LOUIS EDMONDS

'Louis Edmonds' (September 24, 1923 - March 3, 2001) was an American actor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Edmonds appeared in the musical ''Ernest in Love'' in 1960. He acted on the supernatural soap ''Dark Shadows'' as Roger Collins from 1966-1971, and on ''All My Children'', where he played Langley Wallingford/Lenny Wlasuk from 1979-1995. He received Daytime Emmy nominations in 1984, 1985 & 1986. He also received Soap Opera Digest Award nominations in 1989 & 1990. He died of respiratory failure on March 3, 2001 in Port Jefferson, New York.

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Private Life

Though he'd never hidden his sexuality to those he met, he came out publicly in a book entitled "Big Lou" by Craig Hamrick, published while Edmonds was in his 70's. The actor gave details of his life as a gay man.^[1]

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1. Big Lou: The Life and Career of Actor Louis Edmonds, , Craig, Hamrick, iUniverse, 2004,

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