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John Karlen

John Karlen

John Karlen (born John Adam Karlewicz; May 28, 1933 – January 22, 2020) 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).

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Master of Dark Shadows (2019)

Revealing the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes stories exploring the diverse talents of creator-producer-director Dan Curtis. ...

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Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions (1996)

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 murder case in 10 years. ...

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Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling (1995)

Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestigious promotion, while Mary Beth has to deal with the return of her sickly, aged father. ...

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Cagney & Lacey: Together Again (1995)

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 building with screaming threats, insults and physical intimidation. Though the cops think the culprit is anot ...

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Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)

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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Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography (1994)

Behind the headlines... Behind the laughter... there's an unforgettable story you've never heard before. ...

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MacShayne: Winner Takes All (1994)

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 ex-wife is no longer where she use to live and work and left no forwarding address. Leggett, a recently r ...

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Surf Ninjas (1993)

Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island. Part of their inheritance includes magically-induced martial arts prowess and seeing the future. Using their new powers, they act to overthrow the is ...

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Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (1993)

Massive rescue efforts are mobilized to save occupants of New York City's World Trade Center after a terrorist bombing. Based on the events surrounding the bombing of the World Trade Center towers in February 1993. ...

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Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story (1992)

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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Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (1991)

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 and Della as all three are supporters of the charity. Kate Ford, an assistant with an arrogant attitude, te ...

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Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990)

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 on the 13th floor where she witnesses a Satanic rite and tangles with an axe-wielding killer. She escapes, ...

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Babycakes (1989)

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 finally devises a way to meet him, they discover that although they are physically different, they have a l ...

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The Cover Girl and the Cop (1989)

Julia Duffy is the cover girl and Dinah Manoff the cop in this made-for-TV contrivance. ...

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Police Story: Burnout (1988)

A veteran vice cop has a hard time dealing with her partner's suicide. ...

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Date Rape (1988)

Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school. ...

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Daddy (1987)

Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant. ...

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Downpayment on Murder (1987)

About an estranged husband who, in an explosive rage, decides to have his wife murdered by a hired killer. ...

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Native Son (1986)

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 teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up. ...

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The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986)

After two attempts to kidnap a little girl Mike Hammer is hired to protect her. ...

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Welcome Home, Bobby (1986)

When a Chicago teen is arrested for drug possession, the ensuing investigation reveals that he has had sexual contact with an older man. Discovering his sexual encounter, other students start shunning him and call for his expulsion from school. His conserv ...

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Hostage Flight (1985)

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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Impulse (1984)

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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Racing with the Moon (1984)

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. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. Mischievous and irresponsible ...

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Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982)

The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown. ...

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Pennies from Heaven (1981)

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 teacher. ...

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American Dream (1981)

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 are becoming materialistic snobs, the feel of a big city environment. ...

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The Long Days of Summer (1980)

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 his youth during the late '30, and follows a fictionalized family where the father has jeopardized a prom ...

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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)

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 gang of horse thieves and train and bank robbers with their arch enemy, Detective Will Smith, constantly o ...

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The Return of Mod Squad (1979)

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 themselves are the intended targets of a gunman who lives in their old "flower child" world of the 1960s. ...

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Express to Terror (1979)

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-lived "Supertrain" series (which lasted just 9 episodes) was released to home video as a independent feat ...

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Colorado C.I. (1978)

Mark and Pete Gunnison, members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Colorado State Police, seek to crack a multi-million dollar real estate swindle. ...

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Killer's Delight (1978)

A detective tracks a serial killer through San Francisco. ...

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A Small Town in Texas (1976)

A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfriend. ...

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The Kansas City Massacre (1975)

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 Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible. ...

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Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (1975)

The story of Delancey Street Foundation, a self-help group devoted to reclaiming ex-junkies, ex-convicts, and others. ...

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Trilogy of Terror (1975)

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines that her free-spirited blonde sister is evil; and a woman's night turns upside down after she purchases an ...

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Melvin Purvis G-Man (1975)

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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The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer (1974)

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 who takes over as head of the family while the real Clifford travels the world. The clone turns out to b ...

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Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest (1974)

Police looking for drug dealers mistakenly raid the house of a typical suburban family. However, rather than admit their mistake and jeopardize their careers, several of the police officers decide to plant heroin in the family's house, and change the recor ...

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The Invasion of Carol Enders (1973)

Television thriller about a woman is possessed after a brutal attack. ...

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Shirts/Skins (1973)

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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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)

Adaptation of the novel by Oscar Wilde. ...

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Frankenstein (1973)

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 two installments on TV as part of the Wide World of Entertainment series. ...

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Night of Terror (1972)

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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Daughters of Darkness (1971)

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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Night of Dark Shadows (1971)

Recently married, Quentin and Tracy Collins have just moved into Collinwood, a New England estate that has long been in the Collins family and which Quentin has just inherited. They soon find themselves plagued by spirits of past residents. ...

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House of Dark Shadows (1970)

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

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