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'{{short description|American film and television actor}} {{Infobox person |name = John Lasell |birth_name = John Whitin Lasell Jr. |birth_date = 6 November 1928 |birth_place = [[Williamstown, Vermont]], U.S. |death_date = 4 October 2024 (age 95) |occupation = Film and television 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> }} '''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://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>, died October 4, 2024<ref>https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/north-hollywood-ca/john-lasell-12023005</ref>, 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 is known for playing 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> Lasell was born in [[Williamstown, Vermont]].<ref name="a" /> 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> He 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. His final television credit was from the [[soap opera]] television series ''[[Falcon Crest]]''.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} == Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1969|| ''[[Topaz (1969 film)|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 (film)|The Organization]]'' || Zach Mills || |- |1971|| ''[[Honky (film)|Honky]]'' || Archer Divine || |- |1972|| ''Deathmaster'' || Sgt. Kelly || |} == References == {{reflist}} == External links == *{{IMDb name|0489499}} *{{TCM name|109086}} *{{AllMovie name|209546}} *[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_lasell/ Rotten Tomatoes profile] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lasell, John}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:People from Williamstown, Vermont]] [[Category:Male actors from Vermont]] [[Category:American male film actors]] [[Category:American male television actors]] [[Category:American male Shakespearean actors]] [[Category:American male stage actors]] [[Category:American male soap opera actors]] [[Category:20th-century American male actors]]'