If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Daniel Collins (PT) (983-1028) I'm a Canadian and I faithfully watched and loved Dark Shadows from beginning to end when it was originally broadcast. Really good stuff! David Henesy has since walked off the show, and refuses to return until Mark Allen is off the show. She was purity. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Google Dark Shadows Every Day. The truth is, I knew people were going to view me as Barnabas after the show ended, although there was nothing to typecast except the fangs. ", Friendly neighborhood vampire: 'Dark Shadows' is the latest movie to de-fang its monster. In this parallel time, David Henesy played another character named Daniel Collins. At one point, my friend mentioned seeing our hosts photograph on a display at Blockbuster, at which point I inquired for what. R71, when I watched it straight through in 2020, they made you pay for a few episodes -- I didn't. Time was not so kind to some of the others. I remember bright lime green was a popular color. When David Henesy introduces himself, he leans forward because hes not used to microphones unless theyre hanging three feet above his head. ', I found it on YouTube as "Dark Shadows: Original Series from 1966 to 1971". And the predator doesnt question his own nature, Dawidziak points out. . He would only do it over if it looked really bad. And there are a lot of people who still are. "Of course, almost all actors, with any character they play, they have to find the truth in the character to make it work. "We thought, 'Hey! At the end they used to just point the camera at an empty set and run the credits. Episode 1179/1180: Communication with the Dead. The close-ups on David were funny! We were almost like a summer stock group. It seemed to me like he wanted to take it over and make it all about himself. . !, Let Me In!, Let me OUT!!". :(. The Dark Shadows Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. I was almost teary-eyed when Quentin confronted Edward about Quentin's children. Not only the impact that the character had on the show, but the impact that the character had on the pop culture and all of horror storytelling going forward., When Jonathan joined the show, he continues, nobody could actually tell him how to play a vampire. It was hanging off my arm! I'm glad that I watched the first 200 or so episodes, it was worth it for the atmosphere and actually getting to know the characters some. 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. But while he was away, the mice played.". It was constantly fascinating and surprising to me what I was called upon to do. I remember seeing the re-runs on scifi - where Barnabus just walks through a mirror and everyone is completely different - same actors playing different roles. 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. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. So 1940 was my first inclination and 1945 I figured that if my friend could do it, I could do it. He retired, and moved back to Mississippi and never acted again; died at just 62. Entertainment is hard work statistically speaking, its almost impossible to make anything thats not forgotten by the end of the week. "They got there," says O . 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. I pay enough for streaming as it is! I think it would have been more fun if we had been paid for it. 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. All the way from the black and white beginning, with an episode a day. 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. I said, Ill never get it, he details, and because I was in that attitude, I think I got the job. I couldnt bear the thought of that. 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. 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 was really dress-up time.". There in a lucite case was a cane and ring. I'm in the U.K., though, so it might be different here. David Collins (4-1109) As a child actor on the show, he played several key roles, and was there for the cult serial's . I don't think I care much for Roger Davis, though. At first I liked the old fashioned sets and hair, etc. Dark Shadows and Edge of Night were two of gayest sets in NYC in the 60s and 70s and that is saying a lot. When reference was made to Dr. Fell recently (on Jeopardy? In 1970, he was the youngest and last of the Collins name. Take a look at All rights reserved (About Us). Circa 1991, I was visiting a friend in Manhattan and he asked if I'd like to have dinner and watch a small independent film he'd been in over at one of the other actor's apartments. People often complain about it being "too slow" and I've never understood that. It seemed random to me. I just remember it being very atmospheric. So Jonathan just did what actors do: he built an interior life., Though early on it seemed he didnt need too much of that interior life in the sense that Barnabas was intended to be a part of the show for just three months, at which point theyd move on to another character. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. We start today's show with young David somewhat the worse for wear, following an improperly motivated "boo" attack earlier in the day. I love this live stream cast reunion that took place over Zoom on Halloween 2020. That dumbass Vee from SON is a Dark Shadows expert, or so the annoying prick thinks. In terms of the theater, I like the inner drama rather than the outward manifestation. Next to them was the portrait of Barnabas Collins. Raised in New. I'd only just met Barnabas when it was pulled. 1971. 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. This past summer I watch the first 400 episodes over again on Amazon Prime. ), "Because, he wanted somebody who was very aggressive, very macho and very strong. I was in the Air Force for four years. My journey is beginning. Dark Shadows Star John Karlen Dies at 86, See What Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Looks Like Now, embraced the fact hed always loved gardening, Psycho Actress Janet Leigh Invites Us Into The Shower And The Hitchcock Classic. It Was Pretty Disgusting! I have the DVDs of the 30th and 35th reunions, where fans got to ask questions of the cast. Well, we were taping, so we had to do it over. Ive played comedy, too, though thats a part of my life I have not fulfilled.. "I found that was helpful," Selby said. We watched for Josette sightings. I have no interest in that at all. Also helpful for Selby was the way Quentin was styled. Having started with 'The Beginning' on Tubi, I've worked my way from Victoria's arrival to just a few episodes before Barnabas. It seemed like there was always something going on to me. Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" stars Johnny Depp as 18th-century vampire Barnabas Collins. What scared me was Barnabas lie; that he was pretending to be something he wasnt. Today's Netflix . He resides in Panama City, Panama, His youngest son, Diego . Are you at a later point in the series? The list distinguishes characters from the original ABC daytime soap opera series, the 1970s films, the 1991 NBC remake series, . They had the box tied to me, so I could use the fake arm and I had my own arm in the box. Thanks, R72 and R73. Religion probably started for the same reasons. He was a sick, unbelievable creep that the world didnt know about. Reminds me of riding my bike as fast as I could home from school to make the 4 o'clock broadcast. Tad Collins (1065-1165) Do You Remember The Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows Board Game? Just who in the hell was she. She chewed everything but the fiberglass tombstones. The fun begins when Barnabas arrives. Thats why with Barnabas there were many scenes I was thrilled to do and why the show came alive so many times for me. Denise Nicholson was good too. ". "My eyes were my gift," said Lara Parker, who played Angelique. Dark Shadows was doing vampire as code for homosexual long before Anne Rice ever dreamt that up. site without all this bureaucratic nonsense, He appeared in a total of 276 episodes of the . 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. I never wanted to get like that., In the 1980s he began developing a one-man show and, in collaboration with television producer Mary OLeary (who also had a background in theater) and a guy named William McKinley, was able to hone it down and bring it to fruition. A reunion of the remaining cast, now cryptkeepers, from Halloween last year. Of course I was only 10 yo. A journey that will bring me to a strange and dark place, to the edge of the sea, high atop Widows' Hill. 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). "It was about three months before the character ever spoke," said Selby. David Henesy David Collins: June 30, 1966 - September 24, 1970 Present day Daniel Collins February 19, 1968 - March 25, 1968 1795 flashback 19 comments 7 shares. "I had been through the mill already by the time I hit 'Dark Shadows.' They found something very human in the monster and he became the most popular character on the show, which made him unkillable. Diana Millay was compelling to watch. 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. 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. 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. 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. Frid would graduate from Hamiltons McMaster University in 1948, enrolling the next year at Londons Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Not sure who the dad was supposed to be however. Or comedies that werent funny? It never occured to me to ask for an autograph for my brother. The vengeful, and beautiful, witch Angelique hypnotized viewers by looking into the TV camera while casting spells. I was nervous and under a great strain. I do the exact opposite of what that asshole recomnends. The ghost of Gerard Stiles had caused the . Lara Parker's DS-themed books are also fun. 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. I didn't have to carry the load that Barnabas or a couple of the other people had to carry. The project definitely gaining speed, Frid actually thought he was being derailed when OLeary was contacted by agent Bob Waters, who told her that the Broadway production of Arsenic and Old Lace would be going out on a national tour and he believed that the actor would be perfect for the character of Jonathan Brewster. I love to play horror for horrors sake, he explained. He was born David Thomas Henesy in New Jersey, as one of three children. She was that quality that was really the opposite of Angelique, who was evil, who was jealousy the witch who was able to control the situation as she chose to. I wonder if it holds up better. 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. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site It was so fake I couldn't stop staring at it. If not, it was a pop culture phenomenon youd have to have been there for to fully appreciate just how big it was. Karlen was cute back then, but I thought the first Willie (although slimier) was sex on a stick. The live-on-tape "Dark Shadows" became famous or infamous for its bloopers. I bought it. Each episode was always Barnabas plotting a power grab, but neither side winning or searching for some answer that never materialized. Since leaving acting in the early 1970s, David has remained one of the most elusive members of the Dark Shadows cast. R17, Grayson was wonderful, but I think Lara Parker was equally a draw for me. [quote] so I never saw the Laura the Phoenix storyline. Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. The irony of all of this is that as far as Frid was concerned, the vampirism was the most boring aspect of playing the character. Frid collaborated with the show's writers to make Barnabas a tragic, romantic figure. I absolutely love it.got the entire series on dvd..about $500 on eBay or Amazon love it love it love it.. I had a crush on Donna Wandrey, who played Roxanne. David's aunt is Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. David Collins (HODS). In the first year of the pandemic, I watched the whole series straight through. Yes, she flubs her lines and sometimes is unsure which camera is on her, but she is so, so, SO watchable. Is Willie Loomis supposed to be young? I remembered all the mistakes the actors made as well as prop failures from back when I was a kid. Ive always played the heavy and Ive had great delight in playing them. R105 - I always had the feeling that Laura was replaced by Angelique as the evil queen of Collinsport. I've had a lot of laughs reading his entries. So from that point of view, it was fun.". I started watching it again several months ago. It's like they found the fountain of youth. David was a great actor. It was just an enjoyable shoot. 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. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. If I did make a career out of it, I would have to become an honorary member of every occult society in the country and get into vampirism. 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. The Adam and Eve plot was fun, but then they started running out of ideas. David was born in 1958, nearly eight months into his parents' marriage. It wasnt the ordinary soap opera and they went through all the horror stories three or four times; we were repeating ourselves. Many customers are New York expatriates. A mystery. "I sort of understood this dame immediately. 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. Episode 937: The Predator. Hello and thank you for registering. David Henesy (October 20, 1956-) Child actor in film, television, and. He just kept going; he was amazing and kept finding audiences in all these little towns, she warmly recalls. My family objected to the whole idea of it. Not that that was going to stop him. As Amy Jennings, Denise Nickerson became the on- and offscreen playmate of fellow child actor and "Dark Shadows" co-star David Henesy. 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. ", But Selby doesn't question the appeal of "Dark Shadows. Daniel Collins (431-456) 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. Another mystery of Collinwood solved. 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. Like most pop culture phenomena, Dark Shadows burned brightly but had a limited shelf life. As the fan mail poured in, Frid made his public appearances and Dark Shadows was virtually everywhere, with the actor attempting to gain an understanding of just why people connected with the character the way that they did.