John Karlen
Acting
- Born:
- 1933-05-28
- Died:
- 2020-01-22
- 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).
Known For
Filmography
Master of Dark Shadows
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography
MacShayne: Winner Takes All
Surf Ninjas
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
Mad About You
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
The Dark Wind
In a Child's Name
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
Snoops
Babycakes
The Cover Girl and the Cop
Police Story: Burnout
Police Story
Date Rape
Daddy
Downpayment on Murder
Native Son
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Welcome Home, Bobby
Hostage Flight
227
Gimme an 'F'
Murder, She Wrote
Impulse
Finder of Lost Loves
Racing with the Moon
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
Cagney & Lacey
American Playhouse
Fame
Pennies from Heaven
American Dream
Hill Street Blues
The Long Days of Summer
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Trapper John, M.D.
The Return of Mod Squad
Express to Terror
Supertrain
Vega$
Kaz
Sword of Justice
Colorado C.I.
Killer's Delight
Lou Grant
ABC Weekend Specials
Hunter
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Quincy, M.E.
Charlie's Angels
A Small Town in Texas
The Kansas City Massacre
Mobile One
Starsky & Hutch
Joe Forrester
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
Trilogy of Terror
Melvin Purvis G-Man
The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
The Rockford Files
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
The Invasion of Carol Enders
Kojak
Doc Elliot
Shirts/Skins
The Magician
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Police Story
Barnaby Jones
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Night of Terror
ABC Afterschool Special
The Streets of San Francisco
The Waltons
The Sixth Sense
Night of Dark Shadows
Daughters of Darkness
All in the Family
House of Dark Shadows
Medical Center
Hawaii Five-O
The Mod Squad
Mannix
Dark Shadows
The Gallant Men
Stoney Burke
The Detectives
Naked City
Hallmark Hall of Fame