US actor David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room.

He had hung himself in a wardrobe; he may have committed suicide, but the authorities are also considering the possibility he was engaged in suffocation sex. David Carradine became famous for his part in the 1970s television series Kung Fu, in which he played a Chinese monk on the run in the United States. In 2004, he made a comeback in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films. David Carradine, who was born in Hollywood, came from a family of actors. Both his father John and his brother Keith made their names as actors.