Dark Shadows was a Gothic soap opera which aired from June 1966 to April 1971, on ABC television. Dark Shadows was created by Dan Curtis, and was based on a dream he had about a girl taking a long train ride, on her way to a mansion. This girl, when the show was created was named Victoria Winters.
Thus began Dark Shadows Victoria Winters arrived at Collinwood to become the governess of the motherless David Collins. Upon her arrival, she is subject to a difficult David, a housebound Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, a party girl, Carolyn Stoddard (Elizabeth’s daughter) and Roger Collins( Elizabeth’s brother) a man with a grave secret . Not long after Victoria’s arrival, Bill Malloy is found murdered at the bottom of the cliff near Collinwood. Bill knew of a secret linking Roger, Burke Devlin and Sam Evans. This…show more content… Ryan later had a major role in the sitcom Dharma and Greg.
Roger Collins was played by actor Louis Edmonds. While Louis played Roger for 5 years on Dark Shadows, he received 3 Emmy nominations for his role as Langley Wallingford on All My Children, a role he played from 1979-1995.
After the first year, with the arrival of vampire Barnabas Collins, the following major roles were cast: Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins
John Karlen as Willie Loomis ,Grayson Hall as Dr. Julia Hoffman, Lara Parker as Angelique Bouchard Roger Davis as Peter Bradford and David Selby played Quentin Collins.
Kathryn leigh Scott worked briefly as a playboy bunny before being offered the role of Maggie Evans on Dark Shadows in 1966. In addition to her role as Maggie Evans, this versatile actress played Josette DuPres and a few other roles while on the show. Scott also starred in House of Dark Shadows, and television shows including: Quincy, Police Squad, Magnum PI, and Cagney and Lacey, which starred her former Dark Shadows co-star John