Famous Faces on "Tales from the Darkside" (Season One)!
by gattonero975 | created - 14 May 2012 | updated - 27 Sep 2016 | PublicThis uniquely, frighteningly, terrifying popular horror anthology series is packed haunting stories that at first light appear to be about normal situations, but these tales are gradually twisted until they become something shocking, sinister and totally unsettling.
Revealing the dark underworld of our everyday existence, "Tales from the Darkside" includes stories penned by masters of horror, with unforgettable performances by some of Hollywood's finest stars.
Dark, scary and with a bizarre sense of justice, "Tales from the Darkside"s spine-tingling first season will capture your imagination...and never let go.
1. Lou Jacobi
Actor | I.Q.
Lou Jacobi was born on December 28, 1913 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for I.Q. (1994), Irma la Douce (1963) and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972). He was married to Ruth Ludwin. He died on October 23, 2009 in Manhattan, New York ...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 3 Pain Killer (14 Oct. 1984) "Harvey Turman"
2. Danny Aiello
Actor | Do the Right Thing
Danny Aiello was an American actor of Italian descent, and enjoyed a lengthy career in film. He was once nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as Salvatore "Sal" Frangione in the comedy-drama film "Do the Right Thing" (1989).
Aiello was born in Manhattan, New York ...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 4 The Odds (21 Oct. 1984) "Tommy Vale"
3. Franco Amurri
Director | Da grande
Franco Amurri was born on September 12, 1958 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Da grande (1987), Flashback (1990) and Monkey Trouble (1994). He is married to Heide Amurri. They have two children.
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 0 Trick or Treat (Pilot) (29 Oct. 1983) : WRITER
4. Kerry Armstrong
Actress | Lantana
Kerry Armstrong was born on January 3, 1958 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress and producer, known for Lantana (2001), SeaChange (1998) and Razzle Dazzle (2007).
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 6 Slippage (11 Nov. 1984) "Elaine Anderson Hall"
5. Bob Balaban
Actor | Gosford Park
Bob Balaban was born on August 16, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Gosford Park (2001), A Mighty Wind (2003) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since April 1, 1977. They have two children.
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 0 Trick or Treat (Pilot) (29 Oct. 1983) : DIRECTOR
6. Justine Bateman
Producer | Violet
Born in Rye, New York, writer/director/producer/author Justine Bateman's directorial feature film debut of her own script, Violet (2021), stars Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, and Justin Theroux. The film premiered at SXSW and The Toronto Film Festival in 2021. It was released in theaters, to much ...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 5 Mookie and Pookie (4 Nov. 1984) "Susan 'Pookie' Anderson"
7. Philip Casnoff
Actor | Strong Medicine
Philip Casnoff was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Strong Medicine (2000), Sinatra (1992) and The Post (2017). He has been married to Roxanne Hart since August 7, 1983. They have two children.
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 6 Slippage (11 Nov. 1984) "Chris Wood"
8. Ed French
Make_up_department | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Ed French was born on April 17, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Dragonball Evolution (2009) and Cooties (2014).
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 0 Trick or Treat (Pilot) (29 Oct. 1983) ''Devil''
9. Farley Granger
Actor | Strangers on a Train
Farley Earle Granger was born in 1925 in San Jose, California, to Eva (Hopkins) and Farley Earle Granger, who owned an automobile dealership. Right out of high school, he was brought to the attention of movie producer Samuel Goldwyn, who cast him in a small role in The North Star (1943). He followed...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 3 Pain Killer (14 Oct. 1984) "Doctor Roebuck"
10. John Harrison
Director | Dune
John Harrison began his career directing rock videos and working as 1st Asst. Director for famed horror director,George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead (1968)/Creepshow (1982)). Harrison wrote and directed multiple episodes of Romero's classic TV series,Tales from the Darkside (1983)m], before ...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 2 I'll Give You a Million (7 Oct. 1984) : DIRECTOR & WRITER
11. Tippi Hedren
Actress | The Birds
From working for the exacting Alfred Hitchcock to a film written by Edward D. Wood Jr., Tippi Hedren, the Minnesota blonde, has had a distinctive career. She was born Nathalie Kay Hedren in New Ulm, MN, to Dorothea (née Eckhardt) and Bernard Hedren, who ran a general store, and is of Swedish, ...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 5 Mookie and Pookie (4 Nov. 1984) "Ruth Anderson"
12. Barnard Hughes
Actor | The Lost Boys
Emmy and Tony Award-winner Barnard Hughes forged a career as one of American's most successful character actors, equally at home and successful on stage, the silver screen, and television. Most of his success came after middle-age. He made his Broadway debut in 1939 in Mary McCarthy's "Please, Mrs....
