Jonathan Frid, Canadian actor (died 2012)

Jonathan Frid

Canadian actor (1924–2012)

Jonathan Frid was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic television soap opera Dark Shadows. The introduction in 1967 of Frid's reluctant, guilt-ridden vampire caused the floundering daytime drama to soar to 20 million daily viewers.…