R69 John Karlen who played Willie Loomis was in his mid 30's when he started on the show. 'Dark Shadows' trailer: Why the comedy? Together they . I agree that her mystery was compelling as was the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Paul Stoddard (it was obvious Elizabeth killed him, but not why). I think that's brilliant. I said, Ill never get it, he details, and because I was in that attitude, I think I got the job. Astredo may be a straight actor, but he did the part with extra ping! "Let Me In! ABC debuts 'Dark Shadows' on June 27, 1966. After Moltke left to raise a family in 1968, actresses Betsy Durkin and Carolyn Groves briefly replaced her for only a handful of episodes, before Victoria was written out completely. By 1954 he had decided to move to the United States, where he would attend New York University and, in 1957, would receive a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the Yale School of Drama. "We could do that, because she wore Jungle Gardenia (brand) perfume, which is extremely intense. The end wasnt really a great shock, because the writing on the wall was always there for me, he shared. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. What impressed me was how sexless it was compared to modern soaps. I always had a crush on Jonathan Frid. said the actor in 1997, when asked about the phenomenon. I do know that later on Laura returns to do battle with Angelique, which should be interesting. I may try that, R11. I think it would have been more fun if we had been paid for it. The inner horror. A mystery. In the first year of the pandemic, I watched the whole series straight through. She would have been a good opponent for Barnabas and Dr. Hoffman in the 20th century (we had to wait for the 19th century for that, which is an interesting sentence to write). "My eyes were my gift," said Lara Parker, who played Angelique. Everybody was laughing about how often Jonathan Frid would forget his lines. Eventually Willie's southern voice disappeared. "He definitely believed it," Lacy said of the character. You know, going down the street and hearing the din of thousands of people anticipating your arrival. Such a great name. And let's not forget that the actress who played Victoria Winters was also Claus von Bulow's mistress and testified at his trial. "No," she said, "never." When asked during the audition why she thought she'd be right for the part of Roxanne she said "because I have short hair." David Henesy. Frid and Henesy are both adorable as panelists. The biggest hams on the show (in a good way) were Jerry Lacy as Reverend Trask and (of course) Grayson Hall (in any of her roles). Frid and Dark Shadows co-stars David Selby, Lara Parker and Kathryn Leigh Scott were flown to England to appear in the 2012 Tim Burton/Johnny Depp movie version, but that was a disaster. (Edmonds died in 2001.). Fact No. R121 - You can tell from outer space. Please complete the process by verifying your email address. Deciding he had nothing left to lose, he figured hed go for broke and threw a vampire into the mix. I tried to watch the episodes a few years ago, but found it agonizing how slow the story lines moved along. The actress who played Maggie Evans, the reincarnation of Barnabas' love interest, compares "Dark Shadows" with "Star Trek," which debuted the same year. ", Karlen reprised Willie in the film "House of Dark Shadows. They loved the concept so much that Dark Shadows was reluctant to everresolve whatever mystery was at hand during its first year, including its most notorious dangling plot point: Who is Victoria Winters? Google Dark Shadows Every Day. It's my comfort viewing. Episode 716: The Generation Gap | Dark Shadows Every Day "I just rode right along with it.". Wallace McBride comments, Dark Shadows functions on a lot of different levels simultaneously. "The press, of course, made it up to be just a guy with a couple of fangs biting everybody.". Thats why with Barnabas there were many scenes I was thrilled to do and why the show came alive so many times for me. The idea was that this vampire Barnabas Collins would be inadvertently freed from his chained coffin and pass himself off as a distant relative of the family. Find where to watch David Henesy's latest movies and tv shows . "Oh, I was getting so bored being straight man during all the fun everybody else was having, turning into a vampire," he said. Remember the Dream Curse. Given how popular both Dark Shadows and Jonathan Frid were at the time, its a little surprising that the actor didnt parlay that success into something more. I'd never heard it before Dark Shadows was on. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. The lie came easily to her tongue. He was a sick, unbelievable creep that the world didnt know about. The Perils of Mark Allen - Dark Shadows from the Beginning Jonathan Frid flubbed more lines than everyone else in the cast put together. Then I was getting promoted at work and he was getting close to 70, and he said, I think Im going to retire back to Canada. So for the first time ever he bought a house up there and embraced the fact hed always loved gardening., OLeary, whose friendship with Frid lasted until the end of his life, adopted a child and moved to Los Angeles, while he enjoyed a retirement that still allowed him to perform his show in Canada, which is where his last stage role took place in the form of 2000s Mass Appeal. I loved the theme music, but the content of the episodes bored me right out of the room. David's aunt is Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. So much so I even bought the DVDs in a coffin box set . As an actor, the first thing you want to know is, How am I supposed to play this? Well, how do you tell somebody how to play someone whos been locked in a coffin since the 1790s? At the end, as people were one-by-one leaving the virtual room, just as she hit "Leave Room," she heard someone say "Julia! The Dream Curse was like going to an elementary school haunted house that got one extra feature each new time. As Carolyn Stoddard, Nancy Barrett got to play a free spirit in the stuffy Collins family. Henesy eventually left acting as he grew up, and currently lives in Panama City, Panama with his wife, Carolina Rodriguez. I bet your analysis is correct OP. He died and had himself buried in his Dracula cape. David Henesy - IMDb But while he was away, the mice played.". Said Parker: "Josette represented goodness. David Theodore Collins (born 1958) was the son of Roger and Laura Collins, which was also the name of Roger's grandmother, of whom David's mother is a reincarnation. Hard to believe she had a Oscar nom. Everything I've seen said they had to cut the storyline short because Diana Millay was pregnant. You couldn't smell the smoke through the Jungle Gardenia. The production values, the scripts, the acting were terrible. But may give it a look. He said he did regret being type-cast oh and he did tour with Marion Lorne in Tea and Sympathy (and he directed a play that I can't remember now.) And then he settled in his home country, in Hamilton, Ontario, and did his one-man show and other engagements, doing readings mostly, and he did some of the fan events, and he hired local guys to help him run a website into his 80s I believe. 19 comments 7 shares. The following is a list of characters from the Dark Shadows franchise. The close-ups on David were funny! After a few minutes I was hooked again. And with how Barnabas is now, I guess hes just older and a little more tired like me.. I thought it was genius to name the vampire Barnabas. 689, 690, 691, 693, 694, 695, 700, 767, 815, 839, 893, 894, 896, 897, 898, 902, 903, 904, 908, 911, 913/914, 918, 924, 925, 926, 937, 942, 958, 959, 979, 1002, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1102, 1103, 1109, 702, 708, 710, 718, 722, 725, 726, 730, 734, 738, 753, 754, 758, 760, 761, 767, 770, 801, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 828, 829, 836, 838, 983, 984, 991, 992, 1002, 1003, 1008, 1013, 1028. Later incarnations of the show fixed it by just making Victoria the reincarnation of Josette, but I would like to see where the original show was planning to go with that story. I was a lot older than I looked.". Some features on this site require registration. Well, aside from Barnabas of course. In total there were seven incarnations of Laura seen, or . My favorite character will always be Alexandra Moltke's Vicky, though. And that played right into my own lie as an actor, pretending to be fully confident when I wasnt. In 1970, he was the youngest and last of the Collins name. "I won't say that we thought we were going to be some legend in our own time, but we felt it, yes," the actress said. The introduction of Barnabas Collins in the second year took the focus off sincere, earnest young governess Victoria Winters, who was searching for her roots from Episode 1, and put it on an unrepentant, cruel vampire played by an actor who looked 15 years older than he was IRL and who regularly blew his lines. It's funny how Louis Edmonds was so flaming in real life, but always played the most straight-laced conservative characters. David Henesy ~ Complete Biography with [ Photos | Videos ] - Alchetron.com (The actor died in April at age 87. In 1991 Dan Curtis Productions revived the Dark Shadows series as a one-hour night time soap opera for NBC. To me the weak spot was always Jonathan Frid's Barnabas. The role was originated by Alexandra Moltke on the ABC series from 1966 to 1968. One of my favorites to date. There was one child, before he even got into the tent, who was just screaming and terrified. Julia cried, her hand to her mouth. "When that was over I think Quentin killed me on that one some time passed. Louis had a place on Long Island where they had some wild parties back in the day way back. Beyond various university productions, he began appearing on stage in shows such as A True and Special Friend and, as an understudy on Broadway, the 1964 production of Roar Like a Dove. Like one whole episode of a character sitting in a chair whimpering about how Barnabas would do this or that. I recommend it strongly to anyone who finds Dark Shadows fun. David Henesy | The Dark Shadows Wiki | Fandom I can't