TV series
Dark Shadows
Overview
Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements. It was unprecedented in daytime television when ghosts were introduced about six months after it began. The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; indeed, as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. Major writers besides Art Wallace included Malcolm Marmorstein, Sam Hall, Gordon Russell, and Violet Welles.
Details
- First air date
- 1966-06-27
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 12 seasons
- Episodes
- 1225 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Soap
- Network
- ABC
- Production
- Dan Curtis Productions
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alexandra Isles as Victoria Winters
- Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
- Kathryn Leigh Scott as Maggie Evans
- Nancy Barrett as Carolyn Stoddard
- Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins / Joshua Collins
- David Henesy as David Collins
- Joel Crothers as Joe Haskell
- Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins / Bramwell Collins
- Grayson Hall as Julia Hoffman
- Thayer David as Matthew Morgan/Ben Stokes/Dr. Timothy Stokes
- Jerry Lacy as Reverend Trask/Gregory Trask
- John Karlen as Willie Loomis
Creators and crew
- Dan Curtis - Creator
- Lela Swift - Director
- John Sedwick - Director
- Dan Curtis - Director
- Ron Sproat - Writer
- Malcolm Marmorstein - Writer
Seasons
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