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 1,037,109 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. David Selby is the 5,123rd most popular actor (down from 4,532nd in 2019), the 7,466th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,773rd in 2019) and the 2,307th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Selby ranks 5,123 out of 13,578Before 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 454Before 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 7,466 out of 20,380Before 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).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, David Selby ranks 2,307Before 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).