say what it is, but there's something about Joan Bennett that is just so incredibly endearing and magnetic at the same time. A reunion of the remaining cast, now cryptkeepers, from Halloween last year. I absolutely love it.got the entire series on dvd..about $500 on eBay or Amazon love it love it love it.. The fun begins when Barnabas arrives. Its funny how you notice things when you watch a series as an adult that you didnt notice as a child. Please click here to get full access and no ads for $1.99 or less per month. Or comedies that werent funny? Have any of my fellow DL'ers rewatched this? The live-on-tape "Dark Shadows" became famous or infamous for its bloopers. We were almost like a summer stock group. Who Was Gay In The Original "Dark Shadows" TV Series? Im a negative person in that way. Just who in the hell was she. Explains OLeary, Jonathan said, Wait a minute, this was an incredible time, but I really want to focus on my one-man show., The evolution of the personal shows continued, from Jonathan Frids Fools and Fiends to Shakespearean Odyssey and the heavily comedic Fridiculousness. She was Dr. Julia Hoffman. Henesy eventually left acting as he grew up, and currently lives in Panama City, Panama with his wife, Carolina Rodriguez. He started in some years ago and he's still going strong. Who's sexier in the short trunks at the beach - Jonathan or Louis? "The variety of emotions and the complexity of Barnabas made him the most interesting character I've ever played, including Shakespeare. He is an actor, known for Dark Shadows (1966), House of Dark Shadows (1970) and Another World (1964). The first 250 episodes go extremely slowly, so you are advised to start when Barnabas arrives and the show transforms from a gothic soap into a monster mash. Dark Shadows and Edge of Night were two of gayest sets in NYC in the 60s and 70s and that is saying a lot. Daniel Collins (431-456) He retired, and moved back to Mississippi and never acted again; died at just 62. I'm a Canadian and I faithfully watched and loved Dark Shadows from beginning to end when it was originally broadcast. He 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. One of the writers said that the Phoenix storyline (which I never saw), had to be cut short because it depended so much on the character of David and they found he was not a strong enough actor for it. I would have loved to see Hall meet Barnabas . I don't remember much about the film or the light meal he'd prepared , but I do remember the thirty minute or so conversation about everything but DS, with him asking if I could see about getting his one man show into the town I lived as I knew someone who worked at the Performing Arts Center. The show had debuted in 1966 and came to a close in 1971 with a total of 1,225 episodes (remember, it aired five days a week). The easier question would be, who wasn't gay on the Dark Shadows original series. Whatever Happened to 'Barnabas Collins' From 'Dark Shadows'? Like I was going to turn into a bat or something, but it was a precious moment which really summed up, for me, what people thought of the character.. What scared me was Barnabas lie; that he was pretending to be something he wasnt. I just watched the Laura story a few months ago and was surprised how scary she was for a svelte blond lady. David was a great actor. But Barnabas starts to ask the questions and starts to say, Do I have to live this life? Since the DVDs were released that way with Barnabas's first episode being called Collection 1 and the early episodes being released much later, they put them up the same way online. Isnt life too short to watch that much Dark Shadows. Back then, they weren't streaming the whole series yet and I think it worked out to $1.50 a DVD, so that was a real bargain IMO. That is exactly the word that describes the change that took place, offers Mark Dawidziak, author of, among others, Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Dracula and The Shawshank Redemption Revealed: How One Story Keeps Hope Alive. R91, I feel the same way about Elizabeth. Do You Remember The Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows Board Game? Otherwise it will start at episode 210 (Barnabas's first appearance). Jamison Collins (702-838) At one point, my friend mentioned seeing our hosts photograph on a display at Blockbuster, at which point I inquired for what. It's a good thing "Dark Shadows" creator Dan Curtis wasn't in New York when the role of gentleman vampire Barnabas Collins was cast. I would laugh every time one of the characters would say how terrifying that dream was. I'll miss the black-and-white when it switches to color later in 1967. In terms of the theater, I like the inner drama rather than the outward manifestation. ", "The movie was fun," the actor said. Henesy eventually left acting as he grew up, and currently lives in Panama City, Panama with his wife, Carolina Rodriguez. Initially, he did return to the Broadway stage in 1971 in Murder in the Cathedral and Wait Until Dark. And the audience loved it. David had died sometime in 1970 along with a girl named Hallie Stokes. I do