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. We know Louis Edmonds was gay but was Jonathan Frid? Queen David just mentioned Barnabas and gave Loomis the idea to break into the crypt. Apparently the show was shot live on tape. The wild plots, Grayson Hall, the very many gay actors, the flubs, the microphones hanging over their heads ("Mike Shadows"). "But I was not a kid, I'll tell you the truth," Karlen said. I have not watched the movie again. He had just returned from a vacation, Florida I think, to his apartment in NYC and as he was about to leave, his phone rang and it was his agent, offering him the Dark Shadows role, so he decided to delay his plan to take a job teaching on the West Coast, and save up some money working on a soap for a few weeks, which turned into years. I may try that, R11. Dwight Frye vibes on that one. R50, I agree. I watched this show on MeTV. Were still talking about Dark Shadows for the same reasons were still talking about Casablanca, Star Wars, and The Twilight Zone they all have a lot of gears working in unison that sing to us on levels deeper than just personal. Fandoms tend to crop up around these kinds of properties because they provoke a shared experience thats transcendent, and we gather together to try to prolong that experience. David had died sometime in 1970 along with a girl named Hallie Stokes. "Oh, I was getting so bored being straight man during all the fun everybody else was having, turning into a vampire," he said. So he joined Arsenic costarring along with Marion Ross, Jean Stapleton, Gary Sandy and Larry Storch from 1986 to 1987. See David Henesy full list of movies and tv shows from their career. It's my evening pandemic watching. It was a gothic soap. He resides in Panama City, Panama, His youngest son, Diego . But I remember seeing all of it. 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? Will I see it as high camp now? David became a restaurateur, serving New York-style food at his restaurant, La Posta, in Panama City, Panama. And with how Barnabas is now, I guess hes just older and a little more tired like me.. He seems kind of full himself and acts bored out of his mind when anyone else is speaking. People who tonight are still only shadows in my mind, but who will soon fill the days and nights of my tomorrows. Well, we were taping, so we had to do it over. The creation of producer Dan Curtis, who claimed the concept of the show came to him in a dream, Dark Shadows debuted in 1966, set in the fictional town of Collinsport, Maine and focusing on mysteries involving the Collins family at their mansion (Collinwood). Something my friend made a point of telling Jonathan and embarassing me slightly when Frid came back into the room,. "My eyes were my gift," said Lara Parker, who played Angelique. I am, however, watching a Canadian show called Strange Paradise that aired around the same time. I liked your decription as "atmospheric" ! Collins, Daniel Collins, Jamison Collins, and Tad Collins. He was born David Thomas Henesy in New Jersey, as one of three children. I just watched the Laura story a few months ago and was surprised how scary she was for a svelte blond lady. Clutching a Bible and pointing the finger of guilt, witchhunter Rev. So if you want to watch from the beginning you have to type in "the beginning.". Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. People often complain about it being "too slow" and I've never understood that. 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. How wrong they were. "We started a little restaurant on the set. I saw it again when I was in my 20s and I was embarrassed. Laura the Phoenix's near romance with the original Burke Devlin had the potential of great heat (excuse the pun). I do, but I dont miss the work, he admitted. But Barnabas starts to ask the questions and starts to say, Do I have to live this life? I'd done a half-dozen Broadway plays and all that kind of stuff. When David Henesy introduces himself, he leans forward because hes not used to microphones unless theyre hanging three feet above his head. What they came up with was a concept that would put Frid who always had a tough time memorizing lines on the road armed with a music stand, stool and written material from which he would read/perform. R105 - I always had the feeling that Laura was replaced by Angelique as the evil queen of Collinsport. Anyway, if Amazon ever restores DS to the lineup, I'll go back to watching it again. Time was not so kind to some of the others. 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. "There were some wonderful velvets and much more interesting clothing designed for the periods in the past. He is an actor, known for Dark Shadows (1966), House of Dark Shadows (1970) and Another World (1964). It was just that freaky phone call. It seemed like one brick per episode. There was one child, before he even got into the tent, who was just screaming and terrified. Hello. ", Recalled the actress: "I went to Africa on a photographic safari. "Of course, almost all actors, with any character they play, they have to find the truth in the character to make it work. I did enjoy its Gothic vibe that as like Wuthering Heights meets Turning of the Screw meets Bleak House. 