View Full Version : Robert Rodan, who played Dark Shadows' Frankenstein monster, dies at 83


TMC
03-29-2021, 08:08 PM
https://deadline.com/2021/03/robert-rodan-dead-obituary-dark-shadows-actor-frankenstein-character-adam-83-1234723718/

The imposing actor, who died March 25, had a very brief acting career (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734424/) that almost entirely consisted of playing the supernatural soap’s Frankenstein-like character Adam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5BZjRBjno4). "With stitches scarring his face and manacles often on his feet, Rodan’s Adam began as a silent, childlike innocent who turned violent and monstrous after various mistreatments (the creature had been sewn together from corpses by a mad scientist for the purpose of, somehow, curing the vampire Barnabas Collins, played by Jonathan Frid)," says Deadline's Greg Evans. "Unlike other performers on the series, Rodan did not portray a multitude of characters; when the Adam (and, inevitably, Eve) storyline came to a close within the year, Rodan left the series." After one more role in 1969, Rodan left acting to pursue a real estate career.

Sgt. Saunders
03-24-2022, 05:30 PM
Robert Rodan, born Robert Trimas in Newark, NJ.

He was great on DS as the troubled giant, Adam.

Requiem aeternam, Mr. Rodan.