
Jonathan Frid was a Canadian actor born December 2, 1924, in Hamilton, Ontario, and died April 14, 2012, in the same city. He gained fame for portraying vampire Barnabas Collins in the television series Dark Shadows, which aired from 1967 to 1971, significantly increasing the show’s viewership. Frid’s acting career began in 1946 with stage roles, including Shakespearean performances, and extended ...
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DARK SHADOWS & BEYOND – THE JONATHAN FRID STORY reveals the real man beneath the vampire’s cloak, exploring Frid’s personal and professional struggles, artistic triumphs and rise to fame. Among the family, friends and co-workers who offer fresh insights are actresses Marion Ross (Arsenic & Old Lace) and Christina Pickles (Seizure), American Shakespeare Festival associate Anthony Zerbe and Dark Shadows colleagues David Selby, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Lara Parker, Nancy Barrett, Marie Wallace and James Storm. The documentary also includes rare performance footage and previously unseen interviews and archival materials from Frid’s private collection.

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

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 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.

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.

A disturbed author's house party becomes a scene of carnage when three of his homicidal creations appear.

A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon.

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