Firsts and Lasts

The first and last occurrences of actors, characters and other events related to the 1225 episodes of Dark Shadows (1966).

Year	Event
1	First episode Dark Shadows (1966). First appearance of Mitchell Ryan, Alexandra Moltke, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Joan Bennett & Louis Edmonds. First appearance of the characters Burke Devlin, Victoria Winters, Maggie Evans, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard & Roger Collins. First writer credit for Art Wallace. First episode directed by Lela Swift.
2	First appearance of Joel Crothers & Nancy Barrett. First appearance of the characters Joe Haskell & Carolyn Stoddard.
3	First appearance of Frank Schofield and the character Bill Malloy.
4	First appearance of David Henesy and the character David Collins.
5	First appearance of Mark Allen and the character Sam Evans.
6	First appearance of George Mitchell and the character Matthew Morgan.
16	Last appearance of George Mitchell.
21	First episode directed by John Sedwick, and the first episode not directed by Lela Swift.
22	Last appearance of Mark Allen.
35	First appearance of David Ford.
38	First appearance of Thayer David.
41	First writer credit for Francis Swann, and the first episode not written by Art Wallace.
54	First appearance of Dana Elcar and the character George Patterson.
67	First appearance of Clarice Blackburn and the character Sarah Johnson.
70	First appearance of character Josette DuPres Collins. First mention of the Old House.
85	Last writer credit for Art Wallace.
92	First appearance of Conard Fowkes & Hugh Franklin First appearance of the characters Frank Garner & Richard Garner.
94	First writer credit for Ron Sproat.
113	Last writer credit for Francis Swann.
115	First writer credit for Malcolm Marmorstein.
123	First appearance of Diana Millay and the character Laura Collins.
126	Last appearance of Frank Schofield and the character Bill Malloy.
127	Last appearance of the character Matthew Morgan.
148	First appearance of Vince O'Brien.
154	First appearance of Daniel Keyes.
160	First appearance of John Lasell and the character Peter Guthrie.
170	The first seance is held.
180	Last appearance of Conard Fowkes and the character Frank Garner.
186	Last appearance of John Lasell and the character Peter Guthrie.
193	First appearance of Dennis Patrick as Jason McGuire.
199	First appearance of James Hall and the character Willie Loomis.
204	First appearance of Barnabas’ Portrait.
205	First Internal Monologue
206	First appearance of John Karlen as Willie Loomis.
210	First appearance of the character Barnabas Collins.
211	First appearance of Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins
219	First appearance of the character Dave Woodard.
224	First Dream Sequence.
231	First appearance of Robert Gerringer
236	First appearance of Josette's music box
245	First writer credit for Joe Caldwell.
246	Last appearance of Hugh Franklin and the character Richard Garner.
247	First appearance of the Old House cellar. First time Barnabas Collins is shown rising at sunset from a coffin.
248	Last appearance of Mitchell Ryan as Burke Devlin.
255	First appearance of Sharon Smyth and the character Sarah Collins.
262	First appearance of Anthony George as Burke Devlin.
265	First appearance of Grayson Hall and the character Julia Hoffman.
271	First appearance of the character Paul Stoddard.
276	Last appearance of Dennis Patrick as Jason McGuire.
292	First writer credit for Gordon Russell.
295	First episode to be taped in color.
309	Last writer credit for Malcolm Marmorstein.
317	Last appearance of Daniel Keyes.
329	Last appearance of Dana Elcar.
334	Last appearance of Robert Gerringer.
335	First appearance of Peter Turgeon.
344	Last appearance of the character Burke Devlin.
357	First appearance of Jerry Lacy and the character Tony Peterson. First writer credit for Sam Hall.
362	Last appearance of Peter Turgeon and the character Dave Woodard.
366	First full episode set in 1795/96. First appearance of the characters Naomi Collins & Nathan Forbes.
367	First appearance of characters Joshua Collins, Abigail Collins & Jeremiah Collins.
368/369	First appearance of Lara Parker. First appearance of the characters Angelique Collins & Natalie DuPres.
