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David Carradine was born on the 8th December 1936, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California USA, and was an actor, director, writer and composer. He appeared in over 100 films, and was nominated four times for Golden Globe Awards. He was best known for his role in the series “Kung Fu” aired in 1970s as well as the 1990s, and in “Kill Bill” (2004) by Quentin Tarantino. Carradine was active in the entertainment industry from 1965 to 2009, when he passed away.

How rich was the actor? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of David Carradine’s net worth is as much as $500,000, as of the data converted to the present day. Acting was the main source of David’s wealth, although he added sums directing, writing and composing.

To begin with, Carradine was the son of the actor John Carradine and his wife Abigail. After a troubled adolescence spent in various boarding schools and reformatories, he enrolled into San Francisco State University to study music theory and composition. While participating in a Shakespeare theatre group, David became interested in actin, but after the graduation he spent two years in military service. This was followed with several guest appearances in television series “East Side/West Side” (1963), “The Virginian” (1964), “Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre” (1965) and others. His net worth was established.

However, Carradine’s most famous role was that of Kwai Chang Caine in the television series “Kung Fu” (1972 – 1975), then in the series “Kung Fu: The Legend Continues” (1993 – 1997) when Carradine again played the role of Kwai Chang Caine, eponymous grandson, who meets his son Peter after a long separation. Then, David hosted the program “Wild West Tech” (2004 – 2005) aired on the History Channel. These probably contributed the most to his net worth.

In addition to his work on television, David Carradine increased his net worth starring on the big screen; he landed the lead role in the western film “Taggart” (1964) directed by R. G. Springsteen. In 1972, he appeared in the main role in Martin Scorsese’s film “Boxcar Bertha”, and portrayed the main character of Frankenstein in the film “Death Race 2000” (1975). It should be said that Carradine played the title role in many films released, including “Cannonball” (1976), “Bound for Glory” (1976), “The Serpent’s Egg” (1977), “Deathsport” (1978), “Fast Charlie… the Moonbeam Rider” (1979), “The Long Riders” (1980) and many others Then, the actor starred alongside Chuck Norris in the action film “Lone Wolf McQuade” (1983). Moreover, the actor was known for starring in martial arts films including “Karate Cop” (1991), “Martial Law” (1991), “Kill Bill: Volume 1” (2003), “Kill Bill: Volume 2” (2004) and a long list of others.

David Carradine directed three feature films too; “You and Me”, “Mata Hari”, “Americana” and several episodes of the television series “Kung Fu” and “Lizzie McGuire”.

Aside from acting and directing, he was also an occasional writer.

Finally, in the personal life of the actor, he was married five times, to Donna Lee Becht (1960 – 1968), with whom he had a daughter; with Linda Gilbert (1977 – 1983), and another daughter; then to Gail Jensen (1988 – 1997), Marina Anderson (1998 – 2001) and Annie Bierman (2004 – 2009). From a relationship with Barbara Hershey (1972 – 1975), David had a son. David Carradine died on the 4th June 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand, apparently of auto-erotic asphyxiation.

David Carradine also stood for environmental protection, and supported the environmental organization Sea Shepherd in their campaign against seal hunting.

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John Arthur Carradine Quick Info

John Arthur Carradine Trademarks

1. Long light brown hair
2. Gravelly, smoke-burnished voice
3. Often used his fighting and karate skills in roles
4. Frequently played villainous characters

