Christopher Dark

Who was Christopher Dark?

Christopher Dark was an American actor, best remembered as the character Hank Jaffe in the 1956 film World Without End.

Born Alfred Francis DeLeo in New York, Dark died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack.

In 1955, Dark was cast in an episode of the NBC western anthology series, Frontier, hosted by Walter Coy. Dark guest starred on two episodes of the ABC religion anthology series, Crossroads, as Irving Green in "The Unholy Trio and as Frank Corletto in "Circus Priest". In 1957 and 1958, Dark guest starred in two episodes of David Janssen's crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, as the lead in "The Mickey Farmer Case" and then as Rudi Trekhala in "Widow's Walk". About this time, he also guest starred on John Bromfield's crime drama, U.S. Marshal.

In 1958, Dark appeared as Don Ramon in "Decoy" on the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston. In 1959, Dark guest starred in the first episode of NBC's Bonanza in "A Rose for Lotta". That same year, he was cast as Henri Gaspard in "Double Fee" of Steve McQueen's CBS western series, Wanted: Dead or Alive.