Robert Rodan

Robert Rodan

Date of Birth

Date of Birth: January 30, 1938
Date of Passing: March 25, 2021
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey
Obituary: Deadline

Robert Rodan was an American actor.

He is perhaps best remembered for playing the Frankenstein monster, Adam, on the 1960s television series Dark Shadows.

A graduate of the University of Miami with a major in art, Rodan served in the U.S. Army before landing his first acting role in the television series Day in Court.

He would go on to appear in the feature films Looking for Love (1964), Good Bye Charlie (1964), and The Minx (1969).

Rodan retired from acting in the 1970s and became a real estate broker, and an artist in Southern California.

Robert Rodan was an American actor.

He is perhaps best remembered for playing the Frankenstein monster, Adam, on the 1960s television series Dark Shadows.

A graduate of the University of Miami with a major in art, Rodan served in the U.S. Army before landing his first acting role in the television series Day in Court.

He would go on to appear in the feature films Looking for Love (1964), Good Bye Charlie (1964), and The Minx (1969).

Rodan retired from acting in the 1970s and became a real estate broker, and an artist in Southern California.

He did, however, briefly return to the Dark Shadows universe in 2007, lending his voice to the character Oswald Gravenor in the audio drama Dark Shadows: The Rage Beneath.

Rodan died March 25, 2021, in Oregon. He was 83.

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