The Associated Press has reported that actor David Carradine was found dead this morning in his hotel room in Bangkok, an apparent suicide. Carradine, who was in the Thai city to shoot a movie, was 72.

The actor was discovered by a hotel maid hanged with a curtain cord, and a preliminary police investigation found no signs of foul play. Further details are being withheld out of consideration for his family. Carradine’s long career ranged from the art house to the grindhouse and everything in between, with horror credits including Larry Cohen’s Q, Gary Graver’s TRICK OR TREATS, Robert Martin Carroll’s SONNY BOY, Anthony Hickox’s SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE IN RETREAT (pictured) and WAXWORK II: LOST IN TIME, Fred Olen Ray’s EVIL TOONS, Ethan Wiley’s CHILDREN OF THE CORN V: FIELDS OF TERROR, Mitch Marcus’ KNOCKING ON DEATH’S DOOR, Mark Lambert Bristol’s THE MONSTER HUNTER, Matthew Leutwyler’s DEAD & BREAKFAST and upcoming features including Jon Keeyes’ FALL DOWN DEAD and James D.R. Hickox’s DETENTION. TV credits include episodes of NIGHT GALLERY, DARKROOM, HAMMER HOUSE OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE, THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER and telemovie remakes of THE BAD SEED and I SAW WHAT YOU DID (alongside his brother Robert).

But he’s best known as an action star from his role as Caine in the 1972-75 TV series KUNG FU, 1986’s KUNG FU: THE MOVIE, 1992’s KUNG FU: THE LEGEND CONTINUES and the same-named spinoff series that ran from 1993-97, his villainous title turn in Quentin Tarantino’s KILL BILL: VOL. 1 and KILL BILL: VOL. 2 and countless low-budgeters including Paul Bartel’s cult fave DEATH RACE 2000. His most recent big-screen turn was as the campily villainous Poon Dong in CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE. Part of an acting dynasty that also included his father John Carradine and brothers Keith Carradine and Michael Bowen, he will be deeply missed by film fans worldwide.

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