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