Gene Lindsey was an actor who appeared frequently on the New York stage and also in many nationally-televised commercials.
About a million years ago (actually, perhaps back in the mid-to-late 1970s) I was standing on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 50th Street, waiting for the light to change, when I noticed Mr. Lindsey also standing on the corner, talking to some other fellow there, about an upcoming audition of his for some commercial product.
I quickly recognized Mr. Lindsey from his many commercial appearances, but, quite honestly, it wasn't until the Sci-Fi Channel aired the 1840 Dark Shadows episodes many years later, that I realized that I had also seen Mr. Lindsey on the show (as Randall Drew) back in 1970. Time maches on!