John Arthur Carradine Quotes

• [on Chuck Norris]: How deep can you get into aikido? Aikido’s aikido. Chuck Norris, as you know, has a very heavy competitive background. He’s originally trained in Tang Soo Do, then what he did was competition karate. Chuck is very fast and very precise. I think he’s really good. But I don’t think that the whole thing that is kung fu is even touched on by any of these guys. I just think all they’re into is what they know about fighting and their movie mystiques. I don’t think these guys know anything about the history, the philosophy, the inner truth you’re supposed to be searching for. The stuff that we try to do in Kung Fu, which we did in the old series. That’s why I decided to do it again. It just seemed like nobody’s got the assets. They all thought it was a question of kicking and punching.
• [In 1992] I had a house in the Hollywood Hills that virtually every brother has lived in. It was like this safe harbor. We all took care of each other.
• [In 1992, on trying to break into Hollywood without relying on his father, (John Carradine)] It took me a long time to realize that he was having a hard time getting jobs himself. But I’m not sure he would have [helped] anyway–you were supposed to make it on your own.
• [on his 1986 marriage to Gail Jensen, who met him on The Long Riders (1980)] It works. We feel like we’ve known each other for a thousand years. Something will happen, and we’ll say, “Yeah, you did that to me 800 years ago.”.
• [In 2009] One foot, in front of the other, things happened, as I try to make them happen, so it wasn’t exactly, no real surprises.
• [In 2008] Whenever I do an exhibit, I always specify. If you want to buy something, a great piece of it is going to go for Food for Africa. That’s the way I do it and I’ll always do it.
• I like to work, and you can only do what you’re offered. If I’m offered something great, I’m going to accept it, for sure. If I’m not offered something great, I’m going to do something not so great. There is a bottom line. I’ve never done an actual horror movie, or a porno. If it’s something odious, I’m going to turn it down. There have been times when I’ve been desperate for money, hopelessly in debt, with the IRS on me and an ex-wife suing me. And I’ve been offered a lot of money to do something about a scientist who gets eaten by this giant spider he creates, and I say to myself, “I just can’t do this”, And I don’t. I feel that rejecting that sort of thing is always leading toward the light.
• [on whether he or his father, John Carradine, made the most films] I’ve read… that my father was the most indiscriminate actor in the history of movies. And I’m close to that.
• [on his popularity while playing the 50-something Kwai Chang Caine on Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)] It’s a mission. I’ve been working putting this thing together for–what is it? Could it be?–14 years.
• I’m perhaps the most gifted actor of my generation.
• With my tendencies as an anarchist and a revolutionary, this is the kind of place I would have wanted to blow up with a bomb in a paper bag. But I’ve reached a point now where I can see the limitations of Fidel Castro as easily as I can see the limitations of a Rockefeller. I don’t want to be either of those guys.
• [In 1993] There is something, dare I say, very Christ-like here: reaching out to lepers, the downtrodden, the profligates. That was one reason I wanted to play someone like that. Whether or not that’s the kind of guy I am, to be able to portray someone who has this sort of holy quality to him was very appealing.
• [In 1997] I don’t have that much to say. I’m glad some people showed up. You know it’s April 1, and I still thought people would think it was a joke.
• [Alluding to his character’s philosophy expressed on Kung Fu (1972)] The quest is never attainable: You cannot expect to achieve the goal. It’s the journey that’s the point of it all. Again, in the modern series, Caine is asked where he’s going, and he says, “Nowhere in particular.” But the person insists, “Everyone has a destination.” Caine says, “A destiny – yes. But not, necessarily, a destination.” [That] implies some place to stop when you get there, while your destiny is a journey that continues.
• [on his passion for auto racing] There’s no bullshit about it. It’s real, you can’t fake it, people actually die.
• [In 1977] Acting was the last thing I thought of because it didn’t seem like you did anything.
• [In 1991, on his signature role] What we did on Kung Fu (1972), stressing the philosophy and the desire for peace and the training, is something that has actually never been seen since then.
• [on playing Bill in the “Kill Bill” films] It’s got to be done a certain way. You can see these poses.
• [In 2004, on his suicidal thoughts] I remember one time sitting at the window of the third or fourth floor of the Plaza Hotel for about an hour, thinking about just tipping off.
• [In 2004, on starring in so many low-budget films] All I’ve ever needed since I more or less retired from studio films a couple of decades ago… is just to be in one. There isn’t anything that Anthony Hopkins or Clint Eastwood or Sean Connery or any of those old guys are doing that I couldn’t do. All that was ever required was somebody with Quentin’s {Quentin Tarantino] courage to take and put me in the spotlight.
• [on when he realized Kung Fu (1972) was going to be a hit] Man, I read that pilot script and flipped! But I never believed it would get on TV. I mean, a Chinese Western, about a half-Chinese / half-American Buddhist monk who anders the gold rush country but doesn’t care about gold, and defends the oppressed but won’t carry a gun, and won’t even step on an ant because he values all life, and hardly ever speaks? No way!
• [on his drug/alcohol abuse] There was only a period of a few years when I was drinking too much. I had a friend who was a mentor, and he suddenly said, “I’ve never seen you abuse a substance before.” I said, “Am I doing that now?”. And I was. That was spring of 1996. I like to think that I stopped drinking on St. Patrick’s Day, but it was actually a month later.
• [Before he played Kwai Chang Caine on Kung Fu (1972)] I wasn’t like a TV star in those days, I was like a rock ‘n’ roll star. It was a phenomenon kind of thing… It was very special.
• It’s not even a matter of physical fitness, it’s a matter of mind, body, unity and achieving a little tiny bit of spirituality, in your life.
• [on his lengthy acting career] It’s always seemed to me like a mission. A holy one, like the Blues Brothers. It’s a marathon. You can’t quit; even coming in dead last has honor. Quitting doesn’t. Look, I had absolute faith in my future when I was starving in New York and no one believed in me besides me and my girlfriend. I’d be stupid to lose that faith after I’ve become a fucking icon. Oh, yes. And I love the work.
• Every day, at least six people will come up to me and say, “Your show [Kung Fu (1972)] changed my life.”.
• [on his late friend and one-time co-star, Brandon Lee] He was always giving 110%, and it produced a light in the eyes, which is what you look for in movies.
• There’s an alternative. There’s always a third way, and it’s not a combination of the other two ways. It’s a different way.
• If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

