Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he studied at Louisiana State University and the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
During WWII, he served in the Navy.
His career was started in New York, acting in regional and Off-Broadway Theatre until his Broadway debut in the musical, "Candide" in 1956.
Edmonds stage role in "The Importance of Being Earnest" and his work on the accompanying album led him to television roles.
He is best known for his work as character Roger Collins in the wildly popular daytime gothic drama "Dark Shadows" which ran from 1967-71.
The oldest son in an orthodox Jewish family is living at home (in Brooklyn) with his parents and younger brothers. He's being pressured by his parents to marry the girl they have chosen, (the daughter of a rabbi). But he is coming to the realization that he is gay. When he becomes reacquainted with a school hood friend that has moved into Greenwich Village and come out (at least to himself), our hero begins to come out to himself as well.
A documentary produced by PBS affiliate WNYC, intended to serve as an introduction to their 1987 re-broadcast of the 1960s gothic daytime soap opera Dark Shadows.
Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée Josette.