David Carradine Wikipedia. David Carradine. Carradine in April 2. Born. John Arthur Carradine1. December 8, 1. 93. Hollywood, California, U. SDied. June 3, 2. Bangkok, Thailand. Cause of death. Fatalerotic asphyxiation. Body discovered. Swisstel Nai Lert Park Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Resting place. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills. Occupation. Actor, director, martial artist. Years active. 19. Charlottes sportstalk station featuring CBS Sports and local team broadcasts. SpousesDonna Lee Becht m. Linda Gilbert m.  1. Gail Jensen m.  1. Marina Anderson m. Annie Bierman m.  2. PartnersBarbara Hershey1. Children. 3 children, 4 stepchildren. ParentsJohn Carradine. Ardanelle Mc. Cool Cosner. Relatives. Family. Carradine. Websitewww. David Carradine born John Arthur Carradine December 8, 1. June 3, 2. 00. 9 was an American actor and martial artist. He was known for his leading role as a peace loving Shaolin monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1. Kung Fu. 1 He was also known for playing Frankenstein in the original Death Race movie and Bill in both Kill Bill films. He was a member of an acting family that began with his father, John Carradine. His fathers acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage and television, and in cinema, spanned over four decades. A prolific B movie actor,2 David Carradine appeared in more than 1. He was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, for projects such as the television series Kung Fu 1. Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory 1. North and South 1. His final nomination came in the category of Best Supporting Actor for portraying the titular character in Quentin Tarantinos Kill Bill Volume 2 2. 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 most popular acting role, he studied martial arts. He was sometimes arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. On June 3, 2. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE born 30 March 1945, is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only threetime inductee to the Rock and. Bangkok, Thailand due to an autoerotic asphyxiation gone fatal. Early lifeeditCarradine was born on December 8, 1. John Arthur Carradine,9 in Hollywood, California, the oldest child of actor John Carradine and his wife Ardanelle Abigail Mc. Cool. 1. 0 He was a half brother of Bruce, Keith, Christopher, and Robert Carradine, and an uncle of Ever Carradine and Martha Plimpton, most of whom are also actors. Primarily of Irish descent,1. Methodist evangelical author Beverly Carradine and a grandnephew of artist Will Foster. I/41B7EiCWMXL.jpg' alt='I Am David Full Movie Part 1' title='I Am David Full Movie Part 1' />Called Jack by his family, Carradines childhood was turbulent. His parents divorced and repeatedly remarried he was born to his mothers second marriage of three, and his fathers first of four. At the time of Carradines parents marriage, his mother already had a son by her first husband, whom John adopted. John Carradine planned a large family, but after his wife had a series of miscarriages, he discovered she had numerous illegal abortions without his knowledge. This rendered her unable to carry a baby to full term. Against this backdrop of marital discord, Jack almost succeeded in committing suicide1. He said the incident followed his discovery that he and his older half brother Bruce,1. John, had different biological fathers. Carradine added, My father saved me, and then confiscated my comic book collection and burned it  which was scarcely the point. Watch In Love We Trust Vioz there. After three years of marriage, Ardenelle filed for divorce from John, but the couple remained married for another five years. Divorce finally came in 1. Jack was seven years old. His father left California to avoid court action in the alimony settlement. After the couple engaged in a series of court battles over child custody and alimony, which at one point landed John in jail,1. Jack joined his father in New York City. By this time, his father had remarried. For the next few years Jack was shuffled between boarding schools, foster homes, and reform school. He also would often accompany his father while the elder Carradine performed summer theater throughout the Northeast. The boy spent time in Massachusetts and even one miserable winter milking cows on a farm in Vermont. Eventually, Jack Carradine returned to California, where he graduated from Oakland High School. He attended Oakland Junior College currently Laney College for a year before transferring to San Francisco State College, where he studied drama and music theory,1. After he dropped out of college, Carradine spent some time with the beatniks2. San Franciscos North Beach and southern Californias Venice. During this time he collected unemployment insurance and sold baby pictures. He was also prosecuted for disturbing the peace. Despite an attempt to dodge the draft,1. Watch The Little Mermaid 2: Return To The Sea Online Etonline there. Carradine was inducted into the United States Army,1. That Christmas he married his high school sweetheart, Donna Lee Becht. While stationed at Fort Eustis, Virginia he helped to establish a theater company which became known as the entertainment unit. He met fellow inductee Larry Cohen, who later cast him in Q, The Winged Serpent. He also faced court martial for shoplifting. In 1. 96. 2, Donna gave birth to their daughter, Calista. Carradine was honorably discharged2. Film and television careereditEarly successeseditUpon leaving the Army, Carradine became serious about his acting pursuits. It was at that time that he was advised to change his name to avoid confusion with his famous father. In 1. 96. 3, he made his television debut on an episode of Armstrong Circle Theatre. Several other television roles were to follow including appearances on Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He made his feature film debut in 1. Taggart, a western based on a novel by Louis LAmour. His first big break, however, came with his second Broadway part in The Royal Hunt of the Sun, a play by Peter Shaffer about the destruction of the Inca empire by conquistador. Francisco Pizarro. He said of this performance, Many of the important roles that I got later on were because the guy who was going to hire me was in that audience and had his mind blown. For that part, Carradine won a Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance in 1. With the closing of The Royal Hunt of the Sun, and the failing of his marriage, Carradine left New York and headed back to California. He returned to TV to star in the short lived series Shane, a 1. Carradine guest starred opposite David Mc. Callum in a 1. 97. Night Gallery entitled The Phantom Farmhouse. In 1. Big Bill Shelly in one of Martin Scorseses earliest films, Boxcar Bertha, which starred Barbara Hershey, his domestic partner at the time see Personal life. This was one of several Roger Corman productions in which he was to appear. It was also one of a handful of acting collaborations he made with his father, John. Kung FueditFor three seasons, David Carradine starred as a half Chinese, half white Shaolin monk, Kwai Chang Caine, on the ABC hit TV series Kung Fu 1. Emmy and a Golden Globe Award4 for the role. The show, which took place in the Old West, helped to popularize the martial arts and Eastern philosophy in the west, and immortalized the character of Kwai Chang Caine, also referred to as Grasshopper, in popular culture. Although the choice of a white man to play the role of Kwai Chang Caine stirred controversy, the show served as steady employment for several Asian American actors in the U. S. 2. 7 In addition to Keye Luke and Philip Ahn, who held leading roles in the cast as Caines Shaolin masters, Robert Ito, James Hong, Benson Fong, Richard Loo, and Victor Sen Yung frequently appeared in the series. Kung Fu ended when Carradine quit to pursue a movie career, but he reprised the role of Kwai Chang Caine in 1. Kung Fu The Movie. Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee, in his acting debut, portrayed his son. WFNZ 1. 02. 5 FM 6. AM The Fan Charlottes Sports Leader. ONLINE STREAMNever miss a story or breaking news alert Listen at work or while you surf.