Louis Edmonds
Louis Stirling Edmonds was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in Dark Shadows and All My Children.
Edmonds appeared in the musical Ernest in Love in 1960. He acted on the supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows as Roger Collins from 1966 to 1971. His other roles on Dark Shadows were Joshua Collins, the father of Barnabas Collins, Edward Collins, the older brother of Quentin Collins, Roger Collins PT, Joshua Collins PT, the adult Daniel Collins, Amadeus Collins, a lawyer who was the main prosecutor in the trial of Judah Zachary in 1692, whose spirit later possesses Gerard Stiles.
On All My Children, he played Langley Wallingford/Lenny Wlasuk from 1979 to 1992, who was married to Phoebe Tyler, portrayed by Ruth Warrick. He received nominations for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1984, 1985, and 1986. He also received Soap Opera Digest Award nominations in 1989 and 1990.
Edmonds retired from the show due to ill health after being off contract for several years. He died of respiratory failure on March 3, 2001, in Port Jefferson, New York.
Early life
Louis Edmonds was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on September 24, 1923, to Walter R. Edmonds and his wife, Katherine L. Stirling. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.Stage work
Edmonds began his career off-Broadway in the 1950s, appearing in mostly light comedy and classical works. He created the role of Algernon Moncrieff in Ernest in Love, the musical version of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. The cast recording was recently reissued on CD.He played Max in the original Broadway production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide, but due to a temporary illness, he is not heard on the cast recording. In the 1970s and 1980s, Edmonds toured in several national tours; two of the most successful were Man of La Mancha and My Fair Lady.