Goodby David Carradine we will miss you.


Career

Beginnings
Early roles included a gunslinger in the film Taggart, a 1964 western based on a novel by Louis L'Amour. He starred on the Broadway stage in The Royal Hunt of the Sun and won a Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance in 1965.[9][10] Moving to TV, he played the title role in Shane, a 1966 series based upon the 1949 novel of the same name. In 1972, he starred as 'Big' Bill Shelly in Martin Scorsese's film Boxcar Bertha, costarring Barbara Hershey.


1970s
Carradine starred as Kwai Chang Caine on the hit TV series Kung Fu (1972–1975). He earned critical praise as folksinger Woody Guthrie in Bound for Glory (1976). He played Abel Rosenberg in Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg (1977).


1980s
In 1983, he narrated the PBS anthropology series "Faces of Culture".[citation needed]

He appeared in a supporting role in North and South, a miniseries about the American Civil War with a large cast that included Patrick Swayze in a leading role. It was telecast in six parts in November 1985, and spawned two sequel miniseries. Carradine also appeared in North and South, Book II, telecast in six parts in May 1986.


1990s
Early in the decade, he was a spokesperson for Lipton[11] ("This ain't no sippin' tea") in a memorable TV ad where he paid homage not only to Kung Fu but also The Three Stooges. He returned to series TV in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993–97) as the grandson of his original character.

In 1999, he portrayed Tempus, a powerful demon with the ability to manipulate time, on the series Charmed.


2000s
In 2001, he appeared in an episode of the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire (on which his brother Robert was a regular performer). Also in 2001, he provided the voice for Lo Pei, the ancient warrior responsible for Shendu's petrification on the animated series Jackie Chan Adventures. In 2002, Carradine voiced a character on King of the Hill in the episode Returning Japanese, portraying Hank's Japanese half-brother. In 2003, he appeared as Conrad on the series Alias.


Carradine signing autographs in Malmö, 2005In 2003, he produced and starred in several instructional videos on the martial arts of Tai chi and Qi Gong. These made him a natural as the title character in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films, Vol. 1 (2003) and Vol. 2 (2004).

In 2005, he took over hosting duties from his brother Keith on Wild West Tech on the History Channel. On two episodes of the animated series Danny Phantom (2005-2006), he provided the voice for "Clockwork", a supernatural being with the power to control time (similar to his 1999 role on Charmed). In 2006, he became the spokesman for Yellowbook, a publisher of independent telephone directories in the United States.

Carradine also appeared in the music video for "Minus You" by the Southern California band Chapel of Thieves, which was co-directed by YouTube personality Boh3m3.[citation needed] He also worked with the Jonas Brothers in their video Burnin' Up, playing a Kung Fu master, and planned to work with Miley Cyrus.[citation needed] In 2009, he played a 100-year-old Chinese gangster in Crank: High Voltage.