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Keith Carradine

Keith Ian Carradine (/ˈkærədn/ KARR-ə-deen; born August 8, 1949) is an American actor who has had success on stage, film, and television. He is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's film Nashville, Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series Deadwood, FBI agent Frank Lundy in Dexter, Lou Solverson in the first season of Fargo, and US president Conrad Dalton in Madam Secretary. As a member of the Carradine family, he is part of an acting dynasty that began with his father, John Carradine.

Keith Carradine
Carradine in 2006
Born
Keith Ian Carradine

(1949-08-08) August 8, 1949 (age 73)
OccupationActor
Years active1971–present
Spouses
  • (m. 1982; div. 1999)
    [1]
  • Hayley DuMond
    (m. 2006)
Children4, including Martha Plimpton and Sorel Carradine
Parents
Relatives
FamilyCarradine

Early life

Carradine was born in San Mateo, California. He is the son of actress and artist Sonia Sorel (née Henius), and actor John Carradine.[2] His full brothers are Christopher and Robert Carradine, both of whom are actors. His paternal half-brothers are Bruce and David Carradine. His maternal half-brother is Michael Bowen. His maternal great-grandfather was biochemist Max Henius, and his maternal great-grandmother was the sister of historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg.[3]

Carradine's childhood was troubled; he has said that his father drank and his mother "was a manic depressive paranoid schizophrenic catatonic—she had it all."[4] His parents were divorced in 1957, when he was eight years old. A bitter custody battle led to his father gaining custody of he and his brothers, Christopher and Robert, after the children had spent three months in a home for abused children as wards of the court. Keith said of the experience, "It was like being in jail. There were bars on the windows, and we were only allowed to see our parents through glass doors. It was very sad. We would stand there on either side of the glass door crying."[5] He was raised in San Mateo primarily by his maternal grandmother,[6] and he rarely saw either of his parents.[7] His mother was not permitted to see him for eight years following the custody settlement.[4]

Carradine attended the Ojai Valley School, where he was active in the school's theater department, performing in productions of Aria da Capo and The Madwoman of Chaillot.[6] After high school, Carradine entertained the thought of becoming a forest ranger, and enrolled at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.[6] "I had this idyllic fantasy of sitting somewhere communing with nature and chatting with the bears," he recalled, "[but] I didn't want to have to learn anything."[6] He changed his major to drama after enrolling, but dropped out after one semester and returned to California,[6] moving in with his older half-brother, David, who encouraged him to pursue an acting career, paid for his acting and vocal lessons, and helped him get an agent.[7]

Career

Stage

As a youth, Carradine had opportunities to appear on stage with his father in the latter's productions of Shakespeare.[8] Thus, he had some background in theater when he was cast in the original Broadway run of Hair (1969), which launched his acting career. In that production he started out in the chorus and worked his way up to the lead roles[9] playing Woof and Claude. He said of his involvement in Hair, "I really didn't plan to audition. I just went along with my brother, David, and his girlfriend at the time, Barbara Hershey, and two of their friends. I was simply going to play the piano for them while they sang, but I'm the one the staff wound up getting interested in."[10]

His stage career is further distinguished by his Tony-nominated performance for Best Actor (Musical) as the title character in the Tony Award-winning musical, The Will Rogers Follies in 1991, for which he also received a Drama Desk Award nomination. He won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Foxfire with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, and appeared as Lawrence in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Imperial Theater. In 2008, he appeared as Dr. Farquhar Off-Broadway in Mindgame, a thriller by Antony Horowitz, directed by Ken Russell, who made his New York directorial debut with the production.[11] In March and April 2013, he starred in the Broadway production of Hands on a Hardbody. He was nominated for the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for his work.

Film

 
Carradine and Shelley Duvall in Nashville (1975)

Carradine's first notable film appearance was in director Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971). His next film, Emperor of the North Pole (1973), was re-released with a shorter title Emperor of the North. Carradine played a young aspiring hobo. The film was directed by Robert Aldrich and also starred Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine. Carradine then starred in Altman's film Thieves Like Us (1974), then played a principal character, a callow, womanizing folk singer, Tom Frank, in Altman's critically acclaimed film Nashville (1975; see "Music and songwriting"). He had difficulty shaking the image of Tom Frank following the popularity of the film. He felt the role gave him the reputation of being "a cad."[12]

In 1977 Aldrich said "I think that Keith Carradine, if he's careful—I don't think he is careful—and if he's prudent about the selection of his parts, can be a great big movie star. I think that whoever's advising him is making some terrible selections about material. Because I think the guy is gifted, he's talented, he's attractive."[13]

In 1977, Carradine starred opposite Harvey Keitel in Ridley Scott's The Duellists. Pretty Baby followed in 1978. He has acted in several offbeat films of Altman's protege Alan Rudolph, playing a disarmingly candid madman in Choose Me (1984), an incompetent petty criminal in Trouble in Mind (1985), and an American artist in 1930s Paris in The Moderns (1988).

He appeared with brothers David and Robert as the Younger brothers in Walter Hill's film The Long Riders (1980). Keith played Jim Younger in that film. In 1981, he appeared again under Hill's direction in Southern Comfort. In 1994, he had a cameo role as Will Rogers in Rudolph's film about Dorothy Parker, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. He co-starred with Daryl Hannah as homicidal sociopath John Netherwood in the thriller The Tie That Binds (1995). In 2011, he starred in Cowboys and Aliens, an American science fiction western film directed by Jon Favreau also starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde. Carradine traveled to Tuscany in 2012 to executive produce and star in John Jopson's Edgar Allan Poe inspired film Terroir. In 2013, he starred in Ain't Them Bodies Saints, which won the 2013 Sundance Film Festival award for cinematography. In 2016 Keith played Edward Dickinson, father of Emily Dickinson, in A Quiet Passion, a biographical film directed and written by Terence Davies about the life of the American poet.

