
David Ackroyd
Acting
Born 1940-05-30 · Orange, New Jersey, USA
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

Another World
1964 · TV

In Search of History
1996 · TV

The Universe
2007 · TV

AfterMASH
1983 · TV

Wildfire
1986 · TV

A Peaceable Kingdom
1989 · TV

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989 · TV

Dynasty
1981 · TV

Dallas
1978 · TV

MacGyver
1985 · TV

St. Elsewhere
1982 · TV

The Word
1978 · TV

Cagney & Lacey
1982 · TV

Women in White
1979 · TV

Highway to Heaven
1984 · TV

The Facts of Life
1979 · TV

Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996 · TV

The A-Team
1983 · TV

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978 · TV

Knots Landing
1979 · TV

Xena: Warrior Princess
1995 · TV

Great Performances
1971 · TV

Hotel
1982 · TV

Hunter
1984 · TV

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · TV

Lou Grant
1977 · TV

Kojak
1973 · TV

Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 · TV

Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · TV

Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · TV

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993 · TV

The Paper Chase
1978 · TV

Cover Up
1984 · TV

Blacke's Magic
1986 · TV

Whiz Kids
1983 · TV

Teachers Only
1982 · TV

History's Mysteries
1998 · TV