"Even though at the time, we didn't think it was very innocent.". 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. She said in an interview that when she showed up to audition for a role on DS all the other girls who showed up to audition had long hair. Don't forget -- the "Willie Loomis" actor, John Karlen, played Mary Beth Lacey's husband in "Cagney and Lacey. R84 I bought it too! R71, when I watched it straight through in 2020, they made you pay for a few episodes -- I didn't. The show's demise is likely attributed to an unfortunate combination of several factors. Do You Remember The Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows Board Game? "I doubt whether I ever would have been Barnabas if he had been there," said Jonathan Frid in 1990. "We had a blast," Nickerson said of working with Henesy. I didn't have to carry the load that Barnabas or a couple of the other people had to carry. When "Dark Shadows" introduced its version of the Frankenstein monster, Adam, a mate soon followed. 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). So 1940 was my first inclination and 1945 I figured that if my friend could do it, I could do it. 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. 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. But I remember seeing all of it. Today's Netflix . Anyway, if Amazon ever restores DS to the lineup, I'll go back to watching it again. And then when Adam killed me, I went off and did a play. Since leaving acting in the early 1970s, David has remained one of the most elusive members of the Dark Shadows cast. Thats why with Barnabas there were many scenes I was thrilled to do and why the show came alive so many times for me. Also, she was beautiful -- Hitchcock would have loved her! R83 - Neither one appeals to me, but I suppose I would have sooner done Louis than Jonathan. So if you want to watch from the beginning you have to type in "the beginning.". 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. His roles varied, ranging from The Rivals Sir Anthony the Absolute to Father Barrett of The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Dr. Sloper in The Heiress and Richard III among many Shakespeare parts. I watched the movie for the first time a couple of years ago and enjoyed it. Loved seeing a very young Kate Jackson. If this hasn't already been stated there is a Dark Shadows channel (DS 24/7) on Pluto TV. R50, I agree. Please complete the process by verifying your email address. 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. They had the box tied to me, so I could use the fake arm and I had my own arm in the box. A book about the various works of Dan Curtis . My family objected to the whole idea of it. Not that that was going to stop him. R38 Yes, and my understanding is that if you want to watch the early episodes before Barnabas came along, you have to specifically type in "Dark Shadows: The Beginning." If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. "Yes," answers time-traveling eccentric millionaire Barnabas Collins, who is acting in Quentin's defense. Kate Jackson and some others had their start there. They got there, says OLeary, and there was no script. David Henesy has since walked off the show, and refuses to return until Mark Allen is off the show. I was amazed at how good Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie/Josette) and Lara Parker (Angelique/Casandra) looked. It was a mistake, because they werent intending to make him the reluctant vampire or to give him a conscience., Interestingly, Barnabas came out of his coffin in 1967, exactly 70 years after Bram Stoker wrote his seminal novel, Dracula, and in all of that time the vampire had barely evolved from predator. I liked all of Dark Shadows, but I do think the 1897 storyline went on a skosh too long. If you can't find the email you can resend it here. Henesy eventually left acting as he grew up, and currently lives in Panama City, Panama with his wife, Carolina Rodriguez. Following are reflections on the original 1966-71 Gothic soap, compiled by I bought it. R114 She was taken in by a scoundrel - but Barnabas got him in the end. 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. The end wasnt really a great shock, because the writing on the wall was always there for me, he shared. Hello. Cleverly, they brought the show to variousDark Shadowsconventions, which turned out to be a great way to work out the kinks, though there the presentations would include Barnabas-related material, which would ultimately be removed from the show when performed elsewhere. I think it could have been much better. So he did, among them one written by Stephen King,and even incorporated elements of comedy, which he brought to additional conventions and colleges. Frid scared me but Quentin made me feel tingles. "Again, not carrying the load, I always had time to relax, have a good time. But back to DS - I loved Barnabas but never liked Quentin. 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. ), I flashed back to Dark Shadows! 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. 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. ". [quote] Grid has a masters in directing from an Ivy League university. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. R106 That I cannot believe. My journey is beginning. Wallace McBride comments, Dark Shadows functions on a lot of different levels simultaneously. What are we doing?' "The variety of emotions and the complexity of Barnabas made him the most interesting character I've ever played, including Shakespeare. 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. He was just going to be like every other vampire predator a threat that had to be eliminated. People who tonight are still only shadows in my mind, but who will soon fill the days and nights of my tomorrows. R121 - You can tell from outer space. I'd never heard it before Dark Shadows was on. Revival Series. 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. He looks 40. I loved the laying on of hands Quentin tried on Jamison. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. Funny how gay old Roger just could not hold onto a woman. They've fixed it. Dark Shadows became a bonafide phenomenon. He just kept going; he was amazing and kept finding audiences in all these little towns, she warmly recalls. I was mesmerized by Carolyn Stoddard's perfect blonde shoulder length hair with the 60's flip. Wallace, too, had a theory on the show's enduring appeal. "She was clearly very rich. 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. 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). And it lasted a hell of a lot longer than I thought it would. 