Chris Jennings | |
Aliases: | Christopher Jennings |
Continuity: | Dark Shadows |
Notability: | Supporting character |
Gender: | Male |
Race: | Werewolf |
Location: | Collinsport, Maine |
Relatives: | Tom Jennings Amy Jennings Joe Haskell |
Status: | Alive |
First: | Dark Shadows: 627 |
Actor: | Don Briscoe Alex Stevens |
Chris Jennings was a supporting character and a fictional werewolf featured in the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. He was introduced in episode 627 and appeared in a total of fifty-seven episodes where he was played by actor Don Briscoe. Stunt man Alex Stevens played Chris Jennings during the scenes where he was a werewolf.
Biography[]
Chris Jennings came to Collinwood in search of his cousin Joe. [1] Joe had only recently gone insane after witnessing Chris' transformation into a werewolf and had tried to abduct Amy Jennings to protect her from Chris. [2] Chris soon learned that Joe had been arrested for kidnapping Amy and thrown into the Collinsport Jail. Chris visited him, but upon entering the jail cell, Joe attacked him. Sheriff Patterson had to pull Joe off of him. [3]
Notes & Trivia[]
- Like many of the actors from Dark Shadows, Don Briscoe played several characters in the series. He also played Chris' twin brother Tom Jennings - a vampire, as well as Chris Collins from the 1970 parallel time storyline. He also played school teacher Tim Shaw in the 1897 Flashback storyline.
- Don Briscoe's first appearance on the series was playing Tom Jennings in episode 554.
- Briscoe also played the part of Todd Blake, lover to Carolyn Stoddard in the 1970 film House of Dark Shadows.
- Later episodes of the series revealed that Chris Jennings was the great-grandson of Quentin Collins II. [can we get a frakkin' citation here?!]
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- ↑ Dark Shadows: 657
- ↑ Dark Shadows: 655
- ↑ Dark Shadows: 658