Don Briscoe actor
TheCher118
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C. Donald Briscoe, 64, of Memphis, retired actor, died Sunday at his home.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in
Memorial Park. He was a member of Coleman Avenue Church of Christ. He leaves a
sister, Bonny Jenkins of Memphis.
robertc...@yahoo.com
He later developed a mental illness (bipolar disorder, I believe) and
quit acting. A lot of the original "Dark Shadows" actors are gone now.
Bob Champ
robertc...@yahoo.com
Terry del Fuego wrote:
> On 5 Nov 2004 09:33:33 -0800, "robertc...@yahoo.com"> This prompted me to look up Jonathan Frid. No film credits since
> 1974, but he's apparently been on stage at least as recently as 2000
> and will be 80 in December.
Yes, Frid is still going strong, though he performs on stage only
occasionally now. According to Frid himself, he thought that his
success on "Dark Shadows" would propel him into the movies, but as it
turned out he was typecast as a horror film actor and didn't really
want to play those roles anymore. He was trained as a Shakespearean
actor and was, probably, a bit embarrassed to be known primarily as
vampire in a Gothic soap opera. He gradually became accustomed to his
niche in the world of horror, though, and his stage appearances, mostly
one-man shows, have sometimes been built around horror themes. His
primary film credits are in a couple of "Dark Shadows" movies, both of
them pretty awful.
The one DS actor whose death did deprive us of much pleasure was Thayer
David, famous on the show as Count Petofi who went searching the world
for his lost "hand of power." Just before he died David had signed to
play Nero Wolfe in a TV series then being developed. I don't know what
happened to that series, but David would have made a superb Wolfe.
Bob Champ
(An old "Dark Shadows" fan)
The Kentucky Wizard
Don Briscoe also portrayed the character of Tony Merritt (the second
Tony Merritt) on "Days of Our Lives" while also portraying the character
of (first Tom, and then his twin brother, Chris) Jennings on "Dark
Shadows", thus making him one of the first actors ever to play dual
roles on two different soap operas at the same time.
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The Kentucky Wizard
> On 5 Nov 2004 12:11:00 -0800, "robertc...@yahoo.com"
> <robertc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Thayer David
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> Thank you, I was trying to remember his name. I was young enough at
> the time that he and Frid are the only ones I've been able to remember
> into my alleged adulthood. And my clearer memories of Thayer David
> come from his role with Jack Lemmon in "Save the Tiger".
David also played the role of the promoter/announcer in the first
"Rocky" movie.
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Brad Ferguson
<"robertc...@yahoo.com"> wrote:
> The Kentucky Wizard wrote:
> > TheCher118 wrote:
> > > Best remembered from Dark Shadows
> > >>
> >
> >
> > Don Briscoe also portrayed the character of Tony Merritt (the second
> > Tony Merritt) on "Days of Our Lives" while also portraying the
> character
> > of (first Tom, and then his twin brother, Chris) Jennings on "Dark
> > Shadows", thus making him one of the first actors ever to play dual
> > roles on two different soap operas at the same time.
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> Wow, looks like we have some DS fans here. I used to belong to the
> SciFi newsgroup on the show and to the mailing list that originated in
> Canada. This was a long time ago--maybe five or six years. I left both
> because I was getting to know too much about the stars. At least for
> me, knowing a lot about the stars damages my enjoyment of a show. The
> illusion is broken for some reason. It's the equivalent of coming up on
> the stage while the actors are playing a scene.
>
> Bob Champ
>
For the people here (me, for instance) who are completely lost at this
point, there's a pic on this page of Don Briscoe from his "Dark
Shadows" days:
http://members.aol.com/abarnabas/tved.html
And here's Thayer David (who would indeed have made a great Nero Wolfe):
robertc...@yahoo.com
which is a small magazine devoted to news about Dark Shadows:
Bob Champ
SG regrets to inform fans of the death of DONALD BRISCOE, who passed
away at his home in Memphis on Oct. 31. Services and funeral were held
today.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal ran the following obituary in today's
edition:
"C. Donald Briscoe, 64, of Memphis, retired actor, died Sunday at his
home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home
with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Coleman Avenue Church
of Christ. He leaves a sister, Bonny Jenkins of Memphis."
Don portrayed Tom Jennings, Chris Jennings, Timothy Shaw, and Chris
Collins on DS and co-starred in the 1970 theatrical film "House of Dark
Shadows" as Todd Jennings, lover of Barnabas' victim/doomed vampire
Carolyn Stoddard.
He played Tony Merritt on "Days of Our Lives" and was in "The Guiding
Light," plus episodes of "Jericho," "I Dream of Jeannie," and "Iron
Horse." TV commercials: Camel cigarettes, Folger's Coffee, and
Palmolive. Stage roles include productions of "The Boys in the Band,"
"Come Back Little Sheba," and others, plus touring in "Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?".
robertc...@yahoo.com
which is a small magazine devoted to news about Dark Shadows:
Bob Champ
SG regrets to inform fans of the death of DONALD BRISCOE, who passed
away at his home in Memphis on Oct. 31. Services and funeral were held
today.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal ran the following obituary in today's
edition:
"C. Donald Briscoe, 64, of Memphis, retired actor, died Sunday at his
home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home
with burial in Memorial Park. He was a member of Coleman Avenue Church
of Christ. He leaves a sister, Bonny Jenkins of Memphis."
Don portrayed Tom Jennings, Chris Jennings, Timothy Shaw, and Chris
Collins on DS and co-starred in the 1970 theatrical film "House of Dark
Shadows" as Todd Jennings, lover of Barnabas' victim/doomed vampire
Carolyn Stoddard.
He played Tony Merritt on "Days of Our Lives" and was in "The Guiding
Light," plus episodes of "Jericho," "I Dream of Jeannie," and "Iron
Horse." TV commercials: Camel cigarettes, Folger's Coffee, and
Palmolive. Stage roles include productions of "The Boys in the Band,"
"Come Back Little Sheba," and others, plus touring in "Who's Afraid of
Virginia Wolfe?".
The Kentucky Wizard
I've always thought that Thayer David and Victor Buono could have passed
for brothers, with Buono being the gay brother and David being the
abusive brother. Much like I've always thought that Grayson Hall and
Agnes Moorehead could have passed for sisters, with Hall being the
sister who has already had the nervous breakdown, while Moorehead was
the one who was well on her way to having the same thing.
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