David Vickers

David Vickers
Pictured above Tuc Watkins, in a still from the opening sequence of One Life to Live.
First appearance	1994
Portrayed by	Tuc Watkins
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Relatives	Spencer Truman (brother)

David Vickers is a fictional character from the daytime soap opera One Life To Live. He was played by Tuc Watkins from 1994-1996, 10/2001, 01/2002 & 08/2003-11/2006. He came back for a scheduled for a brief return starting March 6th 2007. He than returned near the end of May 2007 and still remains on the show.

Fictional character history

David's early days in Llanview, 1994-1996

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.

Mexico and Morocco, 2001

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.

David returns to Llanview in 2003

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.

Spencer Truman and the murder of Thomas McBain

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 thought he 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 Spencer's 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 David supposedly 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, supposedly hitting Thomas McBain. The secret went even further though -- Paige was the doctor in the operating room that night, and Thomas McBain supposedly died on the table because she had been drinking.

However, it was later revealed that Spencer was the one who shot Thomas McBain and then murdered him in the hospital after the operation. Also, the gun David used when he shot at Thomas McBain was filled with blanks. So both David and Paige were innocent after all.

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 alleged crimes, but also determined to make sure that an innocent man (Todd Manning) didn't die for a crime he didn't commit (the murder of Margaret Cochran). The entirety of Llanview soon knew about David's alleged 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, David later learned that Spencer was the one who murdered Thomas McBain.

Family and relationships

Parents

• Asa Buchanan (biological father; not yet confirmed)
• Emma Bradley (mother, deceased)
• Ned Truman (legal father/step-father, deceased)

Siblings

• Clint Buchanan (paternal half-brother; not yet confirmed)
• Bo Buchanan (paternal half-brother; not yet confirmed)
• Ben Davidson (paternal half-brother, deceased; not yet confirmed)
• Spencer Truman (maternal half-brother, deceased)

Marital status

• Single

Marriages

• Tina Clayton Lord (divorced)
• Dorian Cramer Lord (divorced)

Other relatives

• Pike Buchanan (paternal uncle, deceased)
• Jeannie Buchanan (paternal aunt, deceased)
• Cordero "Cord" Roberts (nephew)
• Kevin Buchanan Sr. (nephew, via adoption)
• Joseph "Joey" Buchanan (nephew, via adoption)
• Jessica Buchanan (niece, via adoption)
• Natalie Buchanan (niece)
• Drew Buchanan (nephew, deceased)
• Matthew Buchanan (nephew)
• Hugh Hughes (nephew, deceased)
• Austin Buchanan (paternal cousin, deceased)
• Rafe Garretson (paternal cousin)
• Sammi Garretson (paternal first cousin, once removed)
• Demerest "Duke" Buchanan (great-nephew, via adoption, deceased)
• Kevin Buchanan Jr. (great-nephew, via adoption, deceased)
• Megan Buchanan (great-niece, via adoption, deceased)
• Brennan "Bree" Buchanan (great-niece, via adoption)
• Zane Buchanan (great-great-nephew)

Flings and romantic relationships

• Kelly Cramer (affair/one night stand)