David Ackroyd
Birthday
1940/05/30 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Veteran stage and TV actor David Ackroyd was born on May 30, 1940 in Orange, New Jersey, the son of Arthur, an insurance adjuster, and Charlotte (nee Henderson) Ackroyd. He studied at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania where he received his BA in 1962 as a ROTC student. Following his graduation he appeared in community theater productions while serving in Arizona with the military. He then focused on the arts as a career after enrolling at the Yale Drama School where he earned his Masters of Fine Arts in 1968.
Acting
(1990) Dark Angel
as Inspector Switzer
(1984) The Sound of Murder
as Peter Marriott
(1990) Wrestling with God
as Robert Owen
(1993) Love, Cheat & Steal
as Tom Kerry
(1980) The Mountain Men
as Medicine Wolf
(1983) Deadly Lessons
as John Ferrar
(1991) Stop at Nothing
as Agent Conroy
(1987) The Nativity
as Angel of the Lord (voice)
(1978) And I Alone Survived
as Jay Fuller
(1986) The Children of Times Square
as Peter Roberts
(1981) A Gun in the House
as Joe Cates
(1998) History's Mysteries: The Enduring Mysteries of Stonehenge
as Narrator
(1992) The Fear Inside
as Brandon Cole
(1997) No Strings Attached
as Dr. Singer
(1971) Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
as ---
(1992) Breaking the Silence
as Dr. Irving Berringer
(1977) Exo-Man
as Dr. Nicholas Conrad
(1988) Memories of Me
as 1st Assistant Director
(1979) Mind Over Murder
as Ben Kushing
(1985) Picking Up the Pieces
as Dr. Eric Harding
(1994) Against the Wall
as William Kuntsler
(1986) A Smoky Mountain Christmas
as Video Director
(2013) The Best Bar in America
as Northway
(1983) When Your Lover Leaves
as Joe Masterson
(1994) Dead On
as Dexter Davenport
(2000) Amityville: The Haunting
as Narrator (Voice)
(2000) Amityville: Horror or Hoax
as Narrator (Voice)
(1996) Raven
as Bill Gilley
(1998) In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials
as Narrator
(1997) In Search of History - The Knights Templar
as Himself - Narrator
(2000) Circus Freaks and Sideshows
as Narrator
(1969) Story Theatre
as Ensemble Member
(1991) Hell Hath No Fury
as Stanley
(1983) Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
as Bruce Neumann
(1978) Tom and Joann
as Gabe
(1984) The Sky's No Limit
as Col. Charlie King
(1986) Stark: Mirror Image
as Kenneth Clayton
(1999) Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme
as Narrator
(1982) St. Elsewhere
as ---
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Prosecutor Tom Casselli
(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---
(1996) The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Ezekiel Rage (voice)
(1983) The A-Team
as Major Laskov
(1979) The Facts of Life
as ---
(1981) Dynasty
as ---
(1993) Walker, Texas Ranger
as Jess Morell
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1985) MacGyver
as Lucien Trumbo
(1998) History's Mysteries
as ---
(1979) Knots Landing
as Bill Medford
(2007) The Universe
as ---
(1983) AfterMASH
as Dr. Boyer
(1973) Kojak
as Vincent Hackley
(1982) Cagney & Lacey
as Brian Cagney
(1978) Dallas
as Gary Ewing
(1995) Xena: Warrior Princess
as Anteus
(1964) Another World
as ---
(1984) Cover Up
as ---
(1984) Hunter
as Gus Trancus
(1986) Wildfire
as ---
(1983) Whiz Kids
as ---
(1989) A Peaceable Kingdom
as ---
(1978) The Word
as Tom Carey
(1992) The Round Table
as ---
(1978) The Paper Chase
as ---
(1980) The Yeagers
as ---
(1986) Blacke's Magic
as ---
(1989) Studio 5-B
as ---
(1978) The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
as Nick Constantine
(1989) Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
as Graham Mattison
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Nate Parsons
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Bert Lown
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as Commander Matthew Rogers
(1983) Hardcastle and McCormick
as Eddie Dawson
(1982) Teachers Only
as ---
(1979) Women in White
as Dr. Mike Rayburn
(1987) Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
as Jones
(1977) Lou Grant
as Mike Kessler
(1971) Great Performances
as Reginald Broderick