David Carradine | 1936-2009
Carradine, who starred as Caine in the ABC series Kung Fu, in the early 1970s was found hanged in a Bangkok, Thailand, hotel room. The hourlong series featured Carradine as the shaven-headed Kwai Chang Caine, the orphaned son of an American man and a Chinese woman who had been trained in a Shaolin monastery, where his blind mentor, Master Po, called his young student “Grasshopper.” (ABC / Associated Press)
Carradine performs a jump kick for the television show “Kung Fu.” (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
Carradine played folk singer Woody Guthrie in Hal Ashbys Bound for Glory. He appeared in more than 100 films, including Quentin Tarantino’s two-film “Kill Bill” saga. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
David Carradine attends the premiere of “Dogville” in 2003 at Cannes. (Evan Agostini / Getty Images)
Director Quentin Tarantino, David Carradine and Carradine’s wife, Annie Bierman Carradine, arrive for the Golden Globe Awards in 2005 in Beverly Hills. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
David Carradine, appearing in the film “Homo Erectus,” poses for a portrait during the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival in Utah. (Mark Mainz / Getty Images)
Bruce Dern, left, and David Carradine meet the press during their run in “The Golden Boys” at New York’s Playwright Tavern in April. (Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images)
