John Karlen

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
May 28, 1933 (92 years old)
Death date
Jan 22, 2020

John Karlen

Known For

Master of Dark Shadows
1h 32m
Movie 2019

Master of Dark Shadows

Revealing the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes stories exploring the diverse talents of creator-producer-director Dan Curtis.

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
1h 32m
Movie 1996

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions

Detectives Cagney and Lacey come face-to-face with their true feelings about capital punishment when they're assigned to the city's first capital murder case in 10 years.

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1h 32m
Movie 1995

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestigious promotion, while Mary Beth has to deal with the return of her sickly, aged father.

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1h 32m
Movie 1995

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

New York's toughest lady detectives re-team to solve the murder of a homeless transient who had been terrorizing the residents of a posh apartment building with screaming threats, insults and physical intimidation. Though the cops think the culprit is another street person, Cagney and Lacey believe the real killer is one of the tenants, many of whom have ample reason to have murdered the boorish bum.

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1h 35m
Movie 1994

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.

Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography
1h 35m
Movie 1994

Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography

Behind the headlines... Behind the laughter... there's an unforgettable story you've never heard before.

MacShayne: Winner Takes All
1h 40m
Movie 1994

MacShayne: Winner Takes All

MacShayne is a gambler and small time con-man. After serving a short stretch in jail, he goes to Las Vegas to see his son, but when he gets there, his ex-wife is no longer where she use to live and work and left no forwarding address. Leggett, a recently retired cop, approaches him and tells him that he will help him find his son, if he does something for him. It seems that he is planning to rob a hotel casino and he needs three guys to pull it off. Now two of the guys he recruited has agreed to it but the third is uncertain, so he sets up a poker game wherein MacShayne is suppose to clean him out thus giving Leggett some leverage on him. After doing that he discovers that Leggett is duplicitous and is going stab everybody in the back. So he decides to turn the tables on him.

Surf Ninjas
1h 27m
Movie 1993

Surf Ninjas

Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island. Part of their inheritance includes magically-induced martial arts prowess and seeing the future. Using their new powers, they act to overthrow the island's current dictator, a despotic madman with a metal face!

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
1h 36m
Movie 1993

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

Massive rescue efforts are mobilized to save occupants of New York City's World Trade Center after a terrorist bombing. Based on the events surrounding the bombing of the World Trade Center towers in February 1993.

The Dark Wind
1h 51m
Movie 1992

The Dark Wind

An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.

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).

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