Rest In Peace, John Karlen

John Karlen passed away yesterday, at the age of 86, as a result of congestive heart failure. I found out through the Shadowgram newsletter earlier this morning. May he rest in peace. He will be best known to Dark Shadows fans as Willie Loomis, along with Carl Collins, William H. Loomis (from parallel time), Desmond Collins and Kendrick Collins.

I loved watching him on the original Dark Shadows, back in the 90’s, when it aired on The Sci-Fi Channel. I have yet to see Dan Curtis’ tv movie of Frankenstein (1973), so I’ll see about finding that one.

I have also yet to watch the Master of Dark Shadows documentary, so I evidently need to track that one down. I might see about also rewatching House of Dark Shadows (1970) or Daughters of Darkness (1971) in his honor.

I don’t have an icon of one of his characters, so here’s one of Angelique from the original Dark Shadows.