Actor Robert Carradine, known for “Revenge of the Nerds” and “Lizzie McGuire,” died after being found hanging and unresponsive in a psychiatric hospital room; the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death a suicide and listed the cause as a brain injury related to hanging.

Robert Carradine was discovered hanging in a room at “a local psychiatric hospital” after an employee went to tell him his daughter had called and wanted to speak with him. Medical staff tried to resuscitate him when he went into cardiac arrest and he was taken to intensive care, where he remained until his death on Feb. 23.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner concluded the cause of death was a brain injury connected to hanging and officially ruled the manner of death a suicide. The report gives the case number as 2026-03271 and does not include a suicide note.

Carradine had voluntarily admitted himself to the facility and had been treated there previously for active suicidal ideation, according to reporting that cited the medical examiner’s findings. The Daily Caller reported details after TMZ first published the examiner’s account.

Investigators were told by Carradine’s daughter that he had battled bipolar disorder for roughly 20 years and had long struggled with his mental health. The report also lists severe depression and anxiety among his diagnoses, and notes he was taking multiple medications at the time of his death.

The hospital where he was found is not named in public documents and the report does not give the exact date or time of the hanging incident. That lack of detail has left many basic questions unanswered about what happened inside the facility and when staff became aware of the emergency.

A key point in the report describes an employee entering Carradine’s room to deliver a routine message from his daughter and finding him hanging and unresponsive. Nothing in the public record so far details the monitoring protocols in place, the level of supervision he received, or whether his room required enhanced observation.

The fact that Carradine had active suicidal ideation and a documented history of treatment at the same hospital raises questions about duty of care. He checked himself in voluntarily, but voluntary admission does not remove a facility’s responsibilities to assess and protect patients at known risk.

The report does not disclose the specific medications he was taking, which can matter in understanding a patient’s state and any interactions that affect suicidal thinking. Without that information, the public cannot fully evaluate whether medications, monitoring, or other clinical decisions played a role.

Legal and clinical scrutiny typically looks at whether staff followed established protocols, whether risk assessments were completed, and whether any known hazards in the room were mitigated. The public filings do not say whether any internal review or external investigation of the facility has been opened.

Robert Carradine’s career spanned more than 150 credits in film and television, and he remained a recognizable presence across decades of work. He became widely known as Lewis Skolnick in the 1984 comedy “Revenge of the Nerds” and later appeared as Sam McGuire on the Disney Channel series “Lizzie McGuire.”

Even in recent years he showed up at industry events, including the Los Angeles premiere of “Sentimental Value” at the Directors Guild of America theatre in November 2025. He also attended the AFI Fest screening of “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure” at TCL Chinese Theatre in October 2023 and appeared at New York Comic Con in 2014.

Those public moments offered little hint of the severity of what he faced privately, and his daughter’s account paints a much longer timeline of struggle. Family members and close friends often carry knowledge of a loved one’s fragility that does not appear in public appearances or press photos.

The absence of a named facility, precise incident date, and complete medical details means official records answer some questions and leave others open. The medical examiner’s summary provides a framework, but it does not describe the operational context inside the hospital the day he was found.

Most press reports cite the case number 2026-03271 and attribute the initial release of details to TMZ on June 10, 2026, followed by additional coverage the next day. That sequence of reporting established the basic timeline for the public but did not add new clinical specifics.

For families and the public, the biggest concern is accountability when a patient with documented suicidal ideation dies inside a facility tasked with protecting him. Knowing whether procedures were followed matters to clinicians, regulators, and anyone who entrusts a loved one to inpatient care.

Carradine’s daughter became a central source for investigators by providing the history of his diagnoses and treatment and by being the person who called the hospital that day. No other family statements have been released publicly, and the family has not provided additional comment in the available reports.

The case leaves a gap between documented history and the sequence of events inside the hospital — a gap that prompts questions and, for some, a demand for answers. Authorities and the public can expect that those gaps will be the focus of whatever reviews follow.