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David Vickers
One Life to Live character
Portrayed byTuc Watkins
Duration
  • 1994–1996
  • 2001–2013
First appearanceMay 6, 1994 (May 6, 1994)
Last appearanceAugust 2013
ClassificationFinal; regular
Created byMichael Malone and Josh Griffith
Introduced by
Crossover
appearances		All My Children
In-universe information
Other names
  • David Bradley Truman (birth name)
  • David Vickers (common name until 2009)
  • David Vickeroshi
  • David Vickers Buchanan
Occupation
  • Actor (2009–)
  • Reporter for The Banner (2010–11)
  • Con artist (pre-2010)
Family
Hope Manning

David Vickers is a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live, portrayed by Tuc Watkins.

Casting

The character David Vickers was first introduced in 1994 by Tuc Watkins, who played the character until 1996.[2][3] He then briefly reprised the role in October 2001 and January 2002.[4][5] Watkins returned from August 2003 through November 2006, and then for a five-month run starting March 6, 2007.[3] He reappeared again near the end of May 2007 and left on July 26, 2007, only to return temporarily in November 2007.[4]

Watkins returned for another short-term run from May 7 to August 6, 2008,

The Online Network on April 29, 2013.[16][17] Watkins also appeared on All My Children
for several episodes in 2005.

Storylines

In 2007, David spends time in prison for a crime he did not commit. Asa Buchanan agreed to pay him $10 million to murder Spencer Truman. When Truman is murdered by Lindsay Rappaport, David pleads guilty in order to receive the payoff. While David is in prison, Jessica Buchanan is in need of a liver transplant. Dorian visits David and asks him to get tested to see if he is a match. He is not interested in helping Jessica, but takes the test anyway.

David is angry when Detective John McBain fights to get him out of jail because he will not receive payment from Asa. McBain feels certain that David did not commit murder. David is released but has no money and no home. It seems no one in Llanview will let him move in with him. Viki Davidson, however, agrees to let him move into Llanfair when she sees how jealous and angry it makes Dorian. Viki and David pretend to be lovers to further annoy Dorian. In the process, they become good friends.

Jessica's body rejects a transplant from her husband, Antonio Vega. It is revealed that David is a match. David does not want to donate part of his liver but is willing to do it for a fee. He tells Clint Buchanan that he will agree to the surgery for $10 million. Clint takes the deal and states that he will not tell Viki about the bribe.

Viki is grateful to David for saving her daughter. She brings David a new computer as a thank-you gift while visiting him in the hospital. When she finds out that he was paid for the deed, she is angry and storms out of the room. David is sad to lose his best friend and soon signs the money back over to Clint. Viki forgives him.

In November 2007, David is stalked at Dreamland, a pricey rehab facility on an unnamed tropical island, by

Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe, and Matthew Buchanan have all gone for the reading of Asa's will. David is at this point still in the dark about his new family and inheritance. David and Alex run into Dorian
at the airport on their way to Texas. At the ranch—when Dorian misinterprets a kiss between Clint and Nora—she and David wind up having sex (which Clint discovers the next morning). After Alex discovers that Asa left Vickers no money in the will, she dumps David.

On May 7, 2008, David works as a dishwasher in

Addie Cramer for financial safety but reluctantly divorces her in exchange for Dorian saving Viki's life after a car crash. He tries to continue his relationship with Addie as leverage to force Dorian into relinquishing the renamed Cramer Enterprises back to Clint. However, Addie dumps David, as both marriage and divorce were part of an eccentric "to do list" that Addie had created after being released from St. Ann's sanitarium.[6]

David reappears on December 26, 2008,

paternity test determines that David is Bo's son, as Bo had slept with Emma once in 1968 (indirectly caused by Rex Balsom, who represented Bo when he was trapped in the past).[22][23] After talking to Viki about what would truly make him happy, David decides to pursue his dream of an acting career in Los Angeles.[10] Dorian chooses to stay in Llanview to seek her revenge against Clint, and David leaves town on March 2, 2009.[10]

David returned to Llanview in August 2009 after his acting career fails. His teenage half-brother

Charlie Banks
. Meanwhile, Viki offers him a fashion job at The Banner because Charlie and Dorian are working very closely together on another project. Charlie and Viki come up with a plan to help David and Dorian realize they still love each other.

