
John Karlen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 28, 1933
- Died
- January 22, 2020 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- 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).
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Filmography

Master of Dark Shadows
Movie · as Self

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
Movie · as Harvey Lacey

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Movie · as Harvey Lacey

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
Movie · as Harvey Lacey

MacShayne: Winner Takes All
Movie · as Waldo Church

Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography
Movie · as Jerry Barr

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Movie · as Harvey Lacey

Surf Ninjas
Movie · as Mac

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
Movie · as Jack McAllister

Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
Movie · as John Garner

The Dark Wind
Movie · as Jake West

Mad About You
TV · as Gus Stemple · 3 eps

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Movie · as Jake Morrison

In a Child's Name
TV · as Joe Silvano · 2 eps

Nightmare on the 13th Floor
Movie · as Sgt. Madden

The Cover Girl and the Cop
Movie · as Lieutenant Wingo

Babycakes
Movie · as Al

Snoops
TV · as Sam Akers · 13 eps

Date Rape
Movie · as Joe Farrell

Police Story: Burnout
Movie · as Capt. Harrison
Police Story
TV · as Capt. Harrison · 1 ep

Downpayment on Murder
Movie · as Albert

Daddy
Movie · as Mike Burnette

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Movie · as Chapel

Welcome Home, Bobby
Movie · as Geffin

Native Son
Movie · as Max

Hostage Flight
Movie · as DiSalvo

227
TV · 1 ep

Impulse
Movie · as Bob Russell

Racing with the Moon
Movie · as Mr. Nash

Gimme an 'F'
Movie · as Bucky Berkshire

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Lt. Martin McGinn, Patrick MacNair, Superintendent Arthur Joyce · 1 ep

Finder of Lost Loves
TV · as Arthur Barwell · 1 ep

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
Movie · as Uncle George

Fame
TV · 1 ep

Cagney & Lacey
TV · as Harvey Lacey · 125 eps

American Playhouse
TV · as Reverend Walker, Boris Max · 1 ep

Pennies from Heaven
Movie · as The Detective

American Dream
Movie · as Coach Ritter

Hill Street Blues
TV · 2 eps

The Long Days of Summer
Movie · as Duane Haley

Express to Terror
Movie · as Quinn

The Return of Mod Squad
Movie · as Marty

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Movie · as Charlie Powers

Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep

Supertrain
TV · as Quinn · 1 ep

Killer's Delight
Movie · as Danny
Colorado C.I.
Movie · as Kessler

Kaz
TV · 1 ep

Vega$
TV · as Eddie Stolvak · 1 ep

Sword of Justice
TV · 1 ep

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV · 1 ep

ABC Weekend Specials
TV · 1 ep

Hunter
TV · as Power plant worker · 1 ep

Lou Grant
TV · as Ken Navaretti · 1 ep

A Small Town in Texas
Movie · as Lenny

Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Agent Brice · 1 ep

Charlie's Angels
TV · as Leonard Chaffey · 1 ep

Trilogy of Terror
Movie · as Thomas Amman

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
Movie · as Richard Copell

Melvin Purvis G-Man
Movie · as 'Tony' Anthony Redecci

The Kansas City Massacre
Movie · as Sam Cowley

Starsky & Hutch
TV · 1 ep

Joe Forrester
TV · 1 ep

Mobile One
TV · as Mickey Scanlon · 1 ep

Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Movie · as Frank Linwood

The Invasion of Carol Enders
Movie · as David Hastings

The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
Movie

The Rockford Files
TV · as Leo · 1 ep

Frankenstein
Movie · as Otto Roget

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie · as Alan Campbell

Shirts/Skins
Movie · as Herbie Bush

Kojak
TV · as Pinky, Hicks · 1 ep

Police Story
TV · 1 ep

The Magician
TV · as Jim Russell · 1 ep

Barnaby Jones
TV · as Johnny Alban · 1 ep

Doc Elliot
TV · as Vincent Parker · 1 ep

Frankenstein
TV · as Otto Roget · 2 eps

Night of Terror
Movie · as Manning

The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 2 eps

ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Joe Farrell · 1 ep

The Waltons
TV · as Rev. Ezekiel L. Henshaw · 1 ep

The Sixth Sense
TV · as Ed · 1 ep

Daughters of Darkness
Movie · as Stefan Chilton

Night of Dark Shadows
Movie · as Alex Jenkins

All in the Family
TV · as Leo · 1 ep

House of Dark Shadows
Movie · as Willie Loomis

Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Harris · 1 ep

Medical Center
TV · as Frank Crane · 1 ep

The Mod Squad
TV · as Johnny Wexford · 1 ep

Mannix
TV · 1 ep

Dark Shadows
TV · as Willie Loomis · 944 eps

The Gallant Men
TV · 1 ep

Stoney Burke
TV · as Mickey · 1 ep

The Detectives
TV · as Frankie

Naked City
TV · as Chuck · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Ned · 1 ep



