Jonathan Frid

Actor — Dark Shadows

Born

1924

Birthplace

HAMILTON, ONTARIO

Citizenships

Canadianness Score

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5.0/ 5

Weighted across 2 scored criteria

Designation

Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁

Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.

Scorecard

Path A — born on Canadian soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

HAMILTON, ONTARIO

Canadian parentage

No Canadian parents on record

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Ontario

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

Credits filed north of the 49th

III. Cultural evidence — not scored

Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.

Publicly claims to be Canadian

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

No claim lodged

Fun fact

Dark Shadows was on the verge of cancellation before Frid's vampire character was introduced — ratings turned around almost as soon as Barnabas Collins showed up.

The verdict

Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, and the man who made a vampire soap opera into a genuine 1960s cultural phenomenon — Barnabas Collins turned Dark Shadows from a struggling gothic drama into must-see afternoon television almost overnight. Born, raised, five points.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable