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David Ackroyd

David Ackroyd

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.

Filmography
The Best Bar in America poster
The Best Bar in America
2013 • Northway
Amityville Confidential poster
Amityville Confidential
2006 • Self - Narrator
History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators poster
History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators
2001 • Narrator
Circus Freaks and Sideshows poster
Circus Freaks and Sideshows
2000 • Narrator
Amityville: Horror or Hoax poster
Amityville: Horror or Hoax
2000 • Narrator (Voice)
Amityville: The Haunting poster
Amityville: The Haunting
2000 • Narrator (Voice)
Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme poster
Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme
1999 • Narrator
History's Mysteries: The Enduring Mysteries of Stonehenge poster
History's Mysteries: The Enduring Mysteries of Stonehenge
1998 • Narrator
In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials poster
In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials
1998 • Narrator
No Image
In Search of History - The Knights Templar
1997 • Himself - Narrator
No Strings Attached poster
No Strings Attached
1997 • Dr. Singer
Raven poster
Raven
1996 • Bill Gilley
Dead On poster
Dead On
1994 • Dexter Davenport
Against the Wall poster
Against the Wall
1994 • William Kuntsler
Love, Cheat & Steal poster
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993 • Tom Kerry
The Fear Inside poster
The Fear Inside
1992 • Brandon Cole
Breaking the Silence poster
Breaking the Silence
1992 • Dr. Irving Berringer
Stop at Nothing poster
Stop at Nothing
1991 • Agent Conroy
Hell Hath No Fury poster
Hell Hath No Fury
1991 • Stanley
Dark Angel poster
Dark Angel
1990 • Inspector Switzer
Wrestling with God poster
Wrestling with God
1990 • Robert Owen
Memories of Me poster
Memories of Me
1988 • 1st Assistant Director
A Smoky Mountain Christmas poster
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986 • Video Director
Stark: Mirror Image poster
Stark: Mirror Image
1986 • Kenneth Clayton
The Children of Times Square poster
The Children of Times Square
1986 • Peter Roberts
The Nativity poster
The Nativity
1986 • Angel of the Lord (voice)
Picking Up the Pieces poster
Picking Up the Pieces
1985 • Dr. Eric Harding
The Sky's No Limit poster
The Sky's No Limit
1984 • Col. Charlie King
When Your Lover Leaves poster
When Your Lover Leaves
1983 • Joe Masterson
Deadly Lessons poster
Deadly Lessons
1983 • John Ferrar
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction poster
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
1983 • Bruce Neumann
The Sound of Murder poster
The Sound of Murder
1982 • Peter Marriott
A Gun in the House poster
A Gun in the House
1981 • Joe Cates
The Mountain Men poster
The Mountain Men
1980 • Medicine Wolf
Mind Over Murder poster
Mind Over Murder
1979 • Ben Kushing
And I Alone Survived poster
And I Alone Survived
1978 • Jay Fuller
Tom and Joann poster
Tom and Joann
1978 • Gabe
Exo-Man poster
Exo-Man
1977 • Dr. Nicholas Conrad
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story poster
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
1971
Story Theatre poster
Story Theatre
1969 • Ensemble Member