John Arthur Carradine Important Facts

• $50,000
• Was known to be a very private man.
• Acting mentor and friends with Chris Potter.
• (February 20, 1998) Married his fourth wife, actress and author Marina Anderson, on Laramie Street where he filmed his original series Kung Fu (1972) at Warner Bros. Studios.
• His father, John Carradine, along with half-brothers Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine all guest-starred on an episode of The Fall Guy (1981), with him in 1984. Sadly, this was John’s last appearance with his family.
• Both his father, John Carradine and one of his half-brothers, Robert Carradine, appeared on at least one episode of Kung Fu (1972), with him.
• His fourth arrest was in 1974 for attempted burglary and malicious mischief. While under the influence of peyote, a nude Carradine began wandering around his Laurel Canyon neighborhood. He broke into a neighbor’s home, shattering a window and cutting his arm. He then bled all over the homeowner’s piano. At some time during this episode he accosted two young women, allegedly assaulting one while asking, or demanding of her, if she was a witch. The police literally followed a trail of blood to his home. The burglary charges were dropped, as nothing was found to be missing, while Carradine pleaded “no contest” to the mischief charge and was given probation. He was never charged with assault, but the young woman sued him for $1.1 million and was awarded $20,000.
• Following his death, he was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, California.
• Just before John Carradine died, late in 1988, David and brother Keith Carradine were at his bedside. Hours before he was stricken, he had climbed the 328 steep steps of Milan’s Gothic cathedral, the Duomo. He had just finished a film in South Africa and was about to begin a European tour. David was with him, reading William Shakespeare to him–by this time John was unable to speak–when he died.
• His father ran away from home when John was age 14, but came back at one point to study sculpture at Philadelphia’s Graphic Arts Institute. John lived with his maternal uncle in New York City for a while, working in the film archives of the public library.
• His first arrest was for assaulting a police officer, when he was in his early 20s. He pleaded to a lesser charge of disturbing the peace.
• For most of his adult life, he was a heavy smoker.
• Nearly one year after his death, his third wife, Gail Jensen, died on April 23, 2010.
• In his autobiography, he states that after his father’s wife had a series of miscarriages, he discovered that she had had repeated illegal abortions without his knowledge. This rendered her unable to carry a baby to full term. It was with this backdrop of marital discord that, at age 5, David almost succeeded in committing suicide by hanging.
• Was arrested in December 1994 for breaking a glass window at Rogers Center (formerly Skydome) in Toronto. He claimed he did this to avoid being mobbed by fans after a concert by The Rolling Stones.
• His great-grandmother, Beverly Carradine, was a Methodist evangelical author.
• When he was seven, his parents were divorced and his father left California to escape court actions in the alimony settlement.
• Legally changed his name from John to David, to not only become a professional actor, but also to avoid confusion with his famous father.
• As a teenager, he moved back to California – residing in Oakland, in the early 1950s.
• Before he was an actor, he was inducted into the United States Army, where he drew pictures for training aids.
• Attended and graduated from Oakland High School in Oakland, California in 1955.
• Met his first wife, Donna Lee Becht, when they were both sweethearts in high school, and lived with her off base while he was in the army in Virginia, stationed at Fort Eustis. They were married at the end of 1960 and divorced in 1968.
• He played various instruments: piano, guitar, flute, among many others.
• Knew absolutely nothing about the practice of the martial arts, at the same time he was starring on Kung Fu (1972), instead it was his dancing experience that convinced him to accept the role.
• Created several flutes for the movie Circle of Iron (1978), one of which he later played in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003).
• His second ex-wife, Linda Gilbert, is the ex-wife of Roger McGuinn (of The Byrds fame).
• His paternal half-brothers Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine, both appeared in The Long Riders (1980), with him.
• Stepdaughter: Amanda Fraser Eckelberry (born 1989).
• Stepdaughter: Madeleine Rose Bierman (born 1995).
• Stepdaughter: Olivia Jane Bierman (born 1998).
• Stepson: Max Richard Bierman (born 1998).
• Despite high ratings, his second series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993) was canceled in early 1997, because he decided to call it quits.
• Was a vegetarian.
• Was healthy and physically active until his death of accidental asphyxiation at age 72.
• Remained good friends with Chris Potter during and after Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993).
• Was the second of five children.
