John Lasell

Acting

John Lasell

Born 1928-11-06 · Williamstown, Vermont, USA

John Whitin Lasell Jr. (November 6, 1928 - October 4, 2024) was an American film and television actor, known for playing vampire hunter Dr. Peter Guthrie in the American soap opera television series Dark Shadows.

Acting credits

The Organization poster
6.3

After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.

The Organization

1971

Topaz poster
6.0

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.

Topaz

1969

Fear on Trial poster
9.0

The story of John Henry Faulk, a radio/TV personality of the 1950s, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Faulk sued the organization that was behind the blacklisting, and the resultant trial, and Faulk's victory, helped to put an end to the blacklisting period.

Fear on Trial

1975

A Great American Tragedy poster
7.5

A middle-aged aerospace engineer has his whole life changed when he is suddenly laid off from his job. Unable to find work because of his age and a bad economy, he watches his bills pile up, his wife forced to go back to work and his marriage start to break up.

A Great American Tragedy

1972

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? poster
5.5

War is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise quiet army base and the civilians of a nearby Southern town. Brian Keith is an officer who tries to keep the peace. However, peace is hard to come by with Ernest Borgnine as a stereotypical dumb hick sheriff who's quick to call in the local militia. Tony Curtis plays a skirt-chasing sergeant who can't stay out of trouble and soon lands in jail. Brian Keith borrows a tank to release his friend from jail. Things get more chaotic after that.

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

1970

Honky poster
5.1

Sheila, an affluent black teenager, begins dating working class white teen Wayne, and asks him for help to sell a kilo of marijuana.

Honky

1971

Lassie: Joyous Sound poster
6.3

Sally gets surgery for her hearing. Lassie gets lost after having to hide out in the back of a laundry van.

Lassie: Joyous Sound

1972

Message to My Daughter poster
8.0

A confused teenager discovers a stack of tapes recorded years earlier by her dying mother.

Message to My Daughter

1973

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough poster
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Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV series, August and his partner Wilentz investigate the slayings of two winos who died after drinking poisoned whiskey and the rape and murder of a young woman.

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

1980

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children poster
10.0

A hip psychiatrist teams up with an ex-addict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot for "The Psychiatrist."

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

1970

Deathmaster poster
5.0

A mysterious, charismatic stranger attracts a cult-like following of aimless young hippies, only to reveal himself to be a vampire.

Deathmaster

1972

The Harness poster
10.0

A gentle John Steinbeck tale from 1938 about a farmer who is dominated by his ailing wife until a free-minded young woman turns up at his ranch with her eight-year-old son.

The Harness

1971