What lies beneath the surface might be something more nefarious than the mere suggestion of evil cloaked in black humor that surrounds the Carta family and Carradine’s spooky wisecracks. When Tom Poston and Elizabeth Montgomery stumble onto the creepy dilapidated house to get out of a rain storm, Carta greets them with dark glee, trading menacing cracks with Montgomery. In Masquerade airing in 1961 Carradine plays Jed Carta, leader of a depraved family of murderers and cannibals who entraps wayward travelers, stealing their money and butchering them like hogs. Hawk’ and ‘Masquerade’ he was both sardonic and sinister. Hawk’ 1962.Ībove are two images: from the episode ‘Masquerade.’įor the series, Carradine appeared in two of the most comic and compelling episodes. Hawk’ starring Jo Van Fleet and directed by John Brahm, and ‘Masquerade’ starring Elizabeth Montgomery and Tom Poston directed by Herschel Daugherty and blessed with a whimsically macabre score by Mort Stevens.Ĭarradine as Jason Longfellow with Hal Baylor in Thriller episode ‘The Remarkable Mrs. ![]() And we remained good friends until he retired and went back to England.”įor Thriller, Carradine was cast as Jason Longfellow and Jed Carta in ‘The Remarkable Mrs. And Boris played the brutalized Russian peasant and played it to the nines. But the ignorant peasantry took on him almost as a Christ figure and I did that for ten weeks and we moved over to the Vine Street Theater which is now the Huntington Hartford in Hollywood. And I did a Russian peasant half-wit and there was a character sort of a Christ-like character who was wanted by the authorities as he was, was a rebel. And we did a play together called Window Panes which he played a brutalized Russian peasant immigrant unlettered. We had a play down in Los Angeles, the old Egan Theater which was a 400-seat theater down on Figueroa street. And I first worked with him on the first thing he did in this country. And I think that was the best part of the horror genre that I did.” And I did two or three of those with him and for him. He had his own series that he introduced as a host and on a couple of them he worked also on as an actor. I think it’s probably something I did with Boris. What was your favorite horror film that you did? He took a role in NBCs Wagon Train in 1960 in an episode called ‘The Colter Craven Story’, directed by John Ford.Ĭonsidered his favorite experience working in the horror genre – was appearing in Boris Karloff’s superior horror/film noir anthology series Thriller 1961, which ran from 1960-1962. He wasn’t making it financially for all the film and television work. ![]() Lock Up 1960 – as James Carew in the episode ‘Poker Club.’ He made an appearance in The Rebel 1960 as Elmer Dodson in episodes ‘Johnny Yuma’ and ‘The Bequest.’ “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum” – Zero Mostel, right, is the lead performer in the Broadway musical “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum”, along with (left to right:) John Carradine and Jack Gifford.Ĭarradine also appeared in several television series. The show saw 964 performances in New York’s Alvin Theatre. He played Marcus Lycus the scheming whoremaster of a Roman house of ill repute. ![]() In 1962 he returned to Broadway in Harold Prince’s production A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6240 Hollywood Blvd. This was a more sedate role for Carradine. Ellington disregards their warning and unwittingly releases evil upon the earth. ![]() When David Ellington (H.M Wynant) seeks refuge at a remote monastery where Carradine is the solemn Brother Jerome in a heroic white beard, robes, and staff and the brotherhood stands guard over the devil (Robin Hughes) whom they trapped and locked away.
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