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[soundman]

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[Ulysses G.]

eek, on 2009-06-04 20:32:10, said:

Ulysses G., on 2009-06-04 20:19:42, said:

I can see why he perhaps considered himself a failure, but the love that a lot of us had for him proves that he wasn't. RIP

Why would he consider himself a failure? In what way? (That isnt meant to sound hostile, i am sincere. I admired him, and feel sad about it). Career-wise he was very successful recently with Kill Bill, and according to wiki he was only just married for a few years from 2004.

He came from a very succesful family and he really was a fcukup. Yes, he did a few things that worked, but Kung Fu was considered a joke for a long time and there must have been a lot of years that he was doing nothing and just focused on the negatives. All I can say is that I am sorry, but I am not really surprised.

[soundman]

David Carradine found dead in Bangkok


Kung Fu and Kill Bill star David Carradine was found hung in a hotel room in Bangkok on Wednesday, Thai police said.

"Kung Fu" and "Kill Bill" star David Carradine was found hung himself in a closet in a hotel room in Bangkok on Wednesday, Thai police said.

Police believed he committed suicide.

Carradine, 72, was in Bangkok to shoot a movie and stayed at a Suite Room 352 of the Park Nai Lert Hotel on Wireless Road since June 2.

The film crew were aware of his absence when they went to dine out at a restaurant on Sathorn Road on June 3.

Carradine did not show up at the dinner and the team could not reach him. They assumed that he took a rest because of his age.

It was a hotel's maid who opened his suite on Thursday at 10 am only to find Carradine in a closet. He was described as behind half naked.

Police investigation showed that he hung himself with a rope, the kind that is used with curtains.

Police said he was dead for not less than 12 hours and found no sign of fighting and assaults.

Kung Fu Man

Aside from Quentin Tarantino's twopart "Kill Bill" in 200304, Carradine was perhaps best known for his role as the fugitive halfChinese Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s easternwestern TV drama "Kung Fu". He also starred in Martin Scorsese's "Boxcar Bertha" in 1972, portrayed folksinger Woody Guthrie in "Bound for Glory" in 1976, acted in Ingmar Bergman's "The Serpent's Egg" in 1977 and costarred with half brothers Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine in the 1980 western "The Long Riders".

His father was the noted actor John Carradine.


-- The Nation 2009 06 04

In Thai cinemas, Carradine was recently seen as a martialarts guru in the Rob Schneider comedy "Big Stan" and as a perverted elderly Chinese mobster in "Crank: High Voltage" starring Jason Statham.

[soundman]

Moved to Thailand News Clippings forum.

[jumnien]

Mods - Isn't it about time to name the "big Hollywood star" in the title of the thread?

[Mobi]

It's been reported and discussed on BBC radio. They quote Thai Police as the source of their news.

Jonathan Head is currently being interviewed on BBC Radio.

He was in BKK for some filming. He was 72. He was found in a wardrobe with string round his neck. No other details at present

Edited by Mobi, 2009-06-04 21:06:26.

[MeetJohnDoe]

OMG...I loved Kung Fu

Lets not jump to conclusions...as usual, the Thai press likely got it wrong...reports in Western sources (quoting his manager) state it was natural causes [http://abclocal.go.c...ticle-6847033]. Maybe he was under higher than normal stress while conducting "interviews" for the movie's Thai extras

Whatever the cause...peace brother Caine


I seek not to know all the answers...but to understand the questions...

Edited by MeetJohnDoe, 2009-06-04 21:10:59.

[katana]

RIP grasshopper.

[Lite Beer]

I have changed the title of the topic.

[medegen]

CNN.com is reporting it now. RIP. He was crazy in crank 2 haha

[webfact]

RIP my friend. Always loved your acting.

[kennkate]

Shane. R I P David You were truly a Star. Sadly missed.

[Lite Beer]

Kung Fu star Carradine found dead

Carradine was best known recently for starring in Kill Bill

Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room. http://news.bbc.co.u...ent/8083479.stm

-- BBC 2009.06.04

[GraBangkok]

RIP Grasshopper, never missed it

Will always remember the Saturday night fights down the Henry Cooper (Old Kent Rd) everybody was doin Kung Fu...or tryin to


and my two sons growing up on the repeats

[Deke]

Kung Fu inspired a lot of us to study martial arts back in the early 70's. RIP David.

Edited by Deke, 2009-06-04 21:45:47.

[skiman1]

I had a lot of pleasure as a child watching Kung Fu - my Mum didn't like it much as I was constantly breaking her stuff "practising" It's very sad he ended up taking his own life - RIP

[Mosha]

RIP Grasshopper, and as Dave Allen used to sign off with. May your god go with you.

