What is Jonathan Frid?
[[File:JonathanFrid2001.jpg|thumb|180px|Frid in November 2001]] '''Jonathan Frid''' ('''John Herbert Frid'''; December 2, 1924 &ndash; April 14, 2012) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] stage, radio, voice, television, and movie actor. He was best known for playing the role of [[vampire]] Barnabas Collins on the [[Gothic]] American television show ''[[Dark Shadows]]''. Frid was born on December 2, 1924 in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], [[Canada]]. He had [[Scottish people|Scottish]], [[English people|English]], [[Germans|German]], and [[Danes|Danish]] [[ancestry]]. He learned how to become an actor in Ontario, [[New York City]], and [[London]]. Frid was not married. Frid died in the early hours of April 14, 2012 at the Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/arts/television/jonathan-frid-ghoulish-dark-shadows-star-dies-at-87.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Jonathan Frid, Ghoulish 'Dark Shadows' Star, Is Dead at 87 | first=Margalit | last=Fox | date=April 20, 2012}}</ref> He died from complications of [[pneumonia]] due to a fall he had several days before, he was 87 years old. Frid had a nephew David Howitt, who confirmed his death. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category|Jonathan Frid}} *{{Official website|http://www.jonathanfrid.com/ Jonathan Frid}} *{{IMDB name|294847}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frid, Jonathan}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls]] [[Category:Actors from Hamilton, Ontario]] [[Category:Actors from London]] [[Category:Actors from New York City]] [[Category:Canadian movie actors]] [[Category:Canadian stage actors]] [[Category:Canadian television actors]] [[Category:Canadian voice actors]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Ontario]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Canada]] {{multistub|Actor|Canada}}