David Selby

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David Selby
Selby as Quentin Collins
General information
Name	David Selby
Aliases	David Lynn Selby
Gender	Male
Place of birth	Morgantown, West Virginia
Date of birth	February 5th, 1941
Place of death	{{{place of death}}}
Date of death	N/A
First appearance	Dark Shadows: 646

David Lynn Selby is an American actor born in Morgantown, West Virginia on February 5th, 1941. He is best known for playing the role of Quentin Collins on the original 1960s-70s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. The series was Selby's first professional acting job and he appeared on a total of 307 episodes playing not only Quentin Collins, but also the character's great uncle (also named Quentin). Selby's on-screen debut on the series was actually as the ghost of Quentin Collins in episode 646. Selby actually made an uncredited contribution in the previous episode, providing Quentin's haunting laughter. In later episodes, he played the chronologically earlier version of Quentin in a story-arc commonly referred to as the 1840 flashback. He also played parallel time counterparts to both versions of the character towards the end of the series. In 1971, Dan Curtis Productions released the second of two Dark Shadows feature films, Night of Dark Shadows. Selby played an altogether different version of Quentin in this film and was a man who inherited the family's palatial estate known as Collinwood. More than thirty years later, Selby revisited the character for the play and audio drama Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood. The play was co-written by his David's son, Jamison Selby.

Body of work

Film

Film	Year	Role
Night of Dark Shadows	1971	Quentin Collins
Doctor Franken	1980	Doctor Mike Foster
Dark Shadows	2012	Party guest

Dark Shadows

Incomplete

As Quentin Collins I

• Dark Shadows: 1165
• Dark Shadows: 1186

As Quentin Collins II

As a ghost

• Dark Shadows: 646

As a living character

• Dark Shadows: 701

Notes & Trivia

• David named his son Jamison after Jamison Collins, a character from Dark Shadows with whom Quentin shared a father-son dynamic.

• Is a regular media guest at the annual Dark Shadows convention and is considered a fan favorite.

See also

Dark Shadows Dark Shadows novels Dark Shadows episodes Dark Shadows locations Dark Shadows characters

Dark Shadows chronology Dark Shadows cast & crew Dark Shadows image gallery Dark Shadows image category Dark Shadows miscellaneous

External Links

• David Selby at AMG
• David Selby at TCM
• David Selby at IMDB
• David Selby at Wikipedia
• David Selby at CollinWiki
• David Selby Official Website
• David Selby at Collinwood.net

References

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