In 2016 Carradine returned to star in his fourth Alan Rudolph film Ray Meets Helen, which was the final screen appearance of Sondra Locke.[14]

Music and songwriting

His brother, David, said in an interview that Keith could play any instrument he wanted, including bagpipes and the French horn.[9] Like David, Keith integrated his musical talents with his acting performances. In 1975, he performed a song he had written, "I'm Easy", in the movie Nashville. It was a popular hit, and Carradine won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Original Song for the tune. This led to a brief singing career; he signed a contract with Asylum Records and released two albums – I'm Easy (1976) and Lost & Found (1978). His song "Mr. Blue" was number 44 in the Canadian AC charts in April 1978.[15] In 1984, he appeared in the music video for Madonna's single "Material Girl". In the early 1990s, he played the lead role in the Tony Award-winning musical The Will Rogers Follies.[16]

Television

In 1972, Carradine appeared briefly in the first season of the hit television series, Kung Fu, which starred his brother, David. Keith played a younger version of David's character, Kwai Chang Caine. In 1987, he starred in the highly rated CBS miniseries Murder Ordained with JoBeth Williams and Kathy Bates. Other TV appearances include My Father My Son (1988), a television film. In 1983, he appeared as Foxy Funderburke, a murderous pedophile, in the television miniseries Chiefs, based on the Stuart Woods novel of the same name. His performance in Chiefs earned him a nomination for an Emmy Award in the "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special" category.[17] Carradine also starred in the ABC sitcom Complete Savages, and he played Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series Deadwood.

Carradine hosted the documentary Wild West Tech series on the History Channel in the 2003–2004 season, before handing the job over to his brother, David. In the 2005 miniseries Into the West, produced by Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks, Carradine played Richard Henry Pratt. During the second and fourth seasons of the Showtime series Dexter, he appeared numerous times as FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy. Carradine is credited with guest starring twice on the suspense-drama Criminal Minds, as the psychopathic serial killer Frank Breitkopf. Other shows he appeared in include The Big Bang Theory (as Penny's father Wyatt), Star Trek: Enterprise ("First Flight" episode) and the Starz series Crash. Carradine also made a guest appearance on NCIS in 2014. Also in 2014, he had a recurring role as Lou Solverson in the FX series Fargo, followed by a recurring role as President Conrad Dalton on Madam Secretary. He was promoted to series regular starting with the show's second season.

In July 2016, Carradine hosted a month-long series of Western films on Turner Classic Movies. He appeared in dozens of wraparounds on the channel, discussing such films as Stagecoach, featuring his father, and McCabe and Mrs. Miller, in which he himself appears in a small role.[18]

Video games

In 2012, Carradine lent his voice to the video game Hitman: Absolution, voicing the primary antagonist Blake Dexter.

Personal life

Carradine met actress Shelley Plimpton in the Broadway musical Hair. She was married to actor Steve Curry, although they were separated; she and Carradine became romantically involved. After Carradine left the show and was in California he learned that Shelley was pregnant and had reunited with Curry. He met his daughter, Martha Plimpton, when she was four years old, after Shelley and Steve Curry had divorced. He said of Shelley, "She did a hell of a job raising Martha. I was not there. I was a very young man, absolutely terrified. She just took that in, and then she welcomed me into Martha's life when I was ready."[4]

Carradine married Sandra Will on February 6, 1982. They were separated in 1993,[19] before Will filed for divorce in 1999.[20] The couple had two children: Cade Richmond Carradine (born July 19, 1982) and Sorel Johannah Carradine (born June 18, 1985).[7] In 2006, Will pleaded guilty to two counts of perjury for lying to a grand jury about her involvement in the Anthony Pellicano wire tap scandal. She hired and then became romantically involved with Pellicano after her divorce from Carradine. According to FBI documents, Pellicano tapped Carradine's telephone and recorded calls between he and girlfriend Hayley Leslie DuMond at Will's request, along with DuMond's parents.[4] Carradine filed a civil lawsuit against Will and Pellicano which was settled in 2013 before it went to trial.[21]

