--- name: "Robert Carradine" canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-carradine" roles: ["Actor"] born: "24 March 1954" died: "23 February 2026" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 83 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-09-20T05:56:59.467850+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Robert Carradine Actor. Born 24 March 1954 in Hollywood, California, USA. Died 23 February 2026. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 24 March 1954, Hollywood, California, USA - **Died:** 23 February 2026 - **Active:** 1973–2012 - **Also known as:** Robert Reed Carradine - **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (2), 1990s 86 (2), 2010s 78 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 79 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $483m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Carradine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001019/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62036 ## Coming up - *The 3 Killer Pigs* (2026-10-23) ## Biography Robert Reed Carradine (also credited as Robert Carradine) was an American actor. Born on 24 March 1954 in Hollywood, California, he was the son of actor John Carradine and the younger brother of actors David Carradine and Keith Carradine. He died on 23 February 2026 aged 71. Carradine made his film debut in *The Cowboys* (1972). He appeared as Bill Munson in the Oscar-winning drama *Coming Home* (1978) and as Bob Younger alongside his brothers in *The Long Riders* (1980). He was best known for playing Lewis Skolnick in the *Revenge of the Nerds* comedy series, beginning in 1984, and Sam McGuire in the Disney Channel series *Lizzie McGuire* (2001–04) and its 2003 film spin-off. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Django Unchained* (2012), Fi1m 78, as Tracker — [page](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md) - *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, as John Koch — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md) - *The Player* (1992), Fi1m 85, as Robert Carradine — [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md) - *Coming Home* (1978), Fi1m 76, as Bill Munson — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-home.md) - *Mean Streets* (1973), Fi1m 87, as Boy With Gun — [page](https://film.one/film/mean-streets.md) ## Complete filmography (131) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The 3 Killer Pigs* (2026), Actor - *Desert Fiends 2* (2026), as Officer Don - *The Cowboy Killer* (2026), as Detective Flannery - *Night of the Living Dead* (2026), as Bill - *Skate to Hell* (2026), as Virgil - *A Very Merry Breakup* (2025), as Bill - *Was Once a Hero* (2025), as Doc Jennings - *The Night They Came Home* (2024), as Bart - *MEDINAH* (2023), series, Actor - *High Holiday* (2021), as Hunter Pearson - *Human Zoo* (2020), as Producer - *American Christmas* (2019), as Danny - *Nearly Departed* (2019), as Marv - *Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws* (2019), as Frank James - *Justice* (2017), as Stratton Collins - *A Fish Tale* (2017), as Anthony - *Doomsday Device* (2017), as Alexander Baird - *Mommy I Didn't Do It* (2017), as Judge Polk - *Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda* (2014), as Dr. Rico Symes - *Django Unchained* (2012), as Tracker — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md) - *Bikini Spring Break* (2012), as Gill - *Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt* (2012), as Arthur Gallery - *Slumber Party Slaughter* (2012), as Dave - *My Dog's Christmas Miracle* (2011), as Professor Jerry Meinhardt - *Cross* (2011), as Dr. Zyal - *Fancypants* (2011), as Allen - *Final Sale* (2011), as Bowman - *The Terror Experiment* (2010), as Dr. Wexler - *Deep Winter* (2009), as Coach Dando - *The 13th Alley* (2008), as Hal - *Tooth and Nail* (2007), as Darwin - *Jane Doe: Ties That Bind* (2007), as Everett / Gary / David - *7-10 Split* (2007), as Mr. Bailey - *Monster Night* (2006), as George Ackerman - *Hoboken Hollow* (2006), as Thad Simmons - *Supercross* (2005), as Clay Sparks - *Attack of the Sabretooth* (2005), as Grant - *The Big Red One: The Reconstruction* (2005), as Zab - *Robot Chicken* (2005), series, as Lewis skolnick/man - *Timecop: The Berlin Decision* (2003), as Big Jim - *The Lizzie McGuire Movie* (2003), as Sam McGuire - *Monte Walsh* (2003), as Sunfish Perkins - *The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller* (2002), as Pvt. Sam Zab (archive footage) - *Max Keeble's Big Move* (2001), as Don - *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as David Blake / Roger Withers - *Ghosts of Mars* (2001), as Rodale - *Lizzie McGuire* (2001), series, as Sam McGuire · Director - *Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire* (2000), as Malachi Van Helsing - *Dangerous Curves* (2000), as John Burnside - *The Kid with X-Ray