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American family of actors

The Carradine family is an American family of several notable actors. The family patriarch was the minister Beverly Carradine and his grandson, the actor John Carradine, who had five sons, four of whom became actors.

List of members

The family includes:

Beverly Carradine (1848–1931), married twice:

(i) Laura Green Reid (1851–1882), mother of:

• Ernest Carradine (died 1880)
• William Reed Carradine (1872–1909), a correspondent for the Associated Press, and the father of actor John Carradine (see below)
• Maude Virginia Carradine (born 1874)
• Guy Carradine (1879–1885)
• Lula Carradine (1880–1946)

(ii) Modesta A.

M. Burke (1861–1924), mother of:

• Burke Carradine (1887–1932)
• Victoria Carradine (born 1889)
• Glendy Carradine (born 1890)
• Josephine (born 1891)

John Carradine (1906–1988), married four times including:

(i) Ardanelle McCool (marriage 1935–44)

• Bruce John Carradine (born April 10, 1933),^[1]