David Ackroyd

David Ackroyd (born May 30, 1940) is an American actor, who first came to prominence in soap operas such as ''The Secret Storm'' and '' Another World''.

Early life

On May 30, 1940, Ackroyd was born in East Orange, New Jersey; he moved to Wayne, New Jersey, when he was 12 years old.

Career

David Ackroyd extended his all-stage career into film and television in the early 1970s, beginning with daytime leading man outings in ''The Secret Storm'' and ''Another World''. He progressed to work as Gary Ewing in ''Dallas'' until Ted Shackelford successfully took over the role when the character moved to the spin-off drama ''Knots Landing''. Ackroyd later appeared on ''Knots Landing'' as a guest star, playing a different character.

In the late 1970s, he appeared in the miniseries '' The Dark Secret of Harvest Home'' as Nick Constantine; '' The Word'' and the TV movies ''And I Alone Survived'' and '' Exo-Man''. He costarred in the short-lived series '' AfterMASH'' and '' A Peaceable Kingdom''. He had supporting roles in '' The Mountain Men'', '' Dark Angel'' and '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. He voiced "John Cavanaugh/Prince Corran of Dar-Shan" in the animated series ''Wildfire'' as well as several characters in '' The New Yogi Bear Show'', '' The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible'', '' The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' and '' The New Adventures of Captain Planet''.

On Broadway, Ackroyd appeared in ''Unlikely Heroes'', a 1971 production of three plays based on the stories of Philip Roth; and '' Children of a Lesser God'', in which he replaced John Rubinstein as the lead character James Leeds in 1981. Since the late 1990s and into the 2000s, Ackroyd has narrated documentaries on TV, including '' History's Mysteries'' and '' UFO Files'': "Alien Engineering".

Ackroyd moved to Montana in 1996. In 2003, he co-founded the Alpine Theatre Project in Whitefish, a professional acting company, where he is the artistic development director. The project has featured appearances by Olympia Dukakis, John Lithgow and Kelli O'Hara.

