David Selby Net Worth
David Selby Net Worth is
$8 Million
David Selby Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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). | Date Of Birth | February 5, 1941 |
| Place Of Birth | Morgantown, West Virginia, USA |
| Height | 6' 2" (1.88 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack, Assistant Director |
| Spouse | Claudeis Newman, children |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [Of Jane Wyman]: I supposed a little reserved, but she had a great laugh, we loved to have fun. She was the consummate professional. She never, ever missed... the only time she ever missed being there, when you're doing close-ups or whatever, when the other actors standing next to the camera, or whatever, doing their lines. The one time that she was asked to be excused was she had to go to the hospital. She never missed - she was always there on time, always early and she didn't caught up in a lot of nonsense and all that stuff. She was there to get the job done. |
| 2 | [Of his on- and off-screen chemistry with the Falcon Crest (1981) stars]: My memories of that, you know, I loved Jane Wyman, Susan Sullivan, Margaret Ladd. I talked to Lorenzo Lamas about three months ago on the phone; he was getting ready to do another series, as I recall. |
| 3 | [When describing the elements that were pictured on Falcon Crest (1981), as well as Dynasty (1981), Dallas (1978) and Knots Landing (1979)]: And that's the '80s! It's sort of a... an example - no, I think 'example' is not the right proper word - it is 'of its time', and it says something about the '80s, you know. |
| 4 | I liked the idea that Channing had found some kind of peace in his life and that he was able to make the turn - towards the light, I mean you have a choice, you have a life. We all do. And you have to pay attention to those choices - architecture, lawyer, whatever those choices come to you along the way in your life, you have to consider all right because we are all responsible for our choices, and Channing, at that point, made the choice. And I think his life may have not been as exciting, but in some aspects, maybe, he relished that because he knew that somebody loved him. I liked that aspect because that means that he had come full circle... He had gone through various... you know, gone through life and come out to say, well, as we all do, 'Life has its whatever,' but... he knows. So from that aspect, yes, [I liked the finale]. The other aspect of it - I think, of course, everyone knew that was going to be the last season. And it wasn't..., there was no sadness or anything like that simply because that particular show had run its course in a sense, though, that - I think - to a certain degree it had lost direction... as a way to go. Jane Wyman wasn't happy, and nobody was, you know. So in that regard, you know, and with the changes the company was going through, Lorimar... |
| 5 | [Of Falcon Crest (1981)'s downfall, beginning in 1988]: I think what happened in this show is there were too many changes of producers and writers. Now that is my opinion. And they lost focus. Another person comes in and has an idea: 'Well, I think the show should go in this direction or in that direction,' - whatever. I don't know; maybe, the ratings of that time demanded changes. Of course, now they [the network] would love to have the ratings [of that time]! I obviously did not like her [Susan's] being written off the show. And there were several instances like that. So in a way, I thought the show lost focus the last season, maybe the last couple of years. Especially the last season went into a totally different direction. |
| 6 | [When responded about how he got along well with the Falcon Crest (1981) cast, esp. Jane Wyman, who played Angela Channing]: All of the people. I enjoyed working with all of them. Jane Wyman, Jane was wonderful,... Susan Sullivan, so many of the people... and I got to play with so many, like Kim Novak, some of the old stars, Lana Turner, Gina Lollobrigida, Leslie Caron. It was quite wonderful. |
| 7 | [on his Falcon Crest (1981) character]: Richard Channing is a wonderful character. He was a strong character. He could go out of various situations. |
| 8 | I did a lot of personal appearances because I was under contract to ABC. |
| 9 | [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. |
| 10 | [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. |
| 11 | 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. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Credits both Joan Bennett and Jane Wyman as his favorite acting mentors/best friends. |
| 2 | Washington, DC, USA: Participating in Ford's Theatre Society Gala [June 2011] |
