Editing David Selby (section)

===Early TV and film roles (1960s and 1970s)===
Selby became active in theatre, which he has always described as his favorite medium, and was among the cast for a national tour of ''[[The Impossible Years]]''.<ref name=RetFan11/> In 1968, Selby joined the cast of the TV series ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' as werewolf [[Quentin Collins]]. He had not heard of ''Dark Shadows'' at the time, and was invited to audition after a talent agent saw him perform in a production of ''[[Summer and Smoke]]''.<ref name=RetFan11/> Selby was taken off-guard when the role turned him into a [[teenybopper]] icon, with fans following him when he left the studio at night and his face emblazoned on the covers of magazines such as ''[[16 (magazine)|16]]'', but has said that he appreciated the fans' devotion and support, and that they were never unpleasant or intrusive.<ref name=RetFan11/> After the series' cancellation in 1971, Selby played Quentin Collins in ''[[Night of Dark Shadows]]'', the second feature film based on the show, released later the same year. He reprised the role from the series for a series of ''Dark Shadows'' [[Dark Shadows (audio drama)|audio dramas]] from [[Big Finish Productions]], beginning in 2004.<ref name=RetFan11/>

In 1972, Selby co-starred with [[Barbra Streisand]] in the movie ''[[Up the Sandbox]]''. He continued to appear in a number of film and television roles during the 1970s, including ''[[U-Turn (1973 film)|U-Turn]]'' (1973), ''[[The Super Cops]]'' (1974) and ''[[Rich Kids (film)|Rich Kids]]'' (1979), and episodes of ''[[The Waltons]]'' (1974), ''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]'' (1975), and ''[[Kojak]]'' (1976). He was part of the cast in the [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]]-winning miniseries ''[[Washington: Behind Closed Doors]]'' (1977).