John Karlen

Acting 97 credits

Birthday

May 28, 1933

Day of Death

Jan 22, 2020 (86 years)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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).

John Karlen

Biography

Movies (50)

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

The Kansas City Massacre

Police Story: Burnout

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography

A Small Town in Texas

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

Express to Terror

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

MacShayne: Winner Takes All

Shirts/Skins

Night of Dark Shadows

Native Son

House of Dark Shadows

Downpayment on Murder

Surf Ninjas

Daughters of Darkness

TV Shows (47)

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Dark Shadows

The Waltons

Charlie's Angels

Mad About You

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

ABC Afterschool Special

Mannix

Hawaii Five-O

Hill Street Blues

The Rockford Files

Naked City

Starsky & Hutch

Lou Grant

All in the Family