Acting
David Ackroyd
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.
Titles
MacGyver
1985
Dallas
1978
Knots Landing
1979
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Great Performances
1971
The A-Team
1983
Xena: Warrior Princess
1995
Dynasty
1981
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
St. Elsewhere
1982
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Facts of Life
1979
Lou Grant
1977
Hotel
1982
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Hunter
1984
Kojak
1973
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
The Universe
2007
Another World
1964
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
Teachers Only
1982
Cover Up
1984
The Paper Chase
1978
AfterMASH
1983
Dark Angel
1990
Blacke's Magic
1986
The Word
1978
Wildfire
1986
Whiz Kids
1983
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
History's Mysteries
1998