Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

Stephen Collins

 
Actor: Stephen Collins
Home > Library > Entertainment & Arts > Actors
  • Born: Oct 01, 1947 in Des Moines, Iowa
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '70s-'90s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: My New Gun, Stella, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  • First Major Screen Credit: Brink's: The Great Robbery (1976)

Biography

American actor Stephen Collins was endowed with the sort of prep-school handsomeness that could adapt to heroics and villainy with equal aplomb. A graduate of Amherst and a veteran of the Broadway stage, Collins made his film bow in a microscopic role in All the President's Men (1976). He was seen to better advantage with a whole crop of relative newcomers in Joan Micklin Silver's low-budget Between the Lines (1977), then graduated to "A" parts in "A" pictures, such as the role of Decker in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1978). Television has always been kind to Stephen Collins: he received substantial acting assignments in the 1977 anthology Best Sellers (as David Spaulding in the "Rhineman Exchange" story arc), the 1982 Indiana Jones derivation Tales of the Gold Monkey (lead role, as Jake Cutter), the 1988 weekly Tattinger's (title role), and the 1990 middle-age-angst sitcom Working it Out (as David Stewart). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Search unanswered questions...

Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

Wikipedia: Stephen Collins
Top
Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia
For other persons named Stephen Collins, see Stephen Collins (disambiguation).
Stephen Collins
Born Stephen Weaver Collins
October 1, 1947 (1947-10-01) (age 62)
Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation Actor/Writer
Years active 1974–present
Spouse(s) Faye Grant (1985-present)

Stephen Weaver Collins (born October 1, 1947) is an American actor and writer, who's perhaps best known for playing the role of Eric Camden on the long running television series 7th Heaven.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Collins was born in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Madeleine (née Robertson) and Cyrus S. Collins, an airline executive.[1] Collins is the great-great-grandson of General James Baird Weaver, the 1880 Greenback Party presidential candidate and the 1892 Populist Party ("People's Party") candidate for president. Collins was raised with his 2 older brothers in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York and attended Amherst College, graduating cum laude. He played bass guitar and rhythm guitar in a number of rock and roll bands at Amherst, including Tambourine Charlie & The Four Flat Tires, The Naugahyde Revolution, and The Flower & Vegetable Show (he has played his guitar on 7th Heaven, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and in the movie Because I Said So).

Career

Collins' Broadway credits include his 2008 role as King Arthur in Spamalot and prior appearances in Moonchildren, The Ritz, The Loves of Anatol, and No Sex Please, We're British; off-Broadway he appeared opposite Sigourney Weaver in Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy, as Macduff to Christopher Walken's Macbeth at Lincoln Center, and as husband to Julie Andrews (with whom he shares a birthday) in the Stephen Sondheim revue, Putting It Together at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1993.

As previously mentioned, Collins probably is best known for his role as the Reverend Eric Camden in more than 200 episodes of the television series 7th Heaven, though he also notably portrayed Captain/Commander Willard Decker in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Reverend Camden's wife, Annie, is played by fellow Star Trek alum Catherine Hicks (she played Dr. Gillian Taylor in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home). Additional television credits include starring roles in Tales of the Gold Monkey and Tattingers, as well as guest appearances in The Waltons, Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, and numerous mini-series and made-for-television movies. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work opposite Ann-Margret in the minseries The Two Mrs. Grenvilles and he played John F. Kennedy in the miniseries A Woman Named Jackie, which won the Emmy for Best Miniseries.

Collins and his 7th Heaven co-star Beverley Mitchell are the only two original cast members to appear in every single episode. Collins has co-starred with Diane Keaton in two movies: The First Wives Club (1996) and Because I Said So (2007).

Books

Collins is the author of two novels: Eye Contact (1994) and Double Exposure (1998).

Personal life

Collins is married to actress Faye Grant. He is a practicing Episcopalian and is also a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation.[2] They have been married since April 21, 1985 and they have a daughter, Kate.

