David Ackroyd
Acting • Born 1940-05-30
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.
Filmography
82 credits
Dark Angel
Movie • 1990
Inspector Switzer
The Sound of Murder
Movie • 1982
Peter Marriott
Wrestling with God
Movie • 1990
Robert Owen
Love, Cheat & Steal
Movie • 1993
Tom Kerry
The Mountain Men
Movie • 1980
Medicine Wolf
Deadly Lessons
Movie • 1983
John Ferrar
Stop at Nothing
Movie • 1991
Agent Conroy
The Nativity
Movie • 1986
Angel of the Lord (voice)
And I Alone Survived
Movie • 1978
Jay Fuller
The Children of Times Square
Movie • 1986
Peter Roberts
A Gun in the House
Movie • 1981
Joe Cates
History's Mysteries: The Enduring Mysteries of Stonehenge
Movie • 1998
Narrator
The Fear Inside
Movie • 1992
Brandon Cole
No Strings Attached
Movie • 1997
Dr. Singer
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Movie • 1971
Breaking the Silence
Movie • 1992
Dr. Irving Berringer
Exo-Man
Movie • 1977
Dr. Nicholas Conrad
Memories of Me
Movie • 1988
1st Assistant Director
Mind Over Murder
Movie • 1979
Ben Kushing
Picking Up the Pieces
Movie • 1985
Dr. Eric Harding
Against the Wall
Movie • 1994
William Kuntsler
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Movie • 1986
Video Director
The Best Bar in America
Movie • 2013
Northway
When Your Lover Leaves
Movie • 1983
Joe Masterson
Dead On
Movie • 1994
Dexter Davenport
Amityville: The Haunting
Movie • 2000
Narrator (Voice)
Amityville: Horror or Hoax
Movie • 2000
Narrator (Voice)
Raven
Movie • 1996
Bill Gilley
In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials
Movie • 1998
Narrator
In Search of History - The Knights Templar
Movie • 1997
Himself - Narrator
Circus Freaks and Sideshows
Movie • 2000
Narrator
Story Theatre
Movie • 1969
Ensemble Member
Hell Hath No Fury
Movie • 1991
Stanley
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
Movie • 1983
Bruce Neumann
Tom and Joann
Movie • 1978
Gabe
The Sky's No Limit
Movie • 1984
Col. Charlie King
Stark: Mirror Image
Movie • 1986
Kenneth Clayton
Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme
Movie • 1999
Narrator
History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators
Movie • 2001
Narrator
Amityville Confidential
Movie • 2006
Self - Narrator
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Chuck Cochrane
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Prosecutor Tom Casselli
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
TV • 1996
Ezekiel Rage (voice)
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Major Laskov
The Facts of Life
TV • 1979
Dynasty
TV • 1981
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Jess Morell
Hotel
TV • 1982
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Lucien Trumbo
History's Mysteries
TV • 1998
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Bill Medford
The Universe
TV • 2007
AfterMASH
TV • 1983
Dr. Boyer
Kojak
TV • 1973
Vincent Hackley
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Brian Cagney
Dallas
TV • 1978
Gary Ewing
Xena: Warrior Princess
TV • 1995
Anteus
Another World
TV • 1964
Cover Up
TV • 1984
Hunter
TV • 1984
Gus Trancus
Wildfire
TV • 1986
Whiz Kids
TV • 1983
A Peaceable Kingdom
TV • 1989
The Word
TV • 1978
Tom Carey
The Round Table
TV • 1992
The Paper Chase
TV • 1978
The Yeagers
TV • 1980
Blacke's Magic
TV • 1986
Studio 5-B
TV • 1989
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
TV • 1978
Nick Constantine
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
TV • 1989
Graham Mattison
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Nate Parsons
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Bert Lown
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Commander Matthew Rogers
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV • 1983
Eddie Dawson
Teachers Only
TV • 1982
Women in White
TV • 1979
Dr. Mike Rayburn
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
TV • 1987
Jones
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Mike Kessler
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Reginald Broderick
In Search of History
TV • 1996
Narrator