John Karlen: movies and TV shows
John Karlen has 102 credits in the archive: 50 films and 52 TV series, from 1951 to 2019. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2019 · busiest year: 1973 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Master of Dark Shadows | Self | Film | 9.1 | 86 |
| 1996 | Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions | Harvey Lacey | Film | 8.5 | 63 |
| 1995 | Cagney & Lacey: Together Again | Harvey Lacey | Film | 7.8 | 62 |
| 1995 | Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling | Harvey Lacey | Film | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1994 | MacShayne: Winner Takes All | Waldo Church | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1994 | Cagney & Lacey: The Return | Harvey Lacey | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1994 | Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography | Jerry Barr | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 1993 | Surf Ninjas | Mac | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 1993 | Without Warning: Terror in the Towers | Jack McAllister | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1992 | Mad About You | Gus Stemple | TV | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1992 | The Dark Wind | Jake West | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 1992 | Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story | John Garner | Film | 4.4 | 59 |
| 1991 | In a Child's Name | Joe Silvano | TV | 7.8 | 58 |
| 1991 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin | Jake Morrison | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1990 | Nightmare on the 13th Floor | Sgt. Madden | Film | 5.4 | 57 |
| 1989 | Snoops | Sam Akers | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1989 | The Cover Girl and the Cop | Lieutenant Wingo | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1989 | Babycakes | Al | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1988 | Police Story | Capt. Harrison | TV | — | 55 |
| 1988 | Police Story: Burnout | Capt. Harrison | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1988 | Date Rape | Joe Farrell | Film | — | 55 |
| 1987 | Daddy | Mike Burnette | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1987 | Downpayment on Murder | Albert | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1986 | Native Son | Max | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1986 | Welcome Home, Bobby | Geffin | Film | 4.8 | 53 |
| 1986 | The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Chapel | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1985 | 227 | TV | 6.8 | 52 | |
| 1985 | Hostage Flight | DiSalvo | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Lt. Martin McGinn | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Patrick MacNair | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Superintendent Arthur Joyce | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Arthur Barwell | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1984 | Racing with the Moon | Mr. Nash | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1984 | Impulse | Bob Russell | Film | 5.3 | 51 |
| 1984 | Gimme an 'F' | Bucky Berkshire | Film | 4.9 | 51 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Reverend Walker | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Boris Max | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Harvey Lacey | TV | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1982 | Fame | TV | 6.8 | 49 | |
| 1982 | Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story | Uncle George | Film | — | 49 |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | TV | 7.6 | 48 | |
| 1981 | Pennies from Heaven | The Detective | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1981 | American Dream | Coach Ritter | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1980 | The Long Days of Summer | Duane Haley | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | TV | 6.6 | 46 | |
| 1979 | Supertrain | Quinn | TV | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1979 | The Return of Mod Squad | Marty | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1979 | The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang | Charlie Powers | Film | 3.3 | 46 |
| 1979 | Express to Terror | Quinn | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1978 | Vega$ | TV | 6.9 | 45 | |
| 1978 | Kaz | TV | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1978 | Sword of Justice | TV | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1978 | Killer's Delight | Danny | Film | 4.3 | 45 |
| 1978 | Colorado C.I. | Kessler | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Ken Navaretti | TV | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | TV | 7.1 | 44 | |
| 1977 | Weekend Special | TV | 7.5 | 44 | |
| 1977 | Hunter | Power plant worker | TV | 8.2 | 44 |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Leonard Chaffey | TV | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | TV | 7.5 | 43 | |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Agent Brice | TV | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1976 | A Small Town in Texas | Lenny | Film | 4.7 | 43 |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | TV | 7.3 | 42 | |
| 1975 | Joe Forrester | TV | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1975 | Mobile One | Mickey Scanlon | TV | 5.0 | 42 |
| 1975 | Trilogy of Terror | Thomas Amman | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1975 | Melvin Purvis G-Man | 'Tony' Anthony Redecci | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1975 | The Kansas City Massacre | Sam Cowley | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1975 | Delancey Street: The Crisis Within | Richard Copell | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Leo | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 1974 | The Invasion of Carol Enders | David Hastings | Film | 4.7 | 41 |
| 1974 | Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest | Frank Linwood | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1974 | The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Johnny Alban | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Pinky | TV | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Hicks | TV | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1973 | Police Story | TV | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1973 | The Magician | Jim Russell | TV | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1973 | Doc Elliot | Vincent Parker | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1973 | Frankenstein | Otto Roget | TV | 4.0 | 40 |
| 1973 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Alan Campbell | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1973 | Frankenstein | Otto Roget | Film | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1973 | Shirts/Skins | Herbie Bush | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1972 | The Waltons | Rev. Ezekiel L. Henshaw | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool Special | Joe Farrell | TV | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | TV | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | TV | 6.3 | 39 | |
| 1972 | Night of Terror | Manning | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Leo | TV | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1971 | Daughters of Darkness | Stefan Chilton | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1971 | Night of Dark Shadows | Alex Jenkins | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1970 | House of Dark Shadows | Willie Loomis | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Frank Crane | TV | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Harris | TV | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Johnny Wexford | TV | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1967 | Mannix | TV | 6.8 | 34 | |
| 1966 | Dark Shadows | Willie Loomis | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | Mickey | TV | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1962 | The Gallant Men | TV | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1959 | The Detectives | TV | 6.7 | 26 | |
| 1958 | Naked City | Chuck | TV | 5.7 | 25 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Ned | TV | 8.8 | 18 |