Relates OLeary, Jonathan said it was the most wonderful year of his life, because he got to do a long run of a play and he was an actor who constantly would work and look for some nuance he didnt know in the beginning. Well, we were taping, so we had to do it over. "There were some wonderful velvets and much more interesting clothing designed for the periods in the past. R96, if you're a fan of Louis Edmonds (Roger on DS, Langley on All My Children), you'd like the Phoenix story - she was his ex-wife and son David's mother. I was lucky to have big, blue eyes. He had some kind of "nervous breakdown" while appearing on the show, in various roles. Another land rover pulled up, and there was a family. Dan (Curtis) did the same thing by going back in time and really borrowing from classic literature. Ive always played the heavy and Ive had great delight in playing them. In total there were seven incarnations of Laura seen, or . The ones with A. Moltke (V. Winters) stand out, along with one with Joan Bennett, and ones with Lara Parker. Recalled the actress: "When I first went in and was contracted to do Eve, I had no idea that there'd be any other part. Frid collaborated with the show's writers to make Barnabas a tragic, romantic figure. But because Jonathan did the work of trying to find relatable ways to play that part, the viewers picked up on it before the writers did. They had a fake arm on the bottom of the box; it looked like it held the box. David Henesy makes his first ever Dark Shadows related appearance and they all share some interesting stories. "We had a blast," Nickerson said of working with Henesy. I was one of those kids who rushed home from elementary school to watch Dark Shadows in its original run. I loved the laying on of hands Quentin tried on Jamison. It was constantly fascinating and surprising to me what I was called upon to do. ^There are a lot of filmed interviews with the actors from DS on youtube, and most of them are really interesting. I remember snippets from when my mother watched it when I was knee high to a grasshopper. R83 - Neither one appeals to me, but I suppose I would have sooner done Louis than Jonathan. Broadway. I liked your decription as "atmospheric" ! He just kept going; he was amazing and kept finding audiences in all these little towns, she warmly recalls. An ancient looking Louis Edmonds got up to answer questions he was obviously flaming . I could miss a week of episodes and still be caught up. 3535. He wasnt at all. It's like they found the fountain of youth. 'Dark Shadows' trailer: Why the comedy? Especially in a love relationship when you find out the person does not love you and is only pretending to. Frid and Henesy are both adorable as panelists. She chewed everything but the fiberglass tombstones. David Ford (October 30, 1925 - August 7, 1983) took over the role of Sam Evans from Mark Allen (Allen's last episode was 22) in August 1966. 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). And speaking of the stars on DS, Laura the Phoenix was played by a "known" B-actress named Diana Millay. Im a negative person in that way. I dont mean whether he was nice or bad. So he did, among them one written by Stephen King,and even incorporated elements of comedy, which he brought to additional conventions and colleges. Fango fans of several generations know what a formative experience the TV series Dark Shadows was for them as children, but perhaps no childhood was as shaped by the series as David Henesy's. Mr. Henesy was with the show from its first week on the air in 1966 to the end of 1970, some 1160 episodes later (filming the feature film House of Dark Shadows earlier that year). I liked the Leviathan story, when it featured super queeny Chris Bernau, poor thing just couldn't hide the gay. The whole series was available on Amazon Prime for awhile recently, and I started rewatching it from the first episode. After joining the "Dark Shadows" cast, Lacy began being recognized on the street. Do You Remember The Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows Board Game? Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. I had only just got to Barnabus's debut when bastard Amazon U.K. pulled the show from Prime and made it a cost-option. "Now that you've killed her father, the wedding must be postponed.". I really enjoyed her as Millicent, who went crazy because of evil Nathan Forbes. I said, Ill never get it, he details, and because I was in that attitude, I think I got the job. Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. What was really bad was the lie.. ", R93 - when I first saw him on Cagney & Lacey I blurted out "Oh my God, it's Willie Loomis!". I liked all of Dark Shadows, but I do think the 1897 storyline went on a skosh too long. If this hasn't already been stated there is a Dark Shadows channel (DS 24/7) on Pluto TV. It was the time of The Beatles and I was getting almost the same kind of treatment they were.. If you can't find the email you can resend it here. They've fixed it. I was nervous and under a great strain. Find where to watch David Henesy's latest movies and tv shows . This is exciting news! I have no interest in that at all. Daniel Collins (PT) (983-1028) It wasnt the ordinary soap opera and they went through all the horror stories three or four times; we were repeating ourselves. Also, she was beautiful -- Hitchcock would have loved her! Dwight Frye vibes on that one. Couldn't wait to get home from school to watch it every day. "We spent a lot of time in ('Dark Shadows' co-star) Joan Bennett's dressing room, smoking cigarettes," Nickerson said with a laugh. I just remember the actress being bricked behind a wall. I dont know if as a child you were taken to the department store to see Santa, who was supposed to be a friend, but he was a big man and he was frightening. 