• Began his contract career for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1969.
• Before Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993), he was a celebrity spokesperson for Lipton Ice Tea.
• Stepfather of Max Carradine, who is intent on following his stepfather’s footsteps and continuing the family acting dynasty.
• Has appeared in more than 200 films and television dramas.
• He played truant from school at age 13; was sent to a reform school for a while, and spent time in foster homes in Massachusetts.
• First came to public attention in 1963, appearing in an episode of Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950).
• Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Kwai Chang Caine on the television series Kung Fu (1972).
• James Cromwell, Tom Selleck, Steve Railsback, Frances Fisher, Lucy Liu and Vicki Roberts attended his funeral, which was held ten days after his death.
• His ex-wife Marina Anderson tried unsuccessfully suing him in 2003 for $300,000, alleging that she got him his role in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), and that he gave no compensation in return. He was successfully represented in that matter by Vicki Roberts.
• He sang duet vocals on his Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993) co-star Chris Potter’s song “Kung Fu Blues”.
• His documented ancestry included English, along with smaller amounts of Dutch, German, Irish, Scottish and Welsh. David’s last traceable patrilineal ancestor is believed to have been a man named Parker Carradine, who was born in Georgia, in North America, c. 1755.
• His obituary stated he was survived by four children.
• He had 12 hobbies: collecting comic books, painting, writing, sculpting, singing, dancing, Kung-Fu, spending time with family, race car driving, exercising, traveling, horse breeding and reading.
• Before he was an actor, he worked as a manual laborer, where he began an open experiment with drugs.
• Was an alcohol abuser for many years, until he entered rehab. He was sober at 59.
• David Carradine passed away on June 3, 2009, in a hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand. He was working on a movie entitled “Stretch”.
• He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 1, 1997.
• Was a Democrat.
• His first series, Kung Fu (1972), was canceled after the third season, due to injuries he sustained on the set.
• In Bound for Glory (1976), Carradine played a legendary folk singer, in real-life, he was also a folk singer, before becoming a successful actor.
• Stepmother Sonia Sorel died in 2004, just three months before he was married to Annie Bierman.
• Was a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
• Was an honorary member of the Fraternal Order of Police.
• Friends with: Raymond Burr, Mickey Rooney, Andy Griffith, Chuck Norris, Jane Seymour, Bruce Lee, Clu Gulager, Hugh O’Brian, James Drury, Doug McClure, Clint Walker, Alex Cord, Larry Cohen, Robert Ito, James Cromwell, Michael Parks, M. Emmet Walsh, Maxwell Caulfield, Quentin Tarantino, Fred Williamson, Frances Fisher, Tom Selleck, Martin Scorsese, David Winters and Michael Madsen.
• His manager was Chuck Binder.
• 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 for the role.
• He was born in Hollywood, but he was brought up all over the country, mostly by boarding school teachers and reform school wardens.
• He married his fifth wife, Annie Bierman at the home of Michael Madsen. Vicki Roberts officiated and pronounced them husband and wife.
• Was close friends with Larry Cohen since they served together in the military.
• Many of the characters he has played possess lethal martial arts skills. This is a nod to his most famous character, the deadly yet benevolent Kwai Chang Caine on the television series Kung Fu (1972).
• Because of his look, his stint on the television series Kung Fu (1972) and his fascination with Eastern philosophies, people often assumed that he was at least part Asian. He wasn’t.
• To date, he is the only actor who has appeared in films directed by Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman and Quentin Tarantino.
• Was to have attended the Armaggeddon Pulp Culture Expo Convention in Wellington, New Zealand, in September 2004 as a special Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) guest but had to pull out at the last minute due to filming commitments.
• Studied drama at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California.
• Began studying the martial arts after getting cast on Kung Fu (1972).
• Father of Kansas Carradine (born April 19, 1978) with Linda Gilbert.
• Father of Calista Carradine (born April 27, 1962) with Donna Lee Becht.
• Uncle of actresses Martha Plimpton and Ever Carradine.
• Had a lifelong fascination with Eastern philosophies and culture which resulted in him writing the book “Spirit of the Shaolin” about the philosophy of Kung Fu.
• Convicted of drunk driving in October 1989. Served 48 hours in jail and did community service.
• 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.
• Son of John Carradine; half-brother of Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, brother of Bruce Carradine. Stepson of Sonia Sorel.

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