On November 18, 2006, Carradine married actress Hayley DuMond, in Turin, Italy.[22] They met in 1997 when they co-starred in the Burt Reynolds film The Hunter's Moon.[23]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller Cowboy
1971 A Gunfight Young Gunfighter
1973 Emperor of the North Pole Cigaret
1973 Idaho Transfer Arthur
1973 Hex Archibald "Whizzer" Overton
1974 Antoine and Sebastian John
1974 Thieves Like Us Bowie
1974 Run, Run, Joe! Joe
1975 Nashville Tom Frank Academy Award for Best Original Song
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
1975 You and Me Death Guy
1976 Lumière David
1976 Welcome to L.A. Carroll Barber
1977 The Duellists Armand D'Hubert
1978 Pretty Baby E.J. Bellocq
1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Our Guests At Heartland
1979 Old Boyfriends Wayne Van Til
1979 An Almost Perfect Affair Hal Raymond
1980 The Long Riders Jim Younger
1981 Southern Comfort Private First Class Spencer
1984 Choose Me Mickey
1984 Maria's Lovers Clarence Butts
1985 Trouble in Mind "Coop" Cooper
1986 The Inquiry Tito Valerio Tauro
1988 The Moderns Nick Hart
1988 Backfire Reed
1989 Street of No Return Michael
1989 Cold Feet Monte Latham
1990 Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? Clarence
1990 The Bachelor Dr. Emil Gräsler
1991 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Marvin Macy
1992 Rabbit Ears: Annie Oakley The Storyteller
1992 CrissCross John Cross
1994 Andre Harry Whitney
1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Will Rogers
1995 The Tie That Binds John Netherwood
1995 Wild Bill William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody
1996 2 Days in the Valley Detective Creighton
1997 A Thousand Acres Ty Smith
1998 Standoff Zeke Clayton
1999 The Hunter's Moon Turner
1999 Out of the Cold Dan Scott
2001 Cahoots Matt
2001 Wooly Boys Sheriff Hank Dawson
2002 Falcons Simon
2002 The Angel Doll Adult Jerry Barlow
2002 The Outsider Noah Weaver
2003 The Adventures of Ociee Nash Papa George Nash
2004 Hair High "Jo-Jo"
2004 Balto III: Wings of Change Duke
2005 Our Very Own Billy Whitfield
2005 The Californians Elton Tripp
2007 Elvis and Anabelle Jimmy
2007 The Death and Life of Bobby Z Johnson
2007 All Hat Pete Culpepper
2008 Lake City Royce
2009 Winter of Frozen Dreams Detective Lulling
2010 Peacock Mayor Ray Crill
2011 The Family Tree Reverend Diggs
2011 Cowboys & Aliens Sheriff Taggart
2013 Ain't Them Bodies Saints Skerritt
2014 Cowgirls 'n Angels: Dakota's Summer Austin Rose
2014 Terroir Jonathan Bragg
2016 A Quiet Passion Edward Dickinson
2017 Ray Meets Helen Ray
2018 The Old Man & the Gun Captain Calder
2021 The Power of the Dog Governor Edward
2022 A Nashville Country Christmas Keaton Walker

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1971 Bonanza Ern Episode: "Bushwacked"
1972 Love, American Style George Pomerantz Episode: "Love and the Anniversary"
1972 Man on a String Danny Brown Television movie
1972–1973 Kung Fu Middle Caine 2 episodes
1980 A Rumor of War Lieutenant Murphy "Murph" McCoy Television movie
1983 Chiefs Foxy Funderburke 3 episodes
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1984 The Fall Guy Cook Episode: "October the 31st"
1984 Scorned and Swindled John Boslett Television movie
1985 Blackout Allen Devlin Television movie
1986 Half a Lifetime J.J. Television movie
Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special
1986 A Winner Never Quits Pete "Wyshner" Gray Television movie
1987 Murder Ordained Trooper John Rule Television movie
1987 Eye on the Sparrow James Lee Television movie
1988 Stones for Ibarra Richard Everton Television movie
1988 My Father, My Son Lieutenant Elmo Zumwalt III Television movie
1989 The Revenge of Al Capone Michael Rourke Television movie
1989 Hallmark Hall of Fame Richard Everton Episode: "Stones for Ibarra"
1989 Confessional Liam Devlin 4 episodes
1989 The Forgotten Captain Tom Watkins Television movie
1990 Judgment Pete Guitry Television movie
1991 Payoff Peter "Mac" McAllister Television movie
1992 Lincoln William Herndon (voice) Television movie
1994 In the Best of Families: Marriage,
Pride & Madness
Tom Leary Television movie
1994 Is There Life Out There? Brad Television movie
1995 Trial by Fire Owen Turner Television movie
1996 Special Report: Journey to Mars Captain Eugene T. Slader Television movie
1996 Dead Man's Walk "Bigfoot" Wallace 3 episodes
1997 Perversions of Science Arthur Bristol Episode: "Dream of Doom"
1997 Keeping the Promise William "Will" Hallowell Television movie
1997 Last Stand at Saber River Vern Kidston Television movie
1997–1998 Fast Track Dr. Richard Beckett 23 episodes
1998 American Buffalo: Spirit of a Nation The Narrator Television documentary
1999 Outreach Dr. Vincent Shaw Television movie
1999 Hard Time: Hostage Hotel Corporal Arlin Flynn Television movie
1999 Night Ride Home Neal Mahler Television movie
1999 Sirens Officer Dan Wexler Television movie
1999 A Song from the Heart Oliver Comstock Television movie
2000 Metropolis Quincy Television movie
2000 Enslavement Pierce Butler Television movie
2000 Baby John Malone Television movie
2001 The Diamond of Jeru John Lacklan Television movie
2002 American Experience The Narrator Episode: "Public Enemy Number 1"
2002 Frasier Carl (voice) Episode: "Frasier Has Spokane"
2002 Arliss Lamar Scott Episode: "What You See Is What You Get"
2002 Street Time Frank Dugan 3 episodes
2003 Star Trek: Enterprise Captain A.G. Robinson Episode: "First Flight"
2003 Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Jonah Jameson (voice) 5 episodes
2003 Monte Walsh Chester "Chet" Rollins Television movie
2003 Coyote Waits John McGinnis Television movie
2003–2004 Wild West Tech The Host 13 episodes
2004 Deadwood Wild Bill Hickok 5 episodes
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2004–2005 Complete Savages Nick Savage 19 episodes
2005 Into the West Captain Richard H. Pratt Episode: "Casualties of War"
2006 Where There's a Will Sheriff Clifford Laws Television movie
2007 American Masters The Narrator Episode: "Novel Reflections: The American Dream"
2007 Criminal Minds Frank Breitkopf 2 episodes
2007–2009 Dexter FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy 15 episodes
2008 Numbers Carl McGowan 3 episodes
2008 Crash Owen 2 episodes
2009 Law & Order Martin Garvik Episode: "Take-Out"
2009 Dollhouse Matthew Harding 3 episodes
2009 Damages Julian Decker 5 episodes
2010–2019 The Big Bang Theory Wyatt 5 episodes
2012 Missing Martin 7 episodes
2014 The Following Barry Episode: "Resurrection"
2014 Raising Hope Colt Palomino Episode: "Anniversary Ball"
2014 NCIS Mannheim Gold Episode: "Rock and a Hard Place"
2014–2015 Fargo Lou Solverson 9 episodes
2014–2019 Madam Secretary President Conrad Dalton 93 episodes
2015 Mike Tyson Mysteries Jason B. (voice) Episode: "Jason B. Sucks"
2021–2022 Fear the Walking Dead John Dorie Sr. 8 episodes
2021 Rugrats (2021 TV series) Bob Brine Episode: “The Pickle Barrel”

