Television and motion picture actor David Carradine was found dead of unspecified causes in a Bangkok hotel earlier today. Carradine is best known to folks of a certain age for his role in the '70s television program, Kung Fu. To younger movie-goers, Carradine will be best recognized as Bill in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies.
But to fans of automobiles and somewhat cheesy '70s movies, Carradine is "Frankenstein," the black-masked, man-machine who puts an ass-whipping on a young Sylvester Stallone in the cult-classic from 1975 Death Race 2000.
Carradine also starred as Coy "Cannonball" Buckman in the 1976 road movie Cannonball!. And no, that's not the Burt Reynolds/Sammy Davis, Jr. romp written by Brock Yates. That was Cannonball Run.
Have a look at a few choice clips from Carradine's car-related movies after the jump.
Carradine takes out Rocky in Death Race 2000
estreka says:
12:00 PM, 06/ 4/09
Such a great actor. He will be missed.
timothyabear says:
10:28 AM, 06/ 5/09
I think you focused appropriately on the one thing he'll be remembered for.
An oil portrait of David Carradine as Frankenstein in Deathrace 2000-
http://faithmouse.blogspot.com/2009/06/david-carradine-memorial-portrait.html
karenakarson says:
11:49 AM, 06/ 8/09
There's only one legitimate place I've found to see the real photo and a video of it, the rest seem like scams :-/ You can see it over here though: http://vostuu.com/carradine.jpg
They make you do a little survey but after that it's good to go :)