David Ackroyd

ActorProducer May 30 (age 85) Orange, New Jersey, USA 1964–2013 (49 year career)

6.1 avg rating

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 Fi…

Known For

Film

The Universe

7.9 2007

Film

Dark Angel

Inspector Switzer

Film

Against the Wall

William Kuntsler

Film

The Mountain Men

Medicine Wolf

Film

Wildfire

6.5 1986

Film

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story

5.9 1971

Film

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

Video Director

Film

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

Nick Constantine

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (40)

The Best Bar in America

2013

as Northway

6.7

Amityville Confidential

2006

as Self - Narrator

History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators

2001

as Narrator

Amityville: Horror or Hoax

2000

as Narrator (Voice)

5.5

Circus Freaks and Sideshows

2000

as Narrator

Amityville: The Haunting

2000

as Narrator (Voice)

5.7

Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme

1999

as Narrator

History's Mysteries: The Enduring Mysteries of Stonehenge

1998

as Narrator

In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials

as Narrator

No Strings Attached

as Dr. Singer

In Search of History - The Knights Templar

1997

as Himself - Narrator

Raven

as Bill Gilley

Against the Wall

as William Kuntsler

Dead On

as Dexter Davenport

Love, Cheat & Steal

as Tom Kerry

The Fear Inside

as Brandon Cole

Breaking the Silence

as Dr. Irving Berringer

Stop at Nothing

as Agent Conroy

Hell Hath No Fury

as Stanley

Dark Angel

as Inspector Switzer

Wrestling with God

as Robert Owen

Memories of Me

1988

as 1st Assistant Director

5.1

The Nativity

1986

as Angel of the Lord (voice)

7.0

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

1986

as Video Director

5.7

The Children of Times Square

1986

as Peter Roberts

6.0

Stark: Mirror Image

1986

as Kenneth Clayton

Picking Up the Pieces

as Dr. Eric Harding

The Sky's No Limit

as Col. Charlie King

When Your Lover Leaves

as Joe Masterson

Deadly Lessons

as John Ferrar

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

1983

as Bruce Neumann

6.6

The Sound of Murder

1982

as Peter Marriott

A Gun in the House

as Joe Cates

The Mountain Men

as Medicine Wolf

Mind Over Murder

as Ben Kushing

Tom and Joann

as Gabe

And I Alone Survived

1978

as Jay Fuller

5.7

Exo-Man

1977

as Dr. Nicholas Conrad

4.3

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story

1971

5.9

Story Theatre

1969

as Ensemble Member

Television (39)

The Universe

2007

7.9

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

1996

as Ezekiel Rage (voice)

7.2

In Search of History

1996

as Narrator

8.0

Xena: Warrior Princess

as Anteus

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Jess Morell

The Round Table

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

as Graham Mattison

Studio 5-B

A Peaceable Kingdom

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

as Jones

Blacke's Magic

Wildfire

MacGyver

as Lucien Trumbo

Murder, She Wrote

as Prosecutor Tom Casselli

7.5

Highway to Heaven

1984

as Commander Matthew Rogers

Hunter

as Gus Trancus

Cover Up

The A-Team

as Major Laskov

Hardcastle and McCormick

as Eddie Dawson

AfterMASH

as Dr. Boyer

Whiz Kids

St. Elsewhere

as Chuck Cochrane

Cagney & Lacey

as Brian Cagney

Hotel

Teachers Only

Dynasty

The Yeagers

Knots Landing

as Bill Medford

Trapper John, M.D.

The Facts of Life

Women in White

as Dr. Mike Rayburn

Dallas

as Gary Ewing

The Paper Chase

The Word

as Tom Carey

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

as Nick Constantine

Lou Grant

as Mike Kessler

Kojak

as Vincent Hackley

Great Performances

as Reginald Broderick

5.8

Another World

1964

5.2

Crew (1)

Television (1)

History's Mysteries

1998

Producer

6.3