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.
Acting
TV
Xena: Warrior Princess
as Anteus
1995
TV
The A-Team
as Major Laskov
1983
TV
MacGyver
as Lucien Trumbo
1985
TV
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Jess Morell
1993
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Prosecutor Tom Casselli
1984
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Nate Parsons
1984
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Bert Lown
1984
Movie
Dark Angel
as Inspector Switzer
1990
TV
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Owner / Bus Driver (voice)
1990
TV
Dallas
as Gary Ewing
1978
TV
Highway to Heaven
as Commander Matthew Rogers
1984
TV
The Universe
2007
TV
Kojak
as Vincent Hackley
1973
TV
Dynasty
1981
TV
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
as Newscaster (voice)
1993
TV
The Facts of Life
1979
TV
Hunter
as Gus Trancus
1984
Movie
Against the Wall
as William Kuntsler
1994
TV
St. Elsewhere
as Chuck Cochrane
1982
TV
Cagney & Lacey
as Brian Cagney
1982
Movie
The Mountain Men
as Medicine Wolf
1980
TV
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Ezekiel Rage (voice)
1996
TV
Knots Landing
as Bill Medford
1979
TV
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Eddie Dawson
1983