1971. I can look back on myself in that film and I like whatever I did. It wasnt the ordinary soap opera and they went through all the horror stories three or four times; we were repeating ourselves. I was nervous and under a great strain. "The show was, of course, very melodramatic. I loved the early episodes, when the show was struggling to find a voice and tone. Funny how gay old Roger just could not hold onto a woman. Watching it now I realize Grayson Hall was the whole fucking show. ", "The movie was fun," the actor said. Some features on this site require a subscription. She was a little bit isolated and wanted to break out, like everybody in the '60s they wanted to break out of whatever mold they had been cast in. Florida I think, to his apartment in NYC and as he was about to leave, his phone rang and it was his agent, offering him the Dark Shadows role, so he decided to delay his plan to take a job teaching on the West Coast, and save up . There in a lucite case was a cane and ring. An ancient looking Louis Edmonds got up to answer questions he was obviously flaming . But the story never progresses. "Just as Jonathan (Frid), with his Barnabas thing he must have gotten sick of seeing himself.". R17, Grayson was wonderful, but I think Lara Parker was equally a draw for me. For over 25 years, he's worked in the hospitality industry, overseeing many . 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. R112, they both were good, but the girl that played Barnabas' little sister Sarah was the worst child actress I've ever seen. I love this live stream cast reunion that took place over Zoom on Halloween 2020. 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. Said Parker: "Josette represented goodness. So 1940 was my first inclination and 1945 I figured that if my friend could do it, I could do it. Dark Shadows was doing vampire as code for homosexual long before Anne Rice ever dreamt that up. Daniel Collins (PT) (983-1028) Who's sexier in the short trunks at the beach - Jonathan or Louis? I agree that David Hennessy was a good actor. I knew it couldnt last. For a show with so much amateurism, it did have star quality! "I had been through the mill already by the time I hit 'Dark Shadows.' I remember snippets from when my mother watched it when I was knee high to a grasshopper. ABC debuts 'Dark Shadows' on June 27, 1966. Entertainment is hard work statistically speaking, its almost impossible to make anything thats not forgotten by the end of the week. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Also, I don't know if I imagined it or what, but I thought one of the color episodes started with a closeup of Dr. Hoffman's gloved hand using a pencil to dial a telephone. I'm a Canadian and I faithfully watched and loved Dark Shadows from beginning to end when it was originally broadcast. What was really bad was the lie.. And the audience loved it. As 19th-century ghost Quentin Collins, David Selby didn't have much to say at first. Each episode was always Barnabas plotting a power grab, but neither side winning or searching for some answer that never materialized. Somehow that scares me more than anything. Watch it to see if you can tell when Joan Bennett is reading her lines in the tea cup. said the actor in 1997, when asked about the phenomenon. Also helpful for Selby was the way Quentin was styled. 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. That hair was her whole character. Victoria "Vicki" Winters is a fictional character from the television Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows and its remakes of the same name. "We had a blast," Nickerson said of working with Henesy. R83 - Neither one appeals to me, but I suppose I would have sooner done Louis than Jonathan. It was hanging off my arm! What are we doing?' R69 John Karlen who played Willie Loomis was in his mid 30's when he started on the show. Is David from Dark Shadows still alive? Like all fan events it was culty and as I was not in the cult quite hilarious. Everything I've seen said they had to cut the storyline short because Diana Millay was pregnant. 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. David Henesy David Collins: June 30, 1966 - September 24, 1970 Present day Daniel Collins February 19, 1968 - March 25, 1968 1795 flashback I'm watching the entire series for the first time, and I'm up to Tom Jennings' vampiric turn (God he was hot). I would have loved to see Hall meet Barnabas . I was one of those kids who rushed home from elementary school to watch Dark Shadows in its original run. How did the cast and crew learn that the phoenix storyline resonated with viewers? Friendly neighborhood vampire: 'Dark Shadows' is the latest movie to de-fang its monster. I'm doing a tour of classic soaps on Youtube (everything from Santa Barbara to Guiding Light to Knots Landing to The Colbys) but haven't got around to watching Dark Shadows yet. The stories had a timelessness. 3535. There's Maggie Evans!' "Trask held you prisoner?" says Quentin, from his prison cell. He was just going to be like every other vampire predator a threat that had to be eliminated. Find where to watch David Henesy's latest movies and tv shows . It was the time of The Beatles and I was getting almost the same kind of treatment they were.. He was released due to an issue of sympathy over the actors strike at the time. The live-on-tape "Dark Shadows" became famous or infamous for its bloopers. Frid collaborated with the show's writers to make Barnabas a tragic, romantic figure. Star-Ledger staff writer Mark Voger, who has been pursuing cast interviews since 1990. And so I did Crazy Jenny. Not sure why - just something about David Selby turned me off (I think that's his name). I was forewarned that this would happen, and it did. In retrospect it seems the theme of Dark Shadows was not the struggles of a tortured Barnabas to escape his vampire curse but rather the futile quest of a stunning blond named Angelique to get laid by any of the( obvious to everyone but her )gay men of the Collins family. Ive always played the heavy and Ive had great delight in playing them. He left acting behind and opened successful restaurants in New York and Cartagena, Colombia. 