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Born Richmond Reed Carradine in New York City, he began his career in show business as a Shakespearean dramatic actor and made his cinematic debut in 1930 under the name Peter Richmond. He adopted the stage name "John Carradine" in 1933, and took the name as his own two years later. He appeared in more than 200 movies, mostly in the B-movie/Suspense genre. He also appeared in ten John Ford productions, including The Grapes of Wrath ( 1940), and made numerous television cameos.

Carradine's idiosyncratic habit of strolling Hollywood streets while reciting Shakespearean soliloquies earned him the nickname "Bard of the Boardwalk".

Four sons, David, RobertRobert Carradine (born March 24, 1954) is an American actor. He was born in Hollywood, California, and is the son of John Carradine, the brother of Keith Carradine and the half-brother of David Carradine. He has two daughters, one from an affair with Susa, Keith and Bruce are also actors. John Carradine appeared with his son David in the pilot episode of Kung Fu.

He died in MilanThis is about the Italian city of Milan. For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). Milan Milano in the Italian language, and Milan in Milanese dialect, from Latin, Mediolanum with the meaning of 'in the middle of the plain') is the main city in northern, ItalyThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer, at the age of 82.