Keith Carradine

Keith Carradine (born August 8, 1949, in San Mateo, California) is an actor born into a family of actors. His father, John Carradine, appeared in dozens of horror films. His half-brother, David Carradine is best known for his role as Kwai Chang in the Kung Fu TV series, and more recently as the title character in Kill Bill. His brother, Robert Carradine, appeared in the Revenge of the Nerds series of films and has had other significant roles. His daughter, by actress Shelley Plimpton, conceived when her parents appeared together in the Broadway musical Hair, is Martha Plimpton.

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August 8 - 1949 - San Mateo, California - John Carradine - David Carradine - Kung Fu - Kill Bill - Robert Carradine - Hair - Martha Plimpton

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Carradine's first notable film appearance was in director Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller in 1971. He went on to play one of the principal characters in Altman' critically acclaimed 1975 movie Nashville and his song from that movie, "I'm Easy", was a popular music hit in 1976.

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Robert Altman - McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Nashville

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He has worked several times in the offbeat films of Altman's protégé 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 also had a cameo role as Will Rogers in Rudolph's 1994 film about Dorothy Parker, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.

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Cameo role - Will Rogers - Dorothy Parker

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Other works include Emperor of the North Pole (1973), Pretty Baby (1978), Chiefs, a television miniseries in 1983, and My Father My Son, a television movie in 1988,

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In 1984 he appeared in the video for Madonna's single Material Girl. During the shooting of the video Carradine and Madonna had a short affair.

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Madonna - Material Girl

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Most recently, Keith Carradine has enjoyed a starring role on the ABC sitcom Complete Savages, and played Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series Deadwood. He has also appeared as a host of the factual Wild West Tech show on the History Channel.

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ABC - Complete Savages - Wild Bill Hickok - Deadwood - The History Channel

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In the 2005 miniseries Into the West, produced by Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks, Carradine played Richard Henry Pratt.

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Into the West - Steven Spielberg - Dreamworks - Richard Henry Pratt

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He has two children by his ex-wife Sandra Will.

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