David Ford (actor)
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David Ford (October 30, 1925 – August 7, 1983) was an American character actor known for playing John Hancock in the musical-turned-motion-picture 1776. He replaced Mark Allen in the role of Sam Evans, a widower and an artist and father of Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott) on the ABC-TV serial Dark Shadows from 1966-1968. His other role on Dark Shadows was as Andre duPres, the father of Josette duPres in the 1795 storyline.
He later played a contract role of Karl Devlin on the CBS soap opera Search for Tomorrow.
On the Broadway stage, he was noted for his role in the musical 1776.
Born in La Jolla, California, he was married to his Dark Shadows co-star, actress Nancy Barrett, from 1967 until they divorced in 1969; that same year his character Sam Evans was killed off from Dark Shadows.
On August 7, 1983 David Ford died of a heart attack in New York, New York; he was 57 years old. On that same day two years later, actress Grayson Hall of Dark Shadows died from cancer.