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. "Of course, almost all actors, with any character they play, they have to find the truth in the character to make it work. Victoria "Vicki" Winters is a fictional character from the television Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows and its remakes of the same name. If you missed a line, you were out of luck.". Who's sexier in the short trunks at the beach - Jonathan or Louis? Work got sloppy, the writing got sloppy, the discipline got bad and the show burned itself out.. ", But Selby doesn't question the appeal of "Dark Shadows. "I found that was helpful," Selby said. In 1991 Dan Curtis Productions revived the Dark Shadows series as a one-hour night time soap opera for NBC. He was a sick, unbelievable creep that the world didnt know about. But I get it, I think the show saw it's highest ratings during that story. Some features on this site require a subscription. It was a gothic soap. It was the time of The Beatles and I was getting almost the same kind of treatment they were.. Really good stuff! 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. 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. He was released due to an issue of sympathy over the actors strike at the time. It was a hoot. I did enjoy its Gothic vibe that as like Wuthering Heights meets Turning of the Screw meets Bleak House. Why did Victoria Winters leave Dark Shadows? 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. So it was tied up more quickly than planned because they realized he could not handle the necessary scenes of the original conception. The ghost of Gerard Stiles had caused the . Then I got the call for Megan Todd.". (Edmonds died in 2001.). 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. ", "To this day, it's a world that you can escape to," he says. I was forewarned that this would happen, and it did. We know Louis Edmonds was gay but was Jonathan Frid? During the question-and-answer after her paper, someone directly asked if she had ever travelled back in time herself. 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 said, Ill never get it, he details, and because I was in that attitude, I think I got the job. 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. Anyway, Jonathan Frid and David Henesy were on it, is the point I'm trying to make. In total there were seven incarnations of Laura seen, or . I thought Reverend Trask was the one bricked behind a wall - he was sexy! I watched a few episodes when the revival came out in the early 90's - i was interested in the source material. Well, we were taping, so we had to do it over. R112, they both were good, but the girl that played Barnabas' little sister Sarah was the worst child actress I've ever seen. I had assumed she was the illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth Stoddard (I think that was the ultimate plan, and they certainly dropped more than enough hints along the way). I wonder if it holds up better. Is David from Dark Shadows still alive? He left acting behind and opened successful restaurants in New York and Cartagena, Colombia. After a few minutes I was hooked again. Very tedious. David Henesy. Those eyes! The show also is much less confusingly organized than it is on Amazon Prime. I was lying that I was calm and comfortable, just as Barnabas was lying that he was the calm and comfortable cousin from England. I'll miss the black-and-white when it switches to color later in 1967. Quentin was very hot; thing is that he was only a werewolf briefly. I watched it from first episode to last back in the day (yes, I'm old). 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). It's my evening pandemic watching. David Henesy was an American child actor born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey on October 20th, 1956. I'd done a half-dozen Broadway plays and all that kind of stuff. Dr. Julia Hoffman, one of the great woman scientists of all time. Together they . I remember bright lime green was a popular color. "It was my first soap opera," the actor said. She chewed everything but the fiberglass tombstones. "I had been through the mill already by the time I hit 'Dark Shadows.' What was really bad was the lie.. My name is Victoria Winters. Like Twin Peaks many years later, the mystery was the entire point, so it doesnt bother me at all that we never got an answer to that question.. He died and had himself buried in his Dracula cape. I think I did another play. Keith Prentice, who was also in "The Boys in the Band". and sounded awful. A journey that will bring me to a strange and dark place, to the edge of the sea, high atop Widows' Hill. Nancy Barrett never seemed to flub her lines. Roger often wondered if the boy was really Burke Devlin . "We could do that, because she wore Jungle Gardenia (brand) perfume, which is extremely intense. Recalled the actor: "Whenever I'm asked if I brought home any souvenirs from the show, I always say, 'I brought home an arm.' I just remember it being very atmospheric. He played Humphrey Bogart in one of the Woody Allen films I think - Jerry Lacey. 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. 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. Queen David just mentioned Barnabas and gave Loomis the idea to break into the crypt. 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.. 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. But may give it a look. "They got there," says O . 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. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. it wasn't my thing. Oh, the malevolence at my house in early July, when Dallas episodes briefly went back to costing money on IMDB TV. I enjoyed reading his comments there for a few years before he died. ", "Somehow or other," Scott said, "(Curtis) chose people who kind of rolled with the punches and never balked at doing things. David was born in 1958, nearly eight months into his parents' marriage. R108 is correct and they could no longer hide it within her costumes. Friendly neighborhood vampire: 'Dark Shadows' is the latest movie to de-fang its monster. Millay said she was very much aware that this was something new for soap operas. I do know that later on Laura returns to do battle with Angelique, which should be interesting. Victoria was nice but she was what my mother would describe as "book smart but not street smart." 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. ), but would come to include victims of the humankind. When reference was made to Dr. Fell recently (on Jeopardy? You couldn't smell the smoke through the Jungle Gardenia. He had some kind of "nervous breakdown" while appearing on the show, in various roles. David Henesy is one of the two primary actors from DARK SHADOWS (the other being Alexandra Moltke) who has, in the years since the show left the airwaves (or ceased its original run; it never really left the airwaves), mostly avoided the public eye. The Adam and Eve plot was fun, but then they started running out of ideas. He is best known for playing the role of David Collins on the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. 