"Kung Fu (TV series) Kung Fu is an American action-adventure martial arts western drama television series starring David Carradine. The series follows the adventures of Kwai Chang Caine (portrayed by David Carradine as an adult, Keith Carradine as a teenager, and Radames Pera as a young boy), a Shaolin monk who travels through the American Old West, armed only with his spiritual training and his skill in martial arts, as he seeks Danny Caine, his half-brother. Many of the used in the series are adapted from or derived directly from the ""Tao Te Ching"", a book of ancient Taoist philosophy"
"David Carradine David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor, musician, painter and martial artist. He is noted for his leading role as peace-loving Shaolin monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the television series ""Kung Fu"" (1972–1975). He was also known for playing Frankenstein in ""Death Race 2000"" (1975) and Bill in both ""Kill Bill"" films (–). He was a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father, John Carradine. His father's acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage and television, and in cinema, spanned"
"Rodney Kageyama Rodney Masao Kageyama (November 1, 1941 – December 9, 2018) was an American stage, film and TV actor. He was a Nisei Japanese American (second-generation) and besides acting in Asian American theater groups, he was also a director and designer. With his roles in the “Gung Ho” film and television series and the “Karate Kid” franchise, he was a trailblazer for Asian Americans in Hollywood. Kageyama began his career in San Francisco in 1965 as one of the original members of the Asian American Theater Company. While in San Francisco he attended the American Conservatory Theatre. In 1979"
"in 2009, Kirk Douglas told interviewer Julie Chen that he and his wife had taken Eric to ""20 rehab centers"" over the years and that ""nothing helped"". On July 6, 2004, a maid found Douglas's body in his Manhattan apartment. An autopsy and toxicology report later determined that his death was caused by ""acute intoxication"" from the combined effects of alcohol, tranquilizers and painkillers. Douglas's death was ruled accidental. Douglas is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, California. Eric Douglas Eric Anthony Douglas (June 21, 1958 – July 6, 2004) was an American actor and"
"Bruce Lee Lee Jun-fan (; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee (), was a Hong Kong and American actor, film director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, philosopher, and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do, one of the wushu or kung fu styles. Lee was the son of Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-chuen. He is considered by commentators, critics, media, and other martial artists to be one of the most influential martial artists and a pop culture icon of the 20th century. He is often credited with helping to change the way Asians"
"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 ""Kung Fu"" role, he studied martial arts. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. On June 3, 2009, he was found dead in a closet in his hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand due to a fatal autoerotic asphyxiation accident. Carradine was born on December 8, 1936, as"
"John Blyth Barrymore John Blyth Barrymore III (born May 15, 1954) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his role as Zeke in the 1970s television series ""Kung Fu"", which was his first role on television. John Blyth Barrymore III was born to John Drew Barrymore and Cara Williams. As such, he is from the famous Barrymore family: He is the half-brother of American actress Drew Barrymore, as well as the grandnephew of Ethel Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore. He is of partial Irish descent through his great-grandfather, actor Maurice Costello. John has stated that he does"
"Al Leong Albert Leong (born September 30, 1952), also known as Al ""Ka Bong"" Leong, is an American stuntman and actor. Characterized by his impressive martial arts skills (including Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Kali, and Jujutsu), long wavy hair, and a prominent Fu Manchu moustache, he has had a number of small but memorable roles as a henchman in some of the most popular action films (which usually resulted in his character's death), including ""Lethal Weapon"" and ""Die Hard"". He collaborated with director John Carpenter in ""Big Trouble in Little China"" and ""They Live"". Such appearances in"
