tokens: Kathryn Leigh Scott was absent from 30 episodes ( 986 to 1015 ) ; Jonathan Frid was absent from 28 episodes ( 983 to 1010 ) ; Grayson Hall was absent from 21 episodes ( 986 to 1006 ) ; John Karlen was absent from 21 episodes ( 990 to 1010 ) ; Nancy Barrett was absent from 20 episodes ( 991 to 1010 ) : Louis Edmonds was absent from 17 episodes ( 991 to 1008 ) ; Don Briscoe was absent from 15 episodes ( 986 to 1000 ) ; Joan Bennett was absent from 15 episodes ( 991 to 1006 ) ; and David Henesy was absent from 9 episodes ( 993 to 1001 ) .