Roger Collins - Pompous, Contemptuous, Arrogant, Irritable, Hilarious!

[@Eva_Learning]

Roger Collins is one of my top 5 favorite characters on Dark Shadows. To use the word he said to the character, David, his syntax is impeccable. I love how the writers chose the words this character recited. Louis Edmonds' acting abilities made those words come alive for viewers. I didn’t appreciate his talent so much as a child, but as an adult, I can certainly appreciate his genius. The arrogance and sarcasm of the character is entertainment at its best.

[@frisco21]

Lou Edmonds brought a campy polish to the role of Roger Collins. He defined the character, really. It's impossible to see any other actor in that role.

[@zyx7478]

I loved Roger being pompous!

[@katie9918]

Roger was the best thing about the "present day" storylines.

[@hollyb6885]

Roger Collins and Jason McGuire---- some of the best scenes in the show

[@francapascoe5830]

Greatest show ever

[@anneaires3984]

Louie was terrific!

[@mabella3437]

MASTERPIECE! Roger is AMAZING!

[@heavenbounddaughter1125]

This original series is well-worth buying.

[@delavalmilker]

Liz Stoddard: "Roger--can't you think of anything but yourself?" Roger Collins: "When you get right down to it, what else is there?"

[@donschmidt1373]

He had the best lines on the show, hands down!

[@ColtraneTaylor]

3:28 "Oh you COULDN'T, could you?" Just incredible.

[@rickypresley1593]

"I shall think of David often and recall him fondly. From a distance." (Pops bread into toaster.) lol What a hilarious jackass!

[@dreaminggirlish]

Lovely! Beautiful! Thank you... aw, Big Lou. I hope some day soon I can show a warm-hearted Uncle Roger... AND with all his acerbic wit! ;)

[@ColtraneTaylor]

dreaminggirlish Well, I dunno about that, but I've a new upload of Roger/Edward Collins being a bitter, sarcastic man!

[@tenhirankei]

"I'm trying to have a man-to-man talk with you, boy." Ah, the contradiction!

[@OldSusannah1]

Mr Edmonds had all the great lines; you included - you had to really - some of the brilliant dialogue as Willie Loomis is half dead, drained of blood by a vampire, as Roger Collins congratulates him on his acting skills - pure class. But one of my favourite scenes is when Roger, having roundly chastised Barnabas, Liz, Prof Stokes and David about their absurd claims ghosts are real. Left alone in the iconic drawing room, he feels he's being watched, and then finds himself face to face with Quentin. What a talent.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Is that when Quentin first appears? I'll nevt er be able to sort through the videos and I think I've deleted the stuff I've watched.

[@guyhaines546]

I’m sitting beside Louis’ final resting place right now, playing him these wonderful clips! ❤️

[@ColtraneTaylor]

That's kind of wonderful!

[@dfwjac]

Roger got the best lines...

[@inspectorspinda]

I love the scene where Jason out-Rogers, Roger. Roger is my favorite character, but I'm not even mad for once. It is just hilarious and brilliant.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Also Andres Du Pres!

[@jasonjames7285]

Wonderfully arrogant and snooty. He played the part well. One of my favorite DS actors

[@StephanieSlevin]

love this so cooooool

[@sharonlynnh.1951]

Incredible vintage DARK SHADOWS Episodes and impressive acting from DS's Classic Cast Louis Edmond and his Colleagues: love, Clarice Blackman, Dennis Patrick (McQuire, so cunning), Dianne Milley etc., Awesome mortage Tribute to Theatrical Actor Louis Edmonds : his an "extraordinary" Master talent and very much cherished & missed.

[@michaelbrewder9508]

I think DS went downhill when Barnabas was introduced before then it was a bunch of arrogant downeasters trying to act righteous and British

[@michaelbrewder9508]

Afterwards it got dismissed as a gothic horror series

[@judd442009]

Roger to Willy: "Bernhardt could take lessons from you."

[@VivaNova81]

That had me in stitches! Thank you for sharing!

[@jeanettesmith765]

Louis Edmonds did get the best lines on the show.

[@emilyfarfadet9131]

He brings so much to even the most plain scraps of dialog. Such weapons grade smarm.

[@willybragg1534]

Every Episcopal Church I've ever attended had people like Rodger Collins and Elizabeth's Stoddard as parishioners. Although it was a fictional TV series, my bet that the Collins family were Episcopalians.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Interesting. Upper class pseudo-religious moralists?

[@johnwirenius8152]

It’s my personal head canon.

[@pompouswindbag3300]

This man is a God among men!

[@bridgebar5722]

Totally channeling George Sanders playing Addison DeWitt in "All About Eve."

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Then I have to check that out, thanks!

[@adolphlopez4343]

Roger Collins' characteristics does reminds me of Peter O'Toole or that of Lawrence Olivier.

[@elizabethmizell2425]

Adolph Lopez Yes! Definitely Laurence Olivier!

[@brendaamata4577]

I liked his scenes with Diana Millay

[@sapphirechain9539]

Lucius Malfoy's grandfather XD

[@stephenfitzgerald8779]

No doubt about it, he is a major tool. lol

[@jayboy60]

Delightful compilation!

[@ColtraneTaylor]

And far too few views in 11 years ... compared to other Roger and DS videos.

[@parryhouse]

Poor roger lol

[@scdevon]

Darn, Carolyn looked good especially in the early black and white episodes.

[@firebird6522]

I was just a small kid when DS was on. I always got Roger Collins and Britain's Prince Philip mixed up. Both were pompous, yet somehow hilarious, a-holes!

[@fh8769]

Great. Did Edmonds ever win an emmy?

[@heavenbounddaughter1125]

He should have if he didn't.

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

If he did, he may have won one for Professor Wallingord/Lenny Vlassic on All My Children. He was great on that as well.

[@brendaamata4577]

He should have ...so many actors on this show should have

[@mabella3437]

@@brendaamata4577 For sure!!

[@BububbleWand]

I've been binge-watching Dark Shadows, with captions on (I often need them to keep up with the dialogue), but for Lou Edmonds, captions are unnecessary; every syllable is as polished as a diamond. He's delicious, both as snippy, snooty Roger and as gruff, growling Joshua.

[@journeyquest1]

How the spoiled "elites" think.

[@journeyquest1]

Count Olaf.