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Hitman: Absolution Blake Dexter Voice

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
1975 Academy Award Best Original Song "I'm Easy" (from Nashville) Won
Golden Globe Award Best Original Song Won
1976 Grammy Award Best Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Nashville Nominated
1983 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Chiefs Nominated
1986 CableACE Award Best Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special Half a Lifetime Nominated
1991 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical The Will Rogers Follies Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Nominated
1998 Golden Boot Award (along with brothers David and Robert) Honoree
2004 Satellite Award Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Deadwood Nominated
2013 Tony Award Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Hands on a Hardbody Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Nominated
2018 San Diego International Film Festival Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence[24] Honoree

See also

References

  1. ^ "Overview for Keith Carradine". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Keith Carradine Biography (1949–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "The National cyclopaedia of American biography". Google Books. 1971. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d Wadler, Joyce (July 23, 2006). "Keith Carradine's Long Road to 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels". The New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  5. ^ Diehl, Digby (November 4, 1984). "Getting Personal With Keith Carradine". Boca Raton News. The Ledger. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e Champlin, Charles (March 22, 1988). "Carradine Paints His Way Into 'The Moderns' ' Corner". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c Rader, Dotson (September 29, 1991). "I didn't want to fail". Parade Magazine. Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  8. ^ Thomas, Bob (November 9, 1986). "John Carradine says, "I'll never quit!"". The Times-News. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  9. ^ a b Takano, Hikari. "David Carradine Interview". Hikaritakano.co. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  10. ^ Cirelli-Heurich, Julie (April 9, 2009). "Keith Carradine back on stage as a man of the theater". New Jersey On-Line. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  11. ^ [1] October 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Harris, Art (April 30, 1978). "Nashville Role Haunts Carradine". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  13. ^ "I CAN'T GET JIMMY CARTER TO SEE MY MOVIE!" Aldrich, Robert. Film Comment; New York Vol. 13, Iss. 2, (Mar/Apr 1977): 46–52.
  14. ^ "Lesley Ann Warren, Keith Carradine Starring in 'Ray Meets Helen'". Variety. January 26, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  15. ^ "RPM Top 50 AC - April 15, 1978" (PDF).
  16. ^ Zink, Jack (January 3, 1993). "Keith Carradine's Follies". sun-sentinel.com. Sun Sentinel. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  17. ^ Awards for Chiefs at IMDb
  18. ^ Cristi, Andrew (July 5, 2016). "HOW THE WESTERN GENRE WAS WON; Legendary Actor KEITH CARRADINE Hosts SHANE PLUS A HUNDRED MORE GREAT WESTERNS On TCM!". HuffPost. Retrieved February 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ Verrier, Richard (March 25, 2006). "Keith Carradine Sues Pellicano". The New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  20. ^ Patterson, Troy; Takahashi, Corey (December 3, 1999). "Michael Jackson Sued by Concert Investors". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  21. ^ "Keith Carradine Settles Anthony Pellicano Lawsuit". Hollywood Reporter. October 28, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  22. ^ Caroli, Clara (November 18, 2006). "Star Usa, nozze italiane come "must" – A Torino si sposa Keith Carradine" [Star USA, Italian wedding as a "must" – In Turin married Keith Carradine] (in Italian). la Repubblica. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  23. ^ Peiffer, Kim; Nudd, Tim (November 21, 2006). "Deadwood's' Keith Carradine Gets Married". People. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  24. ^ "Night Of The Stars Tribute | San Diego International Film Festival". San Diego International Film Festival. April 19, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.