"Michael Clarke Duncan Michael Clarke Duncan (December 10, 1957September 3, 2012) was an American actor, best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in ""The Green Mile"" (1999), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and various similar honors. He also appeared in motion pictures such as ""Armageddon"" (1998), ""The Whole Nine Yards"" (2000), ""The Scorpion King"" (2002), ""Daredevil"" (2003) and """" (2006). His voice can be heard in films such as ""Brother Bear"" (2003), ""Kung Fu Panda"" (2008) and ""Green Lantern"" (2011). Duncan was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in a"
"over four decades. A prolific ""B"" movie actor, David Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films in a career spanning over sixty years. He received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his work on ""Kung Fu"", and received three further Golden Globe nominations for his performances in Woody Guthrie biopic ""Bound for Glory"" (1976), the miniseries ""North and South"" (1985), and Quentin Tarantino's ""Kill Bill: Volume 2"", for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from"
"actress Martha Plimpton. TMZ reported on March 12, 2015 that Carradine was involved in a serious car accident. He was rushed to the hospital. His wife was also injured in the crash. He was on his way to Telluride, Colorado where his brother Keith lived in the early 90s. Robert Carradine Robert Reed Carradine (born March 24, 1954) is an American actor. A member of the Carradine family, he made his first appearances on television western series such as ""Bonanza"" and his late brother David's TV series, ""Kung Fu"". Carradine's first film role was in the 1972 film ""The Cowboys"","
"in his autobiography of what he termed Cabot's ""betrayal."" Cabot died in 1972 at the Motion Picture Country Home at Woodland Hills, California from lung cancer and was buried in his hometown of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot (born Étienne de Pelissier Bujac Jr., April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll in ""King Kong"" (1933) and for his roles in films such as ""The Last of the Mohicans"" (1936), Fritz Lang's ""Fury"" (1936) and the western ""Dodge City"" (1939). He was also known as one of ""Wayne's Regulars"","
"Chaparral"", ""Harry O"", ""Danger Man"", ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" and ""Quincy, M.E."" He retired from acting in the early 1980s and died in Sacramento, California on January 25, 1995, six days before his 73rd birthday. William Sylvester William Sylvester (January 31, 1922 – January 25, 1995) was an American television and film actor. His most famous film credit was Dr. Heywood Floyd in Stanley Kubrick's """" (1968). William Sylvester was born in Oakland, California, the son of Italian immigrant Joseph Silvester (1899-1941) and his American wife, Gertrude Bailey Silvester (1898-1957). He served in the U.S. Navy during the Second"
"3, 2012, aged 70, from cancer. Zalman King Zalman King (born Zalman King Lefkowitz; May 23, 1941 – February 3, 2012) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His films are known for incorporating sexuality, and are often categorized as erotica. Zalman King Lefkowitz dropped his last name at the beginning of his acting career. In 1964, he played a gang member in ""Memo from Purgatory"", an episode of the television series ""The Alfred Hitchcock Hour"" written by Harlan Ellison and featuring actors James Caan and Walter Koenig. Between 1965 and 1967 King appeared in 5 episodes of"
"Don Keefer Donald Hood ""Don"" Keefer (August 18, 1916 – September 7, 2014) was an American actor known for his versatility in performing comedic as well as highly dramatic roles. In an acting career that spanned more than 50 years, he appeared in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions. He was a founding member of The Actors Studio, and he performed in both the original Broadway play and 1951 film versions of Arthur Miller's ""Death of a Salesman"". His longest-lasting roles on television were in ten episodes each of ""Gunsmoke"", the CBS series starring James Arness, and ""Angel"", a"
"Radames Pera Radames Pera (born September 14, 1960) is an American former actor best known for his role as ""Grasshopper"" the student Kwai Chang Caine in the 1972–1975 television series ""Kung Fu"". Pera was born in New York City, New York, the son of actress Lisa Pera. His mother moved to Hollywood in 1963 so that she could pursue an acting career. From 1972 until 1975, Radames appeared as the young Kwai Chang Caine in the ABC television series ""Kung Fu"". Caine was an orphan from Hunan Province in China who had an American father and a Chinese mother. He"