[tranquillize]

I was a big fan of his. He will be missed.

[skiman1]

Just looked at his filmography - he was in lots of stuff !


http://www.david-car...e.com/film.html


A partial list of David's film and TV credits...

• Autumn (2008) (post-production) .... Philip
  
• Night of the Templar (2008) (post-production) .... Shopkeeper
  
• Kandisha (2008) (post-production) .... The American
  
• Untitled David Lee Miller Project (2008) (post-production) .... Vargas
  
• Money to Burn (2008) (completed) .... Klau
  
• Break (2009) .... The Bishop
  
• Last Hour (2008) .... Detective Mike Stone
  
• Kung Fu Killer (2008) (TV) .... Crane
  
• Richard III (2008) .... Buckingham
  
• Chatham (2008) .... Captain Zeb ... aka The Golden Boys (International: English title)
  
• Big Stan (2007)
  
• Fuego (2007) .... Lobo
  
• The Trident (2007) .... The Shopkeeper
  
• How to Rob a Bank (2007) .... Nick
  
• Treasure Raiders (2007) .... Pierre
  
• Camille (2007) .... Cowboy Bob
  
• Fall Down Dead (2007) .... Wade
  
• Epic Movie (2007) .... Museum Curator
  
• "In Case of Emergency" .... Guru Danny (1 episode, 2007)
  
• Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter (2007) .... Mikhail
  
• Permanent Vacation (2007) .... Old Man
  
• Homo Erectus (2007) .... Mookoo
  
• Saints Row (2006) (VG) (voice) .... William Sharp
  
• "Danny Phantom" .... Clockwork (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
  
• Final Move (2006) .... Captain Baker
  
• "Medium" .... Jessica's Brother (1 episode, 2006)
  
• The Last Sect (2006) .... Van Helsing
  
• "Son of the Dragon" (2006) TV mini-series .... Bird
  
• Miracle at Sage Creek (2005) .... Ike
  
• Brothers in Arms (2005) .... Driscoll
  
• "Eve" .... Kung Fu Master (1 episode, 2005)
  
• Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004) .... Grand Master
  
• Last Goodbye (2004) .... Fred McGillicuddie
  
• "Alias" .... Conrad (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
  
• Hair High (2004) (voice) .... Mr. Snerz
  
• Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) .... Bill - 'Snake Charmer'
  
• Dead & Breakfast (2004) .... Mr. Wise
  
• Bala perdida (2003/I) .... Michael Morrison
  
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) .... Bill
  
• American Reel (2003) .... James Lee Springer
  
• The Outsider (2002) (TV) .... Doctor Lucas Henry
  
• Wheatfield with Crows (2002) .... Willem Vincent Sr.
  
• "King of the Hill" .... Junichiro (1 episode, 2002)
  
• Balto: Wolf Quest (2002) (V) (voice) .... Nava the Wolf Shaman
  
• "Titus" .... Bob Hawkins (1 episode, 2001)
  
• "Largo Winch" .... Nério Winch (1 episode, 2001)
  
• "Jackie Chan Adventures" (2 episodes, 2001)
  
• Out of the Wilderness (2001) (TV)
  
• The Defectors (2001) (TV) .... Garret
  
• "Queen of Swords" .... The Serpent (2 episodes, 2001)
  
• Warden of Red Rock (2001) (TV) .... Mike Sullivan
  
• G.O.D. (2001) .... Norman Williams
  
• Largo Winch: The Heir (2001) (TV) .... Nério Winch
  
• "Family Law" .... Andrew Weller (3 episodes, 2000)
  
• Dangerous Curves (2000) .... Lemmy
  
• Down 'n Dirty (2000) .... Gil Garner
  
• Nightfall (2000) (V) .... Gnomen
  
• The Donor (2000) .... Mike Riordan
  
• By Dawn's Early Light (2000) (TV) .... Nick Decker
  
• Natural Selection (1999) .... Louis Dehoven
  
• "Acapulco H.E.A.T." (1 episode, 1999)
  
• "Charmed" .... Tempus (1 episode, 1999)
  
• Shepherd (1999) .... Ventriloquist
  
• Knocking on Death's Door (1999) .... Doc Hadley
  
• "Profiler" .... Christopher Joe Allman (1 episode, 1999)
  
• Zoo (1999) .... Drexel Turnquist
  
• The Puzzle in the Air (1999) .... The General
  
• Kiss of a Stranger (1999) .... Sean O'Leary
  
• An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998) (V) (voice) .... Wulisso
  
