ELIZABETH COLLINS STODDARD Collins matriach, mother of Carolyn and sister of Roger.
ROGER COLLINS Elizabeth's younger brother and father of David.
DAVID COLLINS Young son of Roger and Laura.
CAROLYN STODDARD Elizabeth's teenage daughter.
VICTORIA WINTERS Governess to David Collins. An orphan uncertain of her identity.
BURKE DEVLIN Ex-convict who returns to town for revenge for being falsely convicted. Became Victoria's fiance.
SAM EVANS Widowed artist father of Maggie Evans.
MAGGIE EVANS Daughter of Same and waitress at Collinsport INn restaurant. Replaces Victoria as David's governess.
JOE HASKELL Local fisherman. Boyfriend to Carolyn, then Maggie
MATTHEW MORGAN Caretaker at Collinwood
BILL MALLOY Manager of the Collins Fishing Fleet.
LAURA COLLINS Estranged wife of Roger and mother of David. Also an immortal creature known as a phoenix.
MRS. SARAH JOHNSON Collinwood housekeeper, formerly employed by Bill Malloy.
CONSTABLE/SHERIFF JONAS CARTER Collinsport lawman who investigates Roger's near-fatal car crash.
SHERRIF GEORGE PATTERSON Successor of the constable as Collinsport's head law man.
DR. PETER GUTHRIE Psychic investigator who explores strange occurances at Collinwood caused by Laura.
RICHARD GARNER Collins family lawyer.
FRANK GARNER Attorney son of Richard and temporary romantic interest for Victoria.
WILBUR STRAKE Private detective hired by Burke to investigate the Collinses.
STUART BRONSON Burke's New York banker.
JAMES BLAIR Successor to Stuart Bronson.
MR. WELLS Primary desk clerk at the Collinsport Inn.
GHOST OF BILL MALLOY Spirit who appears to Victoria Winters and Matthew Morgan.
WAILING WIDOWS (Rachel Cornstock, Margaret Findley, Abigail Tolliver) Spirits of three women who lost their husbands at sea.
DR. FRANKLIN Elizabeth's physician during her Boston hospital stay.
DR. D REEVES Collins family doctor.
CARETAKER Elderly custodian of the Eagle Hill Cemetery.
MRS. HOPEWELL aka MISS HOPEWELL Director at Hammond Foundling Home where Victoria grew up.
SANDY Victoria's roomate at the foundling home.
HARRY JONES Collinsport's cab driver.
PORTIA FITZSIMMONS Art dealer interested in buying paintings from Sam.
JASON McGUIRE Old friend of Paul Stoddard who returns to blackmail Elizabeth.
WILLIE LOOMIS Jason McGuire's travelling companion. Becomes Barnabas Collins' servant.
BOB ROONEY aka ANDY Chief bartender and occasional waiter at the Blue Whale.
SUSIE Waitress at the Collinsport Inn restaurant.
AMOS FITCH Loyal captian of the Collins Fishing Fleet.
EZRA HERNE Employee of Collins Enterprises.
ADAM BILODEAU Employee of Collins Enterprises
ZEB CARTWRIGHT Employee of Collins Enterprises