On August 17, 2010, Dorian and David admit their love for one another and have sex. David "proposes" and Dorian accepts. On August 18, Dorian and David and Eli and Blair plan on having a double wedding, but that plan is thwarted by Clint, who kidnaps David and, by letter, makes Dorian believe that David had left her again.

David is eventually rescued from his prison cell and is soon reunited with his father and

Deanna Forbes
. David and Dorian both later learn that Rick put the Vicker Man film on the internet.

In August 2011, David's agent offers him a role in a big blockbuster film project that is going to be filmed in

Stockholm, Sweden; David gladly accepts. David tells Dorian about the role and wants Dorian to move with him to Sweden. Dorian tells David that she cannot go because she got a call to become a senator in Washington, D.C., because the previous senator was involved in a sexting
scandal. David wants to put his acting career on hold to be with Dorian in Washington, D.C. while she is senator. Dorian says that David cannot do that because he would get bored cheat on her. David and Dorian mutually agree to balance their marriage with their own busy careers. David goes to Sweden to film his film for three months and comes back to Washington, D.C., on Election Night to be there to support Dorian to win the senatorial election. David says good-bye to his family and Dorian before he leaves to go do his film in Sweden. He also says good-bye to his best friend, Viki, after seeing her and Dorian trapped in her mayoral office.

David returned to Llanview one last time on January 12, 2012, to visit Bo, Nora, and Matthew. He tells them that his latest Swedish film, The Boy with The Chipmunk Tattoo, bombed at the box office. He convinces Matthew to be there for the birth of his child with Destiny before he goes back to Washington, D.C., to tell Dorian the bad news about his second unsuccessful film.

References

  1. ^ One Life to Live. Season 44. December 14, 2011. American Broadcasting Company.
  2. ISBN 978-0-06-101157-3
    .
  3. ^ a b "SOAP STAR STATS: Tuc Watkins (David, OLTL)". Soap Opera Digest. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
  4. ^
    Soapcentral
    . Retrieved January 9, 2009.
  5. ^
    Soaps.com. Archived from the original
    on July 26, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  6. ^ a b "The Best & Worst of 2008". Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 33. December 16, 2008. p. 84.
  7. ^ a b "Comings and Goings: Tuc Watkins (David Vickers)". Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 33. December 23, 2008. p. 16.
  8. ^ a b "One Life to Live recap (12/26/08) - ABC.com". Archived from the original on 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  9. ^ a b c One Life to Live recap (3/2/09) - Soaps.com
  10. ^ One Life to Live recap (4/7/09) - Soaps.com
  11. ^ One Life to Live recap (4/22/09) - Soaps.com
  12. ^ One Life to Live recap (4/23/09) - Soaps.com
  13. ^ One Life to Live recap (4/27/09) - Soaps.com
  14. ^ One Life to Live recap (8/10/09) - Soaps.com
  15. ^ Hal Boedeker (25 January 2013). "'All My Children,' 'One Live to Live' reborn via Hulu". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  16. ^ Jolie Lash (25 January 2013). "One Life To Live, All My Children – New Episodes On The Way This Spring Via Hulu, iTunes". Access Hollywood. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  17. ^ "Performer of the Week: Tuc Watkins (David, One Life to Live)". Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 34. February 3, 2009. p. 37.
  18. ^ "One Life to Live recap (12/29/08) - ABC.com". Archived from the original on 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  19. ^ One Life to Live recap (1/7/09) - Soaps.com
  20. ^ One Life to Live recap (2/9/09) - Soaps.com
  21. ^ "OLTL: David is Bo's Son!". Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 34, No. 9. March 3, 2009. p. 8.
  22. ^ "One Life to Live recap (2/25/09) - Soaps.com". Archived from the original on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
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