Basic Information About David Selby
| Category | Celebrities › Actors |
|---|---|
| Professions | Actor, Writer, Voice Actor |
| Net worth | $4,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1941-02-05 (83 years old) |
| Place of birth | Morgantown |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | 10 August - Claudeis Newman ( 1963 - present) (3 children) |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.9 m) |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did David Selby win?
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David Selby roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Dark Shadows | Guest |
| Newness | Artie Hallock |
| D3: The Mighty Ducks | Dean Buckley |
| The Social Network | Gage |
| Equals | Leonard |
| White Squall | Francis Beaumont |
| Are You Here | Karl Stevens |
| Dying Young | Richard Geddes |
| Intersection | Richard Quarry |
| Raise the Titanic | Dr. Gene Seagram |
| The Waltons | Joshua Williams 1 episode, 1974 |
| Castle Rock | Josef Desjardins 1 episode, 2018 |
| Mad Men | Horace Cook, Sr. 1 episode, 2009 |
| Legion | Brubaker 4 episodes, 2017-2018 |
| Chicago Fire | Tim Larson 1 episode, 2020 |
| Ally McBeal | Mr. Rohr 1 episode, 2001 |
| Promised Land | Rowdy Sullivan 1 episode, 1997 |
| Police Woman | Nate Fesler 1 episode, 1975 |
| NCIS: New Orleans | Red 1 episode, 2020 |
| Dark Shadows | Quentin Collins / ... 314 episodes, 1968-1971 |
| Kojak | Sgt. Jimmy O'Connor 1 episode, 1976 |
| Family | Michael Kagan 1 episode, 1978 |
David Selby's Quotes
- I think family is very important in West Virginia and has long been so because the mountains made travel difficult in the past, and family members had to depend on each other.
- [on differentiating 2 separate Falcon Crest (1981) characters, and of his on- and off-screen friendship with Jane Wyman, who played Angela Channing]: They fought each other on, and they delighted it. They relished those fights; and boy, we could do it! I loved Jane Wyman, she epitomized for me, everything that meant to be professional.
- [When Tell Me You Love Me (2007) was expecting to be canceled]: But I had no idea that they were going to pull the plug so quickly.
- I did a lot of personal appearances because I was under contract to ABC.
- [on his Falcon Crest (1981) character]: Richard Channing is a wonderful character. He was a strong character. He could go out of various situations.
Interesting Facts about David Selby
- Named his son, Jamison Selby, after a character on Dark Shadows.
- David Selby holds a PhD. in Theater from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Acted for Theatre West Virginia's 'Honey in the Rock' in 1961.
- Played the only man, other than her husband, to kiss Olivia Walton during the entire run of The Waltons.
- He has written two volumes of poetry "My Mother's Autumn" and "Happenstance." His first book "In and Out of the Shadows" is a career photo retrospective featuring a few of his poems.
- Long married (over forty years) to wife Chip, who is also a native West Virginian, they have two daughters and a son, Jamison Selby, who is also an actor. He directed David's play "Final Assault" in Charleston, West Virginia in 2003. David and Chip ran a summer children's musical theatre in New York for ten years before moving to Los Angeles.
- He is an honorary member of the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center's Advisory Board, has worked with the Governor's Honor Academy, and has made many guest appearances around the state of West Virginia. In 1989, he was honored as a distinguished alumnus of West Virginia University, and, in May 1992, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College of Communications and Fine Arts at Southern Illinois University. He was given the first Life Achievement Award from the West Virginia University College of Creative Arts in 1998, and he received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University in 2004.
- Quentin Collins, his Dark Shadows character, had his own theme song, "Quentin's Theme (Shadows of the Night)." Selby provided a spoken recitation of the lyrics on the original Dark Shadows soundtrack album. In the 1980s, he sang the lyrics during an appearance on Joan Rivers' late night talk show. On Dark Shadows, the instrumental version was played repeatedly on Quentin Collins' gramophone. The song is often played to introduce David Selby during television and radio interviews and during public appearances.
- He is among the 2007 inductees into the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame, located in the Museum of Radio and Technology in Huntington, West Virginia.
- Best known by the public for his roles as Quentin Collins on Dark Shadows (1966) and as Richard Channing on Falcon Crest (1981).
- Had turned down the role of Gary Ewing on Knots Landing (1979).
- His acting mentors were the late Joan Bennett.
- Appeared at the Dark Shadows Hollywood Weekend held at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel on July 29-31. [July 2005]
- Recording the radio drama "The Highest Tide" in Los Angeles for BBC Radio. [April 2008]
- Participating in panel discussion at Smithsonian's National Museum of American History - "From Man to Myth: Abraham Lincoln Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" [April 2010]
- Delivering the commencement address and receiving an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University. [May 2004]
- Helping cast in the play he wrote - 'Final Assault'. [February 2003]
- Appeared at the "Dark Shadows" 40th Anniversary Celebration held at the Brooklyn Marriott. [August 2006]
- Made several appearances at bookstores on the East Coast to promote his novel, Lincoln's Better Angel. [September 2008]
- Portraying Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in "The Heavens Are Hung in Black" [February 2009]
