- Dan Curtis
R. Daniel Curtis (August 12 1928 - March 27 2006) was an American director and producer of television and film, probably best known for the afternoon TV series "Dark Shadows", which originally aired from 1966 to 1971 and has aired in syndication for the last thirty years. He also did the 1991 remake of Dark Shadows, but was cancelled due to low ratings. - Jonathan Frid
John Herbert Frid (born December 2, 1924, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is a theater, television and movie actor. He is most famously known for the role of vampire Barnabas Collins on the first incarnation of the gothic U.S. cult television serial "Dark Shadows". Frid was initially brought on "Dark Shadows" to help rescue flagging ratings. The role of Barnabas Collins was originally intended to be a brief one, … - David Selby
David Lynn Selby (born February 5, 1941 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American character actor, primarily in soap operas and television. He is best known for playing Quentin Collins from 1968-1971 on the ABC-TV cult serial "Dark Shadows", and as Jane Wyman's evil and compassionate TV son, Richard Channing, on the long-running, primetime CBS soap opera "Falcon Crest" (a role he played from 1982 to 1990). - Kathryn Leigh Scott
Kathryn Leigh Scott was born Kathryn Kringstad on January 26,1945 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. She is an actress/author. Prior to "Dark Shadows", she worked as a Playboy bunny and changed her name to Kathryn Leigh Scott. In 1966, she was cast as Maggie Evans the waitress-turned-governess on the ABC-TV cult serial "Dark Shadows". - Grayson Hall
Grayson Hall was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was an Oscar-nominated American actress. Hall was born Shirley Grossman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was an Oscar-nominated actress widely regarded for her avant garde theatrical performances in the 1960s-70s. She was also lead actress in the Gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" (1966-1971), and appeared on "One Life to Live" in 1982-83. Both her husband Sam Hall, and their son, … - Lara Parker
Lara Parker was born Mary Lamar Rickey in Knoxville, Tennessee on October 27, 1940. A graduate of University of Iowa with Masters Degree in the arts, she is a film and television actress best known as the witch named Angelique on the cult ABC-TV serial "Dark Shadows" which aired from 1966-1971. Fans of the TV series The Incredible Hulk (1977) will recall her playing the role of Laura Banner in the opening sequence of the show's pilot. - Nancy Barrett
Nancy Barrett (born October 5, 1943), is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Carolyn Stoddard Hawkes (among other characters) in the soap opera "Dark Shadows". Barrett was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, but most of her early life was spent in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. After completing high school, she entered Baylor University in Waco, Texas, but she spent her final year of college at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. - Louis Edmonds
Louis Edmonds (September 24, 1923 - March 3, 2001) was an American actor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Edmonds appeared in the musical "Ernest in Love" in 1960. He acted on the supernatural soap "Dark Shadows" as Roger Collins from 1966-1971, and on "All My Children", where he played Langley Wallingford/Lenny Wlasuk from 1979-1995. He received Daytime Emmy nominations in 1984, 1985 & 1986. - John Karlen
John Karlen (born John Karlewicz on May 28, 1933 in New York City) is a character actor best known for playing Willie Loomis and other characters on the ABC cult serial Dark Shadows, in various episodes between 206 and 1245, which aired from 1966-1971. he also starred in the 1975 television film, "Trilogy of Terror". Other serials on which he appeared include "From These Roots,' "Another World,' and "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (as Jock Porter). - Roger Davis
Roger Davis (born 5 April, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his roles in "Dark Shadows. Davis was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and first appeared on television in 1962. He first gained attention playing multiple characters on the daytime gothic soap TV series "Dark Shadows". In 1971, Davis narrated the title sequence voice-over for the comedy western TV series "Alias Smith and Jones, … - Thayer David
Thayer David (born March 4 1927 in Medford, Massachusetts - July 17 1978 in New York City) was a film and television actor. Born David Thayer Hersey, he was best known for his works on the cult ABC serial "Dark Shadows" which aired from 1966-1971 and the movie "Rocky" in 1976. His most memorable film role was as Count Saknussem in the film Journey to the Center of the Earth. - David Henesy
David Henesy (October 20,1956-) Child actor in film, television, and Broadway. Appeared in "Oliver!", "Jenny" (with Mary Martin), and daytime television series "Dark Shadows" (276 episodes) in the roles of David Collins, Daniel Collins, Jamison Collins, and Tad Collins. Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. No longer acts; now develops restaurants. Currently lives in Panama City, Panama, where he operates the city's number-one-rated restaurant, La Posta. - Ben Cross
