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'''Keith Carradine''' {{born|8|August|1949}} is the singer and actor who portrayed [[A.G. Robinson]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode {{e|First Flight}}. Born in San Mateo, California, he is the son of {{w|John Carradine}}, the half-brother of {{w|David Carradine}} and the brother of {{w|Robert Carradine}}.
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'''Keith Carradine''' {{born|8|August|1949}} is the singer and actor who portrayed [[A.G. Robinson]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode {{e|First Flight}}. Born in San Mateo, California, he is the son of {{w|John Carradine}}, the half-brother of {{w|David Carradine}} (1936–2009) and the brother of {{w|Robert Carradine}}.
   
 
Carradine's uniform including the boots from {{e|First Flight}} was sold off on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]] on eBay. {{stala|9597}}
 
Carradine's uniform including the boots from {{e|First Flight}} was sold off on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]] on eBay. {{stala|9597}}

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Keith Carradine (born 8 August 1949; age 74) is the singer and actor who portrayed A.G. Robinson in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "First Flight". Born in San Mateo, California, he is the son of John Carradine, the half-brother of David Carradine (1936–2009) and the brother of Robert Carradine.

Carradine's uniform including the boots from "First Flight" was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]

Film career

Keith Carradine gained fame for winning an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for the song "I'm Easy", which he wrote and sang for director Robert Altman's 1975 film Nashville. Carradine even shared a Grammy Award nomination for Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special. Carradine also starred in this film, along with fellow Star Trek performers Robert DoQui, Henry Gibson (who was among those to share the Grammy nomination), and Bert Remsen. However, Carradine actually made his acting debut several years earlier as a cowboy in Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller, co-starring fellow Trek actors Rene Auberjonois, Robert Fortier, Bert Remsen, and John Schuck – all of whom were members of Altman's informal acting troupe.

Four years later, Carradine was cast by Altman in the starring role of 1974's Thieves Like Us. Other members of the Altman troupe returning for this film were Bert Remsen and John Schuck, while Louise Fletcher co-starred. Carradine worked alongside Fletcher again in 1996's 2 Days in the Valley, which also starred Teri Hatcher and Lawrence Tierney.

Carradine has many other notable films to his credit. In 1973, he had a supporting role in Robert Aldrich's Emperor of the North Pole, along with fellow Star Trek alumni Hal Baylor, Elisha Cook, Jr., Sid Haig, and Vic Tayback. That same year, he co-starred with Robert Walker, Jr. in the drama Hex. In 1976, he worked with Sally Kellerman in Welcome to L.A., and the following year, he starred in Ridley Scott's The Duellists, which also featured an appearance by William Morgan Sheppard. In 1978, Carradine starred in the drama Pretty Baby, co-starring Gerrit Graham.

In 1980, Carradine co-starred with brothers David and Robert in Walter Hill's acclaimed Western The Long Riders. Carradine would star in two more films from Walter Hill: 1981's Southern Comfort and 1995's Wild Bill (the latter featuring Bill Bolender). He also starred in four films from director Alan Rudolph (a protege of Robert Altman): 1984's Choose Me with John Larroquette; 1985's Trouble in Mind with Albert Hall and Bill Smitrovich; 1988's The Moderns with Wallace Shawn and Geneviève Bujold; and 1994's Mrs. Parker and the Vicion Circle, also with Wallace Shawn as well as Matt Malloy and Mina Badie.

Caradine's other films include the 1984 romantic drama Maria's Lovers (co-starring John Savage and Bill Smitrovich), the 1995 thriller The Tie That Binds (with Willie Garson, Barbara Tarbuck, and Ned Vaughn), and the 1997 drama A Thousand Acres (with John Carroll Lynch, Kenneth Tigar, and Bob Gunton). His more recent film credits include 2001's Wooly Boys (with Rosanna DeSoto) and 2002's The Angel Doll, a Christmas movie in which he played the adult version of the character played by Michael Welch. In 2007, Carradine starred in the western comedy All Hat, along with Stephen McHattie.

Television career

His numerous television roles range from his Emmy Award-nominated performance as Foxy Funderburke in the 1983 mini-series Chiefs (co-starring Stephen Collins and Leon Rippy) to his recurring role as "'Wild Bill' Hickock" on HBO's Deadwood (starring Jim Beaver, Brad Dourif, Paula Malcomson, and Leon Rippy) to roles in an extensive number of made-for-TV movies. Some of the latter credits include Kung Fu (1972, with brother David as well as Keye Luke and Robert Ito), Man on a String (also 1972, directed by Joseph Sargent and co-starring Byron Morrow, William Schallert, James B. Sikking, and Garry Walberg), Payoff (1991, with Lawrence Monoson and Jeff Corey), Special Report: Journey to Mars (1996, with Rosalind Chao, Deborah Lacey, and Alfre Woodard), Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999, with Elizabeth Dennehy, Roy Jenson, Tony Plana, and Richard Riehle), and Monte Walsh (2003, with Wallace Shawn and Marshall R. Teague).

Three other TV movies had Carradine acting with fellow Enterprise guest star Fionnula Flanagan: The Godchild (1974), Scorned and Swindled (1984), and A Winner Never Quits (1986). He also co-starred with F. Murray Abraham, Brad Greenquist, and Jimmie F. Skaggs in the 1996 mini-series Dead Man's Walk, and in the following year, he and Duncan Regehr were regulars on the short-lived series Fast Track.

Carradine more recently starred as Nick Savage on the TV sitcom Complete Savages, which lasted one season (2004-05). He also appeared in the acclaimed Steven Spielberg-produced mini-series Into the West, as did Clayton Rohner, Keith Szarabajka, and Star Trek: Voyager's Garrett Wang. Most recently, Carradine played the recurring role of Special Agent Frank Lundy in the second season of the hit Showtime series Dexter. Among his co-stars on this series were Tony Amendola, Jonathan Banks, Don McManus, and Albie Selznick.

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