David Ackroyd

Born: 1940-05-30

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.


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Dark Angel

as Inspector Switzer
Released: 1990-01-26

Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to...

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A Smoky Mountain Christmas

as Video Director
Released: 1986-12-14

A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive...

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Against the Wall

as William Kuntsler
Released: 1994-03-26

In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over...

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Love, Cheat & Steal

as Tom Kerry
Released: 1993-12-05

Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind...

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The Mountain Men

as Medicine Wolf
Released: 1980-06-01

The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying...

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The Children of Times Square

as Peter Roberts
Released: 1986-03-03

An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in...

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Memories of Me

as 1st Assistant Director
Released: 1988-09-28

After a heart attack, Abbie Polin (Crystal), a New York doctor, goes to Los Angeles to see his...

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Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

as Bruce Neumann
Released: 1983-02-27

A 47 year old real estate salesman gets trapped in the insidious web of cocaine addiction.

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Mind Over Murder

as Ben Kushing
Released: 1979-10-23

A young woman with precognition realizes she is being stalked by a killer -- a mass murderer she...

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Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story

as uncredited
Released: 1971-12-31

Dr. Harvey Wallinger is one of Nixon's aides who rises through the ranks to become the "real"...

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And I Alone Survived

as Jay Fuller
Released: 1978-11-27

Based on a true story, this tells the story of a young woman who is the only survivor of a plane...

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Exo-Man

as Dr. Nicholas Conrad
Released: 1977-06-18

A professor, who has been paralyzed in an attack by mob hitmen, builds a suit that enables him...

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Raven

as Bill Gilley
Released: 1996-12-11

Martin Grant has been hiding for years to escape his past as a ruthless mercenary in the elite...

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Deadly Lessons

as John Ferrar
Released: 1983-03-07

A psycho is stalking the students at an exclusive girls' school.

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The Fear Inside

as Brandon Cole
Released: 1992-08-09

An agoraphobic children's book illustrator is trapped inside her home by two young...

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Dead On

as Dexter Davenport
Released: 1994-10-01

In an erotic update of "Strangers on a Train", airline pilot Ted Beaumont and his lover, Erin...

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The Nativity

as Angel of the Lord (voice)
Released: 1987-01-01

The Nativity is seen through the eyes of three young visitors from the 20th century who are...

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Stop at Nothing

as Agent Conroy
Released: 1991-12-03

An ex-prosecutor takes a bodyguard job protecting a girl from a mother who has lost custody. The...

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Hell Hath No Fury

as Stanley
Released: 1991-03-04

A woman is simultaneously framed for the murder of her husband and terrorized by the deranged...

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A Gun in the House

as Joe Cates
Released: 1981-02-11

A woman who uses a handgun to defend herself and shoots a man who is assaulting her in her home...

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No Strings Attached

as Dr. Singer
Released: 1997-08-27

A renowned journalist becomes a suspect in a series of murders after he becomes intimately...

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Breaking the Silence

as Dr. Irving Berringer
Released: 1992-01-14

Drama about an attorney who defends a teenage boy accused of murdering his abusive father and...

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History's Mysteries: The Enduring Mysteries of Stonehenge

as Narrator
Released: 1998-06-01

For 5,000 years the sacred site of Stonehenge has stood on the plain of Salisbury, a silent...

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The Sky's No Limit

as Col. Charlie King
Released: 1984-02-07

Story of the lives, loves and personal problems of three women astronaut candidates planning to...

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In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials

as Narrator
Released: 1998-01-01

In the late 1600s, more than 150 men and women were accused of being witches. After the infamous...

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Story Theatre

as Ensemble Member
Released: 1969-11-28

Brothers Grimm tales like "The Golden Goose," "The Bremen Town Musicians" and "The Blue Light"...

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The Best Bar in America

as Northway
Released: 2013-02-21

A whiskey-fueled writing assignment takes one man on an epic motorcycle road trip through the...

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Circus Freaks and Sideshows

as Narrator
Released: 2000-12-04

A trip through the bizarre world of midgets, giants, tattooed ladies, and other human...

