John Lasell (1928–2024), Dark Shadows actor

John Lasell was an actor best known for playing vampire hunter Dr. Peter Guthrie on the gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows.” 

Mitchell Ryan (1934–2022), actor known for “Lethal Weapon,” “Dharma & Greg”

Mitchell Ryan was an actor known for many roles, including the villainous General Peter McAllister in “Lethal Weapon.”

Geoffrey Scott (1942–2021), actor who played Mark Jennings on “Dynasty”

Geoffrey Scott was an actor known for roles including Mark Jennings on the popular 1980s soap opera “Dynasty.”

John Karlen (1933–2020), starred as Willie Loomis on cult favorite “Dark Shadows”

John Karlen played Willie Loomis on the cult favorite TV daytime gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows.” Loomis was the James Dean type that breaks into the Collins family mausoleum and unknowingly releases the vampire Barnabas Collins. Collins attacks Loomis and turns him into his servant. In the 1980s, Karlen played the husband of Tyne Daly’s character Mary Beth Lacey on the crime series “Cagney & Lacey.” He won an Emmy for the role in 1986. Later he played Helen Hunt’s father on “Mad About You.” Karlen served in the Korean War and made his Broadway debut in 1960.

Denise Nickerson (1957–2019), played Violet Beauregarde in “Willy Wonka”

Denise Nickerson was a former child actress best known for playing Violet Beauregarde, the gum-chewer who turns into a blueberry, in the 1971 movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.”

Alice Drummond (1928 - 2016), Ghostbuster actress

Alice Drummond, the character who was featured as the librarian in “Ghostbusters,” died Wednesday, November 30, 2016 according to multiple news sources. She was 88.