Ben Cross (born Harry Bernard Cross on December 16, 1947 in London, England) is an English actor of the stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of the Jewish Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 movie "Chariots of Fire". Cross first emerged as a minor actor in the 1977 war film "A Bridge Too Far". He appeared in two "Masterpiece Theatre" miniseries, namely "The Flame Trees of Thika" and "The Citadel", … - Sam Hall
Sam Hall is a television writer for "Dark Shadows" since 1967 until 1971, he was married to Grayson Hall from 1953 until her death in 1985, they had a son named Matthew Hall who also wrote for the "Dark Shadows" revival series in 1991. He also wrote the screenplay for movies "House of Dark Shadows", and "Night of Dark Shadows". - Jerry Lacy
Gerald LeRoy Lacy (born March 27 1936, in Sioux City, Iowa) is an American soap opera actor best known for playing the roles of Tony Peterson, Reverend Trask, Reverend Gregory Trask, Mr. Trask, and Lamar Trask on the cult TV serial "Dark Shadows". He has also appeared on the soap opera "The Secret Storm,"As The World Turns", "Love of Life" (as Rick Latimer), and the serial "The Young and The Restless". - Joanna Going
Joanna Going (born July 22, 1963) is an American actress. - Robert Cobert
Robert Cobert (October 26,1924-) is a composer who has written extensively for television and movies. He is best known for his Emmy-nominated work for the TV mini-series "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance". Together, the film score for these two movies constitute the longest film score ever written for a movie. Cobert is also known for his early work as the composer for the cult soap opera "Dark Shadows." Aside from his most notable work, … - Dennis Patrick
Dennis Patrick (March 14, 1918 - October 13, 2002) was a well respected American character actor best known for his works in television shows like "Dark Shadows," "Somerset," and "Dallas" and movies like "Joe". He was born Dennis Patrick Harrison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was married to actress Barbara Cason from 1970 until her death in 1990. She played the character of Mrs. - Denise Nickerson
Denise Nickerson (born April 1, 1959) is a former American child actress. She is probably best known for her roles as the gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" and for her well regarded and important recurring role as Amy Jennings, in the highly rated (and still popular via DVD and reruns) gothic soap on ABC-TV's "Dark Shadows" that she played on from 1968-1970. - Lela Swift
Lela Swift is a television director best known for her work on "Dark Shadows", which she also produced from 1970 to 1971, and "Ryan's Hope". Swift received four Daytime Emmy nominations for her work on "Ryan's Hope" and won in 1977, 1979, and 1980. - David Groh
David Groh (born May 21, 1941) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Joe Gerard in the mid-1970s "Mary Tyler Moore" spinoff series "Rhoda" opposite Valerie Harper. Born in Brooklyn, Groh was the son of an architect and developed an early interest in art and period furniture. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School, then enrolled at Brown University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in English literature. - Gordon Russell
Gordon Russell was a television soap-opera writer. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he is known for his works on "Dark Shadows" beginning in 1967. He appeared as a bit player on the final episode of "Dark Shadows", on April 2,1971. He also co-wrote the "House of Dark Shadows" screenplay with Sam Hall. He later took over head writing duties for Agnes Nixon after she left "One Life To Live". - Joel Crothers
Joel Crothers was an American actor. He was born Joel Anthony Crothers in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was raised in New York where he graduated from Birch Wathen School in 1958. He was an exceptionally successful and popular soap-opera actor who, in 1981, was noted by popular columnist Liz Smith to so strongly resemble Tom Selleck that they could be twin brothers. His passion for performing emerged at the early age of nine. - Roy Thinnes
Roy Thinnes is an American television actor. Born in Chicago, Thinnes is best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the 1967 television series "The Invaders". He also played Alfred Wentworth, in the pilot episode of "Law & Order". He starred in the 1969 British science fiction film, "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" (also known as "Doppelgänger"). - John Sedwick
John Sedwick is a television director for shows like "Dark Shadows", "The Edge of Night", and "Santa Barbara". He is also an actor who in 1985 took over for the illed Joel Crothers (who died in that same year) for the part of Jack Stanfield Lee on "Santa Barbara". - David Ford
David Ford was a character actor known for playing John Hancock in the musical-turned-motion-picture 1776. He replaced Mark Allen in the role of Sam Evans, a widower and an artist and father of Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott) on the ABC-TV serial Dark Shadows from 1966-1968. His other role on Dark Shadows was as Audre duPres, the father of Josette duPres in the 1795 storyline. - Abe Vigoda
