Keith Carradine

Keith Carradine is the singer and actor who portrayed A.G. Robinson in the second season episode . Born in San Mateo, California, he is the son of , the half-brother of and the brother of .
Carradine's uniform from , including the boots, was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. 
== 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 René 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 , with Hal Baylor, Elisha Cook, Sid Haig and Victor Tayback. That same year, he co-starred with Robert Walker in . In 1976, he worked with Sally Kellerman in Welcome to L.A., and the following year, he starred in , which also featured an appearance by W. Morgan Sheppard. In 1978, Carradine starred in , co-starring Susan Sarandon, with Gerrit Graham.
In 1980, Carradine co-starred with brothers David and Robert in . Carradine would star in (1981) and (1995, featuring Bill Bolender). He also starred in four films from director (a protege of Robert Altman): (1984, with John Larroquette), (1985, starring Geneviève Bujold, with Joe Morton, Albert Hall and Bill Smitrovich), (1988, with Wallace Shawn and Geneviève Bujold), (1994, with Wallace Shawn, Matt Malloy and Mina Badie. 
Carradine's other films include (1984, co-starring John Savage and Bill Smitrovich), (1995, with Willie Garson, Barbara J. Tarbuck, and Ned Vaughn), and (1997, with John Carroll Lynch, Kenneth Tigar, and Bob Gunton). His more recent film credits include (2001,with Rosana 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 , along with Stephen McHattie.
In 2010, Carradine joined the cast of , scripted and produced by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Damon Lindelof. Fellow Enterprise guest star Clancy Brown also had a role in this film. Carradine wrapped his scenes for Cowboys & Aliens on 14 September 2010. 
== Television career ==
Carradine's numerous television roles range from his Emmy Award-nominated performance as Foxy Funderburke in (1983, co-starring Stephen Collins and Leon Rippy) to his recurring role as "'Wild Bill' Hickock" on (starring Timothy Olyphant, with Jim Beaver, Brad Dourif, Paula Malcomson, and Leon Rippy). He has worked on an extensive number of made-for-TV movies and TV pilots, as well. Three TV movies had Carradine acting with fellow Enterprise guest star Fionnula Flanagan: The Godchild (1974, also featuring Ed Bakey, Ed Lauter, and Kermit Murdock), Scorned and Swindled (1984), and (1986). 
In 1972, Carradine worked with brother David as well as Keye Luke and Robert Ito in the pilot movie for Kung Fu. That same year, Joseph Sargent directed Carradine in an unsold pilot called Man on a String, which co-starred Byron Morrow, William Schallert, James B. Sikking, and Garry Walberg. In 1986, Carradine starred alongside Saul Rubinek in the HBO film Half a Lifetime, which earned Carradine a CableACE Award nomination. His more recent TV movie credits include Payoff (1991, with Lawrence Monoson and Jeff Corey), (1994, with Ken Jenkins), 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). 
Carradine also co-starred with F. Murray Abraham, Brad Greenquist, and Jimmie F. Skaggs in (1996), and in the following year, he and Duncan Regehr were regulars on . Carradine later starred as Nick Savage on (2004-05). He also appeared in (2005, with Clayton Rohner, Keith Szarabajka, and s Garrett Wang). 
In 2007 and again in 2009, Carradine played the recurring role of Special Agent Frank Lundy in the second and fourth seasons of . During his time on Dexter, Carradine worked with such performers as Tony Amendola, Jonathan Banks, Adrienne Barbeau, James Ingersoll, Don McManus, and Albie Selznick. Carradine also had a recurring role on CBS' in 2008. In 2009, he had recurring roles on (working with Linda Park and Julie Warner) and (including an episode directed by Jonathan Frakes). MHe later played the recurring role of Julian Decker on , working with Len Cariou and Wallace Shawn.
Carradine later played Wyatt, the father of Penny on The Big Bang Theory episodes "The Boyfriend Complexity" (2010) and "The Bachelor Party Corrosion" (2015), with Jack McBrayer playing his son in the latter.
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