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Louis Edmonds is a Actor American born on 24 september 1923

Louis Edmonds

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Birth name Louis Sterling Edmonds
Nationality USA
Birth 24 september 1923
Death 3 march 2001 (at 77 years)

Louis Stirling Edmonds (September 24, 1923 – March 3, 2001) was an American actor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was best known for his roles in Dark Shadows and All My Children.

Edmonds appeared in the musical Ernest in Love in 1960. He acted on the supernatural soap Dark Shadows as Roger Collins from 1966 to 1971. His other roles on Dark Shadows were Joshua Collins (the father of Barnabas Collins), Edward Collins (the older brother of Quentin Collins), Roger Collins PT (Roger Collins' opposite self in 1970 Parallel Time), the adult Daniel Collins (a cousin of Barnabas Collins and Millicent Collins' younger brother), Amadeus Collins (a lawyer who was the main prosecutor in the trial of Judah Zachary in 1692, whose spirit later possesses Gerard Stiles in 1840), and Brutus Collins (a ghost who haunted the secret locked room in 1841 Parallel Time). On All My Children, he played Langley Wallingford/Lenny Wlasuk from 1979 to 1992 (on contract, returning for special events up until 1995, the show's 25th anniversary special), who was married to Phoebe Tyler, portrayed by Ruth Warrick. He received Daytime Emmy nominations in 1984, 1985 and 1986. He also received Soap Opera Digest Award nominations in 1989 and 1990. Edmonds retired from the show due to ill health after being off contract for several years. He died of respiratory failure on March 3, 2001, in Port Jefferson, New York.

Biography

Louis was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on September 24, 1923 to Walter R. Edmonds and his wife, Katherine L. Stirling. Though he never hid his sexuality to those he met, he came out publicly in the biography Big Lou by Craig Hamrick, published while Edmonds was in his 70s. The actor gave details of his life as a gay man.

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Dan Curtis
Dan Curtis
(2 films)
Thayer David
Thayer David
(2 films)
John Karlen
John Karlen
(1 films)
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Filmography of Louis Edmonds (4 films)

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The Exterminator, 1h42
Directed by James Glickenhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Robert Ginty, Samantha Eggar, Christopher George, Steve James, Louis Edmonds, Samuel L. Jackson
Roles CIA Chief
Rating56% 2.8497252.8497252.8497252.8497252.849725
The film begins in Vietnam, opening with a dramatic shot of a huge explosion propelling a U.S. soldier through the air. The soldier is revealed to be the film's protagonist, John Eastland (Robert Ginty) who is quickly assisted by fellow soldier and best friend Michael Jefferson (Steve James). Both men, along with several other U.S. soldiers are quickly captured by the Viet Cong. The film cuts to an open-air VC camp where we next see the soldiers tied to wooden stakes in the ground. The VC commander demands information on when a U.S. strike is going to occur. Eastland refuses to answer and the commander slowly decapitates one of his fellow soldiers. Jefferson manages to get free and quickly slaughters the Vietnamese soldiers.
House of Dark Shadows, 1h37
Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Joan Bennett, Kathryn Leigh Scott, John Karlen, Roger Davis
Roles Roger Collins
Rating62% 3.1014253.1014253.1014253.1014253.101425
Willie Loomis, the Collins family handyman, is searching for old treasure in the family mausoleum when he accidentally frees Barnabas Collins, a 175-year-old vampire who enslaves him. Upon his release, he attacks Daphne Budd, secretary to Collinwood’s matriarch, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. She is discovered by Jeff Clark, who takes her back to the house where Dr. Julia Hoffman administers medical attention to her.
Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon, 52minutes
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Actors Kerwin Mathews, Thayer David, Marj Dusay, Louis Edmonds
Roles Commodore Nicholas Blaise
Rating58% 2.915452.915452.915452.915452.91545
Angela Martin a hérité de sa tante d'un manoir ancien, le Domaine de Blaisedon, qu'elle ne parvient pas à vendre et qui lui coûte tout l'argent de son héritage pour l'entretien. Elle décide d'aller voir le spécialiste du surnaturel Jonathan Fletcher qui se trouve à New York afin de faire quelque chose. Toutes les nuits, le spectre d'une femme déchaîne des forces maléfiques. Fletcher et son assistant Sajid Rowe acceptent d'aider la jeune femme. Ils passent leur première nuit dans le manoir et constatent l'impossible.
Come Spy with Me, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Troy Donahue, Albert Dekker, Louis Edmonds, Timothy Moxon, Peter Finch
Roles Gunther Stiller
Rating55% 2.7783252.7783252.7783252.7783252.778325
Starring Troy Donahue and Andrea Dromm, the film features Dromm ("I'm an AGENT, not a spy!"), solving a murder case, rescuing a kidnap victim (Valerie Allen, Donahue's wife at the time of filming), breaking up a mastermind's (Albert Dekker) underwater bomb assassination plot of several world leaders, and dancing the new dance called "the Shark" on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles performed the film's titular theme song, written by lead singer Robinson.