Louis Edmonds

Who was Louis Edmonds?

Louis Stirling Edmonds was an American actor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was best known for his roles in Dark Shadows and All My Children.

Edmonds appeared in the musical Ernest in Love in 1960. He acted on the supernatural soap Dark Shadows as Roger Collins from 1966 to 1971. His other roles on Dark Shadows were Joshua Collins, Edward Collins, Roger Collins PT, the adult Daniel Collins, Amadeus Collins, and Brutus Collins. On All My Children, he played Langley Wallingford/Lenny Wlasuk from 1979 to 1995, who was married to Phoebe Tyler, portrayed by Ruth Warrick. He received Daytime Emmy nominations in 1984, 1985 and 1986. He also received Soap Opera Digest Award nominations in 1989 and 1990. Edmonds left the show due to ill health. He died of respiratory failure on March 3, 2001, in Port Jefferson, New York at the age of 77.