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David Carradine

1936 - 2009

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David Carradine ( KARR-ə-deen; born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor, director, and producer, whose career included over 200 major and minor roles in film, television and on stage. He was widely known to television audiences as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk traveling through the American Old West. A member of the Carradine family of actors, he got his break playing Atahuallpa in the Broadway play The Royal Hunt of the Sun. He appeared in two early Martin Scorsese films: Boxcar Bertha (1972) and Mean Streets (1973), and played Woody Guthrie in the critically-acclaimed biopic Bound for Glory (1976), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Carradine is the 295th most popular actor (down from 271st in 2019), the 650th most popular biography from United States (down from 506th in 2019) and the 159th most popular American Actor.

David Carradine is most famous for his role as Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s television series Kung Fu.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Carradine ranks 295 out of 13,578. Before him are Kurt Russell, Margaret Hamilton, James Fox, Stephen Lang, Stellan Skarsgård, and Goldie Hawn. After him are Virna Lisi, Michel Piccoli, Mako, Ursula Andress, Tom Baker, and Harold Lloyd.

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Among people born in 1936, David Carradine ranks 26. Before him are Louis Gossett Jr., Andrei Chikatilo, Robert Woodrow Wilson, Aga Khan IV, Zubin Mehta, and Glen Campbell. After him are Barack Obama Sr., Virna Lisi, Ursula Andress, Richard Bach, Dennis Hopper, and Günter Blobel. Among people deceased in 2009, David Carradine ranks 15. Before him are Millvina Dean, Paul Samuelson, Maurice Jarre, Pina Bausch, Corazon Aquino, and Jean Dausset. After him are Sydney Chaplin, Abdurrahman Wahid, Mercedes Sosa, Farrah Fawcett, Amin al-Hafiz, and Vitaly Ginzburg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Carradine ranks 650 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Dave Bautista (1969), Tiny Tim (1932), Goldie Hawn (1945), King C. Gillette (1855), and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804). After him are Gordon Allport (1897), Dian Fossey (1932), Lucy Webb Hayes (1831), William Lipscomb (1919), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959), and William S. Burroughs (1914).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, David Carradine ranks 159. Before him are Paul Walker (1973), Peter Fonda (1940), Kurt Russell (1951), Margaret Hamilton (1902), Stephen Lang (1952), and Goldie Hawn (1945). After him are Harold Lloyd (1893), James Avery (1945), Dennis Hopper (1936), Kevin Spacey (1959), Sydney Chaplin (1926), and Chris Pratt (1979).

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