Quentin Collins

Quentin Collins
Dark Shadows character
David Selby as Quentin Collins
Portrayed byDavid Selby
First appearance16 December 1968
Last appearanceThe Rage Beneath
Created byDan Curtis
SpeciesWerewolf
In-universe information
Other namesGrant Douglas
FamilyCollins
Spouse1840:
  • Samantha Drew (until 1840)
  • Daphne Harridge (1841–1856)
1897:
  • Jenny Collins (until 1897)
1970 parallel time:
Children1841:
  • Tad Collins
1897:
  • Lenore Filmore
  • Unnamed son
1970 parallel time:
  • Daniel Collins
Other relativesBarnabas Collins
1840:
  • Daniel Collins (father)
  • Harriet Collins (mother)
  • Gabriel Collins (brother)
  • Theodore Collins (grandfather)
  • Millicent Collins Forbes (aunt)
  • Flora Collins (cousin)
  • Geoffrey Collins (nephew)
1897:
  • Geoffrey Collins (father)
  • Anna Collins (mother)
  • Judith Collins (sister)
  • Edward Collins (brother)
  • Carl Collins (brother)
  • Gabriel Collins (grandfather)
  • Edith Collins (grandmother)
  • Jamison Collins (nephew)
  • Nora Collins (niece)
  • Chris Jennings (great-grandson)
  • Tom Jennings (great-grandson)
  • Amy Jennings (great-granddaughter)
1841 parallel time:
  • Justin Collins (father)
  • Flora Collins (mother)
  • Morgan Collins (brother)
  • Gabriel Collins (brother)
  • Melanie Collins Young (half-sister)
  • Julia Collins (aunt)


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.

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