David Carradine
Born December 08, 1936 (Age: 89)
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Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk travelling through the American Old West. He also portrayed the title character of both of the Kill Bill films. He appeared in two Martin Scorsese films: Boxcar Bertha and Mean Streets. David Carradine was a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father, John Carradine. The elder Carradine's acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage, television, and in cinema, spanned more than four decades. A prolific "B" movie actor, David Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films in a career spanning more than six decades. He received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his work on Kung Fu, and received three additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory (1976), the television miniseries North and South (1985), and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Throughout his life, Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including action, documentaries, drama, horror, martial arts, science fiction, and westerns. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a director and musician. Moreover, influenced by his Kung Fu role, he studied martial arts. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk travelling through the American Old West. He also portrayed the title character of both of the Kill Bill films. He appeared in two Martin Scorsese films: Boxcar Bertha and Mean Streets.
David Carradine was a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father, John Carradine. The elder Carradine's acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage, television, and in cinema, spanned more than four decades. A prolific "B" movie actor, David Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films in a career spanning more than six decades. He received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his work on Kung Fu, and received three additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory (1976), the television miniseries North and South (1985), and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Throughout his life, Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including action, documentaries, drama, horror, martial arts, science fiction, and westerns. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a director and musician. Moreover, influenced by his Kung Fu role, he studied martial arts. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Description above from the Wikipedia article David Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
A Tale of James Brown
2016
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as Self
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Age: 79
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
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as Bill (Snake Charmer)
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Age: 74
Six Days in Paradise
2010
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as Vernon Billings
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Age: 73
True Legend
2010
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as Anthony
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Age: 73
Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009
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as Self
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Age: 72
Crank: High Voltage
2009
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as Poon Dong
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Age: 72
Death Race
2008
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as Frankenstein (voice)
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Age: 71
Hell Ride
2008
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as The Deuce
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Age: 71
Big Stan
2007
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as The Master
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Age: 70
Homo Erectus
2007
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as Mookoo / Uncle Unky
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Age: 70
Richard III
2007
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as Buckingham
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Age: 70
The Ultimate Fighter
2007
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as Mikhail
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Age: 70
Epic Movie
2007
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as Museum Curator
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Age: 70
Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy
2005
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as Clockwork (voice)
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Age: 68
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'
2004
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as Self
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Age: 67
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
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as Bill 'Snake Charmer'
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Age: 67
Away from Home
2004
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as Self
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Age: 67
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
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as Bill
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Age: 66
The Outsider
2002
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as Doctor Lucas Henry
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Age: 65
Modern Warriors
2002
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as Self
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Age: 65
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
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as Self
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Age: 65
Balto: Wolf Quest
2002
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as Nava the Wolf Shaman (voice)
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Age: 65
Nightfall
2000
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as Gnomen
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Age: 63
No Image
Kung Fu Action Masters
2000
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as Narrator
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Age: 63
Full Blast
2000
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as Maceo
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Age: 63
Dangerous Curves
2000
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as Lemmy
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Age: 63
No Image
The Bitter End
1999
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as
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Age: 62
The Effects of Magic
1998
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as The Cabinet Maker
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Age: 61
The Shepherd
1998
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as Ventriloquist
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Age: 61
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
1998
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as Self
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Age: 61
The New Swiss Family Robinson
1998
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as Sheldon Blake
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Age: 61
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
1998
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as Luke Enright
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Age: 61
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
1998
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as Chief Wulisso (voice)
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Age: 61
Lovers and Liars
1998
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as Mr. Montague
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Age: 61
No Image
Light Speed
1998
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as Miles
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Age: 61
No Image
Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts
1998
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as
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Age: 61
The Rage
1997
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as Lucas McDermott
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Age: 60
No Image
Lost Treasure of Dos Santos
1997
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as Martin Shaw
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Age: 60
Last Stand at Saber River
1997
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as Duane Kidston
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Age: 60
Macon County Jail
1997
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as Coley
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Age: 60
Woof! Woof!! Uncle Matty's Ultimate Guide to Dog Training
1997
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as
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Age: 60
Desperately Looking For Success
1994
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as James Lorrimer
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Age: 57
Kill Zone
1993
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as Col. Horace Wiggins
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Age: 56
Code... Death: Frontera Sur
1993
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as Colonel
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Age: 56
Distant Justice
1992
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as Joe Foley
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Age: 55
Animal Instincts
1992
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as William Lamberti
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Age: 55
