Promoter who offers Rocky the title shot.
Dragon is the director of C2, the secret agency that once employed Hemlock. He blackmails Hemlock by threatening to expose his privately purchased art collection to the IRS, then assigns him two sanctioned killings. Dragon later assumes Hemlock intentionally eliminated every possible target on the mountain.
A violent descendant of the original explorer who believes he alone has the right to reach the center of the Earth. He secretly follows the expedition, shoots the young student, is implicated in the earlier murder, and dies after triggering a collapse of stones.
Rev. Silas Pendrake is the clergyman who takes Jack Crabb into foster care after Jack is captured by cavalry troops. He and Mrs. Louise Pendrake attempt to provide Jack with a religious household, but Jack leaves after witnessing Mrs. Louise Pendrake's affair and rejects both his foster parents and their religion.
Professor T. Eliot Stokes is a friend of the family who doubts Barnabas Collins's identity and investigates the attacks in Collinsport. He recognizes that the victims may have been attacked by a vampire and persuades the family to consider the danger. After being turned into a vampire, he is destroyed by Jeff Clark.
Charlie Robbins is the arsonist hired by Harry Stoner and Phil Greene to burn their Long Beach factory for an insurance payout. After inspecting the property, he explains that its safety violations make a direct fire unprofitable and proposes starting the blaze in another business below it. Harry accepts the revised plan and disowns Phil's involvement.
The wealthy widow's brother-in-law, whom Tucker suspects may be blackmailing the two Prendergast sisters, embezzling from the widow, or both. His possible schemes create a separate mystery alongside Tucker's search for his client's lost daughter, and Tucker investigates whether Frank is involved in the sisters' troubles.
Thayer David has 42 screen credits in a career dating back to 1955. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently Dark Shadows Movie Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Dark Shadows, Rocky, Nero Wolfe. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
Universe traveler — spans 4 universes
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