Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 24, 1923
Place of Birth
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Louis Edmonds
Biography
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he studied at Louisiana State University and the Carnegie Institute of Technology. During WWII, he served in the Navy. His career was started in New York, acting in regional and Off-Broadway Theatre until his Broadway debut in the musical, "Candide" in 1956. Edmonds stage role in "The Importance of Being Earnest" and his work on the accompanying album led him to television roles. He is best known for his work as character Roger Collins in the wildly popular daytime gothic drama "Dark Shadows" which ran from 1967-71.
Known For - Movies
The Exterminator
as CIA Chief
House of Dark Shadows
as Roger Collins
Victoria Regina
as Prince Ernest
Your Money or Your Wife
as Fair
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
as Roger Collins (archive footage)
Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon
as Commodore Nicholas Blaise
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
as Roger Collins (archive footage)
The Taming of the Shrew
as Grumio
Casting Shadows
as Self – Roger Collins
Come Spy with Me
as Gunther Stiller
