Louis Edmonds

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

The Exterminator poster
5.5

When 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

House of Dark Shadows poster
6.6

Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée Josette.

House of Dark Shadows

1970

Victoria Regina poster
8.0

Julie 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

Casting Shadows poster
NR

A 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

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9.0

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

Come Spy with Me poster
10.0

Set 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

Your Money or Your Wife poster
6.3

A TV script about a kidnapping inspires a real-life plot.

Your Money or Your Wife

1972

The Taming of the Shrew poster
NR

Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy shrewish wife, Katherina.

The Taming of the Shrew

1950

Next Year in Jerusalem poster
5.3

The 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

Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse poster
9.5

This 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

Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon poster
6.7

Investigator 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

Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood poster
9.4

Dark 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