| 3 | Filming scenes for motion picture "Unknown." [April 2005] |
| 4 | Appeared in costume as Quentin Collins to recite the words to "Quentin's Theme" at the Dark Shadows 40th Anniversary Haunted Halloween Party at the Vista Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. [October 2006] |
| 5 | FestivALL, a 10-day-long annual event held in the city of Charleston, West Virginia, featuring music, theater, dance, visual art and family entertainment. David Selby was among the West Virginia writers presenting readings at an event titled In Our Own Words. The Charleston Stage Company presented a staged reading of David Selby's latest play, An Appalachia Tragedy. [June 2010] |
| 6 | Reprised his Dark Shadows role of Quentin Collins in four new CD Dark Shadows audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions. [May 2006] |
| 7 | Appearing in the LA Theatre Works presentation of Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke." [June 2008] |
| 8 | Appeared at Barnes & Noble bookstores in North Miami and Orlando to read from and sign copies of My Mother's Autumn, his collection of poems dealing with the loss of his mother. [June 2005] |
| 9 | On location in Springfield, Missouri, filming role in upcoming film with working title "Larva." [November 2003] |
| 10 | Dark Shadows Festival's Dark Shadows in the Sun cast reunion and fan convention at the Burbank Airport Marriott in California. [July 2010] |
| 11 | Filming scenes for "Social Network" in Los Angeles. [January 2010] |
| 12 | Filming a recurring role as Arthur on the upcoming HBO series "Tell Me You Love Me." [September 2006] |
| 13 | Filming scenes for the SCI FI Channel movie Black Hole on location in St. Louis, Missouri. [November 2004] |
| 14 | Appearing at the "Dark Shadows" Festival at the Burbank Airport Marriott to present his novel, "Lincoln's Better Angel." [July 2008] |
| 15 | Making personal appearances in Canton, Ohio to promote a production of Final Assault, a play he wrote, at the Players Guild Theatre. [October 2007] |
| 16 | Photographed arriving at HBO's Emmy after-party with wife Chip. [September 2007] |
| 17 | Begins filming End Game in late February in Spokane, Washington. Will be appearing in Spokane at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers Eastside on March 3. [February 2005] |
| 18 | Making appearances in West Virginia to promote his latest book, A Better Place. [October 2005] |
| 19 | A Celebration of Stories presented by Speaking of Stories at the Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbara, California. [May 2010] |
| 20 | Portraying Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in "The Heavens Are Hung in Black" [February 2009] |
| 21 | Made several appearances at bookstores on the East Coast to promote his novel, Lincoln's Better Angel. [September 2008] |
| 22 | Appeared at the "Dark Shadows" 40th Anniversary Celebration held at the Brooklyn Marriott. [August 2006] |
| 23 | Helping cast in the play he wrote - 'Final Assault'. [February 2003] |
| 24 | Delivering the commencement address and receiving an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University. [May 2004] |
| 25 | Participating in panel discussion at Smithsonian's National Museum of American History - "From Man to Myth: Abraham Lincoln Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" [April 2010] |
| 26 | Recording the radio drama "The Highest Tide" in Los Angeles for BBC Radio. [April 2008] |
| 27 | Appeared at the Dark Shadows Hollywood Weekend held at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel on July 29-31. [July 2005] |
| 28 | His acting mentors were the late Joan Bennett and the late Jane Wyman. |
| 29 | Had turned down the role of Gary Ewing on Knots Landing (1979). |
| 30 | Best known by the public for his roles as Quentin Collins on Dark Shadows (1966) and as Richard Channing on Falcon Crest (1981). |
| 31 | 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. |
| 32 | 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. |
| 33 | 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. |
| 34 | 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. |
| 35 | 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. |
| 36 | Played the only man, other than her husband, to kiss Olivia Walton during the entire run of The Waltons. |
| 37 | Acted for Theatre West Virginia's 'Honey in the Rock' in 1961. |
| 38 | David Selby holds a PhD. in Theater from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. |
| 39 | Named his son, Jamison Selby, after a character on Dark Shadows. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smartass | 2017 | completed | Herman |
| Dr. Del | 2016 | TV Movie | Grover |
| Equals | 2015 | Leonard | |
