John Karlen, the Emmy-winning actor known for his work on the gothic soap opera 'Dark Shadows' and the CBS police drama 'Cagney & Lacey,' has died at age 86
After several turns on Broadway and on television, Karlen in 1967 was hired by the new ABC daytime serialto play the trashy, soon-to-be tortured Willie Loomis, replacing James Hall, who had left abruptly after five episodes.
His character arrives in the town of Collinsport, breaks into the Collins family mausoleum and unwittingly releases the vampire Barnabas Collins , who had spent the past 200 years in a coffin. He's attacked, drained of blood and becomes Barnabas' servant. Karlen remained on the series through its 1971 conclusion, playing other characters along the way. He also portrayed Loomis in the 1970 feature"You could really wring out your emotions, you could really go the limit, you could do big things on that show, which is fun for an actor," Karlenin an undated interview. "If you're telling Barnabas, 'You can't suck all of this woman's blood out of her body,' it's fantasy, it's crazy, but you go with it.
In a similar spooky vein, Karlen starred as one-half of a newlywed couple who encounter strange things at a deserted hotel in Belgium in the sexploitation film, Karlen received an Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for three straight years and won in 1986 for his work as the understanding and sensitive Harvey Lacey, the husband of Tyne Daly's NYPD detective Mary Beth Lacey.
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