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David Selby is a Actor American born on 5 february 1941 at Morgantown (USA)

David Selby

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Birth name David Lynn Selby
Nationality USA
Birth 5 february 1941 (79 years) at Morgantown (USA)

David Lynn Selby (born February 5, 1941) is an American film, television and stage actor. He is perhaps most well known for playing Richard Channing in the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest from 1982-90. Selby has also had prominent roles in the television shows Dark Shadows, Flamingo Road, and the 1980 film Raise The Titanic. Also a published writer, Selby has written several books including novels, memoirs, and collections of poetry.

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Filmography of David Selby (27 films)

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Newness (2017)

Directed by Drake Doremus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Nicholas Hoult, Laia Costa, Danny Huston, Courtney Eaton, Matthew Gray Gubler, Pom Klementieff
Roles Artie Hallock
Rating63% 3.1943353.1943353.1943353.1943353.194335
Martin et gabi essaient de rester en couple après s'être connus grâce à une application de rencontres, et quand l'ennui menace, ils cherchent une solution originale.
Equals (2015)
, 1h41
Directed by Drake Doremus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Themes Films set in the future
Actors Nicholas Hoult, Kristen Stewart, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver, Toby Huss, David Selby
Roles Leonard
Rating61% 3.050043.050043.050043.050043.05004
In a futuristic utopian society, human emotions have been eradicated and everyone lives in peace but when a new disease surfaces, everything changes for illustrator Silas (Hoult). He becomes an outcast once infected and is drawn to his writer co-worker Nia (Stewart), who is also infected but hiding her condition. In order to survive, they have to escape together.
Are You Here, 1h52
Directed by Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Matthew Weiner, Amy Poehler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Jenna Fischer, Amy Poehler, Laura Ramsey, Peter Bogdanovich
Roles Karl Stevens
Rating53% 2.650022.650022.650022.650022.65002
The film opens as Steve Dallas (Owen Wilson) runs the same routine on a series of different women that he is seducing. Throughout the montage, his credit cards keep getting declined. He explains that he makes a lot of money, but his cards are maxed out. After a prostitute leaves his apartment because his card will not work, Steve notices a woman undressing in an apartment across the street from him. His view is obstructed by an oak tree.
Dark Shadows, 1h52
Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bella Heathcote, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley
Rating61% 3.0968753.0968753.0968753.0968753.096875
In 1760, the Collins family moves from Liverpool, England to Maine and establishes the fishing town Collinsport where they built their estate Collinwood.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1, 1h16
Directed by Jay Oliva
Origin USA
Genres Action, Animation
Roles James Gordon (voice)
Rating79% 3.997873.997873.997873.997873.99787
Deck the Halls, 1h30
Directed by Ron Underwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Christmas films
Actors Scottie Thompson, David Selby, Kathy Najimy, Eric Johnson, Larry Miller, Luciana Carro
Roles Luke Reilly
Rating51% 2.5745552.5745552.5745552.5745552.574555
Nora Reilly, célèbre auteur de romans policiers, n'a vraiment pas de chance. Passe encore d'être hospitalisée trois jours avant Noël pour une jambe stupidement cassée, mais quand son mari Luke et son chauffeur Rosita Gonzalez se font kidnapper par deux affreux méchants, Nora commence vraiment à se faire du souci. Pas tant pour le million de dollars que réclament les preneurs d'otages, mais bien pour la vie de ceux-ci. Heureusement, Nora a sous la main sa fille Regan, détective privée de son état. Celle-ci sera bientôt rejointe par Alvirah Meehan, une collègue bien précieuse.
Inhale (2010)
, 1h23
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Dermot Mulroney, Diane Kruger, Sam Shepard, Jordi Mollá, Vincent Pérez, Rosanna Arquette
Roles Dr. White
Rating65% 3.29623.29623.29623.29623.2962
Paul Stanton (Mulroney) and his wife Diane (Diane Kruger) are a couple whose daughter is dying from a rare degenerative lung condition. The only thing that can save her life is a lung transplant from an organ donor. The movie starts when the donated lung fails to arrive correctly. The movie goes back and forth between the present and the events leading up to it. In the present Day, Paul goes to Juarez Mexico to find a man called Dr. Navarro. After leaving his cell number at many local hospitals, somebody finally contacted Paul.
The Social Network, 2h
Directed by David Fincher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about computing
Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Brenda Song, Rooney Mara
Roles Gage
Rating76% 3.847413.847413.847413.847413.84741
In late 2003, 19-year-old Harvard University student Mark Zuckerberg is dumped by his girlfriend Erica Albright. Returning to his dorm, Zuckerberg writes an insulting entry about Albright on his LiveJournal blog and then creates a campus website called Facemash by hacking into college databases to steal photos of female students, then allowing site visitors to rate their attractiveness. After traffic to the site crashes parts of Harvard's computer network, Zuckerberg is given six months of academic probation. However, Facemash's popularity attracts the attention of Harvard upperclassmen and twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and their business partner Divya Narendra. The trio invites Zuckerberg to work on Harvard Connection, a social network for Harvard students aimed at dating.
The Black Hole
Directed by Tibor Takács
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Judd Nelson, Kristy Swanson, David Selby, Christa Campbell
Roles Ryker
Rating32% 1.619341.619341.619341.619341.61934
Something goes awry at a particle accelerator facility in St. Louis and a black hole begins to form. A creature exits the hole and seeks out energy. As the creature absorbs energy, the black hole grows in size and destroys a large part of St. Louis. Before the creature can be hit with a nuclear bomb, it is lured back to the black hole and the black hole collapses on itself.
End Game
End Game (2006)
, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., James Woods, Angie Harmon, Anne Archer, Burt Reynolds, Patrick Fabian
Roles Shakey Fuller
Rating51% 2.552792.552792.552792.552792.55279
The president is on his way to give a speech. While he is traveling there a man shows up with a camera. A reporter tries to ask a member of the secret service a question. When the president enters he is shot by the man with the camera. The president's main bodyguard, Alex Thomas (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), is grazed by the bullet that hits the president. The shooter is gunned down by Alex and other secret service agents. The president dies at the hospital.
Unknown (2006)
, 1h25
Directed by Simon Brand
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Jim Caviezel, Greg Kinnear, Bridget Moynahan, Joe Pantoliano, Barry Pepper, Jeremy Sisto
Roles Police Captain Parker
Rating64% 3.249113.249113.249113.249113.24911
In an abandoned warehouse, a handful of men slowly regain consciousness, but they have amnesia and have no idea who they are, where they are, or what has happened to them. All five seem to have been in some sort of serious scuffle; one is tied up on a chair (Joe Pantoliano), another has been handcuffed and shot (Jeremy Sisto), a third has a broken nose (Greg Kinnear), and the other two have their share of scrapes and bruises (Jim Caviezel and Barry Pepper). Everyone is asleep at the start. Caviezel's character wakes up first. He checks to make sure everyone is alive and then decides to walk around and try to find out what is going on. He discovers that all the windows have bars over them and the only door has a mechanized lock. He finds a ringing phone and picks it up. The caller asks what is going on and Caviezel tells the caller that everyone is fine. The Caller tells him he will be back in a few hours. Meanwhile, somewhere else a money drop off is going down. Mr. Coles has been kidnapped.
Larva (2005)
, 1h36
Directed by Tim Cox
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Vincent Ventresca, Rachel Hunter, William Forsythe, David Selby, Robert Miano
Roles Fletcher Odermatt
Rating42% 2.115742.115742.115742.115742.11574
The film taking place in Host, Missouri about a species of fluke-like parasites that have been mutated after ingesting enhanced cow feed. They infect animals (including humans) from the inside and grow at an enormous rate, bursting out of their hosts when they became adults. They go on a rampage, eating anything in their way until they were all killed in a massive explosion.
The Affair
The Affair (2004)

