| Kevin Collins | |||||||||||
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| General Hospital character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Jon Lindstrom | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1993–2004, 2013- | ||||||||||
| First appearance | December 6, 1993 | ||||||||||
| Created by | Claire Labine | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Wendy Riche (1993) Frank Valentini (2013) |
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| Book appearances | Robin's Diary | ||||||||||
| Spin-off appearances | Port Charles | ||||||||||
| Classification | Present, recurring | ||||||||||
| Profile | |||||||||||
| Occupation | Author of General Homicide Psychiatrist Former Professor at Port Charles University |
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| Residence | Port Charles, New York | ||||||||||
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Dr. Kevin Collins is a fictional character on the American soap opera General Hospital and its spin-off Port Charles. He was portrayed by Jon Lindstrom on General Hospital from 1993 to May 1997. Dr. Kevin Collins arrived in Port Charles in December 1993 in an attempt to rehabilitate his twin brother, serial killer Ryan Chamberlain. On January 9, 2013, after more than eight years off-screen, it was announced Lindstrom would return to General Hospital as Kevin. He will first air on January 30.
Dr. Kevin Collins arrived in Port Charles on General Hospital in the early part of 1994. He came to town to help rehabilitate his identifical twin brother, serial killer Ryan Chamberlain, who was in a mental hospital. Kevin felt his brother was as much a victim as the women he killed and thought he could help his brother get well with his own therapeutic methods. He had a hard time being accepted by the citizens of Port Charles because he had looked identical to a man everyone feared and hated. Eventually, everyone came around, including Felicia Jones, who was terrorized by Ryan for almost two years. However, her fiance, Mac Scorpio, was instantly suspicious and hostile to Kevin. Kevin visited his brother, Ryan, several times and thought he was making progress. However, he was unaware Ryan was using him to escape the mental hospital.
One night, Kevin visited Ryan in his room alone. Ryan found out enough about Kevin to knock him out and impersonated him back in Port Charles. Kevin eventually managed to prove to authorities and hospital personnel he was indeed Kevin and not Ryan. He raced to the church to stop Ryan from ruining Felicia's wedding to Mac. After that ordeal was over and Ryan was apprehended, Kevin saw him at the prison and confronted him. Kevin wiped his hands of Ryan again. However, Ryan wasn't through with Kevin. He managed to escape the prison and impersonate Kevin to keep Felicia's baby at General Hospital. Kevin helped Mac and Felicia find Ryan and the baby in 1995. Ryan killed himself instead of being apprehended. Kevin still felt some guilt by some Ryan's fate.
Kevin found himself befriending and counseling Lucy Coe. Lucy came to Kevin with a moral dilemma. He helped her as best he could, but found himself attracted to her while at the same time as he was exasperated with her. They started dating soon after. They got closer when Kevin found himself haunted by the death of his former lover, Grace. Kevin confided in Lucy that Grace had drowned in a car he was in and he was to blame for her death. Lucy helped him work through the past. On June 2, 1997, Lindstrom brought the character to spin-off Port Charles, where he remained until the final episode on October 3, 2003. On July 16, 2004, Kevin and Lucy return to Port Charles to attend the funeral of Lila Quartermaine.
On January 30, 2013, Kevin returns again and visits Lucy in Ferncliff after she stabbed John McBain, believing him to be Caleb Morley.
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