"1993 thru 1997. was a revised version of the original 1973 classic, Kung Fu with both series starring David Carradine. In November 1999, Screen Actors Guild presented Chan with an award for lifetime achievement. Chan received another award for lifetime achievement in August 2004, at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. In October 2009, a year after his death, Chan appeared on the cover of ""The Gerontologist"". Kim Chan Kim Chan (December 28, 1917 – October 5, 2008), also known as Kim S. Chan, was a Chinese-American actor and producer. He was most notable for his roles as Lo Si,"
"Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot (born Étienne de Pelissier Bujac Jr., April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll in ""King Kong"" (1933) and for his roles in films such as ""The Last of the Mohicans"" (1936), Fritz Lang's ""Fury"" (1936) and the western ""Dodge City"" (1939). He was also known as one of ""Wayne's Regulars"", appearing in a number of John Wayne films beginning with ""Angel and the Badman"" (1947). Cabot was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico to a prominent local lawyer, Major Étienne de Pelissier Bujac, Sr. and Julia Armandine"
"Kwai Chang Caine Kwai Chang Caine () is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ABC 1972–1975 action-adventure western television series ""Kung Fu"". He has been portrayed by David Carradine as an adult, Keith Carradine as a younger Caine and Radames Pera as the child Caine, and Stephen Manley as the youngest Caine. In the late 19th century China, Kwai Chang Caine was the orphaned son of an American man and a Chinese woman. He was raised in a Shaolin Monastery in Hunan Province, and was trained by the monks to be a Shaolin master. ""Kung Fu"" follows his"
"which Burton played Larry Durkin, the garage owner. Speaking with Kubrick biographer Vincent LoBrutto, Burton recalled his first day on the set: In 1993, Burton was inducted into the Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame. Burton had been frequently hospitalized for the last year of his life, according to his sister. On February 25, 2016, he died at the age of 78, from complications of pneumonia at a hospital in Menifee, California. Tony Burton Anthony Mabron ""Tony"" Burton (March 23, 1937 – February 25, 2016) was an American actor, boxer, and football player. He was known for his role as"
"thrown towards him. The videos went viral on YouTube, creating confusion as some people believed them to be authentic footage. Bruce Lee Lee Jun-fan (; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee (), was a Hong Kong and American actor, film director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, philosopher, and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do, one of the wushu or kung fu styles. Lee was the son of Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-chuen. He is considered by commentators, critics, media, and other martial artists to be one of the most influential martial artists"
"Shanghai, where he began acting with the film company Bang! Bang! Films. Ho Ka-kui William Ho Ka-kui (Chinese: 何家駒, March 14, 1948 – January 27, 2015) was a Hong Kong Chinese actor in the 1970s. He was born in Kowloon City, Hong Kong. Ho acted as a warden named Sugiyama in the movie, """", which starred Louis Fan as Riki Oh Saiga. Ho acted in 139 movies from 1976 to 2015. On January 27, 2015, he died in the Hong Kong Health Center of organ failure. Ho was born in Kowloon City, Hong Kong, on March 14, 1948. He spent"
"Amoy pronunciation of the characters most closely match the English spelling of Caine's name. However, in the series, Caine attended the Shaolin Temple in Henan province, where the priests likely spoke Mandarin. Kwai Chang Caine Kwai Chang Caine () is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ABC 1972–1975 action-adventure western television series ""Kung Fu"". He has been portrayed by David Carradine as an adult, Keith Carradine as a younger Caine and Radames Pera as the child Caine, and Stephen Manley as the youngest Caine. In the late 19th century China, Kwai Chang Caine was the orphaned son of"
"at the age of 90 in 2008 from natural causes. He is survived by his wife and son. Louis Guss Louis Guss (January 4, 1918 – September 29, 2008) was an American character actor with a long line of screen credits, having appeared in hundreds of TV series, feature films and stage productions, specializing in blue-collar ethnic roles, over a five decade career. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Don Zaluchi in ""The Godfather"" (1972), Joseph Magliocco in ""Crazy Joe"" (1974), Raymond Capomaggi in ""Moonstruck"" (1987), Nathan Grodner in ""The Yards"" (2000), and Jerry ""the Hammer"" Fungo"
"comedy too, including episodes of ""Father Knows Best"", ""Hey, Jeannie!"", ""I Love Lucy"", ""Batman"", and Walter Brennan's ""The Real McCoys"". Coffin was married to model Vera Duke. Coffin died of lung cancer in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 80. His ashes were scattered at sea. Tris Coffin Tristram Chockley Coffin (August 13, 1909 – March 26, 1990) was a film and television actor from the latter 1930s through the 1970s, usually in westerns or other action-adventure productions. Coffin was born in the gold and silver mining community of Mammoth in Juab County in central Utah and reared in"
