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Acting

John Carradine

Career: Active from 1931 to 2026, with a break from 2004 to 2025, busiest in 1944 with 11 main titles.

Leading roles: 87
top three billing

Average score: 50/100

Highest rated: The Grapes of Wrath
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 207 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Carradine Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.6, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.6, average 3.0
Family Dynamics
3.6, average 4.8
Catharsis
3.9, average 5.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 12
Cult Classic 10
Psychological Thriller 10
Mystery 9
Classic Western 9
Gothic Horror 9
Mad Scientist 7
Period Piece 7
Historical Setting 7
Exploitation 6
B-Movie 6
Low Budget 6

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

329

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles

Jack-O 2: Blood Moon Rising

as Walter Machen (archive footage)

La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano

as Nazi leader

2010s

1 title · average score 84

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

84

as Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

1 title

Boogeyman II: Redux

as Dr. Warren

1990s

6 titles · average score 31

Jack-O

31

as Walter Machen

Dracula in the Movies

as (archive footage)

Legends of the West

as Jeff Blair in 'Cheyenne Autumn' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

The Alien Within

as Dr. Emil Zeitman (archive footage)

1980s

31 titles · average score 46

Buried Alive

41

as Jacob Julian

The Tomb

30

as Andoheb

Revenge

50

as Sen. Martin Bradford

Evils of the Night

28

as Dr. Kozmar

The Ice Pirates

42

as Supreme Commander

House of the Long Shadows

57

as Elijah Grisbane

A Rose for Emily

64

as Col. Sartoris

Goliath Awaits

67

TV show · as Ronald Bentley

The Monster Club

49

as R.Chetwynd-Hayes, Writer

The Howling

68

as Erle Kenton

The Boogey Man

38

as Dr. Warren

Monstroid

30

as Priest

1970s

71 titles · average score 52

Nocturna

45

as Count Dracula

Vampire Hookers

40

as Richmond Reed

The Bees

33

as Dr. Sigmund Hummel

Shock Waves

49

as Captain

The Sentinel

44

as Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran

Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary

41

as The Man

The House of Seven Corpses

39

as Edgar Price

Moonchild

31

as Mr. Walker

TV show · as Oscar Schmidt

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

72

as Dr. Bernardo

Horror of the Blood Monsters

29

as Dr. Rynning

Cain's Cutthroats

49

as Preacher Simms

1960s

56 titles · average score 51

Blood of Dracula's Castle

29

as George

Pact with the Devil

as Dr. Halback

The Trouble with Girls

50

as Mr. Drewcolt

The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals

40

as Professor Cummings

The Astro-Zombies

28

as Dr. DeMarco

Autopsy of a Ghost

as Satán

Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors

29

as Narrator / Tristram Halbin

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula

32

as Count Dracula

Red Zone Cuba

17

as Mr. Wilson

The Wizard of Mars

28

as The Wizard of Mars

House of the Black Death

37

as Andre Desard

Curse of the Stone Hand

29

as The Old Drunk

1950s

60 titles · average score 62

The Incredible Petrified World

22

as Prof. Millard Wyman

The Cosmic Man

35

as Cosmic Man

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Brother Jerome

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Jedediah Milbank

Showdown at Boot Hill

61

as Doc Weber

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

42

as Dr. John Rayburn

The Unearthly

37

as Dr. Charles Conway

Hell Ship Mutiny

as Malone

The True Story of Jesse James

70

as Rev. Jethro Bailey

Female Jungle

43

as Claude Almstead

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as The Duke

Casanova's Big Night

69

as Foressi

1940s

44 titles · average score 58

The Face of Marble

47

as Dr. Charles Randolph

House of Dracula

52

as Count Dracula

Fallen Angel

75

as Professor Madley

The Mummy's Ghost

38

as Yousef Bey

Bluebeard

57

as Gaston Morrell

Alaska

as John Reagan

Return of the Ape Man

53

as Prof. John Gilmore

Hitler's Madman

56

as Reinhardt Heydrich

Isle of Forgotten Sins

48

as Mike Clancy

Revenge of the Zombies

38

as Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann

Captive Wild Woman

39

as Dr. Sigmund Walters

The Grapes of Wrath

90

as Casy

1930s

57 titles · average score 65

Stagecoach

87

as Hatfield

Drums Along the Mohawk

73

as Caldwell

The Hound of the Baskervilles

72

as Barryman

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

54

as Danforth / Richard Burke

Five Came Back

66

as Mr. Crimp

Frontier Marshal

64

as Ben Carter

Captains Courageous

81

as Long Jack

The Last Gangster

63

as Casper

Thank You, Mr. Moto

66

as Pereira

Daniel Boone

53

as Simon Girty

The Garden of Allah

44

as Sand Diviner

Mary of Scotland

56

as Rizzio