Night Rhythms
1992
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as Vincent
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Age: 55
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
1992
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as The Beggar
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Age: 55
Roadside Prophets
1992
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as Othello Jones
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Age: 55
Double Trouble
1992
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as Mr. C
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Age: 55
Evil Toons
1992
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as Gideon Fisk
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Age: 55
Capital Punishment
1991
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as Michale Maltin
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Age: 55
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
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as Kwai-Chang Caine
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Age: 54
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1991
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as Mardulak
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Age: 54
No Image
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991
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as Artemis McBride
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Age: 54
Karate Cop
1991
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as Dad
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Age: 54
Deadly Surveillance
1991
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as Lieutenant
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Age: 54
Project Eliminator
1991
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as Ron Morrell
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Age: 54
Midnight Fear
1991
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as Hanley
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Age: 54
Dune Warriors
1991
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as Michael
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Age: 54
Field of Fire
1991
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as Gen. Corman
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Age: 54
Martial Law
1990
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as Dalton Rhodes
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Age: 53
Future Zone
1990
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as John Tucker
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Age: 53
Bird on a Wire
1990
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as Eugene Sorensen
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Age: 53
No Image
The Trace of Lynx
1989
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as
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Age: 52
Warlords
1989
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as Dow
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Age: 52
Think Big
1989
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as Sweeney
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Age: 52
Try This One for Size
1989
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as Bradley
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Age: 52
Sonny Boy
1989
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as Pearl
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Age: 52
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
1989
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as Dark One
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Age: 52
Nowhere to Run
1989
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as Harmon
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Age: 52
Future Force
1989
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as John Tucker
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Age: 52
The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989
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as Slade
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Age: 52
Night Children
1989
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as Max Crawford
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Age: 52
The Mad Bunch
1989
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as Professor Foxwood
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Age: 52
Crime of Crimes
1989
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as Frank McEntire
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Age: 52
Crime Zone
1988
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as Jason
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Age: 52
Tropical Snow
1988
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as Oskar
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Age: 51
I Saw What You Did
1988
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as Stephen
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Age: 51
Animal Protector
1988
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as Col. Whitlock
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Age: 51
Open Fire
1988
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as Joe Rourke
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Age: 51
Run for Your Life
1988
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as Maggiore Charles Forsythe
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Age: 51
Fatal Secret
1988
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as Michael LeWinter
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Age: 51
The Misfit Brigade
1987
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as Col. Von Weisshagen
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Age: 50
Six Against the Rock
1987
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as Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy
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Age: 50
Armed Response
1986
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as Jim Roth
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Age: 49
P.O.W. The Escape
1986
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as Col. James Cooper
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Age: 49
The Bad Seed
1985
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as Leroy Jessup
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Age: 48
A Distant Scream
1984
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as Michael
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Age: 47
Lone Wolf McQuade
1983
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as Rawley Wilkes
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Age: 46
Americana
1981
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as The American Soldier
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Age: 44
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1980
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as Ben Irons
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Age: 43
Cloud Dancer
1980
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as Brad Randolph
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Age: 43
The Long Riders
1980
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as Cole Younger
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Age: 43
Gauguin the Savage
1980
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as Paul Gauguin
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Age: 43
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979
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as Charlie Swattle
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Age: 42
Circle of Iron
1978
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as The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha
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Age: 41
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
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as Self
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Age: 41
Deathsport
1978
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as Kaz Oshay
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Age: 41
Gray Lady Down
1978
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as Captain Gates
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Age: 41
Cannonball
1976
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as Coy "Cannonball" Buckman
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Age: 39
Death Race 2000
1975
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as Frankenstein
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Age: 38
Mean Streets
1973
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as Drunk
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Age: 36
The Long Goodbye
1973
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as Dave aka Socrates (uncredited)
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Age: 36
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
1972
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as Kwai Chang Caine
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Age: 35
Young Billy Young
1969
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as Jesse Boone
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Age: 32
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
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as Waco
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Age: 32
Heaven with a Gun
1969
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as Coke Beck
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Age: 32
Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965
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as Stretch
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Age: 28
Taggart
1965
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as Cal Dodge
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Age: 28