Further reading

  • Pilato, Herbie J. The Kung Fu Book of Caine: The Complete Guide to TV's First Mystical Eastern Western. Boston: Charles A. Tuttle, 1993. ISBN 0-8048-1826-6

External links

  • Keith Carradine at IMDb
  • Keith Carradine at the Internet Broadway Database  
  • Keith Carradine at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
  • Keith Carradine at AllMovie
  • Keith Carradine discography at Discogs
  • BroadwayWorld.com interview with Keith Carradine, October 16, 2008
  • Keith Carradine Discusses 'The Duellists' at Virginia Film Festival, November 3, 2012
  • SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations with Keith Carradine, May 17, 2013


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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Keith Carradine news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Keith Ian Carradine ˈ k aer e d iː n KARR e deen born August 8 1949 is an American actor who has had success on stage film and television He is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman s film Nashville Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series Deadwood FBI agent Frank Lundy in Dexter Lou Solverson in the first season of Fargo and US president Conrad Dalton in Madam Secretary As a member of the Carradine family he is part of an acting dynasty that began with his father John Carradine Keith CarradineCarradine in 2006BornKeith Ian Carradine 1949 08 08 August 8 1949 age 73 San Mateo California U S OccupationActorYears active1971 presentSpousesSandra Will m 1982 div 1999 wbr 1 Hayley DuMond m 2006 wbr Children4 including Martha Plimpton and Sorel CarradineParentsJohn CarradineSonia SorelRelativesRobert Carradine brother David Carradine half brother Michael Bowen half brother Max Henius great grandfather Johan Ludvig Heiberg great granduncle FamilyCarradine Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Stage 2 2 Film 2 3 Music and songwriting 2 4 Television 2 5 Video games 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4 1 Film 4 2 Television 4 3 Video games 5 Awards and nominations 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksEarly life EditCarradine was born in San Mateo California He is the son of actress and artist Sonia Sorel nee Henius and actor John Carradine 2 His full brothers are Christopher and Robert Carradine both of whom are actors His paternal half brothers are Bruce and David Carradine His maternal half brother is Michael Bowen His maternal great grandfather was biochemist Max Henius and his maternal great grandmother was the sister of historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg 3 Carradine s childhood was troubled he has said that his father drank and his mother was a manic depressive paranoid schizophrenic catatonic she had it all 4 His parents were divorced in 1957 when he was eight years old A bitter custody battle led to his father gaining custody of he and his brothers Christopher and Robert after the children had spent three months in a home for abused children as wards of the court Keith said of the experience It was like being in jail There were bars on the windows and we were only allowed to see our parents through glass doors It was very sad We would stand there on either side of the glass door crying 5 He was raised in San Mateo primarily by his maternal grandmother 6 and he rarely saw either of his parents 7 His mother was not permitted to see him for eight years following the custody settlement 4 Carradine attended the Ojai Valley School where he was active in the school s theater department performing in productions of Aria da Capo and The Madwoman of Chaillot 6 After high school Carradine entertained the thought of becoming a forest ranger and enrolled at Colorado State University in Fort Collins 6 I had this idyllic fantasy of sitting somewhere communing with nature and chatting with the bears he recalled but I didn t want to have to learn anything 6 He changed his major to drama after enrolling but dropped out after one semester and returned to California 6 moving in with his older half brother David who encouraged him to pursue an acting career paid for his acting and vocal lessons and helped him get an agent 7 Career EditStage Edit As a youth Carradine had opportunities to appear on stage with his father in the latter s productions of Shakespeare 8 Thus he had some background in theater when he was cast in the original Broadway run of Hair 1969 which launched his acting career In that production he started out in the chorus and worked his way up to the lead roles 9 playing Woof and Claude He said of his involvement in Hair I really didn t plan to audition I just went along with my brother David and his girlfriend at the time Barbara Hershey and two of their friends I was simply going to play the piano for them while they sang but I m the one the staff wound up getting interested in 10 His stage career is further distinguished by his Tony nominated performance for Best Actor Musical as the title character in the Tony Award winning musical The Will Rogers Follies in 1991 for which he also received a Drama Desk Award nomination He won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Foxfire with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy and appeared as Lawrence in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Imperial Theater In 2008 he appeared as Dr Farquhar Off Broadway in Mindgame a thriller by Antony Horowitz directed by Ken Russell who made his New York directorial debut with the production 11 In March and April 2013 he starred in the Broadway production of Hands on a Hardbody He was nominated for the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for his work Film Edit Carradine and Shelley Duvall in Nashville 1975 Carradine s first notable film appearance was in director Robert Altman s McCabe amp Mrs Miller 1971 His next film Emperor of the North Pole 1973 was re released with a shorter title Emperor of the North Carradine played a young aspiring hobo The film was directed by Robert