
David Ackroyd
Born: 1940-05-30
Place of birth: 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.
Filmography

History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators
2001

Breaking the Silence
1992

Stark: Mirror Image
1986

In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials
1998

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993

Circus Freaks and Sideshows
2000

Women in White
1979

Tom and Joann
1978

The Universe
2007

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978

MacGyver
1985

Stop at Nothing
1991

Hell Hath No Fury
1991

The Paper Chase
1978

Xena: Warrior Princess
1995

The Nativity
1986

Murder, She Wrote
1984