Quentin Tarantino, Michael Madsen and Rob Schneider all told U.S. talk show host Larry King there was no way the actor would have killed himself.
'I am still in a state shock. He was a dream to direct he was a fantastic actor, a great character actor and really one of Hollywood's great mad geniuses,' said Tarantino, who directed Carradine in Kill Bill.
'The thing I cannot get my head around is that there could have been a period of David's long life when he might have been suicidal, but this was not the time.'
Schneider said the star had everything going for him and was really on an 'upswing'.
'This was a guy that was alive. He was a living legend and really people were coming around and appreciating him.
The actor in 1970s TV series Kung Fu
'He could not do all the work that was being offered to him. I am convinced, there was no way that he would have killed himself.'
Madsen hosted Carradine's wedding in 2004 and said that his widow was 'very confused' by her late husband's death.
'I talked to Annie about that and she said the most important thing she wanted people to know was that David was not suicidal and he was not depressed.
'He was not about to do something like that, he had a job and he was working.'
Director Martin Scorcese also paid tribute to the actor and said he was deeply saddened by the tragic news.
'We met when we made ’Boxcar Bertha’ together, almost 40 years ago,' he said.
'I have very fond memories of our time together on that picture and on Mean Streets, where he agreed to do a brief cameo.'
Others agreed the star seemed happy.
'I can tell you 100 percent that he would have never committed suicide,' Tiffany Smith, who along with Chuck Binder managed the Kill Bill star. 'He was too full of life.'
'We're just waiting for them to finish the investigation and find out what really happened.
'He really appreciated everything life has to give ... and that's not something David would ever do to himself.'
Binder, said: ‘He was full of life, always wanting to work – a great person.’
He starred in Quentin Tarantino's two-part saga Kill Bill alongside Uma Thurman
Michael Madsen, who played an assassin in Kill Bill said: 'It is shocking to me that he is no longer with us.'
'I had been thinking about calling him for the last several days. ... I have so many great memories of David that I wouldn’t even know where to begin . He has a very special place in my heart.'
The luxurious Nai Lert hotel in Bangkok, where Carradine's body was found
'We have checked the CCTV's and nobody else came in and out of his room.
'The room was also in perfect order. Nothing else seems to have been touched. There was some money lying around on a table and a bottle of drinking water and some water in a glass.
'His body has been taken to Chulalongkorn Hospital for a forensic examination but we expect they will find he died of asphyxiation.'
He said there was a foot-print on the bed which did not match any of Carradine's shoes but it probably was not related to the enquiry.
Hospital's chief coroner Nantana Sirisap said: 'We are now running tests and then we will decide the cause of death.
'This certainly was not a natural cause of death.'
Carradine, whose career had recently undergone a renaissance after he appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s bloody two-part martial arts film saga Kill Bill, was in Thailand shooting his latest film, Stretch.
He had been staying at the luxury Swissitel Nai Lert Park since Tuesday.
The crew could not find him after he failed to turn up for a meal on Wednesday night and his body was discovered at 10am yesterday.
Aurelio Giraudo, the hotel's general manager, said Carradine checked into the hotel May 31 and he last saw him June 3.
He said Carradine chatted with staff and even played piano a few nights in the lobby as well as flute which the 'guests really enjoyed'.
Quentin Tarantino, Michael Madsen and Rob Schneider all told US talk show host Larry King there was no way the actor killed himself
The hotel, next to the British Embassy in Bangkok is famous for its penis shrine, a tribute to penis power.
The shrine is associated with fertility and visitors make offerings to the female Spirit of Tubtim who hovers around a nearby canal.
The offerings come in the form of phalluses in all shapes and sizes.
Carradine with wife Annie, right, and daughter attending 'Rock the Cure' at the Hard Rock Cafe in Los Angeles in 2005
Carradine with Kill Bill director Tarantino at the Golden Globe Awards in 2005
Carradine got his big break in Kung Fu as Kwai Chang Caine, nicknamed Grasshopper, the soft-spoken monk and martial arts expert who travelled through America’s Old West spreading wisdom and battling bad guys.
The show captured the imagination of millions of youngsters. Phrases from Kung Fu such as ‘Snatch the pebble from my hand’ were endlessly repeated in the playground.
Children put ping-pong balls, which had been cut in half, in their eyes in imitation of the show’s blind character, Master Po.
Kung Fu was first screened in 1972 and spawned a film and numerous other offshoots.
Carradine’s portrayal of Caine earned him a nomination for an Emmy, U.S. TV’s highest honour. He left after three seasons.
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