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James Blair
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James Blair
Series: Dark Shadows
Notability: Recurring character
Gender: Male
Location: New York
Logansport, Maine
Bangor, Maine
Status: Alive
Introduction: Episode 42
Final: Episodes 95
Actor: John Baragrey

James Blair is a fictional businessman character featured in the daytime Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, which aired on ABC for five seasons between 1966 and 1971. He was played by actor John Baragrey and was part of the "Burke Devlin's Revenge Plot" storyline, which ran throughout the 1966 season.

Overview[]

Biography[]

James Blair was an investment banker from New York. He became associated with Burke Devlin, who had launched a scheme to financially destroy the Collins family. Blair met with Devlin at the Bangor Pine Hotel to discuss the Collins family holdings. Blair told Devlin that the family manor, Collinwood, was too much of a liability to be mortgaged and as such its property tax was reduced. [1]

Notes & Trivia[]

  • James Blair was an associate of Stuart Bronson, and took over Bronson's work with Burke Devlin. This was done because original actor Barnard Hughes was unavailable to continue playing the character. Rather than re-cast the role, they created the character of James Blair to replace him.

Appearances[]

  1. Dark Shadows: 42
  2. Dark Shadows: 89
  3. Dark Shadows: 95

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