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Characters: Andre DuPres 1795
Originally
from Connecticut, widower Sam Evans is an artist, who lives
with his daughter Maggie in a cottage in Collinsport. After
mysteriously receiving a large sum of money from an unnamed
benefactor ten years earlier, Sam suddenly became a withdrawn
alcoholic, spending his windfall with reckless abandon. Deep
down, however, Sam's worthier qualities endure. Articulate
and cultured, Sam is a great believer in self-education and
an idealist, perhaps wryly amused by his youthful belief that
Collinsport would be the Provincetown of the future. In the
meantime, he is content to paint while Maggie supports the
household, ever aware of the shadow Collinwood casts over
both their lives...
David
Ford was
born in La Jolla, California on October 30 1925.
David
was the second actor to essay the role of Sam Evans on Dark
Shadows, taking over from Mark Allen shortly after the
show began. In 1967, David
married his Dark Shadows co-star Nancy
Barrett (Carolyn Stoddard), with whom he performed regional
theatre, but the couple divorced two years later.
In
addition to Dark Shadows, David's other daytime drama
credits included Edge of Night, Love of Life and Search
For Tomorrow. David
also performed numerous commercial voice-overs for products
such as Frito Lay, Dash, Hai Karate, Arid, Subaro and Time-Life.
His other small screen credits included a primetime guest
appearance on Adam's Rib.
David's
career was primarily as a stage actor, and his theatrical
credits included The Durango Flash, The Championship Season,
The Tea Party, A Chekov Sketchbook, The Witch, Cat on A Hot
Tin Roof, The White Rose and the Red, Abe Lincoln in Illinois,
A Chekhov Sketchbook, The Vagrant, The Sign of Jonah, Marcus
in High Grass, A Journey with Strangers, Mary Stuart, Billy
Budd, Twelfth Night, Hedda Gabler, Major Barbara, Tartuffe
and The Physicists.
He
also stood under the spotlights of the Broadway stage in
1776 (alongside Dark Shadows actress Virginia
Vestoff), A Man for All Seasons, The Physicists, In
the Middle of the Night and A Majority of One.
David
appeared on the big screen in Loving and also reprised
his stage role of John Hancock for the big screen adaptation
of 1776.
On
August 7, 1983, David Ford died of a heart attack in New York
City.
Biography
written by Vera Marano
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