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. He was released due to an issue of sympathy over the actors strike at the time. I'm a Canadian and I faithfully watched and loved Dark Shadows from beginning to end when it was originally broadcast. The ghost of Gerard Stiles had caused the . The mother, whod been waiting on line for an hour or two, said, Sonny, Ive had you in line for two hours so you can tell Barnabas exactly what you want to tell him. Finally, he figured that the only way he was getting out of there was if he told me, so between tears he said, I like you. Talk about love-hate. I was amazed at how good Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie/Josette) and Lara Parker (Angelique/Casandra) looked. David became a restaurateur, serving New York-style food at his restaurant, La Posta, in Panama City, Panama. But once we went into the studio, I found that I enjoyed it and we went back a second day to perform it again after I was comfortable. The live-on-tape "Dark Shadows" became famous or infamous for its bloopers. Hello. "You know, actors sometimes don't get a chance to play a real mustache-twirling villain like that," said Jerry Lacy, who played the bad reverend. ", Angelique, Barnabas and Josette (Kathryn Leigh Scott) formed a haunting love triangle on "Dark Shadows.". And then the other side, which is the pure side, the virginal side. My first introduction to Dark Shadows was when I was 10 years old and a friend told me about a TV series with a ghost, Josette, who saves our heroine Victoria Winters and leaves a smell of jasmine. But at least those nerves worked for Barnabas, because the character was a nervous wreck. "You know, the show was already going very strong when I joined the cast. Eventually Willie's southern voice disappeared. I think it would have been more fun if we had been paid for it. David Collins (HODS). A lesbian lady dresses as Quentin ( complete with glued on astro turff sideburns) Scolded my ignorance by telling me Louis had once been called back for some pick up dialog dressed only from the waist up. Who's sexier in the short trunks at the beach - Jonathan or Louis? No matter how you blow your lines you just keep going! "Oh, no!" You just accept that as part of the job. Like all fan events it was culty and as I was not in the cult quite hilarious. I remember bright lime green was a popular color. It still never fails to disappoint me. I think I did another play. 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. I absolutely love it.got the entire series on dvd..about $500 on eBay or Amazon love it love it love it.. I saw the shows when they were first on tv, at least after the vampire showed up, and I think it's mighty interesting to this day. I enjoyed reading his comments there for a few years before he died. Yes, she flubs her lines and sometimes is unsure which camera is on her, but she is so, so, SO watchable. Born John Herbert Frid on December 2, 1924 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II, which is where the idea of acting first came to him. A mystery. Ive played comedy, too, though thats a part of my life I have not fulfilled.. To me the weak spot was always Jonathan Frid's Barnabas. "How will I ever find her?". Lacy played Trask as someone who was utterly convinced he was on a sacred mission. "Even though at the time, we didn't think it was very innocent.". If you find it too slow, I can prescribe you a sedative. "There was something about (Jenny's) vulnerability that really was endearing to me." Because of the pandemic, she had to give her paper virtually. Even the entire first series now needs to be paid for. 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. R17, Grayson was wonderful, but I think Lara Parker was equally a draw for me. I believe that in this life, if you are around people who are incredibly compatible, and every single day everything works so smoothly, and everything goes like a miracle, and everything is a miracle ah, there must be something special about what you're doing. "There are no such things as heroes and villains, you know, and Barnabas was neither hero nor villain," Frid said. Irresistible. R71, I'm still able to watch it through Tubi for free. Not sure why - just something about David Selby turned me off (I think that's his name). It's just old-fashioned storytelling.". It was 4 o'clock in the morning and I was in the sonar plane watching a flight of lions feeding off a wildebeest. I was mesmerized by Carolyn Stoddard's perfect blonde shoulder length hair with the 60's flip. "When that was over I think Quentin killed me on that one some time passed. I watched a few episodes when the revival came out in the early 90's - i was interested in the source material. Look! Thanks, R72 and R73. House of Dark Shadows. David Henesy makes his first ever Dark Shadows related appearance and they all share some interesting stories. I asked my pal if he had a medical condition or was senile and had just forgotten his pants or pissed them. Well, aside from Barnabas of course. Pretty sure he was gay, don't know what caused his burnout, really. In terms of the theater, I like the inner drama rather than the outward manifestation. I was forewarned that this would happen, and it did. No one seemed to mind. A house called Collinwood, a world I've never known, with people I've never met. When you think about vampires (though were not exactly sure why you would be), odds are theyd be members of the undead desperate to reclaim some part of their lost humanity, whether its their soul (David Boreanaz Angel), eternal love (Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga) or meaning in their own existence (Anne Rices Lestat). Dark Shadows and Edge of Night were two of gayest sets in NYC in the 60s and 70s and that is saying a lot. What's missing, R88, is the sense of cliffhanger tension; tradeoff is that watching it now the camp shows through! I had a crush on the kid who played David. Next to them