Quentin Collins

David Selby as Quentin Collins

Dark Shadows character

Portrayed by

David Selby

First appearance

Dark Shadows #646 16 December 1968

Last appearance

The Rage Beneath

Created by

Dan Curtis

Profile

Other names

Grant Douglas

Species

Werewolf

Family	1840 Quentin Collins Daniel Collins (father; deceased), Harriet Collins (mother; deceased), Gabriel Collins (brother; deceased), Thadius "Tad" Collins (son; deceased), Desmond Collins (cousin; deceased), Barnabas Collins (cousin; undead) 1897 Quentin Collins II Geoffrey Collins (father; deceased), Mrs. Collins (mother; deceased), Gabriel Collins (grandfather; deceased), Edith Collins (grandmother; deceased), Judith Collins (sister; deceased), Edward Collins (brother; deceased), Carl Collins (brother; deceased), Jamison Collins (nephew; deceased), Nora Collins (niece; deceased), Lenore Filmore (daughter via Jenny Collins; deceased), Unnamed son (infant son via Jenny Collins; deceased), Chris Jennings (grandson), Tom Jennings (grandson; deceased), Amy Jennings (grand-daughter)
Spouse	Samantha Drew Collins (1st wife of 1st Quentin Collins; d. 1840), Daphne Harridge Collins (2nd wife of 1st Quentin Collins) Jenny Collins (1st wife of 2nd Quentin Collins; d. 1897) Angelique Collins (1st wife of 1970 Parallel Time Quentin Collins; d. 1970), Maggie Collins (2nd wife of 1970 Parallel Time Quentin)
Other relatives	Barnabas Collins, and Collins Family Powers and abilities Knowledge of witchcraft and sorcery. Werewolf physiology gave the potential to transform into a berserk, wolf creature. Eternal youth, due to magical portrait of him, painted in 1897. Virtually unkillable due to cursed portrait. Accelerated healing due to being Werewolf, and the magical effects of portrait.

Family	1840 Quentin Collins Daniel Collins (father; deceased), Harriet Collins (mother; deceased), Gabriel Collins (brother; deceased), Thadius "Tad" Collins (son; deceased), Desmond Collins (cousin; deceased), Barnabas Collins (cousin; undead) 1897 Quentin Collins II Geoffrey Collins (father; deceased), Mrs. Collins (mother; deceased), Gabriel Collins (grandfather; deceased), Edith Collins (grandmother; deceased), Judith Collins (sister; deceased), Edward Collins (brother; deceased), Carl Collins (brother; deceased), Jamison Collins (nephew; deceased), Nora Collins (niece; deceased), Lenore Filmore (daughter via Jenny Collins; deceased), Unnamed son (infant son via Jenny Collins; deceased), Chris Jennings (grandson), Tom Jennings (grandson; deceased), Amy Jennings (grand-daughter)
Spouse	Samantha Drew Collins (1st wife of 1st Quentin Collins; d. 1840), Daphne Harridge Collins (2nd wife of 1st Quentin Collins) Jenny Collins (1st wife of 2nd Quentin Collins; d. 1897) Angelique Collins (1st wife of 1970 Parallel Time Quentin Collins; d. 1970), Maggie Collins (2nd wife of 1970 Parallel Time Quentin)
Other relatives	Barnabas Collins, and Collins Family Powers and abilities Knowledge of witchcraft and sorcery. Werewolf physiology gave the potential to transform into a berserk, wolf creature. Eternal youth, due to magical portrait of him, painted in 1897. Virtually unkillable due to cursed portrait. Accelerated healing due to being Werewolf, and the magical effects of portrait.

1840 Quentin Collins Daniel Collins (father; deceased), Harriet Collins (mother; deceased), Gabriel Collins (brother; deceased), Thadius "Tad" Collins (son; deceased), Desmond Collins (cousin; deceased), Barnabas Collins (cousin; undead)
1897 Quentin Collins II

Barnabas Collins, and Collins Family
Powers and abilities

Quentin Collins is the name of several characters featured in the 1966–1971 ABC cult TV Gothic horror-soap opera Dark Shadows. All variations of the character have been played by actor David Selby.

The first Quentin Collins is actually the third one shown in the TV series. This version of Quentin was first introduced in episode #1109 in a storyline commonly referred to as the "1840 flashback".

In the 1840 storyline, Quentin Collins was one of two brothers living at the Gothic mansion known as Collinwood Mansion in the fictional town of Collinsport, Maine. Born in 1808, as the favorite son of his mentally troubled father Daniel Collins, Quentin was the head of the Collins Family, and stood to inherit the entire family fortune. This position brought him into frequent conflict with his scheming brother, Gabriel (Christopher Pennock). Quentin was married to a woman named Samantha Drew (Virginia Vestoff), with whom he had a son named Tad (David Henesy).

Around 1839, Quentin had an affair with Joanna Mills. After he broke off with her, he took Tad on an ocean voyage, on which Quentin became close friends with a fellow passenger, Gerard Stiles (James Storm). His wife Samantha eventually discovered the affair and secretly murdered Joanna, making it look as if she had killed herself.

Quentin was interested in the study of witchcraft. He was not part of a witches coven, but is eventually framed by Gerard (who was possessed by the spirit of the 17th-century warlock Judah Zachery) and sentenced to execution. Quentin also fancied himself an amateur inventor and used his knowledge of the occult and supernatural powers to develop a device that he called his "Stairway Through Time". He persistently labored to build his staircase in a cellar room at Collinwood. It was Quentin's belief that ascending the staircase could open a dimensional portal through which individuals could view and even interact with the future. What Quentin never realized, however, was that his staircase also created a divergent parallel reality (This functioned as the genesis for several storylines which took place in parallel universes). Quentin's devotion towards his work gave Gerard the means by which to manipulate and ultimately betray him.

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