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