Filmography

Actor

* 1971-1974 ''The Secret Storm'' as Kevin Kincade
* 1974-1977 '' Another World'' as Dr. Dave Gilchrist
* 1975 ''Kojak'' as Vincent Hackley
* 1977 '' Exo-Man'' as Dr. Nicholas Conrad / Exo-Man
* 1978 '' Lou Grant'' as Mike Kessler
* 1978 '' The Dark Secret of Harvest Home'' as Nick Constantine
* 1978 '' The Word'' as Tom Carey
* 1978 ''Dallas'' as Gary Ewing (2 episodes)
* 1978 ''And I Alone Survived'' as Jay Fuller
* 1978 '' The Paper Chase'', Season 1, Episode 5: "Voices of Silence" ''The Paper Chase,'' Season 1, Episode 5: "Voices of Silence" (YouTube)
/ref> as Eric Ryerson
* 1978 ''Little Women'' as Professor Friedrich Bhaer
* 1979 ''Women in White'' as Dr. Mike Rayburn
* 1979 ''Mind Over Murder'' as Ben Kushing
* 1980 ''The Yeagers'' as John David Yeager
* 1980 '' The Mountain Men'' as Medicine Wolf
* 1981 ''A Gun in the House'' as Joe Cates
* 1982 ''The Sound of Murder'' as
* 1982 ''Knots Landing'' as Bill Medford
* 1982 '' Trapper John, M.D.'' as Dr. Frank Langtry
* 1982 '' McClain's Law'' as
* 1982 '' The Facts of Life'' as Major Dorsey
* 1983 '' Cocaine: One Man's Seduction'' as Bruce Neumann
* 1983 '' Deadly Lessons'' as John Ferrar
* 1983 ''Dynasty'' as
* 1983 '' Whiz Kids'' as Dave Kerns
* 1983 ''When Your Lover Leaves'' as Joe Masterson
* 1983 '' AfterMASH'' as Dr. Mark Boyer
* 1984 ''The Sky's No Limit'' as
* 1984 ''Hunter'' as Gus Trancus
* 1984 '' Cover Up'' as Prescott
* 1984 '' Riptide'' as
* 1985 '' Hardcastle and McCormick'' as Eddie Dawson
* 1985 ''Picking Up the Pieces'' as Dr. Eric Harding
* 1985 ''St. Elsewhere'' as Col. Chuck Cochrane
* 1985 ''MacGyver'' as Lucien Trumbo
* 1986 '' The Nativity'' as
* 1986 '' The Children of Times Square'' as Peter Roberts
* 1986 ''Stark: Mirror Image'' as Kenneth Clayton
* 1986 '' The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible'' as Angel / Jesus Christ
* 1986 ''Wildfire'' as John Cavanaugh / Prince Cavan
* 1986 ''The A-Team'' as Major Laskov
* 1986 '' A Smoky Mountain Christmas'' as Video Director
* 1987 '' Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder'' as Jones
* 1987 ''Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson'' as
* 1985-1987 '' Cagney & Lacey'' as Brian Cagney
* 1987 '' Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story'' as Graham Mattison
* 1988 '' Cagney & Lacey''
* 1988 ''Hotel'' as David Welch
* 1988 '' Windmills of the Gods'' as
* 1988 ''MacGyver'' as Mr. Knapp
* 1988 '' Memories of Me'' as 1st Assistant Director
* 1988 '' Highway to Heaven'' as
* 1988 '' The New Yogi Bear Show'' as
* 1989 '' Studio 5-B'' as J.J. McMillan
* 1989 '' A Peaceable Kingdom'' as Dr. Bartholomew Langley
* 1990 ''Wrestling with God'' as Robert Owen
* 1990 '' I Come in Peace'' as Inspector Switzer
* 1991 ''History's Mysteries: Drake's Secret Voyage'' as
* 1991 '' Hell Hath No Fury'' as Stanley Ferguson
* 1991 '' Stop at Nothing'' as Agent Conroy
* 1992 ''Breaking the Silence'' as
* 1992 '' The Fear Inside'' as Brandon Cole
* 1992 '' The Round Table'' as
* 1993 ''Dead On'' as
* 1993 '' Love, Cheat & Steal'' as Tom Kerry
* 1993 '' The New Adventures of Captain Planet'' as
* 1986-1994 ''Murder, She Wrote'' as Bert Lown
* 1994 '' Against the Wall'' as William Kunstler
* 1994 '' Fortune Hunter'' as Paxton Leeds
* 1994 ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' as Jess Morell
* 1995 '' The Cosby Mysteries'' as
* 1996 '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' as Anteus
* 1996 '' The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' as Ezekiel Rage
* 1996 ''Raven'' as Bill Gilley
* 1997 ''No Strings Attached'' as
* 2000 ''Prison Life'' as

Self

* 1998 ''In Search of History: The Heretic King''
* 1998 ''The Mysteries of Amelia Earhart''
* 1998 ''In Search of History: The First Americans''
* 1999 ''History's Mysteries: The First Detective''
* 1999 ''History's Mysteries: The Inquisition''
* 2000 ''History's Mysteries: Chain Gangs''
* 2000 ''History's Mysteries: Body Snatchers''
* 2000 ''Horror or Hoax''
* 2000 ''History's Mysteries: Ghost Plane of the Desert - Lady Be Good''
* 2000 ''History's Mysteries: Amityville -The Haunting''
* 2001 ''History's Mysteries: Vikings, Fury from the North''
* 2005 ''Meteors: Fire in the Sky''
* 2006 ''UFO Files: Alien Engineering''
* 2006 ''In Search of History: Dragons''
* 2007 '' The Universe''

Archive footage

* 2002 '' Intimate Portrait''

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ackroyd, David
1940 births
Living people
American male soap opera actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
Male actors from East Orange, New Jersey
People from Wayne, New Jersey
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni
Actors from Passaic County, New Jersey