{"id":867,"date":"2016-02-21T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T00:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=867"},"modified":"2016-03-02T19:12:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T00:12:39","slug":"dark-shadows-actor-humbert-allen-bud-astredo-jr-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/dark-shadows-actor-humbert-allen-bud-astredo-jr-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Shadows actor, Humbert Allen &#8220;Bud&#8221; Astredo, Jr. has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-862\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-862\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dark_shadows_cast_1600.jpg\" alt=\"Humbert Allen Astredo (left) Robert Rodan, Lara Parker (front), Jonathan Frid (right)\" width=\"660\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dark_shadows_cast_1600.jpg 782w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dark_shadows_cast_1600-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dark_shadows_cast_1600-768x745.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dark_shadows_cast_1600-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humbert Allen Astredo (left) Robert Rodan, Lara Parker (front), Jonathan Frid (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Humbert Allen &#8220;Bud&#8221; Astredo, Jr. an American stage, film, and television actor, was best known for the numerous roles he performed on the daytime Gothic horror soap opera Dark Shadows, most notably that of the warlock Nicholas Blair, has died at age 86.<\/p>\n<p>Astredo was born on 4 April 1929 in Pasadena, California to Humbert Allen and Bess Houston (n\u00e9e Alley) Astredo. His early childhood was spent in Pasadena, before the family moved to San Francisco. His mother taught him to play the piano, and he often performed at parties hosted by friends. His father took him sailboating, hunting, and fishing, and inculcated in him a passion for the arts. From an early age, his nickname was &#8220;Bud&#8221;.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2386435381\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>After graduating from high school, Astredo studied law at the University of San Francisco, but dropped out after discovering he hated public speaking. He then sold home-care products for the Fuller Brush Company door-to-door. A woman he&#8217;d contacted during a sales pitch suggested he should go into acting. She arranged for him to meet a talent agent, who took him on a tour of the 20th Century Fox studio. The tour convinced Astredo that acting was something he wanted to do, and in 1950 he enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Astredo was drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War, and served in the Special Services of the Eighth United States Army, an entertainment unit. Astredo became well-known in the Army for his acting, song, and dance skills, particularly for his comedy routines. He left the military after the war ended, and returned to Los Angeles to take up acting.<\/p>\n<p>In 1957, Astredo helped to co-found the Hollywood Center Theatre there. He later managed the Los Angeles Repertory Theater Company from 1962 to 1963.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-860\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-860\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/humbert_allen_astredo_in_dark_shadows-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Rodan (left) as Adam &amp; Humbert Allen Astredo as Nicholas Blair in Dark Shadows Photo via: www.darkshadows.wikia.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/humbert_allen_astredo_in_dark_shadows-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/humbert_allen_astredo_in_dark_shadows.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Rodan (left) as Adam &amp; Humbert Allen Astredo as Nicholas Blair in Dark Shadows Photo via: www.darkshadows.wikia.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Astredo made his Broadway debut in the role of Cassio in Othello at the Off-Broadway Martinique Theater in 1964, in which James Earl Jones played the title role. He then studied at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg. His big break came in June 1967, when he played Sergius in Joseph Papp&#8217;s Shakespeare in the Park production of Arms and the Man. Later that same year, he appeared Off-Broadway with Gene Hackman in Murray Schisgal&#8217;s comedy Fragments at the Cherry Lane Theater.<\/p><div id=\"morty-894878432\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Astredo auditioned for the highly popular Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows in either December 1967 or January 1968. The producers didn&#8217;t hire him for the role he tried out for, but were so impressed with him, that they decided to write a bigger part for him to play. On 25 June 1968, Astredo made his first appearance on Dark Shadows, performing the role of the warlock Nicholas Blair. He appeared in 99 episodes, also appearing as the character Charles Dawson (who lived, in the show&#8217;s timeline, in the 1840s) and as the character Evan Hanley (who lived, in the show&#8217;s timeline, in the 1890s). Astredo last appearance on the series was on 25 January 1971.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-859\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-859\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/humbert_allen_astredo_as_nicholas_blair-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Humbert Allen Astredo as Nicholas Blair in Dark Shadows Photo via: www.darkshadows.wikia.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/humbert_allen_astredo_as_nicholas_blair-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/humbert_allen_astredo_as_nicholas_blair.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humbert Allen Astredo as Nicholas Blair in Dark Shadows Photo via: www.darkshadows.wikia.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During his time on Dark Shadows, Astredo was known for his backstage wit, and he became close friends with his co-star, Lara Parker. Astredo played the role of &#8220;Dr. Forbes&#8221; in the 1970 Dark Shadows feature film, House of Dark Shadows.<\/p>\n<p>While continuing to appear on Dark Shadows, Astredo also performed the role of the Belgian doctor in Lorraine Hansberry&#8217;s Les Blancs, produced on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, and starring James Earl Jones, Lili Darvas, and Earle Hyman. It was a triumphant performance for him. Theater critic Walter Kerr called Astredo&#8217;s performance &#8220;impressively dimensional, rich in overtone&#8221;. Critic Clayton Riley praised his performance as &#8220;the finest work among the secondary players&#8221;, and &#8220;splendidly conceived and executed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the year, Kerr named Astredo as the &#8220;Most Promising Newcomer on Broadway&#8221;.[14]<\/p>\n<p>After leaving Dark Shadows (the series left the air on 2 April 1971), Astredo appeared in Gore Vidal&#8217;s An Evening with Richard Nixon on Broadway in May 1972 at the Shubert Theater as the Vidal-like character, for which critic Clive Barnes had positive remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 1970s, Astredo appeared in a number of television commercials and stage productions throughout the country, as well as short runs in various roles in the daytime soap operas Another World, The Edge of Night, The Guiding Light, Love of Life, and Loving.<\/p>\n<p>Astredo made his West End debut in London in 1982 at the Victoria Palace Theatre in The Little Foxes, playing &#8220;William Marshall&#8221; and appearing with Elizabeth Taylor. He had played the role with Taylor on Broadway in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>In 1985, Astredo performed the role of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in the national touring company production of Dracula, opposite Martin Landau in the title role.<\/p>\n<p>Astredo continued acting in plays on Broadway, Off Broadway, and in regional productions until his retirement in 1990. After leaving acting, he indulged his passion for boating, by sailing up and down the East Coast of the United States for several years, before retiring in 2000 to a home in Guilford, Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>Humbert Allen Astredo, Jr. died in Guilford on 19 February 2016 aged 86.<\/p>\n<p>Astredo married sometime between 1953 and 1960. He and his wife divorced at about 1964. \u00a0Astredo&#8217;s daughter, Jennifer MacFarland Astredo, was born in 1961. 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