John Karlen

Actor May 28 (died age 86) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1951–2019 (68 year career)

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Biography

John Karlen (born John Adam Karlewicz) was an American character actor who played multiple roles (Willie Loomis, Carl Collins, William H. Loomis, Desmond Collins, Alex Jenkins, and Kendrick Young) on the ABC serial Dark Shadows, in various episodes which aired from 1966 to 1971. Karlen also played Harvey Lacey, husband of Mary Beth Lacey (played by Tyne Daly), on the CBS crime series Cagney & Lacey (1982–88).

Known For

Film

Daughters of Darkness

Stefan Chilton

Film

Dark Shadows

Willie Loomis

Film

Trilogy of Terror

Thomas Amman

Film

Cagney & Lacey

Harvey Lacey

Film

House of Dark Shadows

Willie Loomis

Film

Racing with the Moon

Mr. Nash

Film

Pennies from Heaven

The Detective

Film

Master of Dark Shadows

Self

Filmography

Acting (97)

Movies (50)

Master of Dark Shadows

2019

as Self

9.1

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions

1996

as Harvey Lacey

10.0

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

1995

as Harvey Lacey

6.7

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

1995

as Harvey Lacey

7.0

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

1994

as Harvey Lacey

6.6

MacShayne: Winner Takes All

1994

as Waldo Church

4.0

Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography

as Jerry Barr

Surf Ninjas

as Mac

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

as Jack McAllister

The Dark Wind

as Jake West

Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story

1992

as John Garner

3.8

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

1991

as Jake Morrison

7.3

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

as Sgt. Madden

Babycakes

as Al

The Cover Girl and the Cop

1989

as Lieutenant Wingo

3.0

Date Rape

1988

as Joe Farrell

Police Story: Burnout

1988

as Capt. Harrison

Downpayment on Murder

as Albert

Daddy

as Mike Burnette

Native Son

as Max

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

as Chapel

Welcome Home, Bobby

as Geffin

Hostage Flight

as DiSalvo

Impulse

as Bob Russell

Racing with the Moon

as Mr. Nash

Gimme an 'F'

as Bucky Berkshire

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

1982

as Uncle George

American Dream

1981

as Coach Ritter

Pennies from Heaven

1981

as The Detective

6.0

The Long Days of Summer

1980

as Duane Haley

Express to Terror

1979

as Quinn

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979

as Charlie Powers

1.9

The Return of Mod Squad

1979

as Marty

5.0

Colorado C.I.

1978

as Kessler

Killer's Delight

1978

as Danny

4.0

A Small Town in Texas

as Lenny

Trilogy of Terror

as Thomas Amman

Melvin Purvis G-Man

as 'Tony' Anthony Redecci

6.0

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

1975

as Richard Copell

The Kansas City Massacre

1975

as Sam Cowley

4.7

The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer

1974

6.0

The Invasion of Carol Enders

1974

as David Hastings

3.8

Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

1974

as Frank Linwood

The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Alan Campbell

Frankenstein

as Otto Roget

Shirts/Skins

as Herbie Bush

Night of Terror

1972

as Manning

5.9

Night of Dark Shadows

1971

as Alex Jenkins

6.7

Daughters of Darkness

1971

as Stefan Chilton

6.3

House of Dark Shadows

1970

as Willie Loomis

6.5

Television (47)

Mad About You

as Gus Stemple

In a Child's Name

as Joe Silvano

Snoops

as Sam Akers

Police Story

as Capt. Harrison

227

Murder, She Wrote

as Lt. Martin McGinn

Finder of Lost Loves

as Arthur Barwell

Cagney & Lacey

as Harvey Lacey

Fame

American Playhouse

as Reverend Walker

Hill Street Blues

Trapper John, M.D.

Supertrain

as Quinn

Vega$

Kaz

Sword of Justice

Lou Grant

as Ken Navaretti

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977

7.1

Hunter

1977

as Power plant worker

Weekend Special

Charlie's Angels

as Leonard Chaffey

Quincy, M.E.

Starsky & Hutch

Joe Forrester

Mobile One

as Mickey Scanlon

The Rockford Files

as Leo

Kojak

as Pinky

Barnaby Jones

as Johnny Alban

Police Story

The Magician

as Jim Russell

Doc Elliot

as Vincent Parker

Frankenstein

1973

as Otto Roget

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

as Joe Farrell

6.4

The Waltons

1972

as Rev. Ezekiel L. Henshaw

7.2

The Streets of San Francisco

The Sixth Sense

All in the Family

as Leo

Medical Center

as Frank Crane

Hawaii Five-O

as Harris

The Mod Squad

as Johnny Wexford

Mannix

Dark Shadows

as Willie Loomis

Stoney Burke

as Mickey

The Gallant Men

The Detectives

Naked City

as Chuck

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Ned

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