Eyes* (1999), as Chuck - *Lycanthrope* (1999), as Bill Parker · Producer - *Gunfighter* (1999), as The Kid - *Palmer's Pick-Up* (1999), as Bruce Palmer - *Stray Bullet* (1999), as John Burnside - *The Vegas Connection* (1999), as Matt Chance - *Young Hearts Unlimited* (1998), as Eddie - *Breakout* (1998), as Zack Hadley - *The Effects of Magic* (1998), as Roody - *Scorpio One* (1998), as Carter - *Fast Track* (1997), series, Actor - *The Practice* (1997), series, as Dr. Fred Manheim - *Bird of Prey* (1996), as Eric Parker - *Dark Skies* (1996), series, Actor - *The Pretender* (1996), series, as Sheriff Dwight Kunkle - *Humanoids from the Deep* (1996), as Wade Parker - *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor - *Escape from L.A.* (1996), as Skinhead - *Firestorm* (1996), as Tarmac - *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, as Dr. Bruce Hartman - *The Killers Within* (1995), as Ben Wallace - *ER* (1994), series, as John Koch — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md) - *A Part of the Family* (1994), as Ted - *Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love* (1994), as Lewis Skolnick · Co-Producer - *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, as Gerard Salter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md) - *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as Joey Bermuda / The Handyman - *Body Bags* (1993), as Bill - *The Tommyknockers* (1993), series, as Bryant Brown - *Kung Fu: The Legend Continues* (1993), series, as Paulson (uncredited), Taige - *The Disappearance of Christina* (1993), as Michael Kroft - *Illusions* (1992), as Greg Sanderson - *Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation* (1992), as Lewis Skolnick · Co-Producer - *The Player* (1992), as Robert Carradine — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md) - *Doublecrossed* (1991), as Dave Booker - *Clarence* (1990), as Clarence Odbody - *Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture* (1990), as Police Sgt. Jerry Brown - *The Incident* (1990), as Domsczek - *Rude Awakening* (1989), as Sammy Margolin - *All's Fair* (1989), as Mark - *Buy & Cell* (1989), as Herbie Altman - *I Saw What You Did* (1988), as Adrian Lancer - *Totally Minnie* (1988), as Maxwell Dwebb - *Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise* (1987), as Lewis Skolnick - *Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8* (1987), as Rennie Davis - *Number One with a Bullet* (1987), as Det. Barzak - *The Liberators* (1987), as John Fairfield - *Monte Carlo* (1986), series, as Bobby Morgan - *As Is* (1986), as Rich - *Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp* (1986), as Aladdin - *The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1985), series, as Jerry - *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, as (segment "Still Life") - *The Sun Also Rises* (1984), series, as Robert Cohn - *Just the Way You Are* (1984), as Sam Carpenter - *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), as Lewis Skolnick - *The Hitchhiker* (1983), series, as Frank - *Wavelength* (1983), as Bobby Sinclair - *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, as Aladdin - *Tag: The Assassination Game* (1982), as Alex Marsh - *Heartaches* (1981), as Stanley Howard - *Americana* (1981), Second Assistant Camera - *The Big Red One* (1980), as Zab - *The Long Riders* (1980), as Bob Younger - *The Survival of Dana* (1979), as Donny Davis - *Blackout* (1978), as Christie - *Coming Home* (1978), as Bill Munson — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-home.md) - *Orca* (1977), as Ken - *Joyride* (1977), as John - *Massacre at Central High* (1976), as Spoony - *Cannonball* (1976), as Jim Crandell - *The Pom Pom Girls* (1976), as Johnnie - *Jackson County Jail* (1976), as Bobby Ray - *Timothy and the Angel* (1976), Actor - *You and Me* (1975), as Gas Station Attendant · Original Music Composer - *Aloha Bobby and Rose* (1975), as Moxey - *The Hatfields and the McCoys* (1975), as Bob Hatfield - *Run, Joe, Run* (1974), series, Actor - *The Cowboys* (1974), series, as Slim - *Mean Streets* (1973), as Boy With Gun — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/mean-streets.md) - *Go Ask Alice* (1973), as Bill - *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Sonny Jim - *Footsteps* (1972), as Gas Station Attendant - *The Cowboys* (1972), as Cowboy Slim Honeycutt ## Gallery - ![Robert Carradine](https://film.one/media/person/288358/gallery-862fdc31bb9e.jpg) Robert Carradine — the1secondfilm.com at https://www.flickr.com/photos/the1secondfilm/, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/RobertCarradine1SecondFilm.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Robert Carradine](https://film.one/media/person/288358/gallery-31829c14c39f.jpg) Robert Carradine — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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