John Karlen

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

Quincy, M.E.

Agent Brice

Hill Street Blues

Mad About You

Gus Stemple

Dark Shadows

Willie Loomis

All in the Family

Leo

Starsky & Hutch

Charlie's Angels

Leonard Chaffey

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2019	Master of Dark Shadows	Self
1996	Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions	Harvey Lacey
1995	Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling	Harvey Lacey
1995	Cagney & Lacey: Together Again	Harvey Lacey
1994	MacShayne: Winner Takes All	Waldo Church
1994	Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography	Jerry Barr
1994	Cagney & Lacey: The Return	Harvey Lacey
1993	Surf Ninjas	Mac
1993	Without Warning: Terror in the Towers	Jack McAllister
1992	Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story	John Garner
1992	The Dark Wind	Jake West
1991	Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin	Jake Morrison
1990	Nightmare on the 13th Floor	Sgt. Madden
1989	The Cover Girl and the Cop	Lieutenant Wingo
1989	Babycakes	Al
1988	Date Rape	Joe Farrell
1988	Police Story: Burnout	Capt. Harrison
1987	Downpayment on Murder	Albert
1987	Daddy	Mike Burnette
1986	The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer	Chapel
1986	Welcome Home, Bobby	Geffin
1986	Native Son	Max
1985	Hostage Flight	DiSalvo
1984	Impulse	Bob Russell
1984	Racing with the Moon	Mr. Nash
1982	Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story	Uncle George
1981	Pennies from Heaven	The Detective
1981	American Dream	Coach Ritter
1980	The Long Days of Summer	Duane Haley
1979	Express to Terror	Quinn
1979	The Return of Mod Squad	Marty
1979	The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang	Charlie Powers
1978	Killer's Delight	Danny
1978	Colorado C.I.	Kessler
1976	A Small Town in Texas	Lenny
1975	Trilogy of Terror	Thomas Amman
1975	Delancey Street: The Crisis Within	Richard Copell
1975	Melvin Purvis G-Man	'Tony' Anthony Redecci
1975	The Kansas City Massacre	Sam Cowley
1974	Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974	The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
1973	Frankenstein	Otto Roget
1973	The Invasion of Carol Enders	David Hastings
1973	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Alan Campbell
1973	Shirts/Skins	Herbie Bush
1972	Night of Terror	Manning
1971	Daughters of Darkness	Stefan Chilton
1971	Night of Dark Shadows	Alex Jenkins
1970	House of Dark Shadows	Willie Loomis

Year	TV Show	Role
1992	Mad About You	Gus Stemple
1991	In a Child's Name	Joe Silvano
1989	Snoops	Sam Akers
1985	227
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Lt. Martin McGinn
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Patrick MacNair
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Superintendent Arthur Joyce
1984	Finder of Lost Loves	Arthur Barwell
1982	Fame
1982	American Playhouse	Reverend Walker
1982	Cagney & Lacey	Harvey Lacey
1981	Hill Street Blues
1979	Trapper John, M.D.
1978	Kaz
1978	Vega$
1978	Sword of Justice
1977	Lou Grant
1977	The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977	Weekend Special
1977	Hunter	Power plant worker
1976	Quincy, M.E.
1976	Charlie's Angels	Leonard Chaffey
1976	Quincy, M.E.	Agent Brice
1975	Starsky & Hutch
1975	Joe Forrester
1974	The Rockford Files	Leo
1973	Kojak	Pinky
1973	Police Story
1973	The Magician	Jim Russell
1973	Kojak	Hicks
1973	Barnaby Jones	Johnny Alban
1973	Doc Elliot	Vincent Parker
1972	The Streets of San Francisco
1972	The Sixth Sense
1972	ABC Afterschool Special	Joe Farrell
1972	The Waltons	Rev. Ezekiel L. Henshaw
1971	All in the Family	Leo
1968	Hawaii Five-O	Harris
1968	The Mod Squad	Johnny Wexford
1967	Mannix
1966	Dark Shadows	Willie Loomis
1962	The Gallant Men
1962	Stoney Burke	Mickey
1959	The Detectives
1958	Naked City	Chuck
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Ned