David Ackroyd
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.
As actor 83
Dallas
1978
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The A-Team
1983
Dynasty
1981
MacGyver
1985
Xena: Warrior Princess
1995
The Facts of Life
1979
Knots Landing
1979
Great Performances
1971
Hunter
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
Hotel
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
St. Elsewhere
1982
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Lou Grant
1977
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Kojak
1973
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Universe
2007
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
The Paper Chase
1978
Cover Up
1984
In Search of History
1996
AfterMASH
1983
Dark Angel
1990
History's Mysteries
1998
Blacke's Magic
1986
Teachers Only
1982
Wildfire
1986
Whiz Kids
1983
Another World
1964
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
Raven
1996
Exo-Man
1977
The Word
1978
The Mountain Men
1980
Against the Wall
1994
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978
The Nativity
1986
Women in White
1979
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993
The Round Table
1992
The Yeagers
1980
A Peaceable Kingdom
1989
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
Memories of Me
1988
When Your Lover Leaves
1983
Studio 5-B
1989
The Children of Times Square
1986
The Fear Inside
1992
Deadly Lessons
1983
Amityville: Horror or Hoax
2000
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
1971
A Gun in the House
1981
Hell Hath No Fury
1991
Mind Over Murder
1979
Tom and Joann
1978
Stark: Mirror Image
1986
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
1983
Stop at Nothing
1991
The Sky's No Limit
1984
Dead On
1994
Amityville: The Haunting
2000
History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators
2001
Circus Freaks and Sideshows
2000
The Sound of Murder
1982
And I Alone Survived
1978
No Strings Attached
1997
Story Theatre
1969
History's Mysteries: The Enduring Mysteries of Stonehenge
1998
Breaking the Silence
1992
In Search of History - The Knights Templar
1997
Picking Up the Pieces
1985
In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials
1998
Amityville Confidential
2006
The Best Bar in America
2013
Wrestling with God
1990
Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme
1999