THE LEDGER INDEPENDENT | SATURDAY, 04.21.2012 SSATURDAY,ATURDAYOBITU, 0404.21.2012.21.2ARIE012S | A5 Actor Jonathan Frid dies at 87 ROB GILLIES vampire in one of the first was also a big hit.” Associated Press sympathetic portrayal of Frid had been an accom- the immortal creatures. plished stage actor before TORONTO | Jonathan “Twenty million people “Dark Shadows” made Frid, a Canadian actor best saw the show at its peak in him famous. The show has known for playing Barn- 1969. Kids ran home from lived on in reruns. abas Collins in the 1960s school and housewives Stuart Manning, editor original vampire soap watched it. It had a huge of the online “Dark Shad- opera “Dark Shadows”, has pop culture impact,” Pier- ows News Page”, said Frid died. He was 87. son said. brought a new dimension Frid died Friday of Pierson said Frid, whose to the role of the vampire natural causes in a hos- character was added in by injecting the role with pital in his home town of 1967, saved the show and depth and a sense of regret Hamilton, Ontario, said stayed on until the end for his immortal existence. Jim Pierson, a friend and of its run in 1971. He said “Now that idea has been spokesman for Dan Curtis Frid was never into the taken many times since — Productions, the creator fame and fortune and just ‘Twilight’ uses it, shows of “Dark Shadows.” wanted to be a working like ‘True Blood,’ ‘Buffy’ Frid starred in the 1960s actor. He said he loved — which again I think ASSOCIATED PRESS gothic-flavored soap op- the drama and finding the shows the influence ‘Dark In this 1970 file photo originally released by ABC, Jonathan Frid, from “Dark Shadows,” is shown. era about odd, supernatu- flaws and the humanity in Shadows’ has had,” said Frid, a Canadian actor best known for playing Barnabas Collins in the 1960s original vampire soap ral goings-on at a family his characters. Manning, who worked opera “Dark Shadows”, has died. He was 87. Frid died Friday of natural causes in a hospital in his estate in Maine. “That’s why he had this with Frid as a writer on home town of Hamilton, Ontario, said Jim Pierson, a friend and spokesman for Dan Curtis Produc- His death comes just vampire that was very the 2010 “Dark Shadows” tions, the creator of “Dark Shadows.” weeks before a Tim Bur- multidimensional. It really audio drama spinoff, “The ton-directed version of set the trend for all these Night Whispers.” Frid starred in various readings. tional tour of “Arsenic and Dark Shadows is due out other things that have The youngest of three theater productions with He lived in New York Old Lace” in the ‘80s. next month starring John- been done with vampires sons, Frid served in the illustrious actors includ- for several decades before Pierson said Frid been in ny Depp as Barnabas Col- over the last 40, 50 years,” Royal Canadian Navy ing Katharine Hepburn. moving back to Canada in declining health in recent lins. Frid has a cameo role Pierson said. “Vampires during the Second World But it was his turn in the ‘90s. His other credits months. At Frid’s request, in the new movie in which were not in the vernacular. War. After graduating “Dark Shadows” and its include the 1973 TV movie there was no funeral and he meets Depp’s character In 1967, there wasn’t a pop from Hamilton’s McMas- first feature film adap- “The Devil’s Daughter,” there will be no memorial. in a party scene with two culture of vampire stuff, ter University, he got a tation, “House of Dark co-starring Shelley Win- “He really was kind of a other original actors from so here he was in this degree in directing at the Shadows,” that made him ters, and Oliver Stone’s di- no-fuss guy,” Pierson said. the show. mainstream network show Yale School of Drama and a commercial success and rectorial debut, “Seizure.” Frid never married. He Pierson said Burton and that aired at 4 P.M. that studied at the Royal Acad- kept him busy throughout He also starred in the is survived by a nephew, Depp were fans of Frid, really took off. 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