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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

81

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-05-30 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Orange, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

David Ackroyd

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.

Known For

Acting

Dark Angel

1990

Dark Angel

as

Inspector Switzer

The Sound of Murder

1984

The Sound of Murder

as

Peter Marriott

Wrestling with God

1990

Wrestling with God

as

Robert Owen

Love, Cheat & Steal

1993

Love, Cheat & Steal

as

Tom Kerry

The Mountain Men

1980

The Mountain Men

as

Medicine Wolf

Deadly Lessons

1983

Deadly Lessons

as

John Ferrar

Stop at Nothing

1991

Stop at Nothing

as

Agent Conroy

The Nativity

1987

The Nativity

as

Angel of the Lord (voice)

And I Alone Survived

1978

And I Alone Survived

as

Jay Fuller

The Children of Times Square

1986

The Children of Times Square

as

Peter Roberts

A Gun in the House

1981

A Gun in the House

as

Joe Cates

The Fear Inside

1992

The Fear Inside

as

Brandon Cole

No Strings Attached

1997

No Strings Attached

as

Dr. Singer

Breaking the Silence

1992

Breaking the Silence

as

Dr. Irving Berringer

Exo-Man

1977

Exo-Man

as

Dr. Nicholas Conrad

Memories of Me

1988

Memories of Me

as

1st Assistant Director

Mind Over Murder

1979

Mind Over Murder

as

Ben Kushing

Picking Up the Pieces

1985

Picking Up the Pieces

as

Dr. Eric Harding

Against the Wall

1994

Against the Wall

as

William Kuntsler

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

1986

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

as

Video Director

When Your Lover Leaves

1983

When Your Lover Leaves

as

Joe Masterson

Dead On

1994

Dead On

as

Dexter Davenport

Amityville: The Haunting

2000

Amityville: The Haunting

as

Narrator (Voice)

Amityville: Horror or Hoax

2000

Amityville: Horror or Hoax

as

Narrator (Voice)

Raven

1996

Raven

as

Bill Gilley

Story Theatre

1969

Story Theatre

as

Ensemble Member

Hell Hath No Fury

1991

Hell Hath No Fury

as

Stanley

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

1983

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

as

Bruce Neumann

Tom and Joann

1978

Tom and Joann

as

Gabe

The Sky's No Limit

1984

The Sky's No Limit

as

Col. Charlie King

Stark: Mirror Image

1986

Stark: Mirror Image

as

Kenneth Clayton

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Prosecutor Tom Casselli

The A-Team

The A-Team

as

Major Laskov

MacGyver

MacGyver

as

Lucien Trumbo

Knots Landing

Knots Landing

as

Bill Medford

AfterMASH

AfterMASH

as

Dr. Boyer

Kojak

Kojak

as

Vincent Hackley

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey

as

Brian Cagney

Dallas

Dallas

as

Gary Ewing

Hunter

Hunter

as

Gus Trancus

The Word

The Word

as

Tom Carey

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Nate Parsons

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

as

Commander Matthew Rogers

Women in White

Women in White

as

Dr. Mike Rayburn

Lou Grant

Lou Grant

as

Mike Kessler

Great Performances

Great Performances

as

Reginald Broderick

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

as

Col. Chuck Cochrane

Production

Crew

Directing