Dennis Patrick was born on March 14, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Joe (1970), House of Dark Shadows (1970) and Dark Shadows (1966). He was married to Barbara Cason and Amelia Honora Baines. He died on October 13, 2002 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Though he was only Jason McGuire and Paul Stoddard in the television
series Dark Shadows (1966) (Sheriff Patterson in the film House of Dark Shadows (1970)), Dennis Patrick
was television's first vampire (as Dennis Harrison) in a 1950 episode
of Stage 13 (1950).
His father's family came from Ireland and many of Dennis' character
roles contained an Irish brogue.
Logged over 1800 guest roles on TV programs during his four-decade
career.