1: 'Dark Sahdows' started its ABC run as a Gothic -- no ghosts, no werewolves, no vampires. They had a certain appealing style, but the plot moved so slowly. Went into the small living room and sat down on the couch and started talking to the other people who'd gathered to watch the film with us. Wallace McBride comments, Dark Shadows functions on a lot of different levels simultaneously. There was an instance on a weekend when I was in a tent and there was a mob of people mothers and children waiting to come up and see me. Not far enough by any means but we have come a long way. Episode 1179/1180: Communication with the Dead. Such a great name. Vicky!" Reared in New York City, Henesy was a child actor in film, television, and Broadway. I did it for the money and for the ego trip sure, I enjoyed it, but who wouldnt? Episode 937: The Predator. The show's demise is likely attributed to an unfortunate combination of several factors. Daniel Collins (431-456) I thought Victoria was a more interesting character than Barnabas and I liked her relationship with Elizabeth. it wasn't my thing. A reunion of the remaining cast, now cryptkeepers, from Halloween last year. I used to rush home to watch it as a kid. What's missing, R88, is the sense of cliffhanger tension; tradeoff is that watching it now the camp shows through! Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/26/2023). It is unknown why the original series of Dark Shadows was cancelled in April, 1971. I think I did another play. I remembered all the mistakes the actors made as well as prop failures from back when I was a kid. I love to play horror for horrors sake, he explained. Together they . All the way from the black and white beginning, with an episode a day. Frankly, if I worked harder I could have twisted it, though I may never have made it as big again. You know, going down the street and hearing the din of thousands of people anticipating your arrival. ", As Laura Collins, a reincarnated "phoenix" who returned to life every 100 years, Diana Millay played the first-ever supernatural character on "Dark Shadows.". I was playing inquisitors and priests trying to destroy this and that, he laughed. click ACCEPT. Those eyes! Too bad they didn't write her out for the duration of her pregnancy and then bring her back. You see, being a star is a big, big job; you always have to be better than you were the time before or youre out. She had been married to three Collins, Jeremiah Collins (1700s), Edward Collins (late 1800s), and Roger Collins (1960s). He also played Andre DuPres in the 1795 storyline. Victoria was nice but she was what my mother would describe as "book smart but not street smart." Then there was his role as a mute butler in the 1973 TV movie The Devils Daughter and Oliver Stones directorial debut, Seizure (1974). Why did Victoria Winters leave Dark Shadows? ", While on a vacation in the '60s, Scott became aware of the impact of "Dark Shadows. It's me! She got the part. I was kind of talked into doing it and really wasnt sure what I was doing at first, he related. 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. You know the rest of the story. As a child actor on the show, he played several key roles, and was there for the cult serial's . Recalled the actor: "Whenever I'm asked if I brought home any souvenirs from the show, I always say, 'I brought home an arm.' Denise Nicholson was good too. Eventually Willie's southern voice disappeared. (The actor died in April at age 87. At one point, my friend mentioned seeing our hosts photograph on a display at Blockbuster, at which point I inquired for what. The whole series was available on Amazon Prime for awhile recently, and I started rewatching it from the first episode. "Of course, I was worried that once I opened my mouth, they won't want me!". "I was only on once or twice a week. She chewed everything but the fiberglass tombstones. Ive played comedy, too, though thats a part of my life I have not fulfilled.. That god damn nut Alan Sarapa recommends it so i avoid it. Google Dark Shadows Every Day. R71, I'm still able to watch it through Tubi for free. 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. But we keep trying, because when it works, its literally magic. 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. ", R93 - when I first saw him on Cagney & Lacey I blurted out "Oh my God, it's Willie Loomis!". And it lasted a hell of a lot longer than I thought it would. He would still get on his website and tell the fans, I cant wait until the next Festival to see you all again. He had the energy and the passion, but, of course, as with all of us, his body didnt cooperate.. I pay enough for streaming as it is! Barnabas was told by David Collins (David Henesy) that Josette's spirit still haunted the Collinwood estate, where it periodically helped and protected others, including young David. So when the end came, I was fully prepared for it. "He had the long frock coat, which I thought was wonderful, and he had the sideburns," Selby said. "Let Me In! Dark Shadows. site without all this bureaucratic nonsense, I was amazed at how good Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie/Josette) and Lara Parker (Angelique/Casandra) looked. 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. 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I tried to bring up some episode that involved a still photo of Ray Krebbs and it wanted $1.99, prompting me to snap that I wouldn't give a quarter for that old cowboy Ray Krebbs. I also love the late 60s/early 70s clothes the women wore, especially when they went to color. Here endeth my TED Talk., Looking back at it all towards the end, Frid commented, Dark Shadows was something unexpected, but really quite amazing. R116 - If it's available in the UK, check out TubiTV.com. . "But the first time we did it, when I lifted it up to choke (another actor), the box dropped! Pretty sure he was gay, don't know what caused his burnout, really. I remember bright lime green was a popular color. 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. It's just old-fashioned storytelling.". Take a look at Dr. Julia Hoffman, one of the great woman scientists of all time. Dark Shadows News Page: David Henesy Checks In. And there are a lot of people who still are. David was born in 1958, nearly eight months into his parents' marriage. I asked my pal if he had a medical condition or was senile and had just forgotten his pants or pissed them. Dawidziak points out that the actor actually did know one thing: He knew how it was going to end, which was with a big piece of lumber sticking out of his chest, because they were going to kill him off. "He definitely believed it," Lacy said of the character. 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. "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. They had a fake arm on the bottom of the box; it looked like it held the box. In terms of the theater, I like the inner drama rather than the outward manifestation. Notes OLeary, Jonathan definitely still had energy. Oh, the malevolence at my house in early July, when Dallas episodes briefly went back to costing money on IMDB TV. ". He was riding his bike down Crown Street, when all of a sudden, a tall blonde man jumped out from . That was how we did it. DARK SHADOWS alumni Lara Parker, David Selby, Nancy Barrett, Marie Wallace, James Storm, Roger Davis, Sharon Smyth, Christopher Pennock, and Kathryn Leigh Scott will all be taking part in a live presentation on Halloween night, moderated by Ansel Faraj and Jack Fields. Like one whole episode of a character sitting in a chair whimpering about how Barnabas would do this or that. The first play I was in at prep school, where I astounded myself, my family and my friends, was when I was a budding actor in 1938 or 1940. And then he returned home to Canada, before relocating back to New York in the early 1980s. There is some really entertaining acting (prissy Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins is priceless, and Joan Bennett as his dignified sister Elizabeth Stoddard is very appealing in her role, plus there are various attractive male actors and some pretty good kid actors). Nancy Barrett never seemed to flub her lines. Please complete the process by verifying your email address. It seemed random to me. Religion probably started for the same reasons. David was a great actor. It was a hoot. It seemed like there was always something going on to me. This one, Don Briscoe. And we knew that there was something special about what we were doing.". Couldn't wait to get home from school to watch it every day. And no sooner did I get back, they called me and said they had another part, would I like to play it? I always felt the guy who played Willie Loomis (John Karlen) was the best actor in the whole bunch. Because of the pandemic, she had to give her paper virtually. In the first year of the pandemic, I watched the whole series straight through. 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. I pay enough for streaming, so I'll have to go without until/if it comes back. And a little girl said, 'Mommy! As Carolyn, Barrett got to wear groovy hair and fashions. I watched a few episodes when the revival came out in the early 90's - i was interested in the source material. The characters purposely lead themselves into trouble and then whine about it. She was Dr. Julia Hoffman. Well, aside from Barnabas of course. Henesy eventually left acting as he grew up, and currently lives in Panama City, Panama with his wife, Carolina Rodriguez. I'm considering it but I'm afraid it will be very dated. When he first signed on to play aristocratic Roger Collins, Louis Edmonds couldn't have guessed that his likeness would end up on merchandise such as trading cards. Eve, a manmade woman, was the first of three "Dark Shadows" roles played by Marie Wallace. What the character did have was "Quentin's Theme," an instrumental that became a hit song in 1969. Wallace, too, had a theory on the show's enduring appeal. I loved it as a kid, bought the set of DVDs as an adult, and now I cant find in it whatever it was that I mustve been supplying all those years ago. 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. Together they operate a collection of upscale restaurants called Henesy-Rodriguez Group (HRG). And it all moves much faster once you have Julia Hoffman and Angelique in the story. It was a soap opera and so there were long stretches of the day-to-day run where nothing much happened, and even as kids we could tell they were just dragging things outHere's a nice clip where the busybody housekeeper, Cousin Abigail, in a sequence set back in the 19th Century, catches Barnabas emerging from his coffin at sundown. 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. Actually, the episodes are 22.5 minutes each, not an hour. I don't think I care much for Roger Davis, though. . Dan (Curtis) did the same thing by going back in time and really borrowing from classic literature. "You know, he was a bit of a rogue. I started watching DS when they already went into the past the first time, so I never saw the Laura the Phoenix storyline. 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. 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.

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