John Carradine was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films and Westerns as well as Shakespearean theater. A member of Cecil B. DeMille's stock company and later John Ford's company, he was one of the most prolific character actors in Hollywood history. He was married several times, had several children and was the patriarch of the Carradine family acting dynasty. It includes four of his sons and four of his grandchildren. John Carradine was born in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, the son of Genevieve Winifred , a surgeon, and William Reed Carradine, a... correspondent for the Associated Press. William Carradine was the son of evangelical author Beverly Carradine. The family lived in Peekskill and Kingston, New York. William died from tuberculosis when John was two years old. John's mother remarried "a Philadelphia paper manufacturer named Peck, who thought the way to bring up someone else's boy was to beat him every day just on general principle." John attended the Christ Church School in Kingston.
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| Birthdate: | February 5, 1906 |
| Birthplace: | New York City |
| Date of death: | November 27, 1988 |
| Height: | 6' 1" |
| Also known as: | Richmond Reed Carradine, Richard Reed Carradine, Peter Richmond |