Stephen Collins

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Stephen Collins
Born October 1, 1947 (1947-10-01) (age 60)
Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s) Faye Grant (April 21, 1985- present)

Stephen Weaver Collins (born October 1, 1947) is an American actor.

Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he was raised in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. He 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 both 7th Heaven,It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and in the movie Because I Said So.

Collins' Broadway credits include The Ritz 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.

Collins probably is best known for his role as the Reverend Eric Camden in more than two hundred episodes of the television series 7th Heaven, though he also notably portrayed Captain/Commander Willard Decker in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Rev. Camden's wife, Annie, is played by fellow Star Trek alum Catherine Hicks (who 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 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 is the author of two novels: Eye Contact (1994) and Double Exposure (1998).

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 has co-starred with Diane Keaton in two movies; The First Wives Club (1996) and Because I Said So (2007).

Collins is married to actress Faye Grant. He is a practicing Episcopalian and is also a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation.[1]

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[edit] 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)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Trade season 9, episode 18 (May 6, 2008) ... Peter Bartlett
  • Every Second Counts (TV Movie) (2008) ... Joe Preston

[edit] Films

[edit] 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)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Stephen Collins content to be in '7th Heaven'. SouthCoastToday. Retrieved on 2001-01-25.

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