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Jonathan Frid (December 2, 1924 – April 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic television soap opera Dark Shadows. The introduction in 1967 of Frid's reluctant, guilt-ridden vampire caused the floundering daytime drama to soar to 20 million daily viewers. [3]
May 15, 2017 · Jonathan Frid steps out of the dark shadows! Flip, April 1969. Jonathan Frid visited FLIP on a winter’s day that was cold enough to freeze a vampire’s blood! But there is certainly no vampire lurking inside of Jonathan. He’s a gentle man who’s spent his life perfecting his art — acting — and he still can’t understand why his ...
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Feb 27, 2019 · A shared interiview with Jonathan Frid. “He looked us straight in the eye. He didn’t talk down to us — the girl from the private private school and the unpublished celebrity interviewer." By Derek Gilbert. Afternoon TV, November, 1969. “Hello,” said. “I’m here to see Mr. Frid.”. “Mr. Frid?” the blank-faced receptionist ...
Apr 19, 2012 · A Yale graduate, Frid was a theater actor looking for a teaching job until he was hired to play a 200-year-old vampire on "Dark Shadows," according to a biography on his Web site.At its peak, the ...
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Oct 28, 2021 · A new documentary recalls the life and career of Jonathan Frid, the actor who played Barnabas Collins, a 175-year-old guilt -ridden vampire on Dark Shadows, the horror-themed daytime soap opera that became enormously popular during the late 1960s. Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story examines not only the actor's work on the series ...
Apr 20, 2012 · Jonathan Frid, who portrayed the character on the soap opera/horror series, “Dark Shadows” from 1967 to 1971 – the film adaptation of which hits theaters on May 11 – died on Saturday at ...
Mar 8, 2022 · Mary O’Leary with Jonathan Frid in 1988 in New York City. O’Leary would later, after Frid’s death in 2012, produce and direct a documentary about Frid called “Dark Shadows and Beyond.”
