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David Selby

Acting

Born February 5, 1941 · Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Lynn Selby (born February 5, 1941) is an American character and stage actor. He has worked in movies, soap operas and television. The naturally black-headed Selby is best known for playing the roles of Quentin Collins on the ABC-TV serial, Dark Shadows (a role he played from 1968 to its ending in 1971 and again in the recent audio revival), and as the evil and compassionate estranged son of Angela Channing (played by Jane Wyman), Richard Channing, on the primetime CBS soap opera Falcon Crest (a role he played from 1982 to 1990). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Selby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award · 1981 · nominated

Filmography44 titles

Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story

2021as Self

Master of Dark Shadows

2019as Self

Mad Men

2007as Horace Cook, Sr.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

2013as Commissioner Gordon (voice)

Rizzoli & Isles

2010as Senator Malcolm Humphrey

Cold Case

2003as Dom Barron (2007)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

2012as James Gordon (voice)

Legion

2017as Brubaker

The Social Network

2010as Gage

NCIS: New Orleans

2014as Red

Dark Shadows

1966as Quentin Collins

Touched by an Angel

1994as Abraham Lincoln

Kojak

1973as Sgt. Jimmy O'Connor

The Waltons

1972

Alone

1997as Paul

Night of Dark Shadows

1971as Charles Collins / Quentin Collins

Tell Me You Love Me

2007as Arthur Foster

Ally McBeal

1997as Mr. Rohr

Police Woman

1974as Nate Fesler

Raising the Bar

2008as Richard Patrick Woolsey III

White Squall

1996as Francis Beaumont

Unknown

2006as Police Captain Parker

Newness

2017as Artie Hallock

Equals

2015as Leonard

Dark Shadows

2012as Guest

Inhale

2010as Dr. White

D3: The Mighty Ducks

1996as Dean Buckley

The Super Cops

1974as Robert Hantz

Up the Sandbox

1972as Paul Reynolds

Surviving Christmas

2004as Horace Vanglider

Falcon Crest

1981as Richard Channing

Back Fork

2019as Bill

End Game

2006as Shakey Fuller

Shadow of Fear

2004as Mr. Steve Palmer

Smartass

2017as Herman

Raise the Titanic

1980as Dr. Gene Seagram

Are You Here

2013as Karl Stevens

Intersection

1994as Richard Quarry

Deck the Halls

2011as Luke Reilly

Larva

2005as Fletcher Odermatt

Loon Lake

2019

The Black Hole

2006as Ryker

Todd Tarantula

2023as Lucifer Grey

The Great Nick D

2024as Jim Hatton