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I'm very sad to report that Conard Fowkes has passed away. Fans of the pre-Barnabas era will remember Mr. Fowkes as that dreamy young lawyer, Frank Garner, a one-time potential love interest for Victoria Winters.
Playbill.com has an informative article about his life and career, of which DS was only a small part: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135346-Conard-Fowkes-Actor-and-Equity-Leader-Has-Died (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135346-Conard-Fowkes-Actor-and-Equity-Leader-Has-Died)
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How very sad. In another band of Parallel Time beyond the ones we were ever vouchsafed to see, I like to think of Vicki falling in love with and marrying Frank, who helps her discover the truth about her past--that she is really Elizabeth's daughter by a brief, passionate love affair with Betty Hanscombe's mysterious, ne'er-do-well brother...
Besides his work on DS, Conrad Fowkes, by all accounts, was a remarkable human being. May he rest in peace.
G.
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So sorry to hear the sad news . Conard was a great actor . May His Soul Rest In Peace
He will be missed. Love Anne [santa_cry]
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how terribly sad...
another d.s. passing. mr. fowkes was a nice addition to the show's early days. i just rewatched the laura collins story and was reminded of that. frank was sweet with vicki.
we are fortunate those who got to meet mr. fowkes at the brooklyn fest(i believe his only one)in 2006.
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How sad! :( Mr. Fowkes was so charming at the 2006 Festival, and still so youthful. RIP.
ProfStokes
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How very sad indeed. Rest In Peace Mr. Fowkes.
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It's been a few years now since I've seen those early episodes, but I remember being disappointed when "Frank Garner" disappeared from the story. I'm not sure if it was the character or the actor (probably a combination of both), but his stay was much too brief.
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There's an interview with Conard Fowkes on one of the pre-Barnabas DVDs, rather long and very interesting. And the Playbill article about him is well worth reading. Mr. Fowkes was an intelligent, kind man, and I wish he could have lived longer. These days, 76 seems likes too young to die.
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How sad, indeed! [santa_cry] I'm glad I got to see him at the 2006 Fest. I didn't know he was so old! He still looked great when I saw him at the Fest. Conard Fowkes, our beloved Frank Garner, RIP.
----- Sally -----
[snow_bigglass] [hippy2]
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So sorry to hear about Conrad! I truly enjoyed his contribution to Dark Shadows! Only in the last year did I get to finally see all those Pre Barney episodes and I loved Conrad a lot and thought he was certainly dreamy and had the acting chops to go along with it! In his interviews I would have never guessed his age. I truly have to get to a Festival! :(
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Considering that Frank Garner was a lawyer, I wonder if DC ever considered bringing CF back to play aspiring lawyer Peter Bradford in 1795.
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I learned about Conard Fowkes's passing Tuesday morning from my supervisor, who learned the sad news late Monday evening. Connie (his nickname for those of us who knew him) visited the Orlando Equity office in 1997 to set up the VITA tax program for Central Florida actors; I enjoyed conversations with him the last time I had business in our New York office. He was a very nice man, though his very candid comments could often leave one feeling quite small--but I have to say, he was always right! And he could be very humorous and had a great laugh. As Carol says in the article, he will be missed--by all of us.
There is more about Connie on the Equity website: http://www.actorsequity.org/NewsMedia/news2009/dec16.conardfowkes.asp
Brian
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Thank you Claude. Ir's always sad when another member of the DS family leaves us. To be honest though I knew next to nothing about him. I'm not sure I have ever seen an episode of DS that he was in. But he was quite handsome and from reading the obit he definitely had a positive impact on the industry and a long and varied career.
As I regularly do now these days, I went to Youtube to find old clips and out of curiosity I looked up Fowkes' name. Well nothing showed up but a career counseling/taxes video for dancers of all things. As mind-numbing as tax laws are Fowkes was entertaining to watch. I'm going to have to Netflix his episodes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WyV46MXWvA
(unfortunately the audio is way ahead of the video)
R.I.P. Mr Fowkes
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I must add that I am absolutely shocked at the death of Conard Fowkes. When I met him at the 2006 Fest in Brooklyn, he was remarkably youthful-looking, vigorous, and appeared to be in great health. He looked like he was in his late 50's. It is hard to believe that he is 76. I have a couple of excellent photos of Conard from that Fest. If I can scan them, I'll try and post them here.
Normally, I'm saddened but not shocked when another DS cast member passes, but I confess that this one really hit me by surprise.
Frank
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Considering that Frank Garner was a lawyer, I wonder if DC ever considered bringing CF back to play aspiring lawyer Peter Bradford in 1795.
If only! Though at that point I think he was still appearing on The Edge of Night.
The We Love Soaps (http://www.welovesoaps.net/2009/12/conard-fowkes-has-passed-away-at-age-76.html#more) Web site has two nice photos of Conard - one from his The Edge of Night days, and the other from when he was on Hidden Faces, which attempted to be NBC's version of Edge...
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It's very sad to read of Mr. Fowkes's passing. My sympathy to his family and friends. The way his life and career turned out reminds us that sometimes, an actor's most important work may be behind the scenes.
Also it is obvious the poor man was already having treatment in the last pictures on the Actors Equity site. Having lost 2 friends to pancreatic cancer in the last year, I can imagine what the family went through. He did have a long, full, active life, but sometimes that's hard for the family in a different way. So much a part of everything, and then one day, he's not there.
I always thought he had the coolest NAME, rather medieval, like a knight: Sir Conard of Fowkes. How unfortunate he did not have more, bigger roles in recorded media, so we could see more of what he was capable. He was even able to give that old instant coffee commercial a dramatic edge!
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It is very sad to hear of the Passing of Conrad Fowkes. It was nice to know he had recently attended a Dark Shadows Festival. My heart goes out to his family and friends. [santa_cry]
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RIP, Conard Fowkes. I'm old enough to remember him from "Hidden Faces" (where he was one of the good guys) and on "Search For Tomorrow" in the 70's, where he played a murderous snake in the grass. So when I finally got to watch early episodes of DS in the 90s, I was surprised, pleasantly, that Conard had appeared on DS, and portraying a nice guy - which he obviously was in real life!
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Saw this on Collinwood.net. Very sad news.