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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-05-30 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Orange, New Jersey, USA

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

2013

2007

2000

Amityville: The Haunting as Narrator (Voice)
Amityville: Horror or Hoax as Narrator (Voice)

1999

1998

1997

No Strings Attached as Dr. Singer

1996

Raven as Bill Gilley
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Ezekiel Rage (voice)

1995

1994

Against the Wall as William Kuntsler
Dead On as Dexter Davenport

1993

Love, Cheat & Steal as Tom Kerry
Walker, Texas Ranger as Jess Morell

1992

The Fear Inside as Brandon Cole
Breaking the Silence as Dr. Irving Berringer

1991

Stop at Nothing as Agent Conroy

1990

Dark Angel as Inspector Switzer
Wrestling with God as Robert Owen

1989

1988

Memories of Me as 1st Assistant Director

1987

The Nativity as Angel of the Lord (voice)

1986

A Smoky Mountain Christmas as Video Director
Stark: Mirror Image as Kenneth Clayton

1985

Picking Up the Pieces as Dr. Eric Harding
MacGyver as Lucien Trumbo

1984

The Sound of Murder as Peter Marriott
The Sky's No Limit as Col. Charlie King
Murder, She Wrote as Prosecutor Tom Casselli
Hunter as Gus Trancus
Murder, She Wrote as Nate Parsons
Murder, She Wrote as Bert Lown
Highway to Heaven as Commander Matthew Rogers

1983

Deadly Lessons as John Ferrar
When Your Lover Leaves as Joe Masterson
The A-Team as Major Laskov
AfterMASH as Dr. Boyer
Hardcastle and McCormick as Eddie Dawson

1982

Cagney & Lacey as Brian Cagney
St. Elsewhere as Col. Chuck Cochrane

1981

A Gun in the House as Joe Cates

1980

The Mountain Men as Medicine Wolf

1979

Mind Over Murder as Ben Kushing
Knots Landing as Bill Medford
Women in White as Dr. Mike Rayburn

1978

And I Alone Survived as Jay Fuller
Dallas as Gary Ewing
The Word as Tom Carey

1977

Exo-Man as Dr. Nicholas Conrad
Lou Grant as Mike Kessler

1973

Kojak as Vincent Hackley

1971

Great Performances as Reginald Broderick

1969

Story Theatre as Ensemble Member

1964

Production

1998