John Karlen
Birthday: 1933-05-28
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).
Movies
Frankenstein
A scientist obsessed with creating life steals body parts to put together his "creation." Released a...
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Surf Ninjas
Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea I...
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MacShayne: Winner Takes All
MacShayne is a gambler and small time con-man. After serving a short stretch in jail, he goes to Las...
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Impulse
After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent ...
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Trilogy of Terror
A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by o...
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Daughters of Darkness
Ostend, Belgium. In a decadent seaside hotel, Stefan and Valerie, a newlywed couple, meet the myster...
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Pennies from Heaven
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular ...
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Racing with the Moon
In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a s...
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House of Dark Shadows
Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-los...
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Night of Dark Shadows
Recently married, Quentin and Tracy Collins have just moved into Collinwood, a New England estate th...
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity...
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Night of Terror
A hired killer hunts down a schoolteacher to get something she has. She doesn't know what it is, but...
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Downpayment on Murder
About an estranged husband who, in an explosive rage, decides to have his wife murdered by a hired k...
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Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
Story of attractive cop Laurencia Bembenek, who, in 1982, was sentenced to prison for killing her hu...
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The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
After two attempts to kidnap a little girl Mike Hammer is hired to protect her....
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A Small Town in Texas
A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfri...
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The Cover Girl and the Cop
Julia Duffy is the cover girl and Dinah Manoff the cop in this made-for-TV contrivance....
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Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestig...
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Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
The story of Delancey Street Foundation, a self-help group devoted to reclaiming ex-junkies, ex-conv...
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Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Police looking for drug dealers mistakenly raid the house of a typical suburban family. However, rat...
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Welcome Home, Bobby
When a Chicago teen is arrested for drug possession, the ensuing investigation reveals that he has h...
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Native Son
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn...
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Melvin Purvis G-Man
Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets...
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The Invasion of Carol Enders
Television thriller about a woman is possessed after a brutal attack....
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Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous br...
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American Dream
A family moves from an affluent Chicago suburb to the mixed inner-city neighborhood where the father...
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Date Rape
Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school....
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Hostage Flight
A plane is hijacked and bound for London. Once the terrorists begin killing hostages, the passengers...
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The Kansas City Massacre
Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and loca...
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Nightmare on the 13th Floor
In this made-for-cable television horror thriller, a travel writer visits a historic hotel to write ...
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his ...
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Daddy
Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant....
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Express to Terror
A gambling addict, mobsters, movie producers and others are plagued with murder while aboard a high-...
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The Return of Mod Squad
Pete, Linc and Julie are called back to the force when a series of sniper attacks are made on their ...
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The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
Clifford Swimmer, an angry and abusive man cruel to his wife and son, wants out if his marriage. Wi...
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The Long Days of Summer
In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective ser...
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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leadin...
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Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography
Behind the headlines... Behind the laughter... there's an unforgettable story you've never heard bef...
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Police Story: Burnout
A veteran vice cop has a hard time dealing with her partner's suicide....
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Master of Dark Shadows
Revealing the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling ...
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Babycakes
Grace is an overweight mortuary cosmetician who falls in love with Rob, a handsome subway train cond...
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Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
Massive rescue efforts are mobilized to save occupants of New York City's World Trade Center after a...
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Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache ...
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Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
New York's toughest lady detectives re-team to solve the murder of a homeless transient who had been...
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Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
Detectives Cagney and Lacey come face-to-face with their true feelings about capital punishment when...
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Colorado C.I.
Mark and Pete Gunnison, members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Colorado State Police, see...
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Shirts/Skins
Six businessmen who have a weekly after-hours basketball game get caught up in a bet about a hide-an...
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The Dark Wind
An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation....
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Gimme an 'F'
Can a squad of misfit cheerleaders with an over-age trainer possibly win the big cheerleading compet...
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