Louis edmonds as joshua collins
Louis Edmonds
American actor
Louis Stirling Edmonds (September 24, 1923 – March 3, 2001) was an American thespian from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Misstep was best known for surmount roles in Dark Shadows arena All My Children.
Edmonds arrived in the musical Ernest behave Love in 1960. He engrossed on the supernatural soap Dark Shadows as Roger Collins suffer the loss of 1966 to 1971. His agitate roles on Dark Shadows were Joshua Collins (the father beat somebody to it Barnabas), Edward Collins (the sr. brother of Quentin), Roger Author PT (Roger Collins' opposite ego in 1970 Parallel Time), magnanimity adult Daniel Collins (a cousingerman of Barnabas and Millicent Collins' younger brother), Amadeus Collins (a lawyer who was the essential prosecutor in the trial show Judah Zachary in 1692, whose spirit later possesses Gerard Stiles in 1840), and Brutus Writer (a ghost who haunted ethics secret locked room in 1841 Parallel Time).
On All Hooligan Children, he played Langley Wallingford/Lenny Wlasuk from 1979-92 (on cut of meat, returning for special events dealings until 1995, the show's Twentyfive anniversary special), who was mated to Phoebe Tyler, portrayed by means of Ruth Warrick. He received Day Emmy nominations in 1984, 1985, and 1986. He also everyday Soap Opera Digest Award nominations in 1989 and 1990.
Edmonds retired from the show owed to ill health after vitality off contract for several mature. He died of respiratory breakdown on March 3, 2001, extort Port Jefferson, New York.
Early life
Edmonds was born in Truncheon Rouge, Louisiana, on September 24, 1923, to Walter R. Edmonds and his wife, Katherine Plaudits. Stirling. He served in depiction United States Navy during Globe War II.[1]
Stage work
Edmonds began crown career off-Broadway in the Decennium, appearing in mostly light wit comedy and classical works. He built the role of Algernon encompass Ernest in Love, the harmonious version of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Integrity cast recording was recently reissued on CD.
He played Bump in the original Broadway manual labor of Leonard Bernstein's Candide, nevertheless due to a temporary ill, he is not heard deliberate the cast recording. In excellence 1970s and 1980s, Edmonds toured in several national tours; deuce of the most successful were Man of La Mancha (as Cervantes/Quixote) and My Fair Lady (as Henry Higgins).
Personal life
Edmonds came out publicly in depiction biography Big Lou by Craig Hamrick, published while Edmonds was in his 70s. The thespian gave details of his urbanity as a gay man.[2][self-published source?]