Last month was a particularly hard one for television lovers. We lost a lot of very talented people during June. Like many of the shows they worked on, there are a lot of talented people that won’t be back in the Fall.
David Carradine, 72, was found dead in his hotel room in Central Thailand. He was there shooting a movie and his June 3rd death is still under investigation. Carradine was born in Hollywood, the son of actor John Carradine, and is related to several other performers that share his last name. His early roles include those on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Virginian, and Wagon Train. In the 1970s, he starred in the series Kung Fu as “Grasshopper” Kwai Chang Caine and it would become his most-successful television role. He was nominated for both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the show. Carradine returned to the role in a TV movie in 1986, with Brandon Lee playing his son. Then, in the 1990s, he came back to series television in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and played the grandson of his original character. He appeared in many movies over the years (most notably the Kill Bill movies) and guested on shows like Charmed, Medium, Alias, and Jackie Chan Adventures.
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All in the Family,
Ally McBeal,
Andy Barker P.I.,
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Bionic Woman (2007),
Campus Ladies,
Candid Camera,
Charlie's Angels,
Charmed,
Chasing Farrah,
Dallas,
Dawson's Creek,
Eight is Enough,
ER,
Everybody Hates Chris,
General Hospital,
Green Acres,
Gunsmoke,
I Dream of Jeannie,
I Love Lucy,
Jackie Chan Adventures,
Jackson 5ive,
Just for Kicks,
Kung Fu,
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues,
Little House on the Prairie,
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,
Love of Life,
Medium,
Murder,
My Little Margie,
Newhart,
Passions,
Pitchmen,
Raising the Roofs,
Reunion,
She Wrote,
Smallville,
Spin City,
Star Search,
Star Trek: The Next Generation,
The 4400,
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,
The Edge of Night,
The Electric Company,
The FBI,
The Gale Storm Show,
The Guardian,
The Love Boat,
The Mary Tyler Moore Show,
The Pretender,
The Simpsons,
The Six Million Dollar Man,
The Streets of San Francisco,
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,
The Virginian,
The Waltons,
The X-Files,
The Young and the Restless,
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