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Kwai Chang Caine (Chinese: 虔官昌; pinyin: Qián Guānchāng) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ABC 1972–1975 action-adventure western television series Kung Fu. [2] He has been portrayed by David Carradine as an adult Caine, Keith Carradine as a younger Caine, Radames Pera as the child Caine, and Stephen Manley as the ...
Ed Spielman created the character of Kwai Chang Caine, and the movie treatment Spielman wrote with Howard Friedlander in 1969 was the origin of the pilot and subsequent series. Spielman first wrote a treatment about a samurai who travels to China and learns kung fu.
Kwai Chang and Danny Caine (Tim McIntire) avoid bounty hunters while traveling together to San Francisco to rescue Zeke (John Blyth Barrymore) from General Cantrell (John Vernon), whom he wants to have as a successor for his ranch (as opposed to his secret half-Indian son). Caine tries to persuade the General to release Zeke from his promise to ...
Like his grandfather and namesake from the original series, Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine) is a Shaolin priest who walked out of the past. In 1978, Caine was the head of a temple in Northern California, where his son Peter (Chris Potter) also lived and studied, until the temple was destroyed in a fire caused by a renegade priest who believed the priests should serve as mercenaries.
The feature-length television movie had David Carradine returning as the lead Kwai Chang Caine. [2] The casting of Caine's son took place in 1985, while working as a script reader in Los Angeles. Brandon , the son of martial arts movie star Bruce Lee , was approached by casting director Lynn Stalmaster for the role of Chung Wang and ...
It tells the story in present day of the great-grandson of the Shaolin monk (who is also named Kwai Chang Caine after his great-grandfather) played by David Darlow and his son Johnny Caine, portrayed by Brandon Lee. The main supporting cast includes Miguel Ferrer as Mic, Paula Kelly as Lt. Lois S. Poole, and Dominic Barto as Carl Levin.
Radames Pera (born September 14, 1960) is an American actor best known for his role as "Grasshopper", the student Kwai Chang Caine in the 1972 to 1975 television series Kung Fu. Early life and acting career
Kwai Chang Caine and his son fight to stop the assassins from taking revenge, saving the writer's life. 4: 4 "Sunday at the Hotel with George" Allan Kroeker: Michael ...