The real mystery is how Dark Shadows managed to survive on the air for more than a couple of months given its anemic ratings. Don't forget Denise Nickerson, the child actress who was later immortalized as the gum chewing Violet Beauregarde In "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.". 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 actor died in April at age 87. Joan Bennett (movie star) , Grayson Hall (Oscar nominee) , Kate Jackson (Charli's smart Angel), David Selby (Falcon Crest star/Streisand co-star), Donna McKechnie (Tony winner), Alexandra Moltke (Von Bulow scandal figure). It was constantly fascinating and surprising to me what I was called upon to do. Hello. We watched for Josette sightings. Still watch and enjoy the reruns and and the series still holds up quite well. I thought Barnabas was a creepy old man when I was young and I still do. Victoria Winters going back to see how Barnabas became a vampire was my all-time favorite storyline, but the Quentin-becomes-a-werewolf s/l was great too. I think that's brilliant. The lie came easily to her tongue. [quote] so I never saw the Laura the Phoenix storyline. I pay enough for streaming as it is! He appeared in a total of 276 episodes of the . I really wish they wouldn't have dropped Victoria's story, because it was somewhat compelling. Having started with 'The Beginning' on Tubi, I've worked my way from Victoria's arrival to just a few episodes before Barnabas. He left acting behind and opened successful restaurants in New York and Cartagena, Colombia. The focus was on Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke . How was that? Have any of my fellow DL'ers rewatched this? David Henesy (October 20, 1956-) Child actor in film, television, and. My family objected to the whole idea of it. Not that that was going to stop him. I'd never heard it before Dark Shadows was on. She chewed everything but the fiberglass tombstones. The stories had a timelessness. So he did, among them one written by Stephen King,and even incorporated elements of comedy, which he brought to additional conventions and colleges. I watched a few episodes when the revival came out in the early 90's - i was interested in the source material. I'm in the U.K., though, so it might be different here. 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. David Henesy (born October 20, 1955) played David Collins, the young Daniel Collins, Jamison Collins, Daniel Collins (PT), and Tad Collinsin the original Dark Shadows. 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. What impressed me was how sexless it was compared to modern soaps. David began his Dark Shadows career at the age of nine debuting in the fourth episode of the series and remaining throughout the duration of the program. And that played right into my own lie as an actor, pretending to be fully confident when I wasnt. He died and had himself buried in his Dracula cape. I liked your decription as "atmospheric" ! 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. I think I did another play. David became a restaurateur, serving New York-style food at his restaurant, La Posta, in Panama City, Panama. 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). She got the part. "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. "It's not dependent upon technology or anything. Everybody was laughing about how often Jonathan Frid would forget his lines. I'd done a half-dozen Broadway plays and all that kind of stuff. I also love the late 60s/early 70s clothes the women wore, especially when they went to color. 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. 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 . A mystery. I struggled and lost interest during season 1. Wallace, too, had a theory on the show's enduring appeal. He looks 40. It never occured to me to ask for an autograph for my brother. What are we doing?' and the iPad when black. Things did reach a point where the network (ABC) was getting ready to cut it off, giving Curtis just six months to turn things around. What's missing, R88, is the sense of cliffhanger tension; tradeoff is that watching it now the camp shows through! Especially in a love relationship when you find out the person does not love you and is only pretending to. ", "Somehow or other," Scott said, "(Curtis) chose people who kind of rolled with the punches and never balked at doing things. It was just an enjoyable shoot. 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. "Everybody gets one. ", Friendly neighborhood vampire: 'Dark Shadows' is the latest movie to de-fang its monster. 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 watched the reruns when I was a kid, can't quite remember; but when I first started streaming I found it and thought I'd watch an episode for shits and giggles and assumed it wouldn't stand the test of time. I love this live stream cast reunion that took place over Zoom on Halloween 2020. 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. And then he returned home to Canada, before relocating back to New York in the early 1980s. Why did James Hall leave Dark Shadows? And so I did Crazy Jenny. He has to kill her, of course, but the great touch is that she actually dies of fright while he has his hand around her throat instead of him strangling her or draining her blood. David had died sometime in 1970 along with a girl named Hallie Stokes. All told, though, things were pretty quiet. After a few minutes I was hooked again. 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. As a child actor on the show, he played several key roles, and was there for the cult serial's . I started watching it again several months ago. It was essentially a Gothic novel brought to life, involving a woman (Alexandra Moltkes Victoria Winters) who comes to Collinwood to work as a governess for young David Collins (David Henesy) while trying to uncover secrets of her own past. "I was lucky enough to have been playing Willie," the actor said. David Collins (4-1109) 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. I think they were just flying by the seat of their pants and the movie crew didnt know what to do with them. I remember bright lime green was a popular color. Laura the Phoenix's near romance with the original Burke Devlin had the potential of great heat (excuse the pun). Even better than many of the adults on the show. David Henesy has since walked off the show, and refuses to return until Mark Allen is off the show. As Carolyn, Barrett got to wear groovy hair and fashions. Jamison Collins (702-838) Today's Netflix . She didn't. 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. He started cooking for his fellow cast members of Dark Shadows when he was about 11 years old. Dwight Frye vibes on that one. "There were some wonderful velvets and much more interesting clothing designed for the periods in the past. Hard to believe she had a Oscar nom. When asked during the audition why she thought she'd be right for the part of Roxanne she said "because I have short hair." Astredo may be a straight actor, but he did the part with extra ping! Fact No. David Henesy. I love this show. This past summer I watch the first 400 episodes over again on Amazon Prime. Clutching a Bible and pointing the finger of guilt, witchhunter Rev. And let's not forget that the actress who played Victoria Winters was also Claus von Bulow's mistress and testified at his trial. As 19th-century ghost Quentin Collins, David Selby didn't have much to say at first. "You know, he was a bit of a rogue. At the end, as people were one-by-one leaving the virtual room, just as she hit "Leave Room," she heard someone say "Julia! I have not watched the movie again. You couldn't smell the smoke through the Jungle Gardenia. He was a sick, unbelievable creep that the world didnt know about. When "Dark Shadows" introduced its version of the Frankenstein monster, Adam, a mate soon followed. I watched it from first episode to last back in the day (yes, I'm old). It was a hoot. 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(! Karlen considered "Dark Shadows" to be a career break. The flip side was "At The Blue Whale" (the waterfront bar in Collinsport) What a little Queen I was. R83 - Neither one appeals to me, but I suppose I would have sooner done Louis than Jonathan. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 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. Watching it now I realize Grayson Hall was the whole fucking show. 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. Some of these happen so quickly it's hard to notice. I had a crush on Donna Wandrey, who played Roxanne. But Barnabas starts to ask the questions and starts to say, Do I have to live this life? "The press, of course, made it up to be just a guy with a couple of fangs biting everybody.". Henesy eventually left acting as he grew up, and currently lives in Panama City, Panama with his wife, Carolina Rodriguez. ABC debuts 'Dark Shadows' on June 27, 1966. I've had a lot of laughs reading his entries. Even the entire first series now needs to be paid for. Louis had a place on Long Island where they had some wild parties back in the day way back. But I remember seeing all of it. It hadnt occurred to me to be a professional until then and a friend of mine was definitely coming to New York after the war to become a professional actor, he recalled. "We got the clue when the reception, immediately, was totally overwhelming," Millay said. 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. Not far enough by any means but we have come a long way. "He definitely believed it," Lacy said of the character. "My eyes were my gift," said Lara Parker, who played Angelique. Also got a kick out of spotting the modern zippers on the backs of women's dresses when they'd switch to the 1700-1800s stories. I was a lot older than I looked.". Please click here to update your account with a username and password. Like R5, I was watching (and enjoying) the series on Prime. "So that even before Quentin spoke, he had some sort of identity, some sort of mystery.". R50, I agree. His and wife Julia Duffy's son Danny killed himself at age 29 in 2019. That hair was her whole character. It still never fails to disappoint me. I swear I once saw partially dressed Thayer David walk across the set as the credits were running, then hustle away as he realized the camera was on. Because of the pandemic, she had to give her paper virtually. 