| Mic Whore | 2014 | Short | Satan |
| Are You Here | 2013 | Karl Stevens | |
| Rizzoli & Isles | 2013 | TV Series | Senator Malcolm Humphrey |
| Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 | 2013 | Video | Commissioner Gordon (voice) |
| Encryption | 2012 | Short | Henchmen #2 |
| Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 | 2012 | Video | Commissioner Gordon (voice) |
| Dark Shadows | 2012 | Guest | |
| Deck the Halls | 2011 | TV Movie | Luke Reilly |
| The Social Network | 2010 | Gage | |
| Inhale | 2010 | Henry White | |
| Mad Men | 2009 | TV Series | Horace Cook, Sr. |
| Raising the Bar | 2008 | TV Series | Richard Patrick Woolsey III |
| Cold Case | 2007 | TV Series | Dom Barron '07 |
| Tell Me You Love Me | 2007 | TV Series | Arthur Foster |
| Spin | 2007/I | Rob Polan | |
| Unknown | 2006 | Police Captain Parker | |
| The Black Hole | 2006 | TV Movie | Ryker |
| End Game | 2006 | Shakey Fuller | |
| Larva | 2005 | TV Movie | Fletcher Odermatt |
| The Affair | 2004 | Vincent | |
| Surviving Christmas | 2004 | Horace Vangilder | |
| Shadow of Fear | 2004 | Mr. Steve Palmer | |
| Thieves | 2002 | TV Series | Donovan |
| The Griffin and the Minor Canon | 2002 | TV Movie | The Griffin (voice) |
| Ally McBeal | 2001 | TV Series | Mr. Rohr |
| Soldier of Fortune, Inc. | 1997-1999 | TV Series | Xavier Trout |
| Touched by an Angel | 1998 | TV Series | Abraham Lincoln |
| Alone | 1997 | TV Movie | Paul |
| Promised Land | 1997 | TV Series | Rowdy Sullivan |
| Soldier of Fortune | 1997 | TV Movie | Xavier Trout |
| D3: The Mighty Ducks | 1996 | Dean Buckley | |
| White Squall | 1996 | Francis Beaumont | |
| Headless Body in Topless Bar | 1995 | Bradford Lumpkin | |
| Intersection | 1994 | Richard Quarry | |
| The Shot | 1993 | Gordon Sunshine | |
| Lady Boss | 1992 | TV Movie | Martin Swanson |
| Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive | 1992 | TV Movie | Shag Williams |
| Dying Young | 1991 | Richard Geddes | |
| Falcon Crest | 1982-1990 | TV Series | Richard Channing |
| King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage | 1988 | TV Movie | Avery Brundage |
| Flamingo Road | 1981-1982 | TV Series | Michael Tyrone |
| Rich and Famous | 1981 | Douglas 'Doug' Blake | |
| Raise the Titanic | 1980 | Dr. Gene Seagram | |
| Doctor Franken | 1980 | TV Movie | Dr. Mike Foster |
| Love for Rent | 1979 | TV Movie | Phil |
| Rich Kids | 1979 | Steve Sloan | |
| The Night Rider | 1979 | TV Movie | Lord Thomas Earl |
| Family | 1978 | TV Series | Michael Kagan |
| Telethon | 1977 | TV Movie | Roy Hansen |
| Washington: Behind Closed Doors | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Roger Castle |
| Kojak | 1976 | TV Series | Sgt. Jimmy O'Connor |
| The Wide World of Mystery | 1975 | TV Series | Jack 243 |
| Police Woman | 1975 | TV Series | Nate Fesler |
| The Waltons | 1974 | TV Series | Joshua Williams |
| The Super Cops | 1974 | Robert Hantz | |
| The Girl in Blue | 1973 | Scott Laithem | |
| Up the Sandbox | 1972 | Paul Reynolds | |
| Night of Dark Shadows | 1971 | Quentin Collins / Charles Collins | |
| Dark Shadows | 1968-1971 | TV Series | Quentin Collins Opening Voiceover Grant Douglas ... |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Crest | 1987 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes |
Assistant Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setback | 2013 | assistant director |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The City of Conversation | 2016 | Video short | Himself |
| Earl Hamner Storyteller | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| That $#!% Will Rot Your Brain: How the Monster Kids Transformed Popular Culture | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Creating 'Larva' | 2005 | Video short | Himself |
| Red Salt & Reynolds | 2003 | Documentary short | Narrator |
| SoapTalk | 2002 | TV Series | |
| Dark Shadows 30th Anniversary Tribute | 1996 | Documentary | Himself / Quentin Collins |
| Dark Shadows: Behind the Scenes | 1991 | Video | Himself / Quentin Collins |
| Hour Magazine | 1985 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Shadows Bloopers | 1993 | Video documentary | Quentin Collins |
| On Location with Rich and Famous | 1981 | Documentary short | |
| Funny Girl to Funny Lady | 1975 | TV Special documentary | Paul Reynolds |
| The Moviemakers | 1972 | Documentary short | Paul Reynolds (uncredited) |
Known for movies
Dark Shadows (1968-1971)
as Quentin Collins / Opening Voiceover / Grant Douglas / Ghost of Quentin Collins / Quenton Collins / Unknown Man
Falcon Crest (1982-1990)
as Richard Channing
The Social Network (2010)
as Gage
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
as Commissioner Gordon