John Karlen
Born: 1933-05-28 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2020-01-22
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2019
- Master of Dark Shadows as Self
1996
- Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions as Harvey Lacey
1995
- Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling as Harvey Lacey
- Cagney & Lacey: Together Again as Harvey Lacey
1994
- Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography as Jerry Barr
- Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Harvey Lacey
- MacShayne: Winner Takes All as Waldo Church
1993
- Surf Ninjas as Mac
- Without Warning: Terror in the Towers as Jack McAllister
1992
- Mad About You as Gus Stemple
- Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story as John Garner
- The Dark Wind as Jake West
1991
- In a Child's Name as Joe Silvano
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin as Jake Morrison
1990
- Nightmare on the 13th Floor as Sgt. Madden
1989
- Snoops as Sam Akers
- Babycakes as Al
- The Cover Girl and the Cop as Lieutenant Wingo
1988
- Police Story as Capt. Harrison
- Police Story: Burnout as Capt. Harrison
- Date Rape as Joe Farrell
1987
- Daddy as Mike Burnette
- Downpayment on Murder as Albert
1986
- The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Chapel
- Native Son as Max
- Welcome Home, Bobby as Geffin
1985
- 227
- Hostage Flight as DiSalvo
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Martin McGinn
- Finder of Lost Loves as Arthur Barwell
- Racing with the Moon as Mr. Nash
- Impulse as Bob Russell
- Gimme an 'F' as Bucky Berkshire
1982
- American Playhouse as Reverend Walker
- Cagney & Lacey as Harvey Lacey
- Fame
- Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story as Uncle George
1981
- Hill Street Blues
- Pennies from Heaven as The Detective
- American Dream as Coach Ritter
1980
- The Long Days of Summer as Duane Haley
1979
- Trapper John, M.D.
- Supertrain as Quinn
- The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Charlie Powers
- The Return of Mod Squad as Marty
- Express to Terror as Quinn
1978
- Vega$
- Kaz
- Sword of Justice
- Killer's Delight as Danny
- Colorado C.I. as Kessler
1977
- Lou Grant as Ken Navaretti
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
- Hunter as Power plant worker
- Weekend Special
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Leonard Chaffey
- Quincy, M.E.
- A Small Town in Texas as Lenny
1975
- Starsky & Hutch
- Joe Forrester
- Trilogy of Terror as Thomas Amman
- Mobile One as Mickey Scanlon
- Melvin Purvis G-Man as 'Tony' Anthony Redecci
- Delancey Street: The Crisis Within as Richard Copell
- The Kansas City Massacre as Sam Cowley
1974
- The Rockford Files as Leo
- The Invasion of Carol Enders as David Hastings
- Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest as Frank Linwood
- The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Johnny Alban
- Police Story
- Kojak as Pinky
- The Magician as Jim Russell
- Frankenstein as Otto Roget
- Doc Elliot as Vincent Parker
- Frankenstein as Otto Roget
- The Picture of Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
- Shirts/Skins as Herbie Bush
1972
- The Waltons as Rev. Ezekiel L. Henshaw
- The Streets of San Francisco
- ABC Afterschool Special as Joe Farrell
- The Sixth Sense as Ed
- Night of Terror as Manning
1971
- All in the Family as Leo
- Daughters of Darkness as Stefan Chilton
- Night of Dark Shadows as Alex Jenkins
1970
- House of Dark Shadows as Willie Loomis
1969
- Medical Center as Frank Crane
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Harris
- The Mod Squad as Johnny Wexford
1967
1966
- Dark Shadows as Willie Loomis
1962
- Stoney Burke as Mickey
- The Gallant Men
1959
1958
- Naked City as Chuck
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ned