Trivia

Originally, it was his half-brother David Carradine who pursued a role in the Broadway musical "Hair" in 1969. At his audition he brought Keith along to play the piano. Keith ended up winning the role and stayed with the show for six months.

Daughter Martha Plimpton was conceived while Keith and actress Shelley Plimpton were appearing in the rock musical "Hair" on Broadway in 1969. Born in 1970, the relationship was over by the time Martha was born and Keith did not meet her until she was four years old.

His recording of "I'm Easy" reached #17 on the US charts in August 1976.

His paternal grandmother, Genevieve Winifred Richmond, was one of the first female brain surgeons in North America.

Following the divorce from Carradine, ex-wife Sandra Ann Will Carradine became romantically involved with Los Angeles private eye, Anthony Pellicano, and was arrested for her involvement in placing illegal wiretaps on the unsuspecting actor's phone. She later plead guilty and received a jail sentence for the felony crime.

On Criminal Minds (2005), he played Frank Breitkopf, a serial killer that had been killing for 30 years. On Dexter (2006), he played Frank Lundy, who hunted a serial killer that had been killing for 30 years. In Chiefs (1983), he played Francis "Foxy" Funderburke, another serial killer who had been killing for at least 40 years.

Half-brother of David Carradine, Bruce Carradine and Michael Bowen.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 15, 1993.

For his role on Deadwood (2004), he was trained by renowned Hollywood Gun Coach Thell Reed, who has also trained such actors as: Val Kilmer, Kurt Russell, Sam Elliot, Girard Swan, Russell Crowe, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Married his longtime girlfriend, Hayley DuMond, in 2006. They met while filming Hunter's Moon (1995) with Burt Reynolds.

Keith's father was of English, with distant Irish and Dutch, ancestry, and was a direct descendant of Dutch diamond merchant Kiliaen van Rensselaer, who settled in Rensselaerwyck, New York, now identified as Albany, New York. Keith's maternal great-grandfather was biochemist Max Henius, who was born in Denmark, to a Polish Jewish family. Keith's mother's other ancestry was Danish, German, and Swiss-German.

Uncle of actresses Ever Carradine, Kansas Carradine, Alexa Bowen and Calista Carradine.

Middle brother of Robert Carradine and Chris Carradine.

Played "Wild Bill Hickock" in Deadwood (2004) and played "Buffalo Bill Cody" in Wild Bill (1995).

Nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award: (1991) Best Actor in a Musical for playing the title role in "The Will Rogers Follies"; (2013) Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for "Hands on a Hardbody".

Son of John Carradine and Sonia Sorel.

Keith and his Nashville (1975) co-star, Cristina Raines, were in a relationship during the 1970s. For a time, the couple shared a one-story home in Los Angeles' Topanga Canyon.

Outer Critic Circles Award winner in 1982 for Broadway debut for "Fox Fire".

Father, with Sandra Ann Will Carradine, of a boy named Cade Carradine (born July 19, 1982) and a girl named Sorel Carradine (born June 18, 1985).

Keith's wife Hayley gave birth to their son, Sean David, on December 13, 2018.

Twice nominated for the Drama Desk Award: (1991) Outstanding Actor in a Musical for "Will Rogers Follies"; (2013) Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for "Hands on a Hardbody".

Lucille Lortel Award nominee 2010 for Outstanding Featured Actor for "A Lie of the Mind".

Carradine designated Victor Fleming's Captains Courageous (1937) as his favorite film for the AFI.

He and Hayley DuMond wed the same day as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes celebrated their wedding in a small city near Rome.

He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) and Nashville (1975).

Is left handed.