David Selby
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.
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Movies (37)
Such A Pretty Girl
Thanks (Crew)
2025
The Great Nick D
as Jim Hatton
2024
Todd Tarantula
as Lucifer Grey
2023
Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story
as Self
2021
Loon Lake
2019
Master of Dark Shadows
as Self
2019
Back Fork
as Bill
2019
Newness
as Artie Hallock
2017
Equals
as Leonard
2015
Mic Whore
as Satan
2014
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
as Commissioner James Gordon (voice)
2013
Are You Here
as Karl Stevens
2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
as James Gordon (voice)
2012
Dark Shadows
as Guest
2012
Deck the Halls
as Luke Reilly
2011
The Social Network
as Gage
2010
Inhale
as Dr. White
2010
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
as The Ghost of Quentin Collins (archive footage)
2009
Unknown
as Police Captain Parker
2006
End Game
as Shakey Fuller
2006
The Black Hole
as Ryker
2006
Larva
as Fletcher Odermatt
2005
Surviving Christmas
as Horace Vanglider
2004
Shadow of Fear
as Mr. Steve Palmer
2004
Soldier of Fortune, Inc
as Xavier Trout
1999
Alone
as Paul
1997
D3: The Mighty Ducks
as Dean Buckley
1996
White Squall
as Francis Beaumont
1996
Headless Body in Topless Bar
as Bradford Lumpkin
1995
Intersection
as Richard Quarry
1994
The Shot
as Gordon Sunshine
1993
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
as Shag Williams
1992
Dying Young
as Richard Geddes
1991
King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage
as Avery Brundage
1988
Rich and Famous
as Doug Blake
1981
Raise the Titanic
as Dr. Gene Seagram
1980
TV Shows (13)
Legion
as Brubaker
2017
NCIS: New Orleans
as Red
2014
Rizzoli & Isles
as Senator Malcolm Humphrey
2010
Raising the Bar
as Richard Patrick Woolsey III
2008
Tell Me You Love Me
as Arthur Foster
2007
Mad Men
as Horace Cook, Sr.
2007
Cold Case
as Dom Barron (2007)
2003
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
as Xavier Trout
1997
Ally McBeal
as Mr. Rohr
1997
Touched by an Angel
as Abraham Lincoln
1994
Lady Boss
as Martin Swanson
1992
Falcon Crest
as Richard Channing
1981
Flamingo Road
1981