"Phil Roth Philip Roth (July 6, 1930 – July 15, 2002) was an American television and film actor. Philip Roth appeared in over twenty television shows and movies beginning in 1961 with a small role in an episode of Tallahassee 7000. He was in several notable films in the early 70s such as ""What's Up, Doc?"" where he played 'Mr Jones', ""Catch-22"" as 'Doctor', ""One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"" as 'Woolsey', and ""Harry and Tonto"" as 'Vegas Gambler'. He also had roles in numerous smaller films as well as several TV shows such as ""The Monkees"" as 'Howard Needleman,'"
"Ho Ka-kui William Ho Ka-kui (Chinese: 何家駒, March 14, 1948 – January 27, 2015) was a Hong Kong Chinese actor in the 1970s. He was born in Kowloon City, Hong Kong. Ho acted as a warden named Sugiyama in the movie, """", which starred Louis Fan as Riki Oh Saiga. Ho acted in 139 movies from 1976 to 2015. On January 27, 2015, he died in the Hong Kong Health Center of organ failure. Ho was born in Kowloon City, Hong Kong, on March 14, 1948. He spent his early life in Kowloon and then his parents sent him to"
"Los Angeles, on July 20, 1975, at the age of 70, three days before his 71st birthday. Richard Gaines Richard Houston Gaines (July 23, 1904 – July 20, 1975) was an American actor. He appeared in over 75 film and television productions between 1940 and 1962. Gaines was born in Indian Territory, was nursed by a Cherokee, and grew up on a farm. He enrolled at Texas Christian University when he was 16 and studied drama there. He worked at a variety of jobs in the United States and in France before winning a scholarship to study at the American"
"76. Jennifer Jones, who was a close friend of Bickford, attempted suicide on the day of his death but it is not clear if Bickford's death had anything to do with the attempt. He had a son, Rex, and a daughter, Doris. Rex died in 1960, seven years before his father. Bickford received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. His motion pictures star is located at 6780 Hollywood Boulevard, while his television star is located at 1620 Vine Street. Charles Bickford Charles Ambrose Bickford (January 1, 1891 – November 9, 1967) was an American actor best"
"episode ""More Than Murder"" in 1984. On May 2, 1989, James Crabe died of complications of AIDS. James Crabe James Crabe, A.S.C. (August 19, 1931 – May 2, 1989) was an American cinematographer, known for his work in the 1970s and '80s on numerous films, including ""Rocky"", ""The China Syndrome"", ""Night Shift"", ""The Karate Kid"", and ""Thank God It's Friday"". He was a regular collaborator of director John G. Avildsen, and a two-time Primetime Emmy Award winner, in addition to being nominated for multiple ASC Awards and an Academy Award. James Crabe was one of the few openly gay cinematographers"
"and 1970s. Morris died on August 27, 1996 of a brain tumor in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was 62 years old. Shortly before his death, he went to see the film version of """" that starred Tom Cruise. The reports were that he disliked the movie so much (an opinion that was shared by most of his former co-stars) that he left the theater early. According to the Associated Press, he said of the movie: ""It's an abomination."" Greg Morris Francis Gregory Alan Morris (September 27, 1933 – August 27, 1996) was an American actor. He was best known for"
"consistently involved with the annual Genesis Awards, which honor those in the news and entertainment media who bring attention to the plight and suffering of animals. Established by The Ark Trust, the award has been presented by the Humane Society of the United States since 2002. Weaver died of complications from cancer in Ridgway, Colorado, on February 24, 2006. Dennis Weaver William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s to not long before his death in 2006. Weaver's two most notable"
"in east Texas. Powers Boothe Powers Allen Boothe (June 1, 1948 – May 14, 2017) was an American television, video game, and film actor and voice actor. Some of his most notable roles include his Emmy-winning portrayal of Jim Jones in """" and his turns as TV detective Philip Marlowe in the 1980s, Cy Tolliver on ""Deadwood"", ""Curly Bill"" Brocius in ""Tombstone"", Vice-President and subsequently President Noah Daniels on ""24"", and Lamar Wyatt in ""Nashville"". Boothe, the youngest of three boys, was born on a cotton farm in Snyder, Texas to Kathryn Emily (née Reeves) and Merrill Vestal Boothe, a"