David Selby
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David Selby (born February 5, 1941 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American character actor, best known for playing Quentin Collins from 1968-1971 on the ABC-TV cult serial Dark Shadows, and as Jane Wyman's evil and compassionate TV son, Richard Channing, on the long-running, primetime CBS soap opera Falcon Crest (from 1982 to 1990).
[edit] Biography
The son of Clyde Ira Selby and Sarah E. McIntyre Selby, he attended West Virginia University in his hometown, earning Bachelor of Science and Master's degrees in theater, followed by a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University. He would eventually bring his Dark Shadows character to film with the second Dark Shadows movie, Night of Dark Shadows, released in 1971 after the TV series' cancellation. A year before joining Falcon Crest in 1982, he played the villainous Michael Tyronne on the final season of the NBC primetime serial Flamingo Road. Selby's movie credits include co-starring roles with Barbra Streisand in Up the Sandbox (1972) and with Ron Leibman in The Super Cops (1974),White Squall, D3: The Mighty Ducks, Raise the Titanic, and Surviving Christmas (2004). He has recently reprised the role of Quentin Collins for a new series of Dark Shadows audio dramas from Big Finish Productions.
His writing includes the plays Lincoln and James and Final Assault as well as the poetry collections My Mother's Autumn and Happenstance.
[edit] Awards
West Virginia University in 1998 awarded Selby its the first Life Achievement Award from the College of Creative Arts, and an honorary doctorate in 2004.
