Daniel Collins (Dark Shadows)
| Daniel Collins | |||||||||||||||||
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| Dark Shadows character | |||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by |
David Henesy (1796), Louis Edmonds (1840) |
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| First appearance | February 1968 | ||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | January 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Dan Curtis and Sam Hall | ||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Master of Collinwood (1820's-1840) | ||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Unknown New York City residence (1786-1795), Old House (former Collins Manor) (1795), Collinwood (1795-1840) |
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| Parents | Theodore (father in original series, deceased), Constance (mother in original series, deceased) Joshua Collins (father in primetime revival), Naomi Collins (mother in primetime revival) |
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| Siblings |
Millicent Collins-Forbes (sister in original series, deceased), Barnabas Collins (brother in primetime revival, deceased) Jeremiah Collins (brother in primetime revival, deceased) Sarah Collins (sister in primetime revival, deceased),) Nathan Forbes (brother in-law in original series, deceased), Josette du Pres (sister-in-law in primetime revival, deceased) |
| Spouse | Harriett (1800s- 1830, dissolved by her death) |
| Children |
Quentin Collins (son with Harriett), Gabriel Collins(son with Harriett, deceased), Samantha Drew (daughter-in-law, deceased), Edith(daughter-in-law, deceased) |
| Grandchildren |
Tad Collins (grandson, via Quentin), Geoffrey Collins (grandson, via Gabriel) |
| Aunts and uncles | Abigail Collins (aunt in primetime revival, deceased) |
| First cousins | Joshua Collins (cousin in original series), Abigail Collins (cousin in original series, deceased), Naomi Collins (cousin in-law in original series, deceased), Jeremiah Collins (cousin in original series, deceased) |
| Other relatives |
Barnabas Collins (first cousin once removed in original series, deceased) Sarah Collins (first cousin once removed in original series, deceased)), Millicent Collins (first cousin once removed in primetime revival, deceased), Josette du Pres (first cousin once removed -in-law in original series, deceased), Angelique Bouchard(first cousin once removed in-law in original series, deceased) |
Daniel Collins is fictional character that appeared on the 1960s ABC daytime soap opera Dark Shadows. Initially the character was played by child actor David Henesy during a storyline that has become informally known as the "1795 Flashback". In 1970, the character returned (now an adult) for the "1840 Flashback" storyline, this time played by stage actor Louis Edmonds.
Daniel Collins was born during the latter half of the 18th century in New York City, and spent the first ten or so years of his life there. In 1795, he and his older sister Millicent Collins were invited to the town of Collinsport, Maine and to the estate of Collinwood, to attend the planned wedding of their cousin Barnabas Collins and his then fiancee Josette DuPres. As a child, Daniel developed a close bond with his younger cousin, Sarah Collins (the little sister of Barnabas), but was devastated when the young girl died from Pneumonia (In truth, Sarah's illness was actually the result of a spiteful witch known as Angelique (Lara Parker).
Daniel and his sister, Millicent, were heirs in their own right to a large portion of the Collins Family fortune (as the only surviving members of the New York branch of the Collins family). Joshua Collins had hoped to consolidate this fortune by arranging a marriage between Millicent and his younger brother, Jeremiah, but neither Jeremiah nor Millicent had any interest in such an alliance. Millicent secretly married Lt. Nathan Forbes after she had given her share of the fortune to Daniel to prove that Forbes was not after her money. Forbes arranged to become Daniel's guardian and then drove Millicent insane (not a terribly difficult task) and hired an assassin to kill Daniel. However; Daniel was saved by Victoria Winters who killed the assassin (thereby insuring the survival of the Collins family members whom she knew and loved, who were all descended from Daniel). Forbes was killed by Barnabas Collins and Joshua took Daniel in as his heir since Millicent never recovered her sanity. Since Joshua's wife, Naomi, and their children, Barnabas and Sarah were all dead (or undead), Daniel became the sole heir to the Collins Family fortune.
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