he was the central character of the show (in part due to the health-related absence of Wyman). Selby was nominated for six Soap Opera Digest Awards for his role of Richard, winning one. In all, Selby appeared in 209 episodes of the series. Later career Selby continued in numerous film and TV roles during the 1990s and 2000s, including Dying Young (1991), White Squall (1996) and Surviving Christmas (2004), and episodes of series such as Cold Case (2007) and Mad Men (2009). To mark the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday in 2009, Selby appeared onstage with Barack Obama and portrayed Lincoln in a scene from the play The Heavens Are Hung in Black at the reopening of Ford's Theatre. Selby had also played Abraham Lincoln in a 1998 episode of the series Touched by an Angel, titled "Beautiful Dreamer". Selby made an appearance in the 2012 [[Dark Shadows (film)|film adaptation of Dark Shadows]], one of four cast members from the original series to feature in the movie. The same year, he co-starred in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, a two-part direct-to-video animated film adaptation of the 1986 graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, portraying Commissioner James Gordon. In 2017, Selby had a recurring role in the drama Legion. Writing Selby is also an accomplished writer. His work includes the plays Lincoln and James and Final Assault as well as the poetry collections My Mother's Autumn and Happenstance. Novels he has written include Lincoln's Better Angel and The Blue Door. A Better Place combines memoir and social commentary to discuss Selby's upbringing. In 2010, he published My Shadowed Past, chronicling what it was like to work on Dark Shadows''. Awards In 1998, West Virginia University awarded Selby its first Life Achievement Award from the College of Creative Arts. He received an honorary doctorate in 2004. Filmography Films Television References External links Official David Selby Twitter Page Criseyde's David Selby Site Original Dark Shadows Audio Dramas starring David Selby 1941 births Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Male actors from New York City Male actors from West Virginia American male film actors American male soap opera actors American male stage actors Morgantown High School alumni People from Mount Pleasant, New York Southern Illinois University alumni West Virginia University alumni People from Morgantown, West Virginia