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For a while, Winters mostly worked as a character actor in episodes of Third Watch and The Twilight Zone.
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Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
The youngest son of prolific character actor John Carradine, Robert Carradine was born on March 24, 1954, in Los Angeles.
—Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
His father, John Carradine, was a character actor specializing in horror, westerns, and Shakespeare, with those genres overlapping in some of his roles.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
His mother, Sonia Sorel, was an actress and artist, and his father, John Carradine, was a prolific and venerated character actor.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026
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Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
The youngest son of prolific character actor John Carradine, Robert Carradine was born on March 24, 1954, in Los Angeles.
—Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
His father, John Carradine, was a character actor specializing in horror, westerns, and Shakespeare, with those genres overlapping in some of his roles.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
His mother, Sonia Sorel, was an actress and artist, and his father, John Carradine, was a prolific and venerated character actor.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Character actor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/character%20actor. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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