John Lasell

John Whitin Lasell Jr. (born November 6, 1928) is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing Dr. Peter Guthrie in the American soap opera television series Dark Shadows.

Lasell was born in Williamstown, Vermont. He began his television career in 1960 in the anthology television series Armstrong Circle Theatre. In the same year he appeared in Hong Kong and Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond. Lasell played John Wilkes Booth in the anthology television series The Twilight Zone in the episode "Back There". He played the recurring roles of Dr. Robbins in Lassie and Benjamin Wedlock in the drama television series Dan August, and made three appearances in the legal drama television series Perry Mason.

He guest-starred in numerous television programs including Gunsmoke (S7E3 as outlaw Tucker Ferrin in the episode “Miss Kitty”, Wagon Train, Rawhide, Tales of Wells Fargo, 12 O'Clock High, The Fugitive, Adam-12, Mannix, Ben Casey, The Streets of San Francisco and Shotgun Slade. He appeared in five films. His final television credit was from the soap opera television series Falcon Crest.

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