• The Effects of Magic (1998) .... The Cabinet Maker
  
• The New Swiss Family Robinson (1998) .... Sheldon Blake
  
• Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) (V) .... Luke Enright
  
• Nosferatu: The First Vampire (1998) (TV) .... Host
  
• Sublet (1998) .... Max Kaufman
  
• Lovers and Liars (1998) .... Mr. Montague
  
• Martian Law (1998) (TV)
  
• Light Speed (1998)
  
• The Rage (1997) .... Lucas McDermott
  
• Lost Treasure of Dos Santos (1997) (TV) .... Martin Shaw
  
• "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" .... Houston Currier (1 episode, 1997)
  
• Last Stand at Saber River (1997) (TV) .... Duane Kidston
  
• "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" .... Kwai Chang Caine (83 episodes, 1993-1997)
  
• The Good Life (1997)
  
• Macon County Jail (1997) .... Coley
  
• Full Blast (1997) .... Maceo
  
• "Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys" (1996) TV series .... )
  
• Dead Center (1994) .... Chavez
  
• Cercasi successo disperatamente (1994) (V)
  
• Kill Zone (1993) .... Col. Horace Wiggins
  
• Bitter End (1993)
  
• Frontera Sur (1993)
  
• Distant Justice (1992) .... Joe Foley
  
• Animal Instincts (1992) .... William Lamberti
  
• Night Rhythms (1992) (V) .... Vincent
  
• "Human Target" .... Harry Solow (1 episode, 1992)
  
• Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992) .... The Beggar
  
• Roadside Prophets (1992) .... Othello
  
• Double Trouble (1992/I) .... Mr. C
  
• Evil Toons (1992) .... Gideon Fisk
  
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1992) (TV) .... Kwai Chang Caine
  
• The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991) (TV) .... Caine
  
• Brotherhood of the Gun (1991) (TV) .... Artemis McBride
  
• Deadly Surveillance (1991) (TV) .... Lieutenant
  
• Project Eliminator (1991) .... Ron Morrell
  
• Martial Law (1991) (V) .... Dalton Rhodes
  
• Field of Fire (1991) .... Gen. Corman
  
• Karate Cop (1991) .... Dad
  
• Capital Punishment (1991) .... Michael Maltin
  
• The Eagle and the Horse (1991)
  
• "The Ray Bradbury Theater" .... Spender (1 episode, 1990)
  
• "The Young Riders" .... The Buzzard Eater (1 episode, 1990)
  
• Future Zone (1990) .... John Tucker
  
• Bird on a Wire (1990) .... Eugene Sorenson
  
• Huellas del lince, Las (1990)
  
• Think Big (1990) .... Sweeney
  
• Midnight Fear (1990) .... Hanley
  
• Night Children (1990) .... Max
  
• Dune Warriors (1990) .... Michael
  
• Future Force (1990) .... John Tucker
  
• Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990) .... Jozek Mardulak / Count Dracula
  
• "Matlock" .... Steve Mazarowski / ... (3 episodes, 1987-1989)
  
• Try This One for Size (1989) .... Bradley
  
• Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989) .... Dark One
  
• Sonny Boy (1989) .... Pearl
  
• The Cover Girl and the Cop (1989) (TV) .... Slade
  
• Nowhere to Run (1989) .... Harmon
  
• Tropical Snow (1989) .... Oskar
  
• The Mad Bunch (1989) .... Professor Foxwood
  
• Crime of Crimes (1989) .... Captain
  
• Crime Zone (1988) .... Jason
  
• I Saw What You Did (1988) (TV) .... Stephen
  
• Open Fire (1988) .... Joe Rourke
  
• Fatal Secret (1988) .... Michael LeWinter
  
• Run for Your Life (1988) .... Major Charles Forsythe
  
• Warlords (1988) .... Dow
  
• Animal Protector (1988) .... Col. Whitlock
  
• "Night Heat" .... Theodore Telford (1 episode, 1987)
  
• The Misfit Brigade (1987) .... Col. Von Weisshagen
  
• Six Against the Rock (1987) (TV) .... Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Coy
  
• Heartbeat (1987) (V) .... Man Playing Dice
  
• "Amazing Stories" .... Calvin (1 episode, 1986)
  
• Armed Response (1986) .... Jim Roth
  
• Oceans of Fire (1986) (TV) .... J.C. Busch
  
• "North and South, Book II" (1986) TV mini-series .... Justin LaMotte
  
• Behind Enemy Lines (1986) .... Col. James Cooper
  
• Kung Fu: The Movie (1986) (TV) .... Kwai Chang Caine
  
• "Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense" .... Harris / ... (1 episode, 1986)
  
