Actor David Carradine,a born seeker and cult idol who broke through as the willing studentcalled "grasshopper" in the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" and decades lateras leader of an assassin squad in "Kill Bill," was found dead Thursday in Thailand.
Police said he appeared to have hanged himself.
The officer responsible for investigating the death, TeerapopLuanseng, said the 72-year-old actor was staying at a suite at theluxury Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel.
"I can confirm that we found his body, naked, hanging in the closet," Teerapop said. He said police suspected suicide.
A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, said theembassy was informed by Thai authorities that Carradine died eitherlate Wednesday or early Thursday, but he could not provide furtherdetails out of consideration for his family.
Carradine came from an acting family. His father, John, made acareer playing creepy, eccentric characters in film and on stage. Hisbrothers Keith, Robert and Bruce also became actors. Actress MarthaPlimpton is Keith Carradine's daughter.
"My Uncle David was a brilliantly talented, fiercely intelligentand generous man. He was the nexus of our family in so many ways, anddrew us together over the years and kept us connected," Plimpton saidThursday.
Carradine was in Bangkok shooting the movie "Stretch," said his manager, Chuck Binder.
"We're very saddened, he was a wonderful guy," said Lori Binder, a partner in the agency that represented Carradine.
"It is shocking to me that he is no longer with us," said Michael Madsen, who played an assassin in "Kill Bill."
"I had been thinking about calling him for the last severaldays. ... I have so many great memories of David that I wouldn't evenknow where to begin. He has a very special place in my heart."
The Web site of the Thai newspaper The Nation said Carradinecould not be contacted after he failed to appear for a meal with therest of the film crew on Wednesday, and that his body was found by ahotel maid Thursday morning. It said a preliminary police investigationfound that he had hanged himself with a cord used with the suite'scurtains. It cited police as saying there was no sign that he had beenassaulted.
Police said Carradine's body was taken to a hospital for an autopsy that would be done Friday.
Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films with such directors as Martin Scorsese,Ingmar Bergman and Hal Ashby. One of his early film roles was as folksinger Woody Guthrie in Ashby's 1976 biopic, "Bound for Glory."
But he was best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine, aShaolin priest traveling the 1800s American frontier West in the TVseries "Kung Fu," which aired in 1972-75.
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