)
46	* 2013 ''Film/NightOfTheTemplar'': The Shopkeeper
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48	!!!Live-Action Television
49	* 1963 ''Series/WagonTrain'': John Mason
50	* 1964 ''Series/TheVirginian'': The Utah Kid
51	* 1964-1965 ''Series/TheAlfredHitchcockHour'': Episode "Ten Minutes From Now": Art Thief / Episode "Thou Still Unravished Bride": Edward Clarke
52	* 1967 ''Series/CimarronStrip'': Gene Gauge
53	* 1968-1971 ''Series/{{Ironside\|1967}}'': Frank Carson / Luke Roberts / Pogo Reems
54	* 1971 ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'': Clint
55	* 1971 ''Series/NightGallery'': Episode "The Phantom Farmhouse": Gideon
56	* 1972-1975 ''Series/{{Kung Fu\|1972}}'': Kwai Chang Caine
57	* 1984 ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'': Dr. Robert Winchester
58	* 1984-1985 ''Series/TheFallGuy'': Caretaker and AsHimself
59	* 1986 ''Series/AmazingStories'': Episode "Thanksgiving": Calvin
60	* 1987-1989 ''Series/{{Matlock}}'': Jimmy Legrand / Steve Mazarowski
61	* 1992 ''Series/HumanTarget'': Harry Solow
62	* 1993-1997 ''Series/KungFuTheLegendContinues'': Kwai Chang Caine / Matthew Caine
63	* 1997 ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'': Houston Currier
64	* 1999 ''Series/{{Profiler}}'': Christopher Joe Allman
65	* 1999 ''Series/{{Charmed\|1998}}'': Tempus
66	* 2000 ''Series/JustShootMe'': AsHimself
67	* 2001 ''Series/QueenOfSwords'': El Serpiente
68	* 2001 ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'': AsHimself
69	* 2001 ''Literature/TheNightmareRoom'': Episode "Tangled Web": Mr. Farber
70	* 2001 ''Series/{{Titus}}'': Bob Hawkins
71	* 2003-2004 ''Series/{{Alias}}'': Conrad
72	* 2004-2005 ''Series/WildWestTech'': Host
73	* 2006 ''Series/{{Medium}}'': Jessica's Brother
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75	!!!Video Games
76	* 2006 ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'': William Sharp
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78	!!!Western Animation
79	* 2001 ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': Lo Pei
80	* 2002 ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Junichiro
81	* 2005-2006 ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Clockwork

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