David Ackroyd
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.
82 acting credits
Acting · 82
Dallas
1978
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The A-Team
1983
MacGyver
1985
Knots Landing
1979
Dynasty
1981
Xena: Warrior Princess
1995
Great Performances
1971
St. Elsewhere
1982
Hunter
1984
Hotel
1982
The Facts of Life
1979
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Highway to Heaven
1984
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Kojak
1973
Lou Grant
1977
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
Cover Up
1984
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
The Paper Chase
1978
The Universe
2007
Blacke's Magic
1986
Another World
1964
Teachers Only
1982
AfterMASH
1983
The Word
1978
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
History's Mysteries
1998
Dark Angel
1990
Whiz Kids
1983
Wildfire
1986
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978
In Search of History
1996
Women in White
1979
Studio 5-B
1989
The Mountain Men
1980
The Round Table
1992
Against the Wall
1994
When Your Lover Leaves
1983
A Peaceable Kingdom
1989
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993
Raven
1996
The Fear Inside
1992
Deadly Lessons
1983
The Children of Times Square
1986
Mind Over Murder
1979
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
1971
Breaking the Silence
1992
No Strings Attached
1997
Dead On
1994
Stop at Nothing
1991
Exo-Man
1977
And I Alone Survived
1978
The Yeagers
1980
Memories of Me
1988
Stark: Mirror Image
1986
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
1983
Hell Hath No Fury
1991
A Gun in the House
1981
The Nativity
1986
Tom and Joann
1978
The Sound of Murder
1982
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
The Sky's No Limit
1984
Circus Freaks and Sideshows
2000
Story Theatre
1969
Wrestling with God
1990
Amityville: Horror or Hoax
2000
Picking Up the Pieces
1985
History's Mysteries: The Enduring Mysteries of Stonehenge
1998
In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials
1998
History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators
2001
Amityville Confidential
2006
Amityville: The Haunting
2000
Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme
1999
The Best Bar in America
2013
In Search of History - The Knights Templar
1997