David Vickers
Actor History
Tuc Watkins (contract: 1994 to 1996; 19 August 2003 to 21 November 2006) (guest: October 2001; January 2002; March 7-12, 2007)
Other Names
David Bradley Truman (birth name; revealed on 12 September 2005)
David Bradley Vickers (full name; he changed it when he was 18)
Lifeline
David was 16 in 1981.
Occupation
Editor of Craze
Resides At
Somewhere in Llanview
La Boulaie (former)
Marital Status
Single
Past Marriages
Tina Clayton Lord (1995)
Dorian Cramer (1995 to 1996; divorced)
Relatives
Asa Buchanan (father; deceased)
Emma Bradley (mother)
Clint Buchanan (half-brother)
Bo Buchanan (half-brother)
Spencer Truman (half-brother)
Pike Buchanan (uncle)
Jeannie Buchanan (aunt; deceased)
Rafe Garretson (cousin)
Austin Buchanan (cousin; deceased)
Kevin Buchanan (half-nephew; via adoption)
Joey Buchanan (half-nephew; via adoption)
Jessica Buchanan (half-niece; via adoption)
Natalie Buchanan (half-niece)
Cordero Roberts (half-nephew)
Drew Buchanan (half-nephew; deceased)
Matthew Buchanan (half-nephew)
Hugh Hughes (half-nephew; deceased)
Sammi Garretson (first cousin once removed)
Megan Buchanan (half-great-niece; via adoption; deceased)
Duke Buchanan (half-great-nephew; via adoption; deceased)
Kevin Buchanan Jr. (half-great-nephew; via adoption; deceased)
Brennan Buchanan (half-great-niece; via adoption)
C.J. Roberts (half-great-nephew)
Sarah Roberts (half-great-niece)
Zane Buchanan (half-great-great-nephew; via adoption)
Children
None
Flings & Affairs
Kelly Cramer
Crimes Committed
Various cons with his father and brother as a child/teenager.
Shot Thomas McBain, which ultimately led to McBain's death during surgery. [1979]
Blackmailed Todd Manning
Gave away Jack Manning after he was born, when paid to by Todd Manning
Kidnapped Kelly Cramer and held her hostage
Paid to forge Irene Manning's diary
Pretended to be Victor Lord's long lost son
Held Dorian Lord hostage in an attempt to get the Badra diamond
Brief Character History
David first came to town when Dorian was sent to death row. He brought Irene Manning's diary (which was faked) where it was written that Irene was the one who killed Victor and that she had another son with him, which David claimed to be. The problem started when he met his "sister" Tina and they fell in love with each other. After sleeping with Tina at Viki's cabin, David admitted to her that he wasn't her real brother, he was only scamming to get the money Victor left to his long lost son.
Tina cooperated with him and the two got married in Las Vegas.
Dorian found out that Todd Manning was the real Lord heir and went to tell Viki.
After Viki found out the truth, her alter Jean emerged. Jean forced David to
divorce Tina and have nothing to do with her any more, otherwise she'd go to
the police. She also forced him to marry Dorian, who despised him. As
Dorian's husband, he lived with her and her niece, Kelly Cramer, in her mansion.
Kelly started falling in love with David and wanted him to be her first. Dorian
suspected that David would have an affair and just as David and Kelly were in
bed, she got in to the room with a photographer to take picture of him
committing adultery. She was horrified to find Kelly with him there. Dorian
promised David three fourths of her property if he'd leave Kelly alone and
divorce her.
Of course she didn't mean to keep that promise. Dorian schemed with her other niece, Blair, a plan in which Blair would lure David into
sleeping with her, would cover his eyes and tie him to the bed. After that Dorian
switched places with her and slept with her husband while Todd Manning took
pictures of them (without seeing Dorian's face) and published it in his
paper. David as forced to give Dorian a divorce without getting a thing out of
it.
