David Ackroyd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 30, 1940 (age 86)
- Birthplace
- Orange, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Best Bar in America
Movie · as Northway
The Universe
TV · 88 eps
Amityville Confidential
Movie · as Self - Narrator
History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators
Movie · as Narrator
Amityville: Horror or Hoax
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
Amityville: The Haunting
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
Circus Freaks and Sideshows
Movie · as Narrator
Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme
Movie · as Narrator
History's Mysteries: The Enduring Mysteries of Stonehenge
Movie · as Narrator
In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials
Movie · as Narrator
History's Mysteries
TV
No Strings Attached
Movie · as Dr. Singer
Raven
Movie · as Bill Gilley
In Search of History - The Knights Templar
Movie · as Himself - Narrator
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
TV · as Ezekiel Rage (voice) · 2 eps
In Search of History
TV · as Narrator · 110 eps
Xena: Warrior Princess
TV · as Anteus · 1 ep
Against the Wall
Movie · as William Kuntsler
Dead On
Movie · as Dexter Davenport
Love, Cheat & Steal
Movie · as Tom Kerry
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Jess Morell · 1 ep
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
TV · as Newscaster (voice) · 1 ep
The Fear Inside
Movie · as Brandon Cole
Breaking the Silence
Movie · as Dr. Irving Berringer
The Round Table
TV · 7 eps
Stop at Nothing
Movie · as Agent Conroy
Hell Hath No Fury
Movie · as Stanley
Dark Angel
Movie · as Inspector Switzer
Wrestling with God
Movie · as Robert Owen
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV · as Owner / Bus Driver (voice) · 1 ep
A Peaceable Kingdom
TV · 12 eps
Studio 5-B
TV · 10 eps
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
TV · as Graham Mattison · 6 eps
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV · as Dr. Marcus · 1 ep
Memories of Me
Movie · as 1st Assistant Director
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
TV · as Jones · 3 eps
The Nativity
Movie · as Angel of the Lord (voice)
The Children of Times Square
Movie · as Peter Roberts
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Movie · as Video Director
Stark: Mirror Image
Movie · as Kenneth Clayton
Wildfire
TV · 13 eps
Blacke's Magic
TV · 1 ep
Picking Up the Pieces
Movie · as Dr. Eric Harding
MacGyver
TV · as Lucien Trumbo · 2 eps
The Sky's No Limit
Movie · as Col. Charlie King
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Prosecutor Tom Casselli, Nate Parsons, Bert Lown · 1 ep
Cover Up
TV · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Gus Trancus · 1 ep
Highway to Heaven
TV · as Commander Matthew Rogers · 2 eps
Deadly Lessons
Movie · as John Ferrar
When Your Lover Leaves
Movie · as Joe Masterson
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
Movie · as Bruce Neumann
The A-Team
TV · as Major Laskov · 1 ep
AfterMASH
TV · as Dr. Boyer · 31 eps
Whiz Kids
TV · 1 ep
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV · as Eddie Dawson · 1 ep
The Sound of Murder
Movie · as Peter Marriott
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Chuck Cochrane · 3 eps
Hotel
TV · 1 ep
Cagney & Lacey
TV · as Brian Cagney · 3 eps
Teachers Only
TV · 1 ep
A Gun in the House
Movie · as Joe Cates
Dynasty
TV · 4 eps
The Mountain Men
Movie · as Medicine Wolf
The Yeagers
TV · 4 eps
Mind Over Murder
Movie · as Ben Kushing
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep
The Facts of Life
TV · 2 eps
Knots Landing
TV · as Bill Medford · 1 ep
Women in White
TV · as Dr. Mike Rayburn · 3 eps
And I Alone Survived
Movie · as Jay Fuller
Tom and Joann
Movie · as Gabe
Dallas
TV · as Gary Ewing · 2 eps
The Word
TV · as Tom Carey · 4 eps
The Paper Chase
TV · 1 ep
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
TV · as Nick Constantine · 2 eps
Exo-Man
Movie · as Dr. Nicholas Conrad
Lou Grant
TV · as Mike Kessler · 1 ep
Kojak
TV · as Vincent Hackley · 1 ep
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Movie
Great Performances
TV · as Reginald Broderick · 1 ep
Story Theatre
Movie · as Ensemble Member
Another World
TV · 1547 eps