- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 24, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
- Died
- March 3, 2001
Louis Edmonds
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.
Filmography
movieDark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
2009 · Roger Collins (archive footage)
movieDark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
2009 · Roger Collins (archive footage)
movieNext Year in Jerusalem
1997
movieCasting Shadows
1987 · Self – Roger Collins
movieThe Exterminator
1980 · CIA Chief
movieYour Money or Your Wife
1972 · Fair
movieHouse of Dark Shadows
1970 · Roger Collins
tvAll My Children
1970 · Langley Wallingford
movieDead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon
1969 · Commodore Nicholas Blaise
movieCome Spy with Me
1967 · Gunther Stiller
tvDark Shadows
1966 · Roger Collins / Joshua Collins
Cyrano De Bergerac
movieCyrano De Bergerac
1962 · The Meddler
movieVictoria Regina
1961 · Prince Ernest
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
tvThe Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960 · Charley, Eddie Pelham
Young Doctor Malone
tvYoung Doctor Malone
1958
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Bagot, Prince Ernest, The Meddler
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1950 · Grumio
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
tvStudio One
1948 · Grumio