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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 28, 1933
Died
January 22, 2020
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- John Adam Karlewicz
- John Karlin
John Karlen
0.6 Popularity
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).
Known For
9.1
Self
Master of Dark Shadows
2019
10.0
Harvey Lacey
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
1996
6.7
Harvey Lacey
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1995
7.0
Harvey Lacey
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995
6.6
Harvey Lacey
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
3.5
Jerry Barr
Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography
1994
4.0
Waldo Church
MacShayne: Winner Takes All
1994
5.0
Mac
Surf Ninjas
1993
3.0
Jack McAllister
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
1993
6.7
Gus Stemple
Mad About You
1992
Credits
Master of Dark Shadows
as Self
2019
9.1
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
as Harvey Lacey
1996
10.0
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
as Harvey Lacey
1995
6.7
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
as Harvey Lacey
1995
7.0
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Harvey Lacey
1994
6.6
Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography
as Jerry Barr
1994
3.5
MacShayne: Winner Takes All
as Waldo Church
1994
4.0
Surf Ninjas
as Mac
1993
5.0
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
as Jack McAllister
1993
3.0
Mad About You
as Gus Stemple
1992
6.7
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
as John Garner
1992
3.8
The Dark Wind
as Jake West
1992
5.0
In a Child's Name
as Joe Silvano
1991
7.7
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
as Jake Morrison
1991
7.3
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
as Sgt. Madden
1990
5.2
Snoops
as Sam Akers
1989
5.0
Babycakes
as Al
1989
7.0
The Cover Girl and the Cop
as Lieutenant Wingo
1989
3.0
Police Story: Burnout
as Capt. Harrison
1988
0.0
Date Rape
as Joe Farrell
1988
0.0
Daddy
as Mike Burnette
1987
7.0
Downpayment on Murder
as Albert
1987
6.0
Native Son
as Max
1986
5.0
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Chapel
1986
6.2
Welcome Home, Bobby
as Geffin
1986
4.1
Hostage Flight
as DiSalvo
1985
5.9
227
1985
6.7
Gimme an 'F'
as Bucky Berkshire
1984
4.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Martin McGinn
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Patrick MacNair
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Superintendent Arthur Joyce
1984
7.5
Impulse
as Bob Russell
1984
5.1
Finder of Lost Loves
as Arthur Barwell
1984
5.7
Racing with the Moon
as Mr. Nash
1984
6.2
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
as Uncle George
1982
0.0
Cagney & Lacey
as Harvey Lacey
1982
7.0
American Playhouse
as Reverend Walker
1982
6.2
Fame
1982
6.8
Pennies from Heaven
as The Detective
1981
6.0
American Dream
as Coach Ritter
1981
0.0
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
The Long Days of Summer
as Duane Haley
1980
0.0
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Charlie Powers
1979
1.9
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
The Return of Mod Squad
as Marty
1979
5.0
Express to Terror
as Quinn
1979
0.0
Vega$
1978
7.0
Sword of Justice
1978
5.5
Kaz
1978
5.0
🎬
Colorado C.I.
as Kessler
1978
0.0
Killer's Delight
as Danny
1978
4.0
Lou Grant
as Ken Navaretti
1977
7.3
🎬
Weekend Special
1977
7.6
Hunter
as Power plant worker
1977
8.0
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
7.1
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
as Agent Brice
1976
7.5
Charlie's Angels
as Leonard Chaffey
1976
6.7
A Small Town in Texas
as Lenny
1976
4.5
The Kansas City Massacre
as Sam Cowley
1975
4.7
Mobile One
as Mickey Scanlon
1975
5.0
Starsky & Hutch
1975
7.3
Joe Forrester
1975
7.0
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
as Richard Copell
1975
0.0
Trilogy of Terror
as Thomas Amman
1975
6.2
Melvin Purvis G-Man
as 'Tony' Anthony Redecci
1975
6.0
The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
1974
6.0
The Rockford Files
as Leo
1974
7.6
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
as Frank Linwood
1974
0.0
The Invasion of Carol Enders
as David Hastings
1974
3.8
Kojak
as Pinky
1973
7.0
Kojak
as Hicks
1973
7.0
Doc Elliot
as Vincent Parker
1973
0.0
Shirts/Skins
as Herbie Bush
1973
0.0
The Magician
as Jim Russell
1973
6.7
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Alan Campbell
1973
5.8
Police Story
1973
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Johnny Alban
1973
6.9
Frankenstein
as Otto Roget
1973
6.9
Night of Terror
as Manning
1972
5.9
ABC Afterschool Special
as Joe Farrell
1972
6.4
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
The Waltons
as Rev. Ezekiel L. Henshaw
1972
7.2
The Sixth Sense
1972
5.9
Night of Dark Shadows
as Alex Jenkins
1971
6.6
Daughters of Darkness
as Stefan Chilton
1971
6.3
All in the Family
as Leo
1971
7.8
House of Dark Shadows
as Willie Loomis
1970
6.5
The Mod Squad
as Johnny Wexford
1968
6.2
Hawaii Five-O
as Harris
1968
7.1
Mannix
1967
6.7
Dark Shadows
as Willie Loomis
1966
7.3
The Gallant Men
1962
6.0
Stoney Burke
as Mickey
1962
5.7
The Detectives
1959
6.1
Naked City
as Chuck
1958
5.5
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ned
1951
8.6