the exact opposite of what that asshole recomnends. He is best known for playing the role of David Collins on the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. He was actually hesitant to feature what he called spooky stories he would read, but saw that, given his image, it would be wise to include them. A journey that I hope will open the doors of life to me and link my past with my future. And once he was comfortable with Arsenic, we started booking his show., When he wrapped Arsenic and Old Lace, Frids agent told him that he wanted to start submitting him to different projects, which he was completely against. As Amy Jennings, Denise Nickerson became the on- and offscreen playmate of fellow child actor and "Dark Shadows" co-star David Henesy. I was getting a little bored with it, I suppose, but everyone got bored with it. "Trask held you prisoner?" says Quentin, from his prison cell. [quote]Anyway, if Amazon ever restores DS to the lineup, I'll go back to watching it again. Another land rover pulled up, and there was a family. and sounded awful. Today's Netflix . . Entertainment is hard work statistically speaking, its almost impossible to make anything thats not forgotten by the end of the week. David became a restaurateur, serving New York-style food at his restaurant, La Posta, in Panama City, Panama. He got the lust for blood every once in a while, but what always preyed on his mind was the lie. Dark Shadows News Page: David Henesy Checks In - Blogger How wrong they were. He was just going to be like every other vampire predator a threat that had to be eliminated. I've been watching this, for the first time, over the summer. "There was something about the innocence back then," she said. "But I was not a kid, I'll tell you the truth," Karlen said. Funny how gay old Roger just could not hold onto a woman. During the taping of episode 19, he assaulted child actor David Henesy in the dressing room area after catching the nine-year-old trying to write a nasty accusation on his dressing room door. The fang business with Barnabas I never thought that I created fear, I always felt foolish doing that part of it, but the horror part I liked was the lie. Theres nothing more horrible than looking someone in the eye who is tell you a lie and you know its a lie. David Collins | The Dark Shadows Wiki | Fandom "Again, not carrying the load, I always had time to relax, have a good time. (I mean the original movie from 1970.). Diana Millay had such a unique way of speaking (not sure if it was an affectation for the character or just her) that I found her mesmerizing. it was slow, but i was much younger back then with a completely different personality. it wasn't my thing. television series "Dark Shadows" (276 episodes) in the roles of David. On the surface, he seemed like this charming gentleman who had lived his life in England, but beneath that, there was indeed the need for blood, which was initially quenched by cows(! Every time the show went up another notch, I figured it was peaking and that it would start to go down. That hair was her whole character. Don't forget -- the "Willie Loomis" actor, John Karlen, played Mary Beth Lacey's husband in "Cagney and Lacey. As Willie Loomis the handyman who sets Barnabas free after 171 years trapped in a coffin John Karlen exuded a youthful, James Dean vibe. The flip side was "At The Blue Whale" (the waterfront bar in Collinsport) What a little Queen I was. Irresistible. R116 - If it's available in the UK, check out TubiTV.com. He started cooking for his fellow cast members of Dark Shadows when he was about 11 years old. It was just that freaky phone call. But seriously folks, Frid is a fairy. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Clutching a Bible and pointing the finger of guilt, witchhunter Rev. Roger often wondered if the boy was really Burke Devlin . She didn't. The 'Crown' Jewels' of the show is when Victoria Winters is whisked back to the year 1795 by way of a seance and we find out how Barnabas Collins became a vampire. Karlen was cute back then, but I thought the first Willie (although slimier) was sex on a stick. It was a hoot. Following are reflections on the original 1966-71 Gothic soap, compiled by "They got there," says O . Episode 1179/1180: Communication with the Dead - Dark Shadows Every Day Episode 803: What Fresh Hell | Dark Shadows Every Day I was kind of like a dark Santa Claus, he suggested with a laugh. Willie Loomis makes my skin crawl. I asked my pal if he had a medical condition or was senile and had just forgotten his pants or pissed them. why did david henesy leave dark shadows - skolms.com Kate Jackson and some others had their start there. I was forewarned that this would happen, and it did. Then there was his role as a mute butler in the 1973 TV movie The Devils Daughter and Oliver Stones directorial debut, Seizure (1974). It was so fake I couldn't stop staring at it. He just kept going; he was amazing and kept finding audiences in all these little towns, she warmly recalls. And no sooner did I get back, they called me and said they had another part, would I like to play it?