Hearst College is a fictional college created for CW show Veronica Mars (2004), of which Jason Dohring is an alum. Michael Fields directed for both shows.
Rudolf Martin, who plays the "vampire" college professor Christopher Ellis in also played the title character of Dracula in the made for television film, Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000), as well as in Buffy vs. Dracula (2000).