Jonathan Frid

Jonathan Frid was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic television soap opera Dark Shadows. The introduction in 1967 of Frid's reluctant, guilt-ridden vampire caused the floundering daytime drama to soar to 20 million daily viewers. His watershed portrayal has been cited as a key influence on contemporary genre film and television series such as Twilight, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries.

2 December 1924

Born on the same birth date (2 December 1924): Alexander Haig • Else Marie Pade • Vilgot Sjöman

Born on the same birth day (2 December): Bibiana Candelas • Botho Strauss • Brendan Coyle • David Batty • David Hackett Fischer • Fernando Consag • John Wesley Ryles • Marc Platt (dancer) • Monica Seles • Neil Erasmus • Patricia Hewitt • Uladzislau Hancharou

Born in the same month (December 1924): Bob Kurland • Edmund Purdom • Else Marie Pade • Frank W. J. Olver • John Love (racing driver) • Ken Albers • Lionel Gilbert • Robert Sobukwe • Roberto Mieres • Taylor Mead