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. In this parallel time, David Henesy played another character named Daniel Collins. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Never watched it as a kid but when SciFi cable channel first started up Dark Shadows was one of the shows they started with. Entertainment is hard work statistically speaking, its almost impossible to make anything thats not forgotten by the end of the week. OP It seemed campy then. 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. The black and white episodes were especially like watching badly rehearsed theater. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. It sure was different for its time. "Oh, I was getting so bored being straight man during all the fun everybody else was having, turning into a vampire," he said. Trask was Collinwood's meanest citizen. My favorite character will always be Alexandra Moltke's Vicky, though. "Dark Shadows" came the reply. I couldnt bear the thought of that. David's aunt is Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. Also helpful for Selby was the way Quentin was styled. Religion probably started for the same reasons. At the end they used to just point the camera at an empty set and run the credits. She didn't. The wild plots, Grayson Hall, the very many gay actors, the flubs, the microphones hanging over their heads ("Mike Shadows"). "Trask held you prisoner?" says Quentin, from his prison cell. You can catch it on this YouTube channel! 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. It holds up well, if you enjoy camp, actors taking it seriously, early special effects, and watching the performers desperately trying to remember their lines or find the teleprompter. If you watch, you might want to follow along with Danny Horn's episode-by-episode analysis. It was always campy - it is a daytime soap about vampires and witches.but god love em for takning chances. Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." 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.". If I had been two minutes later, he would have figured I was still in Florida., Needless to say, Frid was cast as Barnabas Collins and the results were seismic. She bathed in it, practically. The early episodes loved the idea of mystery, muses Wallace McBride, creator of the premier site on the show, The Collinsport Historical Society. Biography. 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. Vicky!" Everything I've seen said they had to cut the storyline short because Diana Millay was pregnant. Reared in New York City, Henesy was a child actor in film, television, and Broadway. 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). 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. The actress who played Maggie Evans, the reincarnation of Barnabas' love interest, compares "Dark Shadows" with "Star Trek," which debuted the same year. I remembered all the mistakes the actors made as well as prop failures from back when I was a kid. "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. "I sort of understood this dame immediately. Watching it now I realize Grayson Hall was the whole fucking show. Not far enough by any means but we have come a long way. He's hilarious. 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. But at least those nerves worked for Barnabas, because the character was a nervous wreck. As Willie Loomis the handyman who sets Barnabas free after 171 years trapped in a coffin John Karlen exuded a youthful, James Dean vibe. What's missing, R88, is the sense of cliffhanger tension; tradeoff is that watching it now the camp shows through! He was born David Thomas Henesy in New Jersey, as one of three children. We ran out of stories, gas and interest, added Frid. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. 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. in 6th grade we got to watch it the last hour of class in 1969! It's on Prime with commercials. ", While on a vacation in the '60s, Scott became aware of the impact of "Dark Shadows. 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. I think that's brilliant. Reminds me of riding my bike as fast as I could home from school to make the 4 o'clock broadcast. And then the other side, which is the pure side, the virginal side. Eventually Willie's southern voice disappeared. I am, however, watching a Canadian show called Strange Paradise that aired around the same time. Frid would graduate from Hamiltons McMaster University in 1948, enrolling the next year at Londons Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. To me the weak spot was always Jonathan Frid's Barnabas. Are you at a later point in the series? He was always nice, right from the beginning; he was never really bad. As OLeary told him, Its your voice and all your facial expressions that bring all these characters from the page to life for the audience.. And a little girl said, 'Mommy! 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. It's my comfort viewing. How was that? 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. ", Friendly neighborhood vampire: 'Dark Shadows' is the latest movie to de-fang its monster. The vengeful, and beautiful, witch Angelique hypnotized viewers by looking into the TV camera while casting spells. It seemed random to me. He was very frail and not wearing any pants just pink boxers and dress shoes. See David Henesy full list of movies and tv shows from their career. [quote] I really wish they wouldn't have dropped Victoria's story, because it was somewhat compelling. Grid has a masters in directing from an Ivy League university. 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). Thanks, R72 and R73. 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. The stories had a timelessness. And that cheap, fake wig they put on the housekeeper character. As Amy Jennings, Denise Nickerson became the on- and offscreen playmate of fellow child actor and "Dark Shadows" co-star David Henesy. If you find it too slow, I can prescribe you a sedative. I thought it was genius to name the vampire Barnabas. "I was only on once or twice a week. At the end, as people were one-by-one leaving the virtual room, just as she hit "Leave Room," she heard someone say "Julia! He started cooking for his fellow cast members of Dark Shadows when he was about 11 years old. That hair was her whole character. Campy, with supernatural elements.
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