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David Ackroyd

Acting · Born May 30, 1940 · 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.

Movies with David Ackroyd

• Raven (1997) — Bill Gilley
• Dark Angel (1990) — Inspector Switzer
• Against the Wall (1994) — William Kuntsler
• The Mountain Men (1980) — Medicine Wolf
• A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986) — Video Director
• When Your Lover Leaves (1983) — Joe Masterson
• Memories of Me (1988) — 1st Assistant Director
• The Children of Times Square (1986) — Peter Roberts
• Love, Cheat & Steal (1993) — Tom Kerry
• Hell Hath No Fury (1991) — Stanley
• Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983) — Bruce Neumann
• Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971)

TV shows with David Ackroyd

• Another World (1964)
• The Universe (2007)
• AfterMASH (1983) — Dr. Boyer
• Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1989) — Graham Mattison
• Wildfire (1986)
• A Peaceable Kingdom (1989)
• In Search of History (1996) — Narrator