Biography of David Carradine

The arts of a lifetime

December 8, 1936
June 3, 2009
John Arthur Carradine — known in the film world as David-born in Hollywood the day December 8, 1936, son of the famous American actor John Carradine. A member of a large family of actors that includes the brothers Keth and Robert Carradine, Michael Bowen, the sisters Calista, Kansas and Ever Carradine and Martha Plimpton-he studied music theory and composition at San Francisco State University, then became passionate about acting dramatic. Then begins the career of television and film actor.
At the same time writes dramas by the Department of dramaturgy, and acted in numerous pieces by Shakespeare. After two years in the army, he found work in New York as an interpreter of commercials and, later, knows the reputation acting on Broadway with actor Christopher Plummer. After that experience back to Hollywood. In the mid-1960s David Carradine works in tv series "Shane" before being taken by Martin Scorsese for his first Hollywood film, "Boxcar Bertha" in 1972. But the great reputation comes for her role as Kwai Chang Caine in the tv series "Kung Fu", filmed in the years ' 70 and it will later in the years ' 80 and ' 90.
Martial arts expert is also known as star-in addition to producer-various homevideo where he teaches the martial arts of Tai chi and Qi Gong. Among the many interpretations of David Carradine recall the character of "Big" Bill Shelly in the film "America 1929-exterminate them without mercy" (1972, by Martin Scorsese), folk singer Woody Guthrie in "this land is my land" (1976), the character of Abel Rosenberg in "the Serpent's egg" (1977, by Ingmar Bergman). For the younger is instead the character of Bill, the subject of two titles-masterpieces of Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill vol. 1 "(2003) and" Kill Bill vol. 2 "(2004). David Carradine has died in tragic circumstances at the age of 73 years old the day June 3, 2009 in Bangkok (Thailand), where he was filming a movie. His body was found in the Suite Room 352 number of Park Nai Lert Hotel on Wireless Road, hanged himself with a curtain cord; death may also have been caused by an autoerotic-game, considering that in addition to the rope around his neck it was found an around the genitals.
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