Directed by Carl Colpaert
Origin USA
Actors Maree Cheatham, David Selby, Ronnie Gene Blevins
Rating58% 2.9265552.9265552.9265552.9265552.926555
Jean (Kelsey Oldershaw) is a bored housewife living in a designer house with her architect husband Paul (Horacio Le Don), a man of success who is so self-centered and controlling that he forgets his relationship obligations to his wife. Jean has residual scars from a traumatic childhood experience and her needs go beyond the wifely role, searching for some degree of excitement, passion and fulfillment not available in her marriage. At a local dance club she meets Viggo (Andy Mackenzie), a bohemian passionate, live for the moment guy who sweeps Jean off her feet in an affair that produces disaster in her marriage. The story concentrates on the intricacies of this love triangle, offering alternative ways to approach love, needs, and responsibilities.
Surviving Christmas, 1h31
Directed by Mike Mitchell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Christmas films
Actors Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Bill Macy, Christina Applegate, Sy Richardson, Catherine O'Hara
Roles Horace Vanglider
Rating54% 2.7017052.7017052.7017052.7017052.701705
Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) is a wealthy advertising executive. Just before Christmas, he surprises his girlfriend Missy (Jennifer Morrison) with first class tickets to Fiji. She is horrified that he would want to spend Christmas away from his family. Citing the fact that Drew has never even introduced her to his family, she concludes that he will never get serious about their relationship and dumps him. Drew has his assistant send her a Cartier bracelet to apologize. Desperate not to spend Christmas alone, Drew calls all of his contacts to find a place to stay on Christmas, but he is not close enough to anyone to be invited.
White Squall, 2h9
Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about education, Seafaring films, Météorologie, Transport films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Jeff Bridges, John Savage, Ryan Phillippe, Scott Wolf, Balthazar Getty, Jeremy Sisto
Roles Francis Beaumont
Rating65% 3.2985353.2985353.2985353.2985353.298535
The film is based on the fate of the brigantine Albatross, which sank May 2, 1961, allegedly because of a white squall. The film relates the ill-fated school sailing trip led by Dr. Christopher B. Sheldon (Jeff Bridges), whom the boys call "Skipper". He is tough and teaches them discipline. He forms a close connection with all-American Chuck Gieg (Scott Wolf), troubled rich kid Frank Beaumont (Jeremy Sisto), shy Gil Martin (Ryan Phillippe) and bad-boy Dean Preston (Eric Michael Cole). When a white squall threatens their ship, the boys try to use what Skipper has taught them to survive the horrific ordeal.