I picked Willie, Carl and William H. Loomis (though it was a tough call between him and Desmond).
Willie is a classic. He completely enhanced the early Barnabas episodes and added a so much to them as the former creep, now-jittery and humbled vampire's servant. Incredible performance. His post-1967 appearances were also great. His nasty taunting of Adam was particularly memorable. He seemed to have gotten some of his heelish qualities back once he was free of Barnabas' powers.
Carl. I just love Carl. The guy is the ultimate practical joker with the mind of a ten year-old. What a nut! When he brought in his love Pansy I cracked up. Those two were meant for each other! [spoiler]I was actually pretty mad when Barnabas killed off Carl. Yeah he was obnoxious but he was kind of sweet in a nutty way, and it was so sad how he longed for Pansy after she died. When Pansy possessed Charity, sadly, Carl was dead. The poor lil' guy.[/spoiler]
Willaim H. Loomis was my next choice but it was a tie with Desmond. Both characters were very good. What a desperate character William was, and played to perfection by Karlen. Even though he was a writer, he really wasn't too bright to try keeping a friggin' VAMPIRE in his house just so he could get a bestseller out of it. So whaddaya think? Did that storyline influence Anne Rice to write "Interview With The Vampire" or what?
(Actually that might not be too far fetched. I hear she's a DS fan). Desmond was an excellent character as well. Dignified and strong - very different from John Karlen's previous characters.
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