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Quincey Morris
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Quincey P Morris is a is a fictional character in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.
He is a rich young American from Texas: one of the three suitors for the hand of Lucy Westenra and best friends with the other two men who proposed to her on the very same day – Arthur Holmwood, whose proposal she accepted, and Dr. John Seward. At one point he admits that he is 'a rough fellow, who hasn't perhaps lived as a man should' and a teller of tall tales (Dracula Chapter 25). He is killed in the last fight to destroy Count Dracula, which is partially accomplished with his bowie knife. In gratitude, Jonathan Harker and his wife, Mina Harker, name their son Quincey. Their son is actually named after all five of the men that destroyed Dracula but called Quincey because of Morris's death.
Bram Stoker evidently always wanted an American in the novel. His notes first describe an American named 'Brutus'.
Most adaptations of the novel omit Quincey, although in the BBC's Count Dracula (1977) he is merged with that of Arthur Holmwood.
In the Castlevania videogame series, the character is included in the official timeline, made to be a blood relative of the series's main heroes, the Belmonts. In addition, two games, Castlevania Bloodlines and Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, feature his son and grandson as the protagonists respectively, in which they hunt resurrected Dracula with the Belmont's family weapon, the Vampire Killer Whip.
In Bram Stoker's Dracula he was portrayed by Bill Campbell.