David Ackroyd
Birthday: 1940-05-30
Place of Birth: Orange, New Jersey, USA
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.
Movies
Dark Angel
Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to sto...
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The Sound of Murder
The wife of a cynical children's author and her navy man lover decide to murder him because he won't...
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Wrestling with God
Wrestling with God is the true story of Alexander Campbell, a man whose conscience came into conflic...
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Love, Cheat & Steal
Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's...
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The Mountain Men
The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days ...
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Stop at Nothing
An ex-prosecutor takes a bodyguard job protecting a girl from a mother who has lost custody. The fat...
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The Nativity
The Nativity is seen through the eyes of three young visitors from the 20th century who are transpor...
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And I Alone Survived
Based on a true story, this tells the story of a young woman who is the only survivor of a plane cra...
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The Children of Times Square
An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a ...
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A Gun in the House
A woman who uses a handgun to defend herself and shoots a man who is assaulting her in her home is d...
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History's Mysteries: The Enduring Mysteries of Stonehenge
For 5,000 years the sacred site of Stonehenge has stood on the plain of Salisbury, a silent witness ...
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The Fear Inside
An agoraphobic children's book illustrator is trapped inside her home by two young psychos-in-love, ...
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No Strings Attached
A renowned journalist becomes a suspect in a series of murders after he becomes intimately involved ...
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Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Dr. Harvey Wallinger is one of Nixon's aides who rises through the ranks to become the "real" power ...
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Breaking the Silence
Drama about an attorney who defends a teenage boy accused of murdering his abusive father and must c...
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Exo-Man
A professor, who has been paralyzed in an attack by mob hitmen, builds a suit that enables him to wa...
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Memories of Me
After a heart attack, Abbie Polin (Crystal), a New York doctor, goes to Los Angeles to see his fathe...
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Mind Over Murder
A young woman with precognition realizes she is being stalked by a killer -- a mass murderer she pre...
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Picking Up the Pieces
A sheltered wife of a surgeon suddenly finds herself thrust into the middle of a messy divorce....
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Against the Wall
In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the...
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A Smoky Mountain Christmas
A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsma...
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The Best Bar in America
A whiskey-fueled writing assignment takes one man on an epic motorcycle road trip through the bars a...
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When Your Lover Leaves
Comedy about a woman dumped by her married boyfriend who gets involved in a short-lived relationship...
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Dead On
In an erotic update of "Strangers on a Train", airline pilot Ted Beaumont and his lover, Erin Davenp...
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Amityville: Horror or Hoax
Explores the controversy surrounding the supposed haunting of Amityville's most famous house....
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Amityville: The Haunting
A two-part documentary of the infamous haunted house on Long Island that inspired the motion picture...
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Raven
Martin Grant has been hiding for years to escape his past as a ruthless mercenary in the elite force...
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In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials
In the late 1600s, more than 150 men and women were accused of being witches. After the infamous Sal...
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In Search of History - The Knights Templar
The Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon grew quickly into a powerful religious order - ...
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Circus Freaks and Sideshows
A trip through the bizarre world of midgets, giants, tattooed ladies, and other human curiosities as...
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Story Theatre
Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm come to vivid life in this innovative production. Taking classic n...
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Hell Hath No Fury
A woman is simultaneously framed for the murder of her husband and terrorized by the deranged woman ...
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Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
A 47-year-old real estate salesman gets trapped in the insidious web of cocaine addiction....
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Tom and Joann
The story of Tom and Joann Hammil, a divorced couple who explore new relationships while maintaining...
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The Sky's No Limit
Story of the lives, loves and personal problems of three women astronaut candidates planning to be t...
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Stark: Mirror Image
Sequel to the original movie about a hard-boiled Kansas City cop finds him tracking a colleague's ki...
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Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme
Who was Charles Ponzi?... a scoundrel, a petty criminal, a misunderstood financial genius, a crimina...
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History's Mysteries: The True Story of Gladiators
Though their ranks largely included slaves and prisoners of war, the gladiators of ancient Rome enth...
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