• "North and South" (1985) TV mini-series .... Justin LaMotte
  
• The Bad Seed (1985) (TV) .... Leroy Jessup
  
• On the Line (1984) .... Bryant
  
• "The Fall Guy" .... Caretaker / ... (2 episodes, 1983-1984)
  
• "Partners in Crime" (1 episode, 1984)
  
• The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984) .... Kain
  
• "Airwolf" .... Dr. Robert Winchester (1 episode, 1984)
  
• Jealousy (1984) (TV) .... Bobby Dee
  
• Americana (1983) .... The American Soldier
  
• Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) .... Rawley Wilkes
  
• Trick or Treats (1982) .... Richard
  
• Q (1982) .... Detective Shepard
  
• Safari 3000 (1982) .... Eddie Mills
  
• "Darkroom" .... Biker / ... (1 episode, 1981)
  
• High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980) (TV) .... Ben Irons
  
• Cloud Dancer (1980) .... Brad Randolph
  
• The Long Riders (1980) .... Cole Younger
  
• Gauguin the Savage (1980) (TV) .... Paul Gauguin
  
• Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979) .... Charlie Swattle
  
• Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette (1979) .... Le pratiquant des Arts Martiaux
  
• Mr. Horn (1979) (TV) .... Tom Horn
  
• Circle of Iron (1978) .... The Blind Man / Monkeyman / Death / Changsha
  
• Deathsport (1978) .... Kaz Oshay
  
• Gray Lady Down (1978) .... Capt. Gates
  
• The Serpent's Egg (1977) .... Abel Rosenberg
  
• Thunder and Lightning (1977) .... Harley Thomas
  
• Bound for Glory (1976) .... Woody Guthrie
  
• Cannonball! (1976) .... Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman
  
• "The Family Holvak" .... Craw (2 episodes, 1975)
  
• You and Me (1975) .... Zeto
  
• Death Race 2000 (1975) .... Frankenstein
  
• "Kung Fu" .... Kwai Chang Caine (45 episodes, 1972-1975)
  
• Mean Streets (1973) .... Drunk
  
• The Long Goodbye (1973) (uncredited) .... Dave aka Socrates - Marlowe's Cellmate
  
• Boxcar Bertha (1972) .... 'Big' Bill Shelly
  
• Kung Fu (1972) (TV) .... Caine
  
• "Ironside" .... Frank Carlson / ... (3 episodes, 1968-1971)
  
• "Night Gallery" .... Gideon (1 episode, 1971)
  
• "Gunsmoke" .... Clint (1 episode, 1971)
  
• Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971) (TV) .... Flack
  
• Macho Callahan (1970) .... David Mountford
  
• The McMasters (1970) .... White Feather
  
• "The Name of the Game" .... Jason (1 episode, 1970)
  
• The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969) .... Waco (gang leader)
  
• Young Billy Young (1969) .... Jesse Boone
  
• Heaven with a Gun (1969) .... Coke Beck (Asa's son)
  
• The Violent Ones (1967) .... Lucas Barnes
  
• Johnny Belinda (1967) (TV) .... Locky
  
• "Cimarron Strip" .... Gene Gauge (1 episode, 1967)
  
• "Coronet Blue" .... Walter Arnold (1 episode, 1967)
  
• "Shane" .... Shane (16 episodes, 1966)
  
• "The Trials of O'Brien" .... Felix (2 episodes, 1966)
  
• Too Many Thieves (1966) .... Felix
  
• Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965) .... Stretch
  
• "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" .... Art Thief / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
  
• "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" .... Fitzhugh (1 episode, 1965)
  
• Taggart (1964) .... Cal Dodge
  
• "The Virginian" .... The Utah Kid (1 episode, 1964)
  
• "Arrest and Trial" .... Wally (1 episode, 1964)
  
• "Wagon Train" .... John Mason (1 episode, 1963)
  
• "East Side/West Side" .... Hal Sewoski (1 episode, 1963)
  
• "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1 episode, 1963)

[neverdie]

This is sad news, may he RIP.

Edited by neverdie, 2009-06-04 22:21:10.

[PoorSucker]

RIP David.
A good friend of a friend.
Had a couple friends (stuntmen) work with him in Animal Protector (1988).
Best movie is The Long Riders (1980).

Edited by PoorSucker, 2009-06-04 22:26:58.

[sbk]

Posts have been deleted, the man is dead and his friends and family are grieving. If you want to do a film critique I think that a thread announcing the death of the person is really not the appropriate place.

[ozsamurai]

Such a sad loss for us all, followed his career right through to his last movie "Big Stan", which was like all his others, brilliant, will miss you.

Oz

[inf]

Just saw the news on a European site.
So sad. I used to watch Kung Fu in my youth. My condolences.

[duceahearts]

how sad, RIP