34 Facts About Barnabas Collins

Barnabas Collins is a fictional character, a featured role in the ABC daytime serial Dark Shadows, which aired from 1966 to 1971.

Barnabas Collins was retained due to his popularity and the program's quick spike in ratings, and virtually became the star of the show.

Barnabas Collins was born in 1770, as the son of Joshua Collins and Naomi Collins, in Collinsport, Maine.

Sarah Barnabas Collins died of pneumonia after a cold night spent hiding in the woods from her deceased brother.

Barnabas Collins blamed Angelique for the deaths of both his sister and his mother, and blamed Lt.

Barnabas Collins strangled Forbes, and attempted to transform Josette into a vampire.

Unable to bear what he had become, Barnabas Collins asked his father, Joshua, to destroy him.

Joshua Collins was unable to slay his son, and ordered servant Ben Stokes to nail a cross to the inside lid of Barnabas' coffin and to wrap chains on its outside, forever imprisoning the vampire in a secret room of the family mausoleum at Eagle's Hill Cemetery.

Barnabas Collins attacked Willie and turned him into his unwilling servant.

Barnabas Collins introduced himself to the modern Collins family as a cousin from England, a hard-working businessman never seen during the day.

The family accepted this story, despite having never before heard of him, because of his resemblance to the portrait of the ancestral Barnabas Collins which hung in Collinwood.

Barnabas Collins was particularly taken with waitress Maggie Evans, who resembled his long-lost love, Josette.

Barnabas Collins kidnapped Maggie, hypnotized her to believe that she was Josette, and planned to make her his vampire bride.

Barnabas Collins then targeted David's governess, Victoria Winters as a potential consort.

Barnabas Collins tried to seduce her away from her fiance Burke Devlin, and then to bite her.

The ghost of Sarah appeared repeatedly throughout and warned Barnabas Collins, who was tormented by a feeling of responsibility for her death, away from evil deeds.

Julia fell in love with Barnabas Collins and attempted to cure him, and hypnotized Maggie to forget everything Barnabas Collins had tried to do to her.

Barnabas Collins initially distrusted Julia, and when her medical cure failed, viewed her as a risk who would be able to expose his true nature.

Barnabas Collins attempted to kill Julia, or to drive her mad so that no one would believe her accusations.

Ultimately, Barnabas Collins came to see Julia as a useful ally.

The romantic relationship Julia desired never happened on-screen, but she became Barnabas' chief confidante and helped him many times, while Barnabas Collins became genuinely devoted to Julia and would go to extraordinary lengths to protect or rescue her when she ran afoul of enemies such as Angelique, ghosts, and the ancient Leviathans.

Barnabas Collins wanted these women to share his vampire existence, and wanted Maggie and Victoria to assume the identity of Josette.

At one point, Barnabas Collins admitted to Willie Loomis that he cared for Julia more than he appeared to.

Unlike Frid's television portrayal of Barnabas, the Barnabas featured in the film was truer to a typical evil vampire, who by the end of the film had killed half of the Collins family.

Barnabas Collins himself is killed by Jeff Clark, now depicted as Maggie's boyfriend, and a dying Willie Loomis, when Barnabas Collins tries to make Maggie Evans his vampire bride.

Barnabas Collins has a deep obsession with Josette, has no forgiveness for those who betray him, and believes that his curse can be reversed.

Barnabas Collins tries to win the love of David's governess Maggie Evans, now called Victoria Winters, who reminds him of his lost beloved Josette.

Barnabas Collins wears a hair and clothing style similar to his late 1960s counterpart, but dresses more colorfully.

Barnabas Collins often blamed his moments of cruelty on his transformation into one of the undead or "nosferatu," but other characters revealed that Barnabas Collins was not always the reluctant victim that he claimed.

Barnabas Collins attempted to back out of his agreement to marry Angelique after she cured his sister of illness.

Barnabas Collins is shown to be capable of feeling guilt for wrongs committed, as well as love for other people.

Barnabas Collins risked his "life" whenever she was in grave trouble, and only when the Leviathans gave the order to have Julia killed did Barnabas have the strength to break free of their control.

In 1795, Barnabas briefly resurrected Josette DuPres, who in the 20th century would warn the Collins family of approaching danger while wandering the Collinwood halls, and he used visions to lure Rev Trask into a fatal trap.

The now-recovered Barnabas Collins would come to her and, at long last, declare his love and ask her to become his wife.