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. So it was tied up more quickly than planned because they realized he could not handle the necessary scenes of the original conception. I agree that David Hennessy was a good actor. Nancy Barrett never seemed to flub her lines. I dont think Jonathan Frid managed to get through a single episode without flubbing a line. ", Angelique, Barnabas and Josette (Kathryn Leigh Scott) formed a haunting love triangle on "Dark Shadows.". That was really dress-up time.". He was just going to be like every other vampire predator a threat that had to be eliminated. Not sure who the dad was supposed to be however. "I was only on once or twice a week. It seemed to me like he wanted to take it over and make it all about himself. Our dreams were fulfilled when Victoria Winters travelled back to 1795 and we learned the full story of Josette and her tragic love for Barnabas. You can catch it on this YouTube channel! I can look back on myself in that film and I like whatever I did. He had been on tour with actor Ray Milland in Hostile Witness and when it was over, he returned to Manhattan to find the phone ringing in the days before answering machines and ran in to answer. For a show with so much amateurism, it did have star quality! 1: 'Dark Sahdows' started its ABC run as a Gothic -- no ghosts, no werewolves, no vampires. Everything I've seen said they had to cut the storyline short because Diana Millay was pregnant. 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. As such, she was supposed to be reborn approximately every 100 years and consumed by fire as an adult every 100 years, but she actually had many lives on the Dark Shadows timeline. He did embrace his Dark Shadows past by attending a number of conventions in New York and California between 2007 and 2011, and he reprised the role of Barnabas for the first time in the 2010 audio drama The Night Whispers. I was in the Air Force for four years. Religion probably started for the same reasons. Another land rover pulled up, and there was a family. When Karlen took over, he did his best to keep the accent but was from NYC (Brooklyn?) The close-ups on David were funny! Actor: Dark Shadows. I thought Reverend Trask was the one bricked behind a wall - he was sexy! I do know that later on Laura returns to do battle with Angelique, which should be interesting. In early 1966, Frid, at that point a resident of New York City, had plans to move to California to become a teacher. I was just annoyed by the inconsistencies in the plot and how they'd "retcon" things like crazy. They would change color with what I had on. The vengeful, and beautiful, witch Angelique hypnotized viewers by looking into the TV camera while casting spells. He played Humphrey Bogart in one of the Woody Allen films I think - Jerry Lacey. I loved the early episodes, when the show was struggling to find a voice and tone. David Henesy was an American child actor born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey on October 20th, 1956. Too bad they didn't write her out for the duration of her pregnancy and then bring her back. 1971. 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. "Oh, no!" 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. Like R4, I too rushed home from elementary school to watch it, but soon realized that the only part worth catching was opening title and end credits. "You don't mean, like, the baseball playing cards?" They remind me of my high school theater days when sets would collapse, muslin walls would wiggle, and doors refused to open! So I'm not sure why people have identified with him, but I'm grateful that they have. "When that was over I think Quentin killed me on that one some time passed. 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. In "House of Dark Shadows," the 1970 film adaptation of the series, Edmonds got to do something he never did on the TV show: become a vampire. Wallace McBride comments, Dark Shadows functions on a lot of different levels simultaneously. Since leaving acting in the early 1970s, David has remained one of the most elusive members of the Dark Shadows cast. Then I got the call for Megan Todd.". Please complete the process by verifying your email address. Loved seeing a very young Kate Jackson. And no sooner did I get back, they called me and said they had another part, would I like to play it? YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. 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. But while he was away, the mice played.". Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Henesy eventually left acting as he grew up, and currently lives in Panama City, Panama with his wife, Carolina Rodriguez. The wild plots, Grayson Hall, the very many gay actors, the flubs, the microphones hanging over their heads ("Mike Shadows"). 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. 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. Work got sloppy, the writing got sloppy, the discipline got bad and the show burned itself out.. Queen David just mentioned Barnabas and gave Loomis the idea to break into the crypt. 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. "We thought, 'Hey! He also played Andre DuPres in the 1795 storyline. It was just that freaky phone call. Roger often wondered if the boy was really Burke Devlin .
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