Jonathan Frid ("Dark Shadows") dies at 87

[LXA SE285]

He played vampire Barnabas Collins in the original late-'60s/early-'70s goth-soap that's been revived as a movie comedy starring Johnny Depp:

http://www.welovesoaps.net/2012/04/j....html?spref=fb

[carnation]

Oh, this is sad. I had no idea he was that old.

[MysticCat]

Oh man, I can remember watching "Dark Shadows" on summer mornings when I was a kid. It was so cool (and, to me, scary at the same time).

RIP.

[carnation]

He was sooo scary! And you couldn't always see the vampire teeth so you never knew when he was going to show them. We were scared out of our minds but kept watching it and inevitably at least once a week, he would bare his teeth and turn around to some doomed person. Nightmare city!

[FSUZeta]

it was especially scary on our tv because it did not come in clearly-lol. despite the viewing problems, i loved the show.

[LXA SE285]

Here's the very first episode, from 1966:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oCVLhhAS3M

Fun fact: Alexandra Isles (Victoria Winters) was Claus von Bülow's side piece and had to testify at his trial in the '80s.

[Senusret I]

This makes me so sad.