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{{short description|American film and television actor}}
{{Short description|American film and television actor (1928–2024)}}
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|name = John Lasell
| name = John Lasell
|birth_name = John Whitin Lasell Jr.
| image = John Lasell and Ellen Weston.webp
| caption = Lasell (left) with [[Ellen Weston]], 1962
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1928|11|06}}
| birth_name = John Whitin Lasell Jr.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/john-lasell-dead-dark-shadows-the-twilight-zone-character-actor-1236114722/|title=John Lasell Dies: ‘Dark Shadows’ And ‘The Twilight Zone’ Character Actor Was 95|first=Natalie|last=Oganesyan|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 13, 2024|access-date=October 14, 2024}}</ref>
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|birth_place = [[Williamstown, Vermont]], U.S.
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|11|06}}
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|occupation = Film and television actor
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| birth_place = [[Williamstown, Vermont]], U.S.
|spouse = [[Patricia Smith (actress)|Patricia Smith]]<ref name="b" />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|04|1928|11|06}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
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| occupation = Actor
| spouse = [[Patricia Smith (actress)|Patricia Smith]]<ref name="b">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/747539830/|title=Sidekick Not Easy To Excite|work=[[The Desert Sun]]|location=[[Palm Springs, California]]|date=January 8, 1970|access-date=August 7, 2022|page=5|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
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'''John Whitin Lasell Jr.''' (born November 6,<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_lasell|title=John Lasell|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref> 1928)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Television_Guest_Stars/GRQbAQAAIAAJ?hl=en|title=Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies|page=288|first=Jack|last=Ward|publisher=McFarland|date=1993|ISBN=9780899508078|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> is an American film and television actor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/287315982/|title=(untitled brief)|work=[[The Post-Crescent]]|location=[[Appleton, Wisconsin]]|date=September 28, 1962|access-date=August 7, 2022|page=21|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He is known for playing Dr. Peter Guthrie in the American [[soap opera]] television series ''[[Dark Shadows]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dracula_in_Visual_Media/32-FBgZ1Ct4C?hl=en|title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010|page=55|first1=John Edgar|last1=Browning|first2=Caroline Joan|last2=Picart|publisher=McFarland|date=January 10, 2014|ISBN=9780786462018|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
'''John Whitin Lasell Jr.''' (November 6, 1928 – October 4, 2024) was an American film and television actor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/287315982/|title=(untitled brief)|work=[[The Post-Crescent]]|location=[[Appleton, Wisconsin]]|date=September 28, 1962|access-date=August 7, 2022|page=21|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He was known for playing parapsychologist Dr. Peter Guthrie in the American [[soap opera]] television series ''[[Dark Shadows]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32-FBgZ1Ct4C|title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010|page=55|first1=John Edgar|last1=Browning|first2=Caroline Joan|last2=Picart|publisher=McFarland|date=January 10, 2014|isbn=9780786462018|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

== Life and career ==
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Lasell was born in [[Williamstown, Vermont]], on November 6, 1928.<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_lasell|title=John Lasell|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRQbAQAAIAAJ|title=Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies|page=288|first=Jack|last=Ward|publisher=McFarland|date=1993|isbn=9780899508078|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> He began his television career in 1960 in the [[Anthology series|anthology]] television series ''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]''. In the same year he appeared in ''[[Hong Kong (TV series)|Hong Kong]]'' and ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond]]''. Lasell played [[John Wilkes Booth]] in the anthology television series ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' in the episode "[[Back There]]".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_Z1DwAAQBAJ|title=Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination|page=300|first=Nicholas|last=Parisi|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|date=October 24, 2018|isbn=9781496819451|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> He played the recurring roles of Dr. Robbins in ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'' and Benjamin Wedlock in the [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] television series ''[[Dan August]]'', and made three appearances in the [[legal drama]] television series ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gmX_mIf32TAC|title=Raymond Burr: A Film, Radio and Television Biography|page=|first=Ona|last=Hill|publisher=McFarland|date=September 9, 2011|isbn=9780786491377|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>


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Lasell guest-starred in numerous television programs including ''[[Gunsmoke#Television series (1955–1975) and TV movies|Gunsmoke]]'' (S7E3 as outlaw Tucker Ferrin in the episode “Miss Kitty”), ''[[Wagon Train]]'', ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]'', ''[[12 O'Clock High (TV series)|12 O'Clock High]]'', ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'', ''[[Adam-12]]'', ''[[Mannix]]'', ''[[Ben Casey]]'', ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' and ''[[Shotgun Slade]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pg9eCgAAQBAJ|title=Sydney Pollack: A Critical Filmography|page=204|first=Janet|last=Meyer|publisher=McFarland|date=August 13, 2015|isbn=9781476609799|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> He appeared in five films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2024/10/14/john-lasell-dark-shadows-actor-dies-at-95/|title=John Lasell, ‘Dark Shadows’ Actor, Dies At 95|first=Marc|last=Berman|work=[[Forbes]]|date=October 14, 2024|access-date=October 14, 2024}}</ref> His final television credit was from the [[soap opera]] television series ''[[Falcon Crest]]''.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
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Born in [[Williamstown, Vermont]].<ref name="a" /> Lasell was a [[Shakespeare in performance|shakespearean actor]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/302390367/|title=What To Do Till the Doctor Comes|work=[[Quad-City Times]]|location=[[Davenport, Iowa]]|date=September 15, 1962|access-date=August 7, 2022|page=14|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He began his television career in 1960, first appearing in the [[Anthology series|anthology]] television series ''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]''. In the same year, he appeared in ''[[Hong Kong (TV series)|Hong Kong]]'' and ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond]]''. Lasell played as stage actor [[John Wilkes Booth]] in the anthology television series ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' in the episode "[[Back There]]".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rod_Serling/C_Z1DwAAQBAJ?hl=en|title=Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination|page=300|first=Nicholas|last=Parisi|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|date=October 24, 2018|ISBN=9781496819451|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> He played the recurring roles of Dr. Robbins in ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'' and as Benjamin Wedlock in the [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] television series ''[[Dan August]]''. He made three appearances in the [[legal drama]] television series ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Raymond_Burr/gmX_mIf32TAC?hl=en|title=Raymond Burr: A Film, Radio and Television Biography|page=|first=Ona|last=Hill|publisher=McFarland|date=September 9, 2011|ISBN=9780786491377|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>


Lasell died on October 4, 2024, at the age of 95.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-lasell-dead-dark-shadows-twilight-zone-1236030980/|title=John Lasell, ‘Dark Shadows' and ‘Twilight Zone' Actor, Dies at 95|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Zoe G.|last=Phillips|date=October 13, 2024|access-date=October 13, 2024}}</ref>
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Lasell was considered married.<ref name="b">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/747539830/|title=Sidekick Not Easy To Excite|work=[[The Desert Sun]]|location=[[Palm Springs, California]]|date=January 8, 1970|access-date=August 7, 2022|page=5|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He guest-starred in numerous television programs including ''[[Gunsmoke#Television series (1955–1975) and TV movies|Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Wagon Train]]'', ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]'', ''[[12 O'Clock High (TV series)|12 O'Clock High]]'', ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'', ''[[Adam-12]]'', ''[[Mannix]]'', ''[[Ben Casey]]'', ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' and ''[[Shotgun Slade]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sydney_Pollack/Pg9eCgAAQBAJ?hl=en|title=Sydney Pollack: A Critical Filmography|page=204|first=Janet|last=Meyer|publisher=McFarland|date=August 13, 2015|ISBN=9781476609799|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> He appeared in the five films. His final television credit was from the [[soap opera]] television series ''[[Falcon Crest]]''.


== Filmography ==
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 22 December 2024

John Lasell
Lasell (left) with Ellen Weston, 1962
Born
John Whitin Lasell Jr.[1]

(1928-11-06)November 6, 1928
Williamstown, Vermont, U.S.
DiedOctober 4, 2024(2024-10-04) (aged 95)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
SpousePatricia Smith[2]

John Whitin Lasell Jr. (November 6, 1928 – October 4, 2024) was an American film and television actor.[3] He was known for playing parapsychologist Dr. Peter Guthrie in the American soap opera television series Dark Shadows.[4]

Life and career

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Lasell was born in Williamstown, Vermont, on November 6, 1928.[5][6] He began his television career in 1960 in the anthology television series Armstrong Circle Theatre. In the same year he appeared in Hong Kong and Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond. Lasell played John Wilkes Booth in the anthology television series The Twilight Zone in the episode "Back There".[7] He played the recurring roles of Dr. Robbins in Lassie and Benjamin Wedlock in the drama television series Dan August, and made three appearances in the legal drama television series Perry Mason.[8]

Lasell guest-starred in numerous television programs including Gunsmoke (S7E3 as outlaw Tucker Ferrin in the episode “Miss Kitty”), Wagon Train, Rawhide, Tales of Wells Fargo, 12 O'Clock High, The Fugitive, Adam-12, Mannix, Ben Casey, The Streets of San Francisco and Shotgun Slade.[9] He appeared in five films.[10] His final television credit was from the soap opera television series Falcon Crest.[citation needed]

Lasell died on October 4, 2024, at the age of 95.[11]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1969 Topaz State Department Official #1 Uncredited
1970 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came Dr. Hillery
1970 Helen Keller and Her Teacher Capt. Keller
1971 The Organization Zach Mills
1971 Honky Archer Divine
1972 Deathmaster Sgt. Kelly

References

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  1. ^ Oganesyan, Natalie (October 13, 2024). "John Lasell Dies: 'Dark Shadows' And 'The Twilight Zone' Character Actor Was 95". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "Sidekick Not Easy To Excite". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. January 8, 1970. p. 5. Retrieved August 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  3. ^ "(untitled brief)". The Post-Crescent. Appleton, Wisconsin. September 28, 1962. p. 21. Retrieved August 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  4. ^ Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (January 10, 2014). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. p. 55. ISBN 9780786462018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "John Lasell". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  6. ^ Ward, Jack (1993). Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies. McFarland. p. 288. ISBN 9780899508078 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Parisi, Nicholas (October 24, 2018). Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination. University Press of Mississippi. p. 300. ISBN 9781496819451 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Hill, Ona (September 9, 2011). Raymond Burr: A Film, Radio and Television Biography. McFarland. ISBN 9780786491377 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Meyer, Janet (August 13, 2015). Sydney Pollack: A Critical Filmography. McFarland. p. 204. ISBN 9781476609799 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Berman, Marc (October 14, 2024). "John Lasell, 'Dark Shadows' Actor, Dies At 95". Forbes. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  11. ^ Phillips, Zoe G. (October 13, 2024). "John Lasell, 'Dark Shadows' and 'Twilight Zone' Actor, Dies at 95". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
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