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 Fine Arts in 1968.
TV credits
Rated 8.0 out of 10
The Universe
2007
Rated 6.3 out of 10
History's Mysteries
1998
Rated 7.2 out of 10
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
Rated 7.0 out of 10
In Search of History
1996
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Xena: Warrior Princess
1995
Rated 8.0 out of 10
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Rated 7.0 out of 10
The Round Table
1992
Rated 6.9 out of 10
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Rated 6.7 out of 10
A Peaceable Kingdom
1989
Rated 6.6 out of 10
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Rated 5.7 out of 10
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Studio 5-B
1989
Rated 7.7 out of 10
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987
Rated 6.8 out of 10
Wildfire
1986
Rated 6.8 out of 10
Blacke's Magic
1986
Rated 7.7 out of 10
MacGyver
1985
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Rated 6.9 out of 10
Cover Up
1984
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Highway to Heaven
1984
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Hunter
1984
Rated 6.7 out of 10
Whiz Kids
1983
Rated 5.5 out of 10
AfterMASH
1983
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983