ACTOR

David Selby

1941 - Today

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David Lynn Selby (born February 5, 1941) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for playing Quentin Collins on the daytime soap Dark Shadows (1968–71) and Richard Channing on the prime-time soap Falcon Crest (1982–90). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Selby has received more than 947,824 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. David Selby is the 5,120th most popular actor (down from 4,532nd in 2019), the 7,465th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,773rd in 2019) and the 2,306th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Selbies by language

Over the past year David Selby has had the most page views in the with 124,379 views, followed by German (15,550), and Spanish (11,424). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (43.35%), Dutch (29.92%), and Southern Azerbaijani (27.13%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Selby ranks 5,120 out of 13,578. Before him are H. B. Warner, Edie Adams, Alex Kingston, María Corda, Margarita Xhepa, and Saoirse Ronan. After him are Karen Fukuhara, Jaimie Alexander, Lola Falana, Matthew Cowles, Robert Joy, and America Ferrera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, David Selby ranks 453. Before him are João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Peter Takeo Okada, José Antonio Zaldúa, Markus Lüpertz, Göran Therborn, and Jean Vallée. After him are King Tubby, Anandiben Patel, Pat Patterson, Armand Forcherio, Alain Krivine, and Josef Jelínek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Selby ranks 7,465 out of 20,380. Before him are Hassler Whitney (1907), Philip Agee (1935), Dave Bing (1943), Saoirse Ronan (1994), Dennis Johnson (1954), and Lucy Parsons (1853). After him are Karen Fukuhara (1992), Rita Mae Brown (1944), Jaimie Alexander (1984), Kevin Young (1966), Charles Dana Gibson (1867), and Lola Falana (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, David Selby ranks 2,306. Before him are Robert Harron (1893), Dylan Walsh (1963), Gladys George (1904), Wendy O. Williams (1949), Edie Adams (1927), and Saoirse Ronan (1994). After him are Karen Fukuhara (1992), Jaimie Alexander (1984), Lola Falana (1942), Matthew Cowles (1944), America Ferrera (1984), and Amber Valletta (1974).

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Television and Movie Roles

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