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1 Trick or Treat (Pilot) (29 Oct. 1983) "Gideon Hackles"
13. Billy Jayne
Actor | Just One of the Guys
Billy Jayne was born in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Just One of the Guys (1985), Cujo (1983) and The 'Burbs (1989). He was previously married to April Jayne.
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 1 The New Man (30 Sep. 1984) "Petey Coombs" (as Billy Jacoby)
14. Eddie Jones
Actor | The Terminal
Jones found a job at a service station at the cross-streets of Laurel and Sunset in Los Angeles. The station is still there. He discovered acting when a friend invited him to an acting class, and was offered a job as an apprentice in summer stock. He was such a novice that he had only seen one play...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1 Trick or Treat (Pilot) (29 Oct. 1983) "Victor Muldoon"
15. David Patrick Kelly
Actor | Twin Peaks: The Return
Compact, feisty and fierce character actor David Patrick Kelly was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Margaret Elizabeth (Murphy) and Robert Corby Kelly, Sr., an accountant. He burst onto the acting scene in 1979, playing the devious leader of the leather-clad gang "The Rogues" in Walter Hill's ...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 6 Slippage (11 Nov. 1984) "Richard Hall"
16. Patrick Macnee
Actor | The Avengers
British actor Patrick Macnee was born on February 6, 1922 in London, England into a wealthy and eccentric family. His father, Daniel Macnee, was a race horse trainer, who drank and gambled away the family fortune, leaving young Patrick to be raised by his lesbian mother, Dorothea Mary, and her ...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 1
The New Man (30 Sep. 1984)
'Himself"- Host (only UK version)
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 7
Inside the Closet (18 Nov. 1984)
"Himself "- Host (only UK version)
17. Tom Noonan
Actor | Synecdoche, New York
Offbeat character actor Tom Noonan, born in Connecticut on April 12, 1951, started off his career in various theater troupes that utilized his skills as a guitarist and composer. A graduate from Yale's acting school, he founded the Paradise Theatre in 1983, which was instrumental later in his ...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 4 The Odds (21 Oct. 1984) "Bill Lacey"
18. Kelly Jean Peters
Actress | Little Big Man
Kelly Jean Peters was born on July 2, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Little Big Man (1970), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) and Quincy M.E. (1976). She was previously married to Tim McIntire.
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 1 The New Man (30 Sep. 1984) "Sharon Coombs"
19. George A. Romero
Writer | Land of the Dead
George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero. His father was born in Spain and raised in Cuba, and...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 0 Trick or Treat (Pilot) (29 Oct. 1983) : WRITER
20. Tom Savini
Actor | From Dusk Till Dawn
Actor/SFX wizard/stuntman/director Tom Savini was born in Pittsburgh. Inspired by the film Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), a young Savini became fascinated with the magic and illusion of film. He spent his youth in his room creating characters by tirelessly practicing make-up. Later, as a combat ...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 2 I'll Give You a Million (7 Oct. 1984) : DIRECTOR
21. Vic Tayback
Actor | Alice
Vic Tayback was born on January 6, 1930 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Alice (1976), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). He was married to Sheila McKay Barnard. He died on May 25, 1990 in Glendale, California, USA.
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 1 The New Man (30 Sep. 1984) "Alan Coombs"
22. Fritz Weaver
Actor | Creepshow
Fritz Weaver, the American actor, was born on January 19, 1926, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during World War II, breaking into acting in the early 1950s. He made his Broadway debut in October 1955 in "The Chalk Garden," which ...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 7 Inside the Closet (18 Nov. 1984) "Dr. Fenner"
23. Roberta Weiss
Actress | The Dead Zone
Roberta Weiss was born on November 15, 1961 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. She is an actress, known for The Dead Zone (1983), Audition (2004) and Martin's Day (1985). She was previously married to Roscoe Born.
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 7 Inside the Closet (18 Nov. 1984) "Gail Aynsley"
24. Max Wright
Actor | ALF
Max Wright was born on August 2, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for ALF (1986), All That Jazz (1979) and The Shadow (1994). He was married to Linda Ybarrondo. He died on June 26, 2019 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 0 Trick or Treat (Pilot) (29 Oct. 1983) "Mr. Bundle''
25. Keenan Wynn
Actor | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The talented scion of a show-business family, Keenan Wynn's father was the great burlesque and television buffoon Ed Wynn while his maternal grandfather, Frank Keenan, earned distinction on the other side of the entertainment ladder as a Shakespearean tragedian. Mother Hilda Keenan was also a minor...
Tales from the Darkside: Season 1, Episode 2 I'll Give You a Million (7 Oct. 1984) "Duncan Williams"
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