David Selby
Birthday: 5 February 1941, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Birth Name: David Lynn Selby
Height: 188 cm
Actor David Selby, highly regarded for his villainous work on both daytime and nighttime soap classics, was born in Morgantown, West Virginia. He attended West Virginia University and graduated with b ...Show More
[When describing the elements that were pictured on Falcon Crest (1981), as well as Dynasty (1981), Show more
[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. Hide
[on differentiating 2 separate Falcon Crest (1981) characters, and of his on- and off-screen friends Show more
[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. Hide
[When responded about how he got along well with the Falcon Crest (1981) cast, esp. Jane Wyman, who Show more
[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. Hide
[Of his on- and off-screen chemistry with the Falcon Crest (1981) stars]: My memories of that, you k Show more
[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. Hide
[Of Falcon Crest (1981)'s downfall, beginning in 1988]: I think what happened in this show is there Show more
[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. Hide
I think family is very important in West Virginia and has long been so because the mountains made tr Show more
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. Hide
[When Tell Me You Love Me (2007) was expecting to be canceled]: But I had no idea that they were goi Show more
[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. Hide
I liked the idea that Channing had found some kind of peace in his life and that he was able to make Show more
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... Hide
[on his Falcon Crest (1981) character]: Richard Channing is a wonderful character. He was a strong c Show more
[on his Falcon Crest (1981) character]: Richard Channing is a wonderful character. He was a strong character. He could go out of various situations. Hide
[Of Jane Wyman]: I supposed a little reserved, but she had a great laugh, we loved to have fun. She Show more
[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. Hide
I did a lot of personal appearances because I was under contract to ABC.
I did a lot of personal appearances because I was under contract to ABC.
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