David Ackroyd was born on May 30, 1940 in Orange, New Jersey,
US.
He attended Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA, in 1962,
with a BA as an ROTC student. After graduating from Bucknell he did
community theatre in Arizona where he was stationed. Ackroyd also graduated from Yale Drama School with an MFA, in 1968.
Ackroyd spent three years with the Yale Repertory Theatre, six
seasons with the Williamstown Theatre Festival as well as American Repertory
Theatre which toured Taiwan and Moscow.
His experience in Moscow prompted Ackroyd in 1998 to use a
William and Eva Fox Foundation Fellowship to study cutting-edge European theatre
in Poland, Germany, France, and the Czech Republic. He found that low ticket
prices in Europe were bringing in diverse audiences who expected to be
challenged by theatre performances.
Ackroyd, and his wife Ruth Liming, are currently living
and working in Kalispell, Montana, they have been married since 1963. David is a professor of drama at
Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell and is one of the founding
members of the Alpine Theatre Project which produces plays at the Whitefish
Theatre Company, the two other founding members are Luke Walrath and Betsi
Morrison.
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- Film
- Prison Life~2000- Father Mathew
- Ancient Drugs~1998 (V) - Narrator
- No Strings Attached~1997- Dr. Singer
- Lost Colony of Roanoke~1997 (V) - Narrator
- Lost City of the Incas~1997 (V) - Narrator
- Raven~1997- Bill Gilley
- Dead On~1993- Dexter Davenport
- Wrestling with God~1990- Robert Owen
- I Come in Peace~1990- Switzer
- Memories of Me~1988- 1st Assistant Director
- Sound of Murder, The~1982- Peter Marriott
- Mountain Men, The~1980- Medecine Wolf
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- TV
- Vendetta: Johnson County Cattle War~2001 - Narrator
- History's Mysteries: Amityville - The Haunting~2000 - Narrator
- History's Mysteries: Cults~2000 - Narrator
- Amityville 2000~2000 - Narrator
- History's Mysteries: The Inquisition~1999 (voice) Narrator
- Mysteries of Amelia Earhart, The~1998 (voice) Narrator
- Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, The~1996 (uncredited) (voice)
Additional Voices/Ezekiel Rage
- Xena: Warrior Princess~1995- Anteus in Altared States (# 1.19)
4/1/96
- Cosby Mysteries, The~1994- Jeffrey in Big Brother Is Watching (#
1.15) 3/15/95
- Against the Wall~1994 - William Kuntsler
- Walker, Texas Ranger~1993- Jess Morell in Tiger's Eye (# 3.10)
12/17/94
- Murder, She Wrote~1984- Bert Lown in Portrait of Death (#
10.13) 1/16/94
- Fortune Hunter~1994- Paxton Leeds in The Alpha Team
- S W A T Kats~1993 - Newscaster in The Razor's Edge
- Love, Cheat & Steal~1993 - Tom Kerry
- Round Table, The~1992 - Sen. Reed
- Fear Inside, The~1992 - Brandon Cole
- Breaking the Silence~1992 - Dr. Berringer
- Murder, She Wrote~1984- Nate Parsons in The Witch's Curse (#
8.12) 1/12/92
- Stop at Nothing~1991 - Agent Conroy
- Hell Hath No Fury~1991 - Stanley
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers~1990- Additional Voices
- Peaceable Kingdom~1989 - Dr. Bart Langley
- Studio 5-B~1989 - J.J. McMillan
- Windmills of the Gods~1988 - Dr. Ashley
- Highway to Heaven~1984- Captain Matthew Rogers in Hello and
Farewell (# 5.2) 12/7/88
- MacGyver~1985- Mr. Knapp in The Negotiator (# 3.15) 3/7/88
- Hotel~1983- David Welch in Till Death Do Us Part (# 5.13)
1/9/88
- Cagney & Lacey~1982- Brian Cagney in Turn, Turn, Turn:
Part 1 (# 6.21) 3/30/87
- Foofur~1987 - voice characterizations
- Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder~1987 (mini) - Jones
- Power, Passion and Murder~1987 - Reginal Broderick
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson~1987 - Reginald
Broderick
- Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story~1987 - Graham
Mattison
- Smoky Mountain Christmas, A~1986 - Video Director
- Wildfire~1986 (voice) John/Prince Corran of Dar-Shan
- Stark: Mirror Image~1986 - Kenneth Clayton
- Children of Times Square, The~1986) - Peter Roberts
- A-Team, The~1983- Laskov in Trial By Fire (# 5.2) 10/3/86
- Murder, She Wrote~1984- Tom Casselli in Trial by Error (#
2.13) 1/12/86
- Cagney & Lacey~1982- Brian Cagney in Old Ghosts (# 5.9)
12/9/85
- St. Elsewhere~1982- Col. Chuck Cochrane in Watch the Skies (#
4.8) 11/27/85
- St. Elsewhere~1982- Col. Chuck Cochrane in Close Encounters (#
4.7) 11/20/85
- St. Elsewhere~1982- Col. Chuck Cochrane in Lost and Found in
Space (# 4.6) 11/13/85
- MacGyver~1985- Lucien Trumbo in Trumbo's World (# 1.6)
11/10/85
- Hardcastle and McCormick~1983- Eddie Dawson in Undercover
McCormick (# 2.20) 3/11/85
- Picking Up the Pieces~1985 - Dr. Eric Harding
- After MASH~1983 - Dr. Boyer (1984)
- Sky's No Limit, The~