Don Briscoe

Don Briscoe
Born	Cecil Donald Briscoe March 20, 1940 Yalobusha County, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	October 31, 2004(2004-10-31) (aged 64) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Other names	Donald Bricoe
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952–1970

Cecil Donald "Don" Briscoe (born March 20, 1940, Yalobusha County, Mississippi — died October 31, 2004, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American soap opera actor, most notable for playing Tony Meritt (#2) on Days of Our Lives, and, from 1968–1970, for playing Chris Jennings, Tom Jennings, Timothy Shaw, and Chris Collins on Dark Shadows.

Briscoe left Dark Shadows abruptly in 1970 after suffering a "mental breakdown" (according to his sister, Bonny Jenkins) and eventually withdrew from the acting profession and relocated to live with family in Memphis. The deaths of his parents hit him badly. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and suffering from nervous disorders, manic-depression and drug problems, Briscoe settled into a reclusive lifestyle. Declared unable to work for a living by a psychiatrist, he managed to act occasionally in local theatre until the 1980s and worked for a time as a gas station attendant.^[1]

He died in 2004 at his home in Memphis from heart disease.

References

1. ^ Dark Shadows site

External links

Biography portal

• Don Briscoe at the Internet Movie Database
• Don Briscoe at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Don Briscoe at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Briscoe, Don
Alternative names	Briscoe, Cecil Donald (birthname)
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	March 20, 1940
Place of birth	Yalobusha County, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of death	October 31, 2004
Place of death	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.