Parents: Mel Silver and Sheila Silver
Siblings: Step-sister Kelly Taylor and half-sister Erin Silver
Status: Married to Donna Martin
Residence: The Bungalow
Job: DJ at the After Dark and columnist for The Beat on the Street
David Through the Seasons
Season One: The Beginning of Everything
David is a freshmen geek at West Beverly High eager to be friends with the "beautiful people". He misses an opportunity when he drives Steve Sanders home from a party and wrecks his Corvette. David develops a huge crush on Kelly Taylor. David becomes the West Beverly High DJ. David invites the gang to spend the weekend in Palm Springs...with his Grandparents! David wins the dance contest at the Spring Dance and gets to dance with the Spring Princess, Kelly Taylor.
Season Two: Junior Year
David takes an acting class with the girls over the summer. David's father starts dating Kelly's mother, making everyone feel awkward. David and Donna start dating, sharing their first kiss at the Winter Dance. At a birthday party David's friend Scott accidentally shoots himself in front of David. David struggles to deal with the guilt and pain. David buys Donna a $190 bottle of perfume for her birthday. David finds out that Donna plans to remain a virgin. David's father impregnates and marries Kelly's mother, making them step-brother and sister.
Season Three: Senior Year
David attends summer school hoping to graduate early with his friends. David and Donna's relationship is tested when Donna goes to Paris for the summer. David meets Nikki Witt and they kiss. David works on his music and agrees to let Steve be his manager. Steve eventually gets him a record deal. David accidentally walks in on Kelly getting out of the shower. David's father and Kelly's mother decide to divorce, upsetting David. David wins "most talented" in the Senior Poll and attends prom with Donna. David graduates.
Season Four: CU Freshman Year
David, along with Kelly and Donna rent a beach apartment and start their fresman year at California University. David and Donna audition for the campus radio station and get the job...the night shift! The hours get to be too much for David and leads him to start taking caffeine pills. David breaks up with Donna when she wants to remain a virgin. David starts taking crystal meth when his radio show and studying starts to be too much for him. After seeing a psychiatrist, David decides to get back with Donna but continues to do drugs. With Dylan's help, David quits using and turns back to his music. He meets Ariel Hunter and ends up cheating on Donna with her at the CU Marti Gras Spring Carnival.
Season Five: CU Somphmore Year
David moves into the dorm and tries to steer clear of Donna. Him and Clare become closer and start dating. David handcuffs himself to Clare's bed and is left there after they are interrupted by her father. David and Clare get involved with the Peach Pit After Dark when Steve gets probation. David and Clare break up when she becomes jealous of him kissing Donna. David goes to Portland and discovers that his mother is homeless and is schizophrenic. David and Clare reunite.
Season Six: CU Junior Year
David and Clare broke up over the summer and David moves into a penthouse. David's mother attempts suicide and David helps her. Him and Valerie help each other through some rough situations. David falls in love with Valerie but Valis tempted by Kelly's boyfriend Colin. David and Valerie break up after Val asks him to make love to her "friend". David and Donna start making music videos together and they grow closer.
Season Seven: CU Senior Year
David meets Mark, the new CU program director. The two become freinds and David moves into Mark's' house. David doesn't register for classes until his father threatens to stop supporting him. David's grandfather dies and David inherits money and a 1961 Thunderbird. He buys half the Afer Dark from Val. A trip to Las Vegas proves to be dangerous as David is drugged and mugged. David is diangnosed with manic depression. Donna and David stuggle through some rough times but end up together. After graduating from college, David and Donna make love.
Season Eight: Life After College One
David moves into the Beach Apartment. David struggles with running the After Dark. He gets deeper and deeper into debt. He is angered when Donna and Noah grow close. David gets kicked out of the Beach Apartment when he steals money from Donna. He realizes that he still has feelings for Valerie but also for Donna. Valerie buys David a keyboard enabling him to play again. He sells a song to the band he is playing with. Valerie doesn't like the time that David is spending with Donna. David gets robbed at an ATM. He buys a gun for protection and accidentally shoots someone.
Season Nine: Life After College Two
David gets a job with KVIB broadcasting from the After Dark. He sleeps with Steve's girl Sophie. Steve ends up catching them in the act. Sophie leaves town and David meets up with seventeen year old Denise. He is later arrested for statuatory rape. David tries to get back with Donna who is in love with Noah. He uses his radio show to try to find the perfect woman. He meets Claudia and agrees to marry her so she can remain in the country. They change their mind at the last minute. DAvid becomes interested in Gina. They grow close but he catches her and Dylan making love.
Season 10: Life After College Three
David and Gina remain friend with David wanting more however Gina wants to be with Dylan. David uses his radio show to express his negative views on relationships. David dates Camille and consides leaving Beverly Hills for a job. He turns the job down when he realizes that he still loves Donna. They reunite and David propsed. They wed.
Season One: A New Era
David and Donna settle into married life. David continues working at the After Dark and begins working with Steve at The Beat on the Street. He helps Donna through some rough times when her mother starts to date.
Season Two: Life Back With The Walshes One
David learns more and more about the journalism world as he works with Steve and Brandon at the paper. However, music continues to be his first love. David suspects that something happened while Donna was away but he quickly puts it out of his mind. He is the perfect husband...loving and suppportive.
Season Three: Life Back With The Walshes Two
David finds out Donna cheated on him and he moves out. He moves in with Brandon and starts to date Jennifer Mancini. Finally, after some rough times, he and Donna reunite.