Aldrich and also starred Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine Carradine then starred in Altman s film Thieves Like Us 1974 then played a principal character a callow womanizing folk singer Tom Frank in Altman s critically acclaimed film Nashville 1975 see Music and songwriting He had difficulty shaking the image of Tom Frank following the popularity of the film He felt the role gave him the reputation of being a cad 12 In 1977 Aldrich said I think that Keith Carradine if he s careful I don t think he is careful and if he s prudent about the selection of his parts can be a great big movie star I think that whoever s advising him is making some terrible selections about material Because I think the guy is gifted he s talented he s attractive 13 In 1977 Carradine starred opposite Harvey Keitel in Ridley Scott s The Duellists Pretty Baby followed in 1978 He has acted in several offbeat films of Altman s protege Alan Rudolph playing a disarmingly candid madman in Choose Me 1984 an incompetent petty criminal in Trouble in Mind 1985 and an American artist in 1930s Paris in The Moderns 1988 He appeared with brothers David and Robert as the Younger brothers in Walter Hill s film The Long Riders 1980 Keith played Jim Younger in that film In 1981 he appeared again under Hill s direction in Southern Comfort In 1994 he had a cameo role as Will Rogers in Rudolph s film about Dorothy Parker Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle He co starred with Daryl Hannah as homicidal sociopath John Netherwood in the thriller The Tie That Binds 1995 In 2011 he starred in Cowboys and Aliens an American science fiction western film directed by Jon Favreau also starring Daniel Craig Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde Carradine traveled to Tuscany in 2012 to executive produce and star in John Jopson s Edgar Allan Poe inspired film Terroir In 2013 he starred in Ain t Them Bodies Saints which won the 2013 Sundance Film Festival award for cinematography In 2016 Keith played Edward Dickinson father of Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion a biographical film directed and written by Terence Davies about the life of the American poet In 2016 Carradine returned to star in his fourth Alan Rudolph film Ray Meets Helen which was the final screen appearance of Sondra Locke 14 Music and songwriting Edit His brother David said in an interview that Keith could play any instrument he wanted including bagpipes and the French horn 9 Like David Keith integrated his musical talents with his acting performances In 1975 he performed a song he had written I m Easy in the movie Nashville It was a popular hit and Carradine won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Original Song for the tune This led to a brief singing career he signed a contract with Asylum Records and released two albums I m Easy 1976 and Lost amp Found 1978 His song Mr Blue was number 44 in the Canadian AC charts in April 1978 15 In 1984 he appeared in the music video for Madonna s single Material Girl In the early 1990s he played the lead role in the Tony Award winning musical The Will Rogers Follies 16 Television Edit In 1972 Carradine appeared briefly in the first season of the hit television series Kung Fu which starred his brother David Keith played a younger version of David s character Kwai Chang Caine In 1987 he starred in the highly rated CBS miniseries Murder Ordained with JoBeth Williams and Kathy Bates Other TV appearances include My Father My Son 1988 a television film In 1983 he appeared as Foxy Funderburke a murderous pedophile in the television miniseries Chiefs based on the Stuart Woods novel of the same name His performance in Chiefs earned him a nomination for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special category 17 Carradine also starred in the ABC sitcom Complete Savages and he played Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series Deadwood Carradine hosted the documentary Wild West Tech series on the History Channel in the 2003 2004 season before handing the job over to his brother David In the 2005 miniseries Into the West produced by Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Carradine played Richard Henry Pratt During the second and fourth seasons of the Showtime series Dexter he appeared numerous times as FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy Carradine is credited with guest starring twice on the suspense drama Criminal Minds as the psychopathic serial killer Frank Breitkopf Other shows he appeared in include The Big Bang Theory as Penny s father Wyatt Star Trek Enterprise First Flight episode and the Starz series Crash Carradine also made a guest appearance on NCIS in 2014 Also in 2014 he had a recurring role as Lou Solverson in the FX series Fargo followed by a recurring role as President Conrad Dalton on Madam Secretary He was promoted to series regular starting with the show s second season In July 2016 Carradine hosted a month long series of Western films on Turner Classic Movies He appeared in dozens of wraparounds on the channel discussing such films as Stagecoach featuring his father and McCabe and Mrs Miller in which he himself appears in a small role 18 Video games Edit In 2012 Carradine lent his voice to the video game Hitman Absolution voicing the primary antagonist Blake Dexter Personal life EditCarradine met actress Shelley Plimpton in the Broadway musical Hair She was married to actor Steve Curry although they were separated she and Carradine became romantically involved After Carradine left the show and was in California he learned that Shelley was pregnant and had reunited with Curry He met his daughter Martha Plimpton when she was four years old after Shelley and Steve Curry had divorced He said of Shelley She did a hell of a job raising Martha I was not there I was a very young man absolutely terrified She just took that in and then she welcomed me into Martha s life when I was ready 4 Carradine married Sandra Will on February 6 1982 They were separated in 1993 19 before