Abe Vigoda (born Abraham Charles Vigodah on February 24, 1921) is an American movie and television actor. Vigoda was born in New York City to Lena and Samuel Vigodah, Jewish immigrants from Russia. Vigoda gained fame through his supporting character roles, notably as mobster Sal Tessio in the 1972 movie "The Godfather". He later played Detective Sgt. Fish on the television series "Barney Miller" and its spinoff "Fish". - Clarice Blackburn
Clarice Blackburn (February 26, 1921 - August 5, 1995) was an American actress who appeared as Mrs. Sarah Johnson, Abigail Collins, and Minerva Trask on "Dark Shadows". She was born in San Francisco, California. Clarice had extensive experience acting in the soap opera genre. She played a baby nurse & a college dean on the CBS soap opera, "Love of Life", in the early 1960's. She played Theodora Rostand on NBC's "The Doctors" in 1966, … - Mitchell Ryan
Mitchell Ryan (born January 11, 1928) is an American actor perhaps best known for playing Edward Montgomery (Greg's father) on the sitcom "Dharma & Greg". He also worked with his on-screen wife from "Dharma & Greg", Susan Sullivan, in the short-lived series "Julie Farr, M.D.". Other acting credits include "Liar, Liar", "Magnum Force", "Lethal Weapon" (as the key villain, The General), … - Henry Kaplan
Henry Kaplan (1924-September 14,2005) was a television director known for his works on "Dark Shadows","Ryan's Hope", "The Doctors" and "All My Children". He also directed seven episodes of the sitcom "The Adventures of Aggie". - Art Wallace
Arthur (Art) Wallace was a television writer best known for his work on the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows". He began work in television in the 1940s, on the prestegous anthology series "Studio One" and "Kraft Television Theater". Over the years, he wrote for "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet", "Combat!", "Star Trek", and many other shows. - Dana Elcar
Dana Elcar (October 10, 1927-June 6, 2005) was an American television and movie character actor. Although he appeared in about 40 films, his most memorable role was on the 1980s television series "MacGyver" as Peter Thornton, an administrator working for the Phoenix Foundation. It should be noted that Elcar appeared in the pilot episode of "MacGyver" as Andy Colson (a completely different character). - Michael Stroka
Michael George Stroka was an American soap opera actor on soap operas like "Dark Shadows", where he played Aristede, Bruno, Bruno Hess, and Laszio Ferrari from 1969 to 1970. From 1975 to 1976, he appeared as Dr. Quentin Henderson on "The Edge of Night". He died from kidney cancer in Los Angeles, California, aged 58. - Robert Gerringer
Robert Gerringer (May 12,1926-November 8,1989) was an American character actor perhaps best known as Dr. Dave Woodard #2 on the soap opera cum cult TV series "Dark Shadows", a role he played during 1967. Gerringer left the show because he refused to cross the picket line during an actor's strike; he was replaced by Peter Turgeon. Robert Gerringer also appeared in the movie "The Exorcist" and in other soap operas including "The Guiding Light", … - Robert Rodan
Robert Rodan (born Robert Trimas January 30,1938) known as Adam on the cult TV soap "Dark Shadows". He was born in Newark, New Jersey. - Don Briscoe
Cecil Donald Briscoe (born on March 20, 1940 in Yalobusha County, Mississippi; died October 31, 2004 in Memphis, Tennessee) who would play Tony Meritt #2 on the long running NBC soap opera "Days of Our Lives", and from 1968-1970, is remembered for playing Chris Jennings, Tom Jennings, Timothy Shaw, and Chris Collins on the cult ABC soap "Dark Shadows". After he was fired from that show after personal problems, he went to Memphis, … - Malcolm Marmorstein
Malcolm Marmorstein is a television writer for shows like "Dark Shadows" and "The Doctors". - Dick Smith
Dick Smith (born Richard Emerson Smith, June 26, 1922 in Larchmont, New York) is a make-up artist known for his work on such films as "The Godfather", "The Exorcist", "Taxi Driver", and "Little Big Man". He won an Academy Award for Makeup for his work on "Amadeus". He has been married to Jocelyn De Rosa since 1944, with whom he has two children. Smith attended the Wooster School and Yale University, the latter where he studied pre-med, … - Alexandra Isles
Alexandra Moltke or Alexandra M. Isles, is best known for her role as the original Victoria Winters from 1966–68 on the cult TV serial "Dark Shadows" which aired on American Broadcasting Company TV from 1966-1971. In 1967 she married Philip Isles and left the series in 1968 because of pregnancy, and in 1969 gave birth to a son, Adam. During the early 1980s, she was subpoenaed as an unwilling witness in the murder trial of her one-time lover, … - Donna McKechnie
Donna McKechnie (born November 16, 1942) is a Tony Award-winning American musical theater dancer, singer. actress and choreographer. McKechnie was born in Pontiac, Michigan. She took beginner ballet classes at age five. Her earliest influence was the classic British ballet film "The Red Shoes" (1948), which prompted her, at age six, to plan a career as a ballerina. Despite her parents' strong misgivings, she moved to New York City when she was 17.
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