Television

  • Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976) ... Agent Donald Nash
  • The Rhinemann Exchange (1977) (miniseries) ... David Spaulding
  • The Henderson Monster (1980) ... Pete Casimir
  • Looking Back (1981) ... Morton Fullerton
  • Summer Solstice (1981) ... young Joshua Turner
  • Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982) ... Jake Cutter
  • Inside the Third Reich (1982) ... Karl Hanke
  • Threesome (1984) ... Peter Hatten
  • Dark Mirror (1984) ... Dr. Jim Eiseley
  • Chiefs (television) (1983) (miniseries) ... Billy Lee
  • Hold the Dream (1986) ... Shane O'Neill
  • The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987) ... Billy Grenville Jr.
  • Weekend War (1988) ... Captain John Deason
  • Tattingers (1989) ... Nick Tattinger
  • Working It Out (1990) ... David Stuart
  • A Woman Named Jackie (1991) (miniseries) ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy
  • A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992) (TV movie) ... Dan Broderick
  • Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1992) (TV movie) ... Dan Broderick
  • My New Gun (1992) ... Gerald Bender
  • Remember (TV Movie) (1993) ... Clee Donovan
  • The Disappearance of Nora (1993) ... Jack Fremont
  • Scarlett (1994) (miniseries) ... Ashley Wilkes
  • A Family Divided (1995) ... Roger Billingsley
  • Sisters (1995-1996) ... Dr. Gabriel 'Gabe' Sorenson
  • On Seventh Avenue (1996) (TV movie) ... Tom Aiken
  • The Babysitter's Seduction (1996) (TV movie) ... Bill Bartrand
  • 7th Heaven (1996-2007) ... Reverend Eric Camden
  • An Unexpected Family (1996) (TV movie) ... Sam
  • An Unexpected Life (1998) (TV movie) ... Sam
  • As Time Runs Out (1999) (TV movie) ... Dan Carlin
  • Jumping Ship (2001) (TV movie)
  • Celebrity Poker Showdown (2005) (Bravo) Qualified for the first tournament.
  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2006) ... Bruce Mathis
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Trade season 9, episode 18 (May 6, 2008) ... Peter Bartlett
  • Every Second Counts (TV Movie) (2008) ... Joe Preston
  • Private Practice (2009) ... The Captain, Addison Montgomery's father (Episodes: "Sins of the Father", "Blowups")

Films

Discography

Stephen Collins – Stephen Collins

  1. Looking For An Echo
  2. Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
  3. Til I Kissed You
  4. Mr. Blue
  5. What's Your Name?
  6. Fools Rush In
  7. True Love Ways
  8. Sandy
  9. Crazy
  10. It's Only Make Believe
  11. Hello, Mary Lou
  12. Take Good Care Of My Baby
  13. Rock-A-Hula Baby

Stephen Collins – The Hits of Rick Nelson

  1. It's Late
  2. Travelin' Man
  3. I've Got A Woman
  4. Poor Little Fool
  5. You Tear Me Up
  6. Lonesome Town
  7. Believe What You Say
  8. String Along
  9. Boppin' The Blues
  10. Young Emotions
  11. Stood Up
  12. It's Up To You
  13. Fools Rush In
  14. Hello, Mary Lou

Putting It Together (1993 off-Broadway cast recording)

References

  1. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/50/Stephen-Collins.html
  2. ^ "Stephen Collins content to be in '7th Heaven'". SouthCoastToday. http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/01-01/01-25-01/c14ho157.htm. Retrieved 2001-01-25. 

External links

Preceded by
Jonathan Hadary
October 31, 2006 - June 5, 2008		 Actor Playing King Arthur on Spamalot
June 5, 2008 -
September 14, 2008
 Succeeded by
Michael Siberry

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

 
 

 

Copyrights:

Actor. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved.  Read more
Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Stephen Collins".  Read more