Biography
Despite his impressive and varied stage roles, he became most famous for playing the conflicted vampire Barnabas Collins on the Gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" (ABC, 1966-1971). Although he only intended to play the role briefly, Frid's iconic turn as the deadly but desperately unhappy Collins took the world by storm and helped make the series a beloved cult favorite. Yielding a big-screen hit, "House of Dark Shadows" (1970), the series …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Made a cameo in Tim Burton's feature remake of "Dark Shadows" opposite Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins; Frid passed away just weeks before the film's May 11 release | |
1996 | Featured in the documentary "Dark Shadows 30th Anniversary Tribute" | |
1993 | Made stage directorial debut with a production of "The Lion in Winter" at Georgia CollegeTheatre in Milledgeville, GA | |
1989 | Added two new programs to his reading theater presentations, "Jonathan Frid's Shakespearean Odyssey" and "Jonathan Frid's Fridiculousness" | |
1986 | Formed (with Mary O'Leary) production company Clunes Associates; company toured the college circuit with a series of staged readings, the first of which was "Jonathan Frid's Fools and Fiends" | |
1974 | Returned to films to play the leading role in Oliver Stone's feature directorial debut "Seizure" | |
1973 | Played a leading role in the TV-movie horror comedy "The Devil's Daughter" (ABC) | |
1970 | Made feature film debut recreating the role of Barnabas in "House of Dark Shadows" | |
1967 | Landed breakthrough role as vampire Barnabas Collins on the cult soap opera "Dark Shadows" (ABC) | |
| Acted in the company with Katharine Hepburn in John Houseman's staging of "Much Ado About Nothing" for the American Shakespeare Festival in the early 1960s | ||
| Served as a seaman in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II | ||