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Wrestling with God

as Robert Owen
Released: 1990-01-01

Wrestling with God is the true story of Alexander Campbell, a man whose conscience came into...

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Tom and Joann

as Gabe
Released: 1978-05-08

The story of Tom and Joann Hammil, a divorced couple who explore new relationships while...

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When Your Lover Leaves

as Joe Masterson
Released: 1983-10-31

Comedy about a woman dumped by her married boyfriend who gets involved in a short-lived...

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Stark: Mirror Image

as Kenneth Clayton
Released: 1986-05-14

Sequel to the original movie about a hard-boiled Kansas City cop finds him tracking a...

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Amityville: Horror or Hoax

as Narrator (Voice)
Released: 2000-10-31

Explores the controversy surrounding the supposed haunting of Amityville's most famous house.

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Amityville: The Haunting

as Narrator (Voice)
Released: 2000-10-30

A two-part documentary of the infamous haunted house on Long Island that inspired the motion...

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Picking Up the Pieces

as Dr. Eric Harding
Released: 1985-10-22

A sheltered wife of a surgeon suddenly finds herself thrust into the middle of a messy divorce.

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MacGyver

as Lucien Trumbo
First aired: 1985-09-29

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a...

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Dallas

as Gary Ewing
First aired: 1978-04-02

The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all....

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The A-Team

as Major Laskov
First aired: 1983-01-23

A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Prosecutor Tom Casselli
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Nate Parsons
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Bert Lown
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Dynasty

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-12

The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch;...

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St. Elsewhere

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-26

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...

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Knots Landing

as Bill Medford
First aired: 1979-12-27

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a...

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Xena: Warrior Princess

as Anteus
First aired: 1995-09-04

Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the...

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Walker, Texas Ranger

as Jess Morell
First aired: 1993-04-21

Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in...

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Highway to Heaven

as Commander Matthew Rogers
First aired: 1984-09-19

A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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Great Performances

as Reginald Broderick
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Cagney & Lacey

as Brian Cagney
First aired: 1982-03-25

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...

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Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-08-21

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...

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The Facts of Life

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-08-24

The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from...

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Kojak

as Vincent Hackley
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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Hunter

as Gus Trancus
First aired: 1984-09-18

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...

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The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

as Ezekiel Rage (voice)
First aired: 1996-08-26

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is an American animated action-adventure television series.

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Hardcastle and McCormick

as Eddie Dawson
First aired: 1983-09-18

Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell...

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Lou Grant

as Mike Kessler
First aired: 1977-09-20

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his...

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Trapper John, M.D.

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-23

Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH,...

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The Universe

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-05-29

From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in...

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Cover Up

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-22

Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from...

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AfterMASH

as Dr. Boyer
First aired: 1983-09-26

AfterMASH is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 26, 1983, to December...

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Wildfire

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-09-13

Wildfire is an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1986. The series follows...

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The Paper Chase

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-09-09

Critically lauded drama about the life and pressures of a group of students at a prestigious...

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Another World

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-05-04

Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964...

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Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

as Graham Mattison
First aired: 1989-04-30

The true story of Barbara Hutton, who had inherited $40 million by the age of 6. This insight...

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History's Mysteries

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-01-04

History's Mysteries was an American documentary television series on the History Channel.

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Teachers Only

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-04-14

Teachers Only is an NBC television sitcom centered around the faculty of a high school; in the...

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Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

as Jones
First aired: 1987-03-22

A sociopathic socialite plots her father's murder.

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Whiz Kids

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-05

The premise follows four high school tenth-graders, who use their sophisticated knowledge of...

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The Word

as Tom Carey
First aired: 1978-11-12

A document is discovered that appears to be an ancient eyewitness account of the life of Jesus...

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The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

as Nick Constantine
First aired: 1978-01-23

A New York commercial artist and his wife and daughter move to a quiet, rustic New England...

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Blacke's Magic

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-01-05

Blacke's Magic is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from January to May 1986. The...

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Women in White

as Dr. Mike Rayburn
First aired: 1979-02-08

Soap opera set in a big-city hospital where dedication and professionalism vie with jealousy,...

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