Addison Powell was an American actor whose numerous television, stage and film credits included Dark Shadows, The Thomas Crown Affair and Three Days of the Condor.
11 Facts About Addison Powell
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Addison Powell was best known for playing Dr Eric Lang, a mad scientist who created Adam, on Dark Shadows.
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Addison Powell enlisted in the US Army Air Force as a navigator during World War II.
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Addison Powell earned a second degree from the Yale School of Drama following the end of the war.
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In 1975, Addison Powell appeared in The Reincarnation of Peter Proud with Michael Sarrazin, and played a rogue CIA officer in Three Days of the Condor, which starred Robert Redford.
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Addison Powell portrayed Admiral Chester W Nimitz in the 1977 biopic, MacArthur, which starred Gregory Peck, and later appeared in the 1987 murder mystery film The Rosary Murders, opposite Donald Sutherland and Charles Durning.
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Addison Powell had a recurring role as Dr Eric Lang in the television series, Dark Shadows, which aired on ABC from 1966 until 1971.
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Addison Powell guest-starred in an episode of Gibbsville in 1976 and co-starred as a detective in the 1977 television film, Contract on Cherry Street, with Frank Sinatra and Martin Balsam.
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Addison Powell portrayed the Gorton's Fisherman in Gorton's Fish Commercials in 1982.
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Addison Powell died on November 8,2010, at 89 years old.
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Addison Powell had resided in Vermont for twenty-two years, most recently at the Shelburne Bay Senior Living community in Shelburne.