John Lasell

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John Lasell
Born
John Whitin Lasell Jr.

(1928-11-06) November 6, 1928 (age 95)
Occupation(s)Film and television actor
Spouse Patricia Smith [1]

John Whitin Lasell Jr. (born November 6, [2] 1928) [3] is an American film and television actor. [4] He is known for playing Dr. Peter Guthrie in the American soap opera television series Dark Shadows . [5]

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Lasell was born in Williamstown, Vermont. [2] He began his television career in 1960 in the anthology television series Armstrong Circle Theatre . In the same year he appeared in Hong Kong and Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond . Lasell played John Wilkes Booth in the anthology television series The Twilight Zone in the episode "Back There". [6] He played the recurring roles of Dr. Robbins in Lassie and Benjamin Wedlock in the drama television series Dan August , and made three appearances in the legal drama television series Perry Mason . [7]

He guest-starred in numerous television programs including Gunsmoke (S7E3 as outlaw Tucker Ferrin in the episode “Miss Kitty”, Wagon Train , Rawhide , Tales of Wells Fargo , 12 O'Clock High , The Fugitive , Adam-12 , Mannix , Ben Casey , The Streets of San Francisco and Shotgun Slade . [8] He appeared in five films. His final television credit was from the soap opera television series Falcon Crest .[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1969 Topaz State Department Official #1Uncredited
1970 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came Dr. Hillery
1970Helen Keller and Her TeacherCapt. Keller
1971 The Organization Zach Mills
1971 Honky Archer Divine
1972DeathmasterSgt. Kelly

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