Right after he signed the divorce, Dorian told him all about her scheme and the two made love again for the second time. David thought of a way to get back at Dorian by taking her niece's virginity. He lured Kelly, who wasn't in love with him any more, and when he tried to make a pass on her she hit him on the head with a lamp and carried his body to the woods. She was sure he died, but he wasn't dead at all. He returned, kidnapped Kelly and tied her to a bed in Dorian's yacht. He asked Dorian for ransom and went to take care of it but he didn't notice that as he was leaving a fire started on the yacht. Joey Buchanan came to rescue Kelly and before the police could put their hands on David, he hurried and left town with Ex-mayor Liz McNamara.
In 2001, when Blair Cramer went to Mexico to have her child and Todd followed her, David was at the airport, trying to get on a flight. Todd, thinking the child was Max Holden’s (when it was really his) lied to Blair and told her the little boy had died, and went to the airport, hoping to dump it off on someone. David saw Todd and watched him give the baby to a pair of Spanish nuns. David told the nuns that Todd was his “partner” and got the baby back. He brought the boy to the hacienda where Todd and Blair were staying, and Todd paid him a hefty sum to “get rid of the baby”.
David gave him to some rich Texas couple, and when Todd found out the child was his, forced David to tell him. Todd got the baby back, saying he was “adopted.” David seized the opportunity and blackmailed Todd into giving him money or he would tell Blair everything. Todd tricked David into meeting him at the waterfront and had the Moroccan police arrest him. David was hauled away, but not before he told Todd what he thought of him.
Two years later, David turned up again when he held Dorian hostage in an effort to get the Badhra diamond. However, it didn't take long for Dorian to talk David into pooling their resources and they plotted together to "steal" the necklace to get the insurance money. As the con progressed, David fell in love with Dorian and the feeling appeared mutual. When Dorian refused to marry him until he had a job, David secured a job. However, to his suprise, Dorian backed out of marrying him. David stood by her side, though, when she revealed the truth about Adriana, the daughter she had given up to save her from Manuel Santi.
After Dorian continued to put the brakes on their marriage, though, David finally had enough. Tired of watching Dorian obsess over her family, David decided it was time to end it, and moved out, esconcing himself at Kelly's place. Dorian and David made their way back together, though, and planned to finally marry. Around the same time, Spencer Truman showed up in Llanview. David eventually revealed to Dorian that Spencer was his older brother and that he had changed his name years earlier to get as far away from the Trumans as he could. What he didn't tell Dorian was that Spencer was blackmailing him with a secret from his past -- David had killed a man. Spencer blackmailed David into jilting Dorian at the altar, and although David tried to explain later to Dorian why he did what he did, she couldn't forgive him.
David knew the only way to get Spencer to leave him alone (and to continue to protect his secret) was to get something equally damaging on Spencer. Convinced that Spencer knew more than he was saying about Margaret Cochran, David pumped his ex-wife Paige for information, and finally put two and two together and realized that Spencer was connected to Margaret's death. But all he had to go on was supposition, while Spencer finally clued David in on the truth -- the man he killed was Thomas McBain, father of John and Michael. David had been a scared sixteen-year-old when he had been doing a favor for Spencer and had shot blindly, hitting Thomas McBain. The secret went even further though -- Paige was the doctor in the operating room that night, and Thomas McBain died on the table because she had been drinking.
Not knowing that John McBain was learning the truth about his involvement back in Llanview, David headed to Thailand looking for clues on Margaret's disappearance, and was shocked to find Margaret alive and well, but with no memory of her baby or her life in Llanview. Before he could get her back to Llanview, John and Natalie showed up looking for him. John saved David from being killed by Denton, a man Truman had hired to follow him, and the four returned to the States -- John was determined to see David pay for his crimes, but also determined to make sure that an innocent man didn't die for a crime he didn't commit. The entirety of Llanview soon knew about David's crime, and he was arrested, but Spencer soon bailed him out of jail. David was all set to flee town when he had a change of heart and pled guilty to Thomas McBain's murder.
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