Acting credits
94
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
John Karlen
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 49Series: 45
TMDB ID: 30048
IMDb ID: nm0439482
Known for: Acting
Born: May 28, 1933
Died: January 22, 2020
Age: 86
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2019
Years active: 69
Average TMDB rating: 6.85
Wikidata: Q1561196
Also known as
John Adam Karlewicz • John Karlin
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Karlen.
as Self
Master of Dark Shadows
2019 • Movie
as Harvey Lacey
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
1996 • Movie
as Harvey Lacey
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1995 • Movie
as Harvey Lacey
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995 • Movie
as Harvey Lacey
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 • Movie
as Jerry Barr
Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography
1994 • Movie
as Waldo Church
MacShayne: Winner Takes All
1994 • Movie
as Mac
Surf Ninjas
1993 • Movie
as Jack McAllister
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
1993 • Movie
as John Garner
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
1992 • Movie
as Jake West
The Dark Wind
1992 • Movie
as Jake Morrison
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1991 • Movie
as Sgt. Madden
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990 • Movie
as Al
Babycakes
1989 • Movie
as Lieutenant Wingo
The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989 • Movie
as Capt. Harrison
Police Story: Burnout
1988 • Movie
as Joe Farrell
Date Rape
1988 • Movie
as Mike Burnette
Daddy
1987 • Movie
as Albert
Downpayment on Murder
1987 • Movie
as Max
Native Son
1986 • Movie
as Chapel
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1986 • Movie
as Geffin
Welcome Home, Bobby
1986 • Movie
as DiSalvo
Hostage Flight
1985 • Movie
as Bucky Berkshire
Gimme an 'F'
1984 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Karlen.
as Gus Stemple • 3 eps
Mad About You
1992 • Series
as Joe Silvano • 2 eps
In a Child's Name
1991 • Series
as Sam Akers • 13 eps
Snoops
1989 • Series
1 eps
227
1985 • Series
as Lt. Martin McGinn • 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
1984 • Series
as Arthur Barwell • 1 eps
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 • Series
as Harvey Lacey • 125 eps
Cagney & Lacey
1982 • Series
as Reverend Walker • 1 eps
American Playhouse
1982 • Series
1 eps
Fame
1982 • Series
2 eps
Hill Street Blues
1981 • Series
1 eps
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 • Series
as Quinn • 1 eps
Supertrain
1979 • Series
2 eps
Vega$
1978 • Series
1 eps
Sword of Justice
1978 • Series
1 eps
Kaz
1978 • Series
as Ken Navaretti • 1 eps
Lou Grant
1977 • Series
as Power plant worker • 1 eps
Hunter
1977 • Series
1 eps
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977 • Series
1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
1976 • Series
as Leonard Chaffey • 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
1976 • Series
as Mickey Scanlon • 1 eps
Mobile One
1975 • Series
1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
1975 • Series
1 eps
Joe Forrester
1975 • Series
as Leo • 1 eps
The Rockford Files
1974 • Series