David Vickers
Actor History
Tuc Watkins (1994-1996 [contract]; October 2001 [recurring]; January 2002 [recurring]; August 19th, 2003 to November 21st, 2006 [contract]; May 2007 to July 26th, 2007 [recurring]; November 2007 [recurring]; May 7th, 2008 to August 6th, 2008 [recurring])
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.
During the 2008 "Back to the Future" storyline, David had not yet been born in 1968
Occupation
Former masseuse at rehabilitation clinic
Former editor of Craze
Resides At
Currently unknown
Formerly at Llanfair (1177 Regency Drive, Llanview, Pennsylvania)
Formerly a prison in Morocco
Formerly at La Boulaie, located on Lincoln Street in Llanview, PA
Marital Status
Single
Past Marriages
Tina Clayton Lord (1995)
Dorian Cramer (1995 to 1996; divorced)
Alex Olanov (November 2007; annulled)
Addie Cramer (June 2008 to August 2008; annulled)
Relatives
Asa Buchanan (father; deceased)
Emma Bradley (mother; deceased)
Ned Truman (step-father; deceased)
Clint Buchanan (half-brother)
Bo Buchanan (half-brother)
Spencer Truman (half-brother; deceased)
Pike Buchanan (uncle; deceased)
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 "Bree" 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.
Believed to have shot Thomas McBain, which ultimately led to McBain's death during surgery. [1981]
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 Bahdra diamond
Blackmailed Clint Buchanan for $10 million in exchange for donating his kidney to Jessica
Brief Character History
David Vickers first came to town in 1994 when Dorian was sent to death row for the 20-year-old murder of her husband Victor Lord. He presented Dorian with a forged diary from Victor's mistress Irene Manning, in which she admitted to having killed Victor. She also said she had had a second child with Victor, a son, and Dorian convinced David to pretend to be the long-lost heir in order to validate the diary. David presented the diary and Dorian was freed, but then David met his supposed "sister" Tina Lord Roberts 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. To get her hands on the money, Tina kept his secret two got married in Las Vegas.
Dorian found out that Todd Manning was the real Lord heir and told 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 surprise, 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, ensconcing 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. However, it was later revealed that Spencer was the one who shot Thomas McBain and then murdered him in the hospital after the operation, meaning that both David and Paige were innocent. The gun David had used when he shot at Thomas McBain was filled with blanks. After Spencer's trial, David made a quick exit from Llanview, only having a telephone conversation with Dorian on Christmas.
An unhinged Spencer managed to escape police custody and turned up in Blair's Llanview hospital room. As he staged a wedding ceremony with an unconscious Blair, Spencer was stabbed from behind with a pair of scissors and killed. David soon confessed, and it was revealed that Asa Buchanan had promised David $10 million to kill Spencer. Eventually John McBain ferreted out the truth and released a furious David. With no money and nowhere to go, David ended up on the doorstep of Viki Lord Davidson; always amused by David's charm (and always happy to annoy Dorian), Viki invited David to stay with her at Llanfair.
Viki's daughter Jessica was rushed to the hospital as her body rejected her recent liver transplant. When David was determined to be a match to donate part of his liver, he saw his chance; David made a deal with Jessica's father Clint Buchanan to go through with the transplant in exchange for the $10 million he had been promised by Asa. Anxious to save Jessica, Clint reluctantly agreed to the deal, and to not tell Viki. Finding out about the deal, Dorian also promised not to tell Viki, but let David know that she would someday cash in a big favor from him. Later, Viki did find out from Clint. After Viki ended their friendship, David felt guilty as he had grown to respect and admire her, so he returned the money and asked Viki for her forgiveness. Viki forgave him; David shared a somewhat heartfelt goodbye with Dorian, and made yet another quick escape from Llanview. A few weeks passed before Dorian and Viki each got a postcard from David.
In October 2006, David had discovered that long ago Asa had engaged in an affair with David's mother, Emma Bradley. Asa had denied it. Spencer had claimed to be Asa's son, but a DNA test proved otherwise. On August 17, 2007 during Asa's funeral, his longtime butler Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe told Max Holden that Asa indeed had another son: David. One of Asa's many ex-wives, Alex Olanov, overheard the conversation and began a search for David herself. In November, Alex found David working at a rehabilitation clinic; acting the part of a wealthy widow with a sex addiction, Alex preyed upon old acquaintance David's greed to convince him to marry her, never mentioning his true parentage. They wed that month and Alex brought her new husband to Texas, where Asa's will was being read. Desperate to protect the family and keep the secret that con-man David was a Buchanan, Nigel turned his own inheritance over to Alex in exchange for her silence. Alex annulled her marriage to David, who was still unaware of his paternity, and Nigel reluctantly conspired with Jared Banks to pass off Jared as Asa's son. Dorian, meanwhile, showed up at the Buchanan ranch to be with Clint, whom she was dating. But when Dorian falsely believed that Clint was having an affair with Nora, she slept with David. Clint walked in on Dorian and David and called it quits with her.
Down on his luck and not realizing he was really an heir to the Buchanan fortune, David soon left town, armed only with a $1 lottery ticket given to him by Viki.
On May 7, 2008, David turned up as an employee at the Bon Jour Café in Paris, Texas, working as a dishwasher. The lottery ticket had first brought him luck, making him a TV star with his own show in Hollywood, California. But then he lost the ticket during a party at the Playboy Mansion and his luck vanished as well, as his show was canceled. David had returned to Paris, Texas - where Viki had purchased the ticket - in search of a new source of luck. He found it when Jared and Natalie showed up at the diner and David learned that Jared was a fraud. David followed them back to Llanview and blackmailed them. As they planned to reveal their ruse to the family rather than pay David, Dorian revealed the secret as part of her takeover of Buchanan Enterprises. Jared was arrested, but Natalie secured his freedom by offering Clint his real brother's identity in exchange for dropping the charges against Jared. Clint and Bo reluctantly agreed to her terms on June 18, and were shocked at the news that David was their brother.
Still in the dark as to his parentage, David married Dorian's sister Addie Cramer to secure his financial future. The news enraged Dorian, but Addie refused to listen to reason. In July 2008, Dorian and Viki were in a car accident and Viki died. When David happened upon the accident, he convinced Dorian to save Viki's life in exchange for him divorcing Addie. Dorian reluctantly complied and then quickly had annulment papers drawn up, forcing David to sign them. The annulment couldn't have come at a worse possible time, as Clint Buchanan then offered David $10 million if he could get Dorian to give up control of Buchanan Enterprises if David agreed to divorce Addie. David proposed to Addie again, but Addie turned him down, explaining that she knew David didn't love her. Addie said she wanted to turn to the next item on her list, finding true love.
David, meanwhile, feared he may have accidentally set fire to Carlotta's diner when he burned Clint's check while sitting at a table. He soon started to have weird feelings and noticed that he couldn't see his reflection in the mirror. Little did he know that, back in 1968, his mother Emma Bradley had just called it off with Asa Buchanan, meaning that David might never be born. Bo, who appeared to be Asa in this alternate universe, couldn't bring himself to sleep with Emma, who resembled Rex's lover Gigi Morasco. But Rex, who appeared to everyone in 1968 as Bo, did sleep with her before he and Bo were returned to the present, leading to the possibility that Bo and not Asa was David's father. David, now able to see his reflection in the mirror again, left town in August 2008, narrowly missing at the airport his ex-wife Tina, who was just returning to Llanview.
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