David Ackroyd Movies or Tv Shows (upto Nov 2024) - Watch Online

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 an 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.David gathered early professional credits at the Yale Repertory Theatre (for three seasons) and Williamstown Theatre Festival (for six seasons). He also found challenging and varied stage work outside the U.S. in Taiwan, Russia, Poland, Germany, France, and the Czech Republic.Dark-haired with a serious handsomeness to him, he was able to extend his all-stage career into film and TV in the early 1970s, beginning with daytime leading man outings in "The Secret Storm" and "Another World". He progressed to prime time work as Gary Ewing in Dallas (1978) until Ted Shackelford successfully took over the role when the character moved front and center with the spin-off drama Unter der Sonne Kaliforniens (1979).A durable guest star on a slew of popular TV series including "Lou Grant," "The Paper Chase," "Knot's Landing," "The Facts of Life," "Dynasty," "St. Elsewhere," "The A Team," "Cagney and Lacey," "Highway to Heaven," "Doogie Howser, M.D.," "Murder, She Wrote," "Walker, Texas Ranger" and "Xena: Warrior Princess," David also provided strong co-star support opposite a number of female stars in their vehicles as he did in the mini-series The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) starring Bette Davis and numerous TV movies.Such TV movie offerings included And I Alone Survived (1978), Women in White (1979), Highschool Killer (1983), When Your Lover Leaves (1983), Times Square Gang (1986), Höllenwut (1991), Agoraphobia - Die Angst im Kopf (1992), and Against the Wall (1994), in addition to four exceptional mini-series (The Word (1978), Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987), Armes reiches Mädchen - Die Geschichte der Barbara Hutton (1987) and Im Schatten der Götter (1988)), plus a recurring role as Dr. Boyer in After MASH (1983) and Dr. Bart Langley in the series A Peaceable Kingdom (1989) starring Lindsay Wagner.He would also play a number of supporting roles in such movies as Duell am Wind River (1980), The Sound of Murder (1982), Wrestling with God (1990), Dark Angel (1990), The Avenger - Durst nach Rache (1993), Dead On (1994), Raven (1996), Bedingungslos - Im Netz der Leidenschaft (1997). His last to date was the lead role in an existential motorcycle movie inspired by "Easy Rider" entitled The Best Bar in America (2009).Prone to playing intelligent, upscale types or white-collar professionals (senators, doctors, lawyers, etc.), David continued to prevail on the stage with potent performances in "Unlikely Heroes", his 1971 Broadway debut, "The Rivals", "Juno and the Paycock", "Hamlet" (as Rosencrantz), "Private Lives," "Children of a Lesser God" (replacing original star John Rubinstein), "A Soldier's Play", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "Six Characters in Search of an Author", and an 2003 off-Broadway appearance in "It Just Catches". A well-seasoned narrator in documentary stories for the History Channel, he has sometimes utilized his well-modulated vocals for such animated cartoons as "Johnny Quest" and "Captain Planet and the Planeteers." Most of his work of late comes in the form of voice work.Long married to wife Ruth Liming, a college admissions officer, the couple has two daughters, Jessica and Abigail. Living in Montana where he is a professor of drama at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, David is also one of the founding members of the Alpine Theatre Project which produces plays for the Whitefish Theatre Company. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net

• > Go to Fan Zone - See Popular Genres, Streaming Availability & More
• > See full Movies List (with online streaming availability)