John Karlen
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.78 |
| Birthday | 1933-05-28 |
| Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | John Adam Karlewicz, John Karlin, |
1973
Frankenstein
6.708/12
A scientist obsessed with creating life steals body parts to put together his "creation." Released as a feature on video, this was originally shown in...
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Frankenstein
1993
Surf Ninjas
4.967/135
Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island. Part of their inheritance includes magicall...
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Surf Ninjas
1994
MacShayne: Winner Takes All
5/2
MacShayne is a gambler and small time con-man. After serving a short stretch in jail, he goes to Las Vegas to see his son, but when he gets there, his...
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MacShayne: Winner Takes All
1984
Impulse
5.1/43
After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent and self-destructive behavior...
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Impulse
1975
Trilogy of Terror
6.224/163
A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines...
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Trilogy of Terror
1971
Daughters of Darkness
6.251/177
Ostend, Belgium. In a decadent seaside hotel, Stefan and Valerie, a newlywed couple, meet the mysterious Countess Báthory and Ilona, her secretary.
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Daughters of Darkness
1981
Pennies from Heaven
6.023/88
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school te...
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Pennies from Heaven
1984
Racing with the Moon
6.1/78
In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. He...
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Racing with the Moon
1978
Killer's Delight
5/5
A detective tracks a serial killer through San Francisco.
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Killer's Delight
1970
House of Dark Shadows
6.6/76
The story of vampire Barnabas Collins, the possible cure offered him by Dr. Julia Hoffman, and his search for love amidst the horror.
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House of Dark Shadows
1971
Night of Dark Shadows
6.5/50
A newlywed painter and his wife move into his family's ancestral home and find themselves plagued by spirits of past residents.
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Night of Dark Shadows
1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
7.2/8
David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity gala for disabled children. Also there is Perry a...
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1972
Night of Terror
6.2/8
A hired killer hunts down a schoolteacher to get something she has. She doesn't know what it is, but he's already killed twice to get it.
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Night of Terror
1987
Downpayment on Murder
6/3
About an estranged husband who, in an explosive rage, decides to have his wife murdered by a hired killer.
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Downpayment on Murder
1992
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
3.3/3
Story of attractive cop Laurencia Bembenek, who, in 1982, was sentenced to prison for killing her husband's ex-wife in Milwaukee, WI.
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Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
1986
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
6.2/5
After two attempts to kidnap a little girl Mike Hammer is hired to protect her.
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The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1976
A Small Town in Texas
4.6/14
A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfriend.
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A Small Town in Texas
1989
The Cover Girl and the Cop
3/1
Julia Duffy is the cover girl and Dinah Manoff the cop in this made-for-TV contrivance.
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The Cover Girl and the Cop
1995
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
6.7/3
Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestigious promotion, while Mary Beth has to deal with t...
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Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1975
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
0/0
The story of Delancey Street Foundation, a self-help group devoted to reclaiming ex-junkies, ex-convicts, and others.
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Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
1974
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
0/0
Police looking for drug dealers mistakenly raid the house of a typical suburban family. However, rather than admit their mistake and jeopardize their...
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Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1986
Welcome Home, Bobby
4.7/6
When a Chicago teen is arrested for drug possession, the ensuing investigation reveals that he has had sexual contact with an older man. Discovering h...
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Welcome Home, Bobby
1986
Native Son
5.6/11
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teen...
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Native Son
1975
Melvin Purvis G-Man
6.7/6
Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.
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Melvin Purvis G-Man
1973
The Invasion of Carol Enders
3.7/3
Television thriller about a woman is possessed after a brutal attack.
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The Invasion of Carol Enders
1982
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
0/0
The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown.
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Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
1981
American Dream
0/0
A family moves from an affluent Chicago suburb to the mixed inner-city neighborhood where the father grew up, with the idea of giving the kids, who ar...
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American Dream
1988
Date Rape
0/0
Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school.
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Date Rape
1985
Hostage Flight
5.9/7
A plane is hijacked and bound for London. Once the terrorists begin killing hostages, the passengers take matters into their own hands.
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Hostage Flight
1975
The Kansas City Massacre
4.7/3
Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin...
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The Kansas City Massacre
1990
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
5.3/20
In this made-for-cable television horror thriller, a travel writer visits a historic hotel to write a story about it and inadvertently finds herself o...
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Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1973
The Picture of Dorian Gray
6/8
Adaptation of the novel by Oscar Wilde.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
1987
Daddy
7.2/9
Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant.
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Daddy
1979
Express to Terror
0/0
A gambling addict, mobsters, movie producers and others are plagued with murder while aboard a high-speed rail train. This pilot episode for the short...
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Express to Terror
1979
The Return of Mod Squad
5/1
Pete, Linc and Julie are called back to the force when a series of sniper attacks are made on their old boss. But the three soon discover that they th...
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The Return of Mod Squad
1974
The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
6/1
Clifford Swimmer, an angry and abusive man cruel to his wife and son, wants out if his marriage. With the help of a scientist he clones a replacement...
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The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
1980
The Long Days of Summer
0/0
In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more of...
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The Long Days of Summer
1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
2.1/4
A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a...
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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1994
Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography
6/1
Behind the headlines... Behind the laughter... there's an unforgettable story you've never heard before.
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Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography
1988
Police Story: Burnout
0/0
A veteran vice cop has a hard time dealing with her partner's suicide.
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Police Story: Burnout
2019
Master of Dark Shadows
9/15
Revealing the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes storie...
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Master of Dark Shadows
1989
Babycakes
7/38
Grace is an overweight mortuary cosmetician who falls in love with Rob, a handsome subway train conductor who doesn't even know she exists. When she f...
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Babycakes
1993
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
3/1
Massive rescue efforts are mobilized to save occupants of New York City's World Trade Center after a terrorist bombing.
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Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
8.7/3
1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.
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Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1995
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
7/3
New York's toughest lady detectives re-team to solve the murder of a homeless transient who had been terrorizing the residents of a posh apartment bui...
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Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1996
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
10/1
Detectives Cagney and Lacey come face-to-face with their true feelings about capital punishment when they're assigned to the city's first capital murd...
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Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
1978
Colorado C.I.
0/0
Mark and Pete Gunnison, members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Colorado State Police, seek to crack a multi-million dollar real estate swin...
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Colorado C.I.
1973
Shirts/Skins
0/0
Six businessmen who have a weekly after-hours basketball game get caught up in a bet about a hide-and-seek contest.
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