Original: For three seasons, David Carradine starred as a half-Chinese, half-Caucasian Shaolin monk, Kwai Chang Caine, on the ABC hit TV series Kung Fu (1972 â "1975) and was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for the role.
Simplified: He leaps to fame in 1972 playing the role of Kwai Chang Caine, in TV series Kung Fu. Kwai Chang Caine is a Shaolin monk fugitive who fled to America to escape the Emperor to put a price on his head, for the crime of his father 63 episodes were filmed between (1972 - 1975).