370	First appearance of character Andre DuPres.
372	First appearance of character Ben Stokes.
373	First appearance of character Millicent Collins Forbes.
384	Last appearance of Anthony George.
385	First appearance of character Reverend Trask.
394	Last appearance of character Andre DuPres.
404	First appearance of Roger Davis & Addison Powell First appearance of the character Peter Bradford.
410	First occurrence of the word "vampire" appearing in dialogue.
415	Last appearance of Sharon Smyth and the character Sarah Collins.
426	Last episode directed by John Sedwick.
431	First appearance of character Daniel Collins.
439	First appearance of Craig Slocum.
442	Last appearance of the character Abigail Collins.
458	Last appearance of the character Naomi Collins.
459	First episode narrated by a male voice.
464	First appearance of Timothy Eliot Stokes.
466	First appearance of Eric Lang.
475	First appearance of the character Adam.
485	First appearance of Robert Rodan
521	First appearance of Humbert Allen Astredo and the character Nicholas Blair.
523	Last appearance of character Reverend Trask.
530	Last appearance of David Ford and the character Sam Evans.
546	Last appearance of Eric Lang.
554	First appearance of Don Briscoe and the character Tom Jennings.
578	Last appearance of the character Tony Peterson.
579	First credit reading “Mostoller”.
595	First appearance of Marie Wallace and the character Eve.
623	Last appearance of Joshua Collins a
627	First appearance of the character Chris Jennings. Last appearance of Alexandra Moltke.
630	First appearance of Betsy Durkin.
632	First appearance of Denise Nickerson and the character Amy Jennings.
633/634	Last appearance of the character Eve.
636	Last appearance of Robert Rodan and the character Adam.
640	First appearance of Alex Stevens
646	First appearance of David Selby & Terry Crawford First appearance of the characters Quentin Collins (1897) & Beth Chavez.