was the portrait of Barnabas Collins. David Henesy was born on 20 October 1956 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA. Victoria was nice but she was what my mother would describe as "book smart but not street smart." Campy, with supernatural elements. I've had a lot of laughs reading his entries. Is Willie Loomis supposed to be young? I mmediately told my friend that my brother was a huge DS fan and would plotz at where we were, As well as the fact that he dressed up as the character for several Halloweens. I saw it again when I was in my 20s and I was embarrassed. I love every second of it. He was a sick, unbelievable creep that the world didnt know about. David Henesy really did a fine job acting possessed. David Henesy has since walked off the show, and refuses to return until Mark Allen is off the show. There was one child, before he even got into the tent, who was just screaming and terrified. It's also fun to see the '60's fashions and hair. [quote]Anyway, if Amazon ever restores DS to the lineup, I'll go back to watching it again. And that played right into my own lie as an actor, pretending to be fully confident when I wasnt. Please click here to register for free. It's amazing how many times Frid flubbed his lines, yet when he had limited dialogue and just had to be menacing, he was very effective. Actually, the episodes are 22.5 minutes each, not an hour. Its ok to have on in the background if youre doing something else. It's like the knowing woman and the innocent woman together.". I did enjoy its Gothic vibe that as like Wuthering Heights meets Turning of the Screw meets Bleak House. This one, Don Briscoe. All the way from the black and white beginning, with an episode a day. Dark Shadows became a bonafide phenomenon. It was a hoot. Frid was actually on the show twice in consecutive weeks in March, once in character and then as a panelist, and David Henesy was a panelist in another episode with his mom on the opposing team. "She was clearly very rich. She got the part. R108 is correct and they could no longer hide it within her costumes. The real mystery is how Dark Shadows managed to survive on the air for more than a couple of months given its anemic ratings. He was always nice, right from the beginning; he was never really bad. ), "Because, he wanted somebody who was very aggressive, very macho and very strong. David Henesy (born October 20, 1955) played David Collins, the young Daniel Collins, Jamison Collins, Daniel Collins (PT), and Tad Collins in the original Dark Shadows. And a little girl said, 'Mommy! Recalled the actor: "Whenever I'm asked if I brought home any souvenirs from the show, I always say, 'I brought home an arm.' And with how Barnabas is now, I guess hes just older and a little more tired like me.. 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. People often complain about it being "too slow" and I've never understood that. I thought Lara Parker had the greatest presence on the showwhen she was onscreen , your eyes always just stayed on her, even if she wasn't the focus of the scene. Together they operate a . R71, when I watched it straight through in 2020, they made you pay for a few episodes -- I didn't. Frid would graduate from Hamiltons McMaster University in 1948, enrolling the next year at Londons Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Victoria "Vicki" Winters is a fictional character from the television Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows and its remakes of the same name. Love the DS bloopers. The wild plots, Grayson Hall, the very many gay actors, the flubs, the microphones hanging over their heads ("Mike Shadows"). The focus was on Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke . Hello. It had atmosphere. I may try that, R11. 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. The show was at it's peak when it went back into the past the first two times . I'm in the U.K., though, so it might be different here. 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 list distinguishes characters from the original ABC daytime soap opera series, the 1970s films, the 1991 NBC remake series, . It was just that freaky phone call. Its too much hard work. television series "Dark Shadows" (276 episodes) in the roles of David. She stood out from all the other women in the cast. "The press, of course, made it up to be just a guy with a couple of fangs biting everybody.". Then there was his role as a mute butler in the 1973 TV movie The Devils Daughter and Oliver Stones directorial debut, Seizure (1974). Karlen considered "Dark Shadows" to be a career break. R5, if you're still around, the Roku has a free channel called Tubi that has the entire series, and it's free to watch. "Yes," answers time-traveling eccentric millionaire Barnabas Collins, who is acting in Quentin's defense. Don't forget -- the "Willie Loomis" actor, John Karlen, played Mary Beth Lacey's husband in "Cagney and Lacey. More importantly, can I change? I thought Barnabas was a creepy old man when I was young and I still do. The side that is capable of anger and resentment and bitchiness and manipulating other peoples' lives, which is really fascinating and challenging. R106 That I cannot believe. [quote] Grid has a masters in directing from an Ivy League university. 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. So when the end came, I was fully prepared for it. Fun fact - i'm named after one of the characters since my mother was apparently very into the series around the time of my birth. Every time the show went up another notch, I figured it was peaking and that it would start to go down. She had been married to three Collins, Jeremiah Collins (1700s), Edward Collins (late 1800s), and Roger Collins (1960s). "But the first time we did it, when I lifted it up to choke (another actor), the box dropped!
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