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David Banning (né Martin; formerly Blake) is a fictional character from from Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network.

1968–1973
David Martin, Jr. is born in January 1968 to Julie Olson (Catherine Ferrar) and he is immediately put up for adoption. He is adopted by Scott Blake (William Bassett) and his wife Mary (Joyce Easton). Mary initially promises Julie that the child would be called David Blake. However, after the adoption, the Blakes take the name Banning, with Mary being called Janet, and David being called Bradley (Chad Barstad). Susan Martin (Denise Alexander) befriends the Bannings and often helps care for the terminally ill Janet and baby Brad. As Susan comforts Scott after Janet's death in early 1969, Julie (Susan Seaforth Hayes) discovers that Brad is the child she gave up and seduces Scott away from Susan. Though Julie and Scott marry in 1970, by 1971, she's fallen in love with Doug Williams (Bill Hayes) and plans to leave Scott but wants to make sure she can retain custody of David (Jeffrey Williams). Julie is set to divorce Scott in 1972 as she plans to elope with Doug and honeymoon in Portofino and wants to bring David along. However, Doug is not interested in parenthood and he spontaneously marries Julie's mother Addile Olson (Patricia Barry). After Scott's death in early 1973, Julie sends David off to military school.

1975–1983
The 18 year old David (Richard Guthrie) returns in the summer of 1975 with his new girlfriend Brooke Hamilton (Adrienne La Russa). Brooke is jealous of David's growing closeness with his mother Julie and to drive a wedge between them, Brooke spread rumors about Julie being unfaithful to his stepfather Bob Anderson (Mark Tapscott) and potentially being pregnant with Doug's child. David and Julie get into a fight, he runs off and gets into a car accident in which he is presumed dead. David is rescued by Danny Grant (Michael Dwight Smith) and his sister Valerie Grant (Tina Andrews) nurses him back to health. Going by the name David Smith, David accepts the invitation to stay and sets out to find a job. David reads news about his memorial in the newspaper and starts drinking. Family patriarch Paul (Lawrence Cook) sees something is troubling David and David finally reveals that he is hiding from his family but he wants nothing to do with them. After hearing that Brooke has come looking for him, David is upset to learn that Paul has told the Hortons that he is alive. Val warns David that Brooke is trouble. David rejects Brooke when they finally do meet again and he plans to stay away until he learns from his great-grandmother Alice Horton (Frances Reid) that Julie has suffered a miscarriage.

David and Julie share a bitter sweet reunion when he visits her at the hospital but it is obvious Julie is in denial about her baby. David agrees to move with Alice and his great-grandfather Tom Horton (MacDonald Carey) to stay close.

Development
https://vintagesoaparchives.tumblr.com/post/171449304038/tv-mirror-august-1976-days-of-our-lives

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1977/05/31/its-kaput-for-tv-soapdoms-only-interracial-couple/fa351e52-e368-4d9d-bf3c-83a3156a6db6/

https://www.welovesoaps.net/2014/08/today-in-soap-opera-history-august-19.html

https://big-gay-horror-fan.com/2013/02/14/gregg-marx-from-the-stranglers-favorite-son-to-cole-porter/