
Acting
Louis Edmonds
Born 1923-09-24 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he studied at Louisiana State University and the Carnegie Institute of Technology. During WWII, he served in the Navy. His career was started in New York, acting in regional and Off-Broadway Theatre until his Broadway debut in the musical, "Candide" in 1956. Edmonds stage role in "The Importance of Being Earnest" and his work on the accompanying album led him to television roles. He is best known for his work as character Roger Collins in the wildly popular daytime gothic drama "Dark Shadows" which ran from 1967-71.
Acting credits
5.5When a man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York, he transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a war zone.
The Exterminator
1980
6.6Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée Josette.
House of Dark Shadows
1970
8.0Julie Harris portrays the famed Queen Victoria over a 60 year span, from the age of 18 through her romance with Prince Albert through her diamond jubilee in 1897.
Victoria Regina
1961
NRA documentary produced by PBS affiliate WNYC, intended to serve as an introduction to their 1987 re-broadcast of the 1960s gothic daytime soap opera Dark Shadows.
Casting Shadows
1987
The fiercely proud Cyrano may be the greatest swordsman in France - or the world - but he dares not reveal his love to the beautiful Roxanne.
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
10.0Set amidst the steamy underworld of Bermuda and Jamaica, this spy adventure chronicles the exploits of a female spy trying to investigate the mysterious murders of two colleagues before an important meeting between the world's most powerful leaders.
Come Spy with Me
1967
6.3A TV script about a kidnapping inspires a real-life plot.
Your Money or Your Wife
1972
NRBrutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy shrewish wife, Katherina.
The Taming of the Shrew
1950
5.3The oldest son in an orthodox Jewish family is living at home (in Brooklyn) with his parents and younger brothers. He's being pressured by his parents to marry the girl they have chosen, (the daughter of a rabbi). But he is coming to the realization that he is gay. When he becomes reacquainted with a school hood friend that has moved into Greenwich Village and come out (at least to himself), our hero begins to come out to himself as well.
Next Year in Jerusalem
1997
9.5This compilation of select episodes from the vintage gothic TV drama "Dark Shadows" reveals the love triangle behind Barnabas Collins' tragic transformation to an immortal creature of the night.
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
2009
6.7Investigator Jonathon Fletcher and his assistant Sajeed Rau investigate an apparently haunted mansion at the request of the woman who has inherited it.
Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon
1969
9.4Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood is a DVD compilation of episodes 639 to 694, key scenes from which have been edited together to form a three hour feature. It focuses on Quentin Collins' possession of David Collins & Amy Jennings.
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
2009