David Vickers is a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live, portrayed by Tuc Watkins.
[4] Watkins returned for another short-term run from May 7 to August 6, 2008,[4][5] and Soap Opera Digest subsequently named David their "Most Entertaining Male Character" of 2008, writing: "Time and time again, David's harebrained schemes and Tuc Watkins's side-splitting performances provide amusement we're always sorry to see end.
Watkins reprised the role continually from late 2010 through the original television finale episode aired on January 12, 2012, and reprised the role when new daily episodes of OLTL debuted on Hulu, iTunes, and FX Canada via The Online Network on April 29, 2013.
When Truman is murdered by Lindsay Rappaport, David pleads guilty in order to receive the payoff.
David is angry when Detective John McBain fights to get him out of jail because he will not receive payment from Asa.
Viki Davidson, however, agrees to let him move into Llanfair when she sees how jealous and angry it makes Dorian.
In November 2007, David is stalked at Dreamland, a pricey rehab facility on an unnamed tropical island, by Alex Olanov.
He tries to continue his relationship with Addie as leverage to force Dorian into relinquishing the renamed Cramer Enterprises back to Clint.
[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.
His teenage half-brother Matthew Buchanan, crippled in an accident, is suing his parents Nora Hanen and Bo for the right to proceed with a dangerous surgery that can cure him.
David bonds with Bo but remains in London, later helping Kelly Cramer in February 2010.
Meanwhile, Viki offers him a fashion job at The Banner because Charlie and Dorian are working very closely together on another project.
David is eventually rescued from his prison cell and is soon reunited with his father and Rex Balsom, who is now his cousin.
He also is cast in a film based on his life and has Dorian's daughter Langston Wilde write the script for it, while her ex-boyfriend, Markko Rivera, is set to direct it, leading to the pair's romantic reconciliation.
Dorian eventually reunites with David at the police station after she was kidnapped by Echo and held hostage at the Minute Man Motel.
David and Dorian both later learn that Rick put the Vicker Man film on the internet.
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.