David Selby

David Selby is the kind of actor I respect for sheer staying power. Coming out of Morgantown, West Virginia, he broke through as Quentin Collins on Dark Shadows, then anchored Falcon Crest as Richard Channing for the better part of a decade. Carrying one role across years rather than vanishing after a single hit takes a discipline I find admirable. I also like that he refused to be boxed in, branching into writing and producing along the way. There is something steady and unflashy about his career that I genuinely value, and I think it deserves more recognition than it tends to get.

Name (English)

David Selby

Name (Japanese)

デヴィッド・セルビー

Reading

でゔぃっど・せるびー

Born

February 5, 1941 (age 85)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Snake

Origin

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / writer / film producer

High school

Morgantown High School

University

West Virginia University

• Official sitehttps://www.davidselby.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Selby
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1176588

Tags

• West Virginia
• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.