Christopher Pennock is best known for his roles as: Gabriel Collins, Jeb Hawkes, and Cyrus Longworth in my favorite soap opera of all time Dark Shadows! But what most people may not know about Christopher is that he has a 40 year acting career that is still going strong. He's done everything from movies to t.v. shows to theatre. Add to that that he also creates a comic book based on his experiences as an actor in Dark Shadows and you have a truly multifaceted man! Many years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Christopher and more recently I had the pleasure of interviewing him!
1. What was your favorite thing to dress up as for Halloween in childhood?
A luminescent skeleton.
#2
What is your favorite horror movie past and present?
THEM!!
#3 Who are your favorite horror movie actors/actresses?
Kevin McCarthy in Them!
#4
Is there any particular monster that fascinates you?
Alien!
#5
What was it like being in Dark Shadows?
It was fantastic.. learning how to act on the job!
#6
Who did you idolize as a child?
Marlon Brando, James Dean and Errol Flynn
#7
Going to conventions you have met a lot of famous people, who is your favorite?
George Hamilton, Michael Madsen, John Savage, Nancy Kwan, and Angie Dickinson...most unsettling was Robert Blake!
#8 What has been your favorite horror convention that you've been a guest at?
Dark Shadows Fest
#9
What made you decide to do a comic book based on Dark Shadows?
Robert Crumb, Bill Griffith and Phoebe Gloeckner encouraged me!
#10
What made you get into acting?
Act or Die!
#11
What do you feel makes a good horror movie?
Just one monster...Almost off screen most of the time...Alien, The Thing, It came from Outer Space.
#12
Who was your personal favorite Dark Shadows character & why?
Cyrus and Yaeger...the one that stretched me the most.
#13 Any current projects?
An up-coming play, THE DRESSER in LA. 3 films LOST ON PURPOSE, FOUR HORSEMEN ,THE CARETAKER.
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