
John Karlen
Known for: Acting
Born: May 28, 1933
Died: January 22, 2020
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

Daughters of Darkness
1971

Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990

Daddy
1987

Trilogy of Terror
1975

Killer's Delight
1978

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

The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989

Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974

The Invasion of Carol Enders
1974

Date Rape
1988

Surf Ninjas
1993

Impulse
1984

Racing with the Moon
1984

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
1982

Police Story: Burnout
1988

House of Dark Shadows
1970

Night of Dark Shadows
1971

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1991

A Small Town in Texas
1976

Hostage Flight
1985

The Kansas City Massacre
1975

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
1993

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995

Pennies from Heaven
1981

Welcome Home, Bobby
1986

The Picture of Dorian Gray
1973

Babycakes
1989

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994

MacShayne: Winner Takes All
1994

Downpayment on Murder
1987

The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
1974

Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography
1994

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1986

Melvin Purvis G-Man
1975

American Dream
1981

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979

Shirts/Skins
1973

Frankenstein
1973

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1995

The Return of Mod Squad
1979

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
1996

Night of Terror
1972

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
1975

Native Son
1986

Master of Dark Shadows
2019

Express to Terror
1979
Colorado C.I.
1978

The Long Days of Summer
1980

Gimme an 'F'
1984

The Dark Wind
1992

Murder, She Wrote
1984

The Gallant Men
1962

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

Starsky & Hutch
1975

Fame
1982

Hawaii Five-O
1968

All in the Family
1971

227
1985

Quincy, M.E.
1976

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Kaz
1978

Naked City
1958

Charlie's Angels
1976

Hill Street Blues
1981

Mannix
1967

Dark Shadows
1966

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977

Kojak
1973

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Weekend Special
1977

Vega$
1978

Police Story
1973

Sword of Justice
1978

Snoops
1989

The Sixth Sense
1972

The Detectives
1959

ABC Afterschool Special
1972

Joe Forrester
1975

The Magician
1973

Mad About You
1992

Stoney Burke
1962

Barnaby Jones
1973

In a Child's Name
1991

The Mod Squad
1968

The Rockford Files
1974

Finder of Lost Loves
1984

Hunter
1977

Cagney & Lacey
1982

Doc Elliot
1973

The Waltons
1972

Lou Grant
1977

Mobile One
1975

Medical Center
1969

Frankenstein
1973

Supertrain
1979
Police Story
1988