Will filed for divorce in 1999 20 The couple had two children Cade Richmond Carradine born July 19 1982 and Sorel Johannah Carradine born June 18 1985 7 In 2006 Will pleaded guilty to two counts of perjury for lying to a grand jury about her involvement in the Anthony Pellicano wire tap scandal She hired and then became romantically involved with Pellicano after her divorce from Carradine According to FBI documents Pellicano tapped Carradine s telephone and recorded calls between he and girlfriend Hayley Leslie DuMond at Will s request along with DuMond s parents 4 Carradine filed a civil lawsuit against Will and Pellicano which was settled in 2013 before it went to trial 21 On November 18 2006 Carradine married actress Hayley DuMond in Turin Italy 22 They met in 1997 when they co starred in the Burt Reynolds film The Hunter s Moon 23 Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes1971 McCabe amp Mrs Miller Cowboy1971 A Gunfight Young Gunfighter1973 Emperor of the North Pole Cigaret1973 Idaho Transfer Arthur1973 Hex Archibald Whizzer Overton1974 Antoine and Sebastian John1974 Thieves Like Us Bowie1974 Run Run Joe Joe1975 Nashville Tom Frank Academy Award for Best Original SongGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song1975 You and Me Death Guy1976 Lumiere David1976 Welcome to L A Carroll Barber1977 The Duellists Armand D Hubert1978 Pretty Baby E J Bellocq1978 Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Our Guests At Heartland1979 Old Boyfriends Wayne Van Til1979 An Almost Perfect Affair Hal Raymond1980 The Long Riders Jim Younger1981 Southern Comfort Private First Class Spencer1984 Choose Me Mickey1984 Maria s Lovers Clarence Butts1985 Trouble in Mind Coop Cooper1986 The Inquiry Tito Valerio Tauro1988 The Moderns Nick Hart1988 Backfire Reed1989 Street of No Return Michael1989 Cold Feet Monte Latham1990 Daddy s Dyin Who s Got the Will Clarence1990 The Bachelor Dr Emil Grasler1991 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Marvin Macy1992 Rabbit Ears Annie Oakley The Storyteller1992 CrissCross John Cross1994 Andre Harry Whitney1994 Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle Will Rogers1995 The Tie That Binds John Netherwood1995 Wild Bill William Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody1996 2 Days in the Valley Detective Creighton1997 A Thousand Acres Ty Smith1998 Standoff Zeke Clayton1999 The Hunter s Moon Turner1999 Out of the Cold Dan Scott2001 Cahoots Matt2001 Wooly Boys Sheriff Hank Dawson2002 Falcons Simon2002 The Angel Doll Adult Jerry Barlow2002 The Outsider Noah Weaver2003 The Adventures of Ociee Nash Papa George Nash2004 Hair High Jo Jo 2004 Balto III Wings of Change Duke2005 Our Very Own Billy Whitfield2005 The Californians Elton Tripp2007 Elvis and Anabelle Jimmy2007 The Death and Life of Bobby Z Johnson2007 All Hat Pete Culpepper2008 Lake City Royce2009 Winter of Frozen Dreams Detective Lulling2010 Peacock Mayor Ray Crill2011 The Family Tree Reverend Diggs2011 Cowboys amp Aliens Sheriff Taggart2013 Ain t Them Bodies Saints Skerritt2014 Cowgirls n Angels Dakota s Summer Austin Rose2014 Terroir Jonathan Bragg2016 A Quiet Passion Edward Dickinson2017 Ray Meets Helen Ray2018 The Old Man amp the Gun Captain Calder2021 The Power of the Dog Governor Edward2022 A Nashville Country Christmas Keaton WalkerTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes1971 Bonanza Ern Episode Bushwacked 1972 Love American Style George Pomerantz Episode Love and the Anniversary 1972 Man on a String Danny Brown Television movie1972 1973 Kung Fu Middle Caine 2 episodes1980 A Rumor of War Lieutenant Murphy Murph McCoy Television movie1983 Chiefs Foxy Funderburke 3 episodesNominated Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie1984 The Fall Guy Cook Episode October the 31st 1984 Scorned and Swindled John Boslett Television movie1985 Blackout Allen Devlin Television movie1986 Half a Lifetime J J Television movieNominated CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special1986 A Winner Never Quits Pete Wyshner Gray Television movie1987 Murder Ordained Trooper John Rule Television movie1987 Eye on the Sparrow James Lee Television movie1988 Stones for Ibarra Richard Everton Television movie1988 My Father My Son Lieutenant Elmo Zumwalt III Television movie1989 The Revenge of Al Capone Michael Rourke Television movie1989 Hallmark Hall of Fame Richard Everton Episode Stones for Ibarra 1989 Confessional Liam Devlin 4 episodes1989 The Forgotten Captain Tom Watkins Television movie1990 Judgment Pete Guitry Television movie1991 Payoff Peter Mac McAllister Television movie1992 Lincoln William Herndon voice Television movie1994 In the Best of Families Marriage Pride amp Madness Tom Leary Television movie1994 Is There Life Out There Brad Television movie1995 Trial by Fire Owen Turner Television movie1996 Special Report Journey to Mars Captain Eugene T Slader Television movie1996 Dead Man s Walk Bigfoot Wallace 3 episodes1997 Perversions of Science Arthur Bristol Episode Dream of Doom 1997 Keeping the Promise William Will Hallowell Television movie1997 Last Stand at Saber River Vern Kidston Television movie1997 1998 Fast Track Dr Richard Beckett 23 episodes1998 American Buffalo Spirit of a Nation The Narrator Television documentary1999 Outreach Dr Vincent Shaw Television movie1999 Hard Time Hostage Hotel Corporal Arlin Flynn Television movie1999 Night Ride Home Neal Mahler Television movie1999 Sirens Officer Dan Wexler Television movie1999 A Song from the Heart Oliver Comstock Television movie2000 Metropolis Quincy Television movie2000 Enslavement Pierce Butler Television movie2000 Baby John Malone Television movie2001 The Diamond of Jeru John Lacklan Television movie2002 American Experience The Narrator Episode Public Enemy Number 1 2002 Frasier Carl voice Episode Frasier Has Spokane 2002 Arliss Lamar Scott Episode What You See Is What You Get 2002 Street Time Frank Dugan 3 episodes2003 Star Trek Enterprise Captain A G Robinson Episode First Flight 2003 Spider Man The New Animated Series Jonah Jameson voice 5 episodes2003 Monte Walsh Chester Chet Rollins Television movie2003 Coyote Waits John McGinnis Television movie2003 2004 Wild West Tech The Host 13 episodes2004 Deadwood Wild Bill Hickok 5 episodesNominated Satellite Award for Best Actor Miniseries or Television Film2004 2005 Complete Savages Nick Savage 19 episodes2005 Into the West Captain Richard H Pratt Episode Casualties of War 2006 Where There s a Will Sheriff Clifford Laws Television movie2007 American Masters The Narrator Episode Novel Reflections The American Dream 2007 Criminal Minds Frank Breitkopf 2 episodes2007 2009 Dexter FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy 15 episodes2008 Numbers Carl McGowan 3 episodes2008 Crash Owen 2 episodes2009 Law amp Order Martin Garvik Episode Take Out 2009 Dollhouse Matthew Harding 3 episodes2009 Damages Julian Decker 5 episodes2010 2019 The Big Bang Theory Wyatt 5 episodes2012 Missing Martin 7 episodes2014 The Following Barry Episode Resurrection 2014 Raising Hope Colt Palomino Episode Anniversary Ball 2014 NCIS Mannheim Gold Episode Rock and a Hard Place 2014 2015 Fargo Lou Solverson 9 episodes2014 2019 Madam Secretary President Conrad Dalton 93 episodes2015 Mike Tyson Mysteries Jason B voice Episode Jason B Sucks 2021 2022 Fear the Walking Dead John Dorie Sr 8 episodes2021 Rugrats 2021 TV series Bob Brine Episode The Pickle Barrel Video games Edit Year Title Role Notes2012 Hitman Absolution Blake Dexter VoiceAwards and nominations EditYear Award Category Work Result1975 Academy Award Best Original Song I m Easy from Nashville WonGolden Globe Award Best Original Song Won1976 Grammy Award Best Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Nashville Nominated1983 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Chiefs Nominated1986 CableACE Award Best Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special Half a Lifetime Nominated1991 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical The Will Rogers Follies NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Nominated1998 Golden Boot Award along with brothers David and Robert Honoree2004 Satellite Award Best Actor Miniseries or Television Film Deadwood Nominated2013 Tony Award Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Hands on a Hardbody NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Nominated2018 San Diego International Film Festival Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence 24 HonoreeSee also EditCarradine family List of 1970s one hit wonders in the United StatesReferences Edit Overview for Keith Carradine Turner Classic Movies Retrieved November 2 2018 Keith Carradine Biography 1949 Filmreference com Retrieved July 4 2014 The National cyclopaedia of American biography Google Books 1971 Retrieved September 24 2013 a b c d Wadler Joyce July 23 2006 Keith Carradine s Long Road to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The New York Times Retrieved September 24 2013 Diehl Digby November 4 1984 Getting Personal With Keith Carradine Boca Raton News The Ledger Retrieved September 24 2013 a b c d e Champlin Charles March 22 1988 Carradine Paints His Way Into The Moderns Corner Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on May 27 2020 a b c Rader Dotson September 29 1991 I didn t want to fail Parade Magazine Spartanburg Herald Journal Retrieved September 24 2013 Thomas Bob November 9 1986 John Carradine says I ll never quit The Times News Retrieved September 24 2013 a b Takano Hikari David Carradine Interview Hikaritakano co Retrieved September 24 2013 Cirelli Heurich Julie April 9 2009 Keith Carradine back on stage as a man of the theater New Jersey On Line Retrieved September 24 2013 1 Archived October 13 2008 at the Wayback Machine Harris Art April 30 1978 Nashville Role Haunts Carradine The Milwaukee Journal Retrieved September 24 2013 I CAN T GET JIMMY CARTER TO SEE MY MOVIE Aldrich Robert Film Comment New York Vol 13 Iss 2 Mar Apr 1977 46 52 Lesley Ann Warren Keith Carradine Starring in Ray Meets Helen Variety January 26 2016 Retrieved June 19 2017 RPM Top 50 AC April 15 1978 PDF Zink Jack January 3 1993 Keith Carradine s Follies sun sentinel com Sun Sentinel Retrieved March 20 2019 Awards for Chiefs at IMDb Cristi Andrew July 5 2016 HOW THE WESTERN GENRE WAS WON Legendary Actor KEITH CARRADINE Hosts SHANE PLUS A HUNDRED MORE GREAT WESTERNS On TCM HuffPost Retrieved February 9 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Verrier Richard March 25 2006 Keith Carradine Sues Pellicano The New York Times Retrieved September 24 2013 Patterson Troy Takahashi Corey December 3 1999 Michael Jackson Sued by Concert Investors Entertainment Weekly Retrieved September 24 2013 Keith Carradine Settles Anthony Pellicano Lawsuit Hollywood Reporter October 28 2013 Retrieved July 4 2014 Caroli Clara November 18 2006 Star Usa nozze italiane come must A Torino si sposa Keith Carradine Star USA Italian wedding as a must In Turin married Keith Carradine in Italian la Repubblica Retrieved December 4 2010 Peiffer Kim Nudd Tim November 21 2006 Deadwood s Keith Carradine Gets Married People Retrieved September 24 2013 Night Of The Stars Tribute San Diego International Film Festival San Diego International Film Festival April 19 2018 Retrieved October 10 2018 Further reading EditPilato Herbie J The Kung Fu Book of Caine The Complete Guide to TV s First Mystical Eastern Western Boston Charles A Tuttle 1993 ISBN 0 8048 1826 6External links EditKeith Carradine at IMDb Keith Carradine at the Internet Broadway Database Keith Carradine at the Internet Off Broadway Database Keith Carradine at AllMovie Keith Carradine discography at Discogs Official site Mindgame BroadwayWorld com interview with Keith Carradine October 16 2008 Keith Carradine Discusses The Duellists at Virginia Film Festival November 3 2012 SAG AFTRA Foundation Conversations with Keith Carradine May 17 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Keith Carradine amp oldid 1133301233, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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