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Birth Date: January 3rd
Roles:
Bangor Pine Hotel Restaurant Customer 1966
Blue Whale Customer 1966-1967
Ghost of Jeremiah Collins 1795, 1968, 1897
Hand of Barnabas Collins 1967, 1795
Hand of Count Petofi 1897
Minister 1968
Spectator 1796
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0330642/
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Happy birthday to Tim Gordon! I didn't know he was the Dark Shadows hand specialist.
I like the pictures; they show Barnabas's ring on both the right hand and the left hand.
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eeh gads good pictures and HappyBirthday to tim :)
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Happy birthday, Tim gordon! :)
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I like the pictures; they show Barnabas's ring on both the right hand and the left hand.
That's our Dark Shadows! [blob1]
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Actually, the hand w/the ring on the right hand is Frid's. And Tim has been dead since '93. :(
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Actually, the hand w/the ring on the right hand is Frid's. And Tim has been dead since '93. :(
Really? :o I looked it up and on IMDb.com, it said that episode where the hand attacked Trask, in 1795, was Tim Gordon's. Of course, information on the internet "could" be wrong. ;)
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Really? :o I looked it up and on IMDb.com, it said that episode where the hand attacked Trask, in 1795, was Tim Gordon's. Of course, information on the internet "could" be wrong.
The IMDb is *notorious* for being inaccurate. 8)
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Actually, the hand w/the ring on the right hand is Frid's.
Are you sure? I honestly know nothing about whose hand it is, but the DS Program Guide lists Hand of Barnabas as a separate character from Barnabas for Ep #438. And even when the actual actor (in this case, Frid) appears in an episode, that sort of listing usually means a stand-in was used for whatever reason.
Though, of course, the DS Program Guide isn't always accurate either...
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Actually, the hand w/the ring on the right hand is Frid's.
Are you sure? I honestly know nothing about whose hand it is, but the DS Program Guide lists Hand of Barnabas as a separate character from Barnabas for Ep #438. And even when the actual actor (in this case, Frid) appears in an episode, that sort of listing usually means a stand-in was used for whatever reason. Though, of course, the DS Program Guide isn't always accurate either...
Well, let me put it this way, the show was big on focusing on Frid's hands, particularly if he were strangling someone/clutching someone by the throat (usually Julia, Willie or Maggie). So, as such, I made a study of his hands 'cause I like guys w/nice hands (like John Karlen, boy did that man have some nice hands back in his skinnier days), not that I think Frid has nice hands, 'cause I don't, but, I did take a few looks at them. So, to make a long winded reply even longer, LOL, to me it really LOOKED like his hand and as such I really do think it was. But, I have no actual evidence to say it WAS his hand so I truthfully can't say for sure. But, that hand was, to me at least, an unattractive, ham-fisted hand like Frid has. Tim Gordon, who's hand it was that [spoiler]actually clutched Willie's throat when he opened up the coffin that first fateful time[/spoiler] had NICE hands, much nicer looking than the one in that picture on the above postcard. If it wasn't Frid's hand, it had to be someone else's 'cause Tims looked WAY nicer. ;)
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Barnabas was never particularly important to me.....but I did make one observation about him early on: Frid's hands always struck me as disproportionately large.
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I did make one observation about him early on: Frid's hands always struck me as disproportionately large.
Exactly, they're huge, ugly meathooks! Now, Johnny Karlen's on the other hand.... ^-^ Watch the episode where [spoiler]Carl has the dream about Pansy after she's dead and he says if she'll stay w/him he'll buy her beautiful clothes and they do a close-up of his hands as he caresses down her arm. [/spoiler]
Oooh la-la! ;D
Also, Frid's as you say seem larger than they should be, even when he was a kid. Go to his website and look at the family picture of them when he was like 12, even then they seemed too big. :P
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OMG I'm LOL... so many Frid fans, all women of course, LOVE his huge hands! It's funny to hear you guys not praise his hands. Such a different pov.
But to add, on http://www.darkshadows.com/main.html it also references "the Hand of Barnabas" in 1795 as being Tim Gordon's.
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Yes, that is correct. It doesn't look like Frid's hand and Mr. Gordon was the actor who did those kinds of shots - hands, etc. There is a name for that kind of work in AFTRA but I can't think of it off the top of my hand, or hand. It can be very lucrative work.
Nancy
But to add, on http://www.darkshadows.com/main.html it also references "the Hand of Barnabas" in 1795 as being Tim Gordon's.
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OMG I'm LOL... so many Frid fans, all women of course, LOVE his huge hands! It's funny to hear you guys not praise his hands. Such a different pov.
It is a different POV but women have different tastes, obviously. I personally prefer hands on men to look like men's hands and JF's look just like that - the hands of a construction worker or something along that line.
Nancy
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The IMDb is *notorious* for being inaccurate. 8)
i agree i have found a bunch of mistakes esp with actors ages ::)
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i agree i have found a bunch of mistakes esp with actors ages
Or actor's w/the same names getting overlapping entries of their work. For example, there is an American actor named Richard Lynch and a British actor named Richard Lynch. Their credits overlap constantly so that there are things listed for the American that the Brit did and vice-versa, and the IMDb takes for f'ing-ever to make corrections. ::)
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JF's look just like that - the hands of a construction worker or something along that line.
Oh please, w/Frid's privileged lifestyle, I doubt seriously he ever lift a hammer. ::)
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I guess that's just an imposter who looks like JF I see mowing his lawn with a push mower in the spring and parts of summer. I imagined it when he and I built shelves to hold videos. It must have been a plastic hammer in his hand and not a real one. I got it! The nails were driven into the wood by a spell! ;D
Honestly, where do you get this odd notions about Frid? They aren't based on any reality I've ever seen n the twenty some years I've known the man. ;)
Nancy
Oh please, w/Frid's privileged lifestyle, I doubt seriously he ever lift a hammer. ::)
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Honestly, where do you get this odd notions about Frid? They aren't based on any reality I've ever seen n the twenty some years I've known the man. ;)
Hey Nancy he's GOD, see it below his name.... [angel3] I just had to say that . . . [blackbat]
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I guess that's just an imposter who looks like JF I see mowing his lawn with a push mower in the spring and parts of summer. I imagined it when he and I built shelves to hold videos. It must have been a plastic hammer in his hand and not a real one. I got it! The nails were driven into the wood by a spell! ;D
Thanks for the laugh, I needed it. ;)
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Thanks for the laugh, I needed it. ;)
You're most welcome! :D
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Hey Nancy he's GOD, see it below his name.... [angel3] I just had to say that . . . [blackbat]
Oh sure, lol. I hope sometime he puts photos of himself and his best friend while they worked as farm laborers during the first part of World War II. Among the places they worked was Moosejaw, Ontario! Moosejaw!
I will bring this back to Mr. Gordon - wonder if he was ever in Moosejaw, Ontario? :-X
Nancy
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There was an interview with Mr. Gordon when he appeared at a festival a few years before his death (I think the transcript was published in an issue of the World of DS zine) when he remembered lying in Barnabas' coffin and having to listen to an argument between Dennis Patrick and John Karlen (as the characters of Willie and Jason) before he made his big move.
I think he played "Hand of Barnabas" in a number of episodes.
cheers, G.
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I remember hearing/reading that as well. I'm sure actors who offer "body parts" for the camera loved DS since there hands were known to be sticking out of the ground, out of coffins and in mid-air! Lots of work!
Nancy
There was an interview with Mr. Gordon when he appeared at a festival a few years before his death (I think the transcript was published in an issue of the World of DS zine) when he remembered lying in Barnabas' coffin and having to listen to an argument between Dennis Patrick and John Karlen (as the characters of Willie and Jason) before he made his big move.
I think he played "Hand of Barnabas" in a number of episodes.