Thayer David (March 4, 1927 – July 17, 1978) was born David Thayer Hersey in Medford, Massachusetts. As an actor, he starred in various film and television projects since the 1950's, but is best known for playing the raspy-voiced Professor Stokes on the 1966 ABC television series, Dark Shadows. On Dark Shadows, he engaged in several different roles throughout the span of the show, appearing in a total of 221 episodes (In episode 701, he played two characters - Professor Stokes and Sandor). Thayer David also starred in the two MGM films, House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows. Thayer David passed away from a heart attack in New York City aged only fifty-one.

Contents 1 Beyond the Shadows 2 Appearances 2.1 As Matthew Morgan (28 episodes) 2.2 As Ben Stokes (47 episodes) 2.3 As Professor Timothy Eliot Stokes (68 episodes) 2.4 As Sandor Rakosi (12 episodes) 2.5 As Count Petofi (Victor Fenn-Gibbon) (52 episodes) 2.6 As Timothy Stokes (PT) (11 episodes) 2.7 As Mordecai Grimes (2 episodes) 2.8 As Ben Stokes (Parallel Time) (2 episodes) 2.9 As Professor T. Eliot Stokes 2.10 As Reverend Strack 3 External links

Beyond the ShadowsEdit

Outside of Dark Shadows, Thayer David worked on many different projects. The following is just a small sample from his resume.

• Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
• The Three Musketeers (1960)
• Save the Tiger (1973)
• The Eiger Sanction (1975)
• Rocky (1976)
• Roots (1977)

Appearances Edit

As Matthew Morgan (28 episodes) Edit

38, 51, 53, 54, 63, 64, 70, 75, 77, 81, 90, 98, 102, 104, 107, 108, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127

As Ben Stokes (47 episodes) Edit

372, 373, 374, 375, 378, 380, 381, 389, 396, 397, 398, 401, 402, 406, 410, 411, 413, 415, 416, 417, 418, 425, 426, 428, 429, 430, 431, 435, 436, 438, 439, 440, 442, 445, 453, 457, 459, 460, 885, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1116, 1118, 1119

As Professor Timothy Eliot Stokes (68 episodes) Edit

464, 472, 475, 487, 488, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 513, 518, 527, 529, 536, 537, 538, 544, 550, 557, 558, 575, 579, 595, 596, 597, 598, 600, 605, 606, 636, 641, 642, 647, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 682, 692, 693, 694, 700, 701, 835, 836, 889, 910, 912, 917, 928, 931, 933, 934, 972, 1062, 1065, 1067, 1070, 1072, 1083, 1084, 1177, 1187, 1198

As Sandor Rakosi (12 episodes) Edit

701, 702, 707, 710, 711, 724, 740, 741, 745, 748, 749, 750

As Count Petofi (Victor Fenn-Gibbon) (52 episodes) Edit

793, 794, 798, 800, 801/802, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 825, 826, 827, 828, 831, 832, 834, 838, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 847, 849, 851, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 861, 862, 863, 865, 871, 873, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 881, 882, 883

As Timothy Stokes (PT) (11 episodes) Edit

1027, 1030, 1031, 1038, 1039, 1046, 1047, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060

As Mordecai Grimes (2 episodes) Edit

1154/1155, 1184

As Ben Stokes (Parallel Time) (2 episodes) Edit

1230, 1245

As Professor T. Eliot Stokes Edit

House of Dark Shadows

As Reverend Strack Edit

Night of Dark Shadows

External links Edit

• Thayer David at the Internet Movie Database
• Thayer David at the Internet Broadway Database
• Thayer David at NNDB
• Thayer David article at Wikipedia