650	Last appearance of Betsy Durkin.
658	Last appearance of the characters Joe Haskell & Tom Jennings.
659	Last appearance of Craig Slocum.
665	Last appearance of the character Victoria Winters.
666	Last appearance of Joel Crothers and the character Nathan Forbes.
675	Last appearance of Vince O'Brien and the character George Patterson.
683	Last writer credit for Ron Sproat.
687	First appearance of Ned Stuart.
690	First writer credit for Ralph Ellis.
691	Last writer credit for Ralph Ellis.
692	First appearance of Lisa Richards and the character Sabrina Stuart.
698	Last appearance of Ned Stuart.
701	First full episode set in 1897. First appearance of the characters Sandor Rakosi, Magda Rakosi & Edith Collins.
702	First appearance of the characters Judith Collins & Jamison Collins.
705	First appearance of the characters Edward Collins & Rachel Drummond.
706	First appearance of the character Carl Collins.
708	First appearance of the character Evan Hanley.
709	First appearance of the character Dirk Wilkins.
711	First writer credit for Violet Welles.
716	First appearance of the characters Jenny Collins & Nora Collins.
725	First appearance of the character Gregory Trask.
727	First appearance of the character Charity Trask.
731	First appearance of the character Tim Shaw.
733	First appearance of the character Minerva Trask.
760	Last appearance of Diana Millay and the character Laura Collins.
776	Last appearance of the characters Rachel Drummond & Dirk Wilkins.
780	Last appearance of the character Carl Collins.
791	First appearance of Michael Stroka and the character Aristede. Last appearance of the character Minerva Trask.
793	First appearance of the character Andreas Petofi.
804	First appearance of the character Charles Delaware Tate.
812	First appearance of Donna McKechnie and the character Amanda Harris.
827	Last appearance of Sandor Rakosi.
838	Last appearance of Jamison Collins.
844	First appearance of the character Kitty Soames.
859	Last appearance of the character Nora Collins.
861	Last appearance of the character Jeremiah Collins.
870	Last appearance of the character Edward Collins.
878	Last appearance of the character Evan Hanley.
879	Last appearance of the character Tim Shaw.
880	Last appearance of the character Beth Chavez.
881	Last appearance of the character Aristede.
883	Last appearance of the character Andreas Petofi.
884	Last full episode set in 1897. Last appearance of the characters Judith Collins & Gregory Trask.
885	Last appearance of the character Kitty Soames. b
886	Last full episode set in 1795/96. Last appearance of character Millicent Collins Forbes & Natalie DuPres.
887	Last appearance of the characters Charity Trask & Magda Rakosi.
888	First appearance of Christopher Bernau. First appearance of the characters Megan Todd & Philip Todd.
897	Last appearance of the character Jenny Collins.
905	First credit reading “Starring Jonathan Frid”.
913/914	First appearance of Michael Maitland
922	Last appearance of the character Charles Delaware Tate. b
923	First appearance of Geoffrey Scott
926	Last appearance of Michael Maitland.
934	Last appearance of Donna McKechnie and the character Amanda Harris.
935	First appearance of Christopher Pennock and the character Jeb Hawkes.
942	First appearance of Bruno.
948	Last appearance of character Josette DuPres Collins.
951	First appearance of Elizabeth Eis
953	Last appearance of Dennis Patrick and the character Paul Stoddard.
968	Last appearance of Roger Davis & Christopher Bernau. Last appearance of the characters Peter Bradford & Philip Todd.
969	First appearance of the character Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (PT) & Julia Hoffman (PT).
971	First appearance of the character Will Loomis. Last appearance of Marie Wallace and the character Megan Todd.
975	First appearancee of the characters Roger Collins (PT) & Carolyn Loomis.
976	First appearance of Bruno Hess. Last appearance of Alex Stevens. Last appearance of the character Bruno.
977	First appearance of the character Chris Collins.
978	First appearance of the character Cyrus Longworth. Last appearance of the characters Chris Jennings & Sabrina Stuart.
979	First appearance of the character Daniel Collins (1970 PT) Last appearance of the characters Roger Collins & Nicholas Blair.
980	Last appearance of Geoffrey Scott. Last appearance of the character Jeb Hawkes.
981	First full episode set in 1970 Parallel Time. First appearance of the characters Maggie Collins & Quentin Collins (1970 PT).
983	First appearance of the character Amy Collins.
984	First appearance of the character Alexis Stokes.
985	Last writer credit for Violet Welles.
987	First appearance of the character Sabrina Stuart (PT).
994	First appearance of the character Mr. Trask.
1001	First appearance of the character Angelique Stokes Collins. Last appearance of Don Briscoe. Last appearance of the characters Alexis Stokes & Chris Collins.
1003	Last appearance of the character Amy Jennings.
1009	First appearance of the character Joshua Collins (PT).
1012	Last appearance of the character Joshua Collins (PT).
1018	First credit for “Miss Scott's Clothes by Junior Sophisticates”.
1027	First appearance of the character Timothy Stokes (PT).
1028	Last appearance of the character Daniel Collins (1970 PT).
1033	Last appearance of Lisa Richards and the character Sabrina Stuart (PT).
1035	Last appearance of the character Cyrus Longworth.
1036	Last appearance of the character Julia Hoffman (PT).
1039	First appearance of Donna Wandrey and the character Roxanne Drew (PT).
1040	Last appearance of Bruno Hess.
1046	Last appearance of the character Will Loomis.
1049	Last appearance of Denise Nickerson. Last appearance of the characters Carolyn Loomis, Mr. Trask & Amy Collins.
1053	Last appearance of the character Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (PT).
1055	Last appearance of the character Roger Collins (PT).
1056	Last appearance of the character Angelique Stokes Collins.
1060	Last full episode set in 1970 Parallel Time. Last appearance of the characters Maggie Collins, Timothy Stokes (PT) & Quentin Collins (1970 PT) & Roxanne Drew (PT).
1063	First appearance of James Storm and the character Gerard Stiles.
1065	First appearance of the character Tad Collins.
1066	First appearance of Kathleen Cody and the character Carrie Stokes.
1067	First appearance of Kate Jackson and the character Daphne Harridge.
1070	First appearance of the character Hallie Stokes.
1073	First appearance of the character Sebastian Shaw.
1081	First appearance of the character Roxanne Drew.
1086	First appearance of the characters Flora Collins & Quentin Collins (1840).
1102	Last writer credit for Joe Caldwell.
1104	Last appearance of Clarice Blackburn and the character Sarah Johnson.
1106	Last appearance of the character Willie Loomis.
1108	Last appearance of Kathryn Leigh Scott Last appearance of the characters Maggie Evans & Sebastian Shaw.
1109	Last full episode set in the Present Day. Last appearance of the characters David Collins & Hallie Stokes.
1110	First full episode set in 1840. First appearance of Virginia Vestoff. First appearance of the characters Gabriel Collins & Samantha Drew Collins Stiles.
1113	First appearance of the character Leticia Faye. Last appearance of the characters Carolyn Stoddard & Quentin Collins (1897).
1114	First appearance of the character Lamar Trask.
1117	First appearance of the characters Desmond Collins & Judah Zachary.
1119	Last appearance of character Ben Stokes.
1130	First appearance of the character Laszlo Ferrari.
1140	First appearance of the character Amadeus Collins.
1141	First appearance of the character Charles Dawson.
1144	First credit for “Mary McKinley Costume Design”. Last appearance of the character Amadeus Collins.
1154/1155	First appearance of Mordecai Grimes.
1158	Last appearance of Michael Stroka and the character Laszlo Ferrari.
1162	Last appearance of Addison Powell.
1165	First appearance of John Beal. Last appearance of David Henesy and the character Tad Collins.
1177	Last appearance of Donna Wandrey and the character Roxanne Drew.
1179/1180	First appearance of Lee Beery.
1184	Last appearance of the character Mordecai Grimes.
1185	Last appearance of the character Carrie Stokes.
1186	First appearance of Keith Prentice. First appearance of the characters Catherine Harridge Collins, Morgan Collins & Daphne Harridge Collins. Last appearance of Terry Crawford and the character Edith Collins.
1187	First appearance of the character Julia Collins.
1188	First appearance of the character Flora Collins (PT).
1189	First appearance of the character Gabriel Collins (PT). Last appearance of Elizabeth Eis.
1190	First appearance of the character Melanie Collins.
1191	First appearance of the character Kendrick Young. Last appearance of the characters Daniel Collins & Gabriel Collins.
1192	First appearance of the character Samantha Drew.
1193	Last appearance of Virginia Vestoff & Lee Beery. Last appearance of the characters Samantha Drew Collins Stiles & Joanna Mills.
1195	First appearance of the character Quentin Collins (1841 PT).
1196	Last appearance of Humbert Allen Astredo and the character Charles Dawson.
1197	First appearance of the character Bramwell Collins. Last appearance of John Beal. Last appearance of the character Quentin Collins (1840), Judah Zachary, Gerard Stiles & Daphne Harridge.
1198	Last full episode set in 1840. Last appearance of Jerry Lacy Last appearance of the characters Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Flora Collins, Leticia Faye, Timothy Eliot Stokes, Desmond Collins, Barnabas Collins, Julia Hoffman, Lamar Trask & Angelique Collins.
1199	Fist full episode set in 1841 Parallel Time.
1207/1208	First appearance of the character Gerard Stiles (PT).
1209	Last appearance of James Storm and the character Gerard Stiles (PT).
1215	First appearance of the character Carrie Stokes (PT).
1225	First appearance of the character Brutus Collins.
1230	First appearance of the character Ben Stokes (PT). Last appearance of David Selby and the character Quentin Collins (1841 PT).
1231	First appearance of the characters Amanda Collins & James Forsythe.
1236	Last appearance of the characters Amanda Collins & James Forsythe.
1237	Last appearance of Christopher Pennock & Kathleen Cody. Last appearance of the characters Gabriel Collins (PT) & Carrie Stokes (PT).
1238	Last appearance of Kate Jackson and the character Daphne Harridge Collins.
1244	Last writer credit for Gordon Russell.
1245	Last episode of Dark Shadows (1966). Last full episode set in 1841 Parallel Time. Last appearance of Joan Bennett, Louis Edmonds, Nancy Barrett, Thayer David, John Karlen, Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Lara Parker & Keith Prentice. Last appearance of the characters Flora Collins (PT), Brutus Collins, Melanie Collins, Ben Stokes (PT), Kendrick Young, Bramwell Collins, Julia Collins, Catherine Harridge Collins & Morgan Collins. Last writer credit for Sam Hall. Last episode directed by Lela Swift.

Notes

• a. Joshua Collins also appears in 661 but only in recycled footage.
• b. Kitty Soames & Charles Delaware Tate also appear in 938 but only in recycled footage.