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| name = Louis Edmonds<br />
| image =Louis Edmonds.jpg<br />
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| birthname = Louis Stirling Edmonds<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|09|24}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], US<br />
| death_date ={{death date and age|2001|03|3|1923|09|24}}<br />
| death_place = [[Port Jefferson, New York]], US<br />
| occupation = Actor<br />
| yearsactive = 1950-1997<br />
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'''Louis Stirling Edmonds''' (September 24, 1923 – March 3, 2001) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' and ''[[All My Children]]''.<br />
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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]] ([[Jonathan Frid]]), Edward Collins, the older brother of [[Quentin Collins]] ([[David Selby]]), Roger Collins PT (Roger Collins' opposite self in 1970 Parallel Time), the adult [[Daniel Collins (Dark Shadows)|Daniel Collins]] (a cousin of Barnabas and Millicent Collins ([[Nancy Barrett]])'s younger brother), Amadeus Collins, a lawyer who was the main prosecutor in the trial of Judah Zachary ([[Michael McGuire (actor)|Michael McGuire]]) in 1692, whose spirit later possesses Gerard Stiles ([[Jim Storm (actor)|James Storm]]) in 1840, and Brutus Collins, a ghost who haunted the secret locked room in 1841 Parallel Time).<br />
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On ''All My Children'', he played Langley Wallingford/Lenny Wlasuk from 1979 to 1992 (on contract, returning for special events up until 1995, the show's 25th anniversary special), 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 Awards|Soap Opera Digest Award]] nominations in 1989 and 1990.<br />
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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]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
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]].<ref name="nytobit">[https://web.archive.org/web/20210126030009/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/13/arts/louis-edmonds-77-stage-and-tv-actor.html Louis Edmonds, 77, Stage and TV Actor] ''[[The New York Times]]'' via [[Internet Archive]]. Retrieved February 13, 2022.</ref><br />
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==Stage work==<br />
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.<br />
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He played Max in the original Broadway production of [[Leonard Bernstein]]'s ''[[Candide (operetta)|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]]'' (as [[Miguel de Cervantes]]/[[Alonso Quijano|Don Quixote]]) and ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (as Henry Higgins).<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Edmonds [[came out]] publicly in the biography ''Big Lou'' by Craig Hamrick, published while Edmonds was in his 70s. The actor gave details of his life as a gay man.<ref>{{cite book|first=Craig|last=Hamrick|year=2004|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-29716-0|title= Big Lou: The Life and Career of Actor Louis Edmonds }}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! Year<br />
! Title<br />
! Role<br />
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|1966-1971<br />
|''[[Dark Shadows]]'' (TV Series)<br />
|Roger Collins<br />
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|1967|| ''[[Come Spy with Me (film)|Come Spy with Me]]'' || Gunther Stiller ||<br />
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|1970|| ''[[House of Dark Shadows]]'' || Roger Collins ||<br />
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|1980|| ''[[The Exterminator]]'' || CIA Chief ||<br />
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|1997|| ''Next Year in Jerusalem'' || Grandfather ||<br />
|}<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:American male soap opera actors]]<br />
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[[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure in the United States]]<br />
[[Category:American gay actors]]<br />
[[Category:LGBTQ people from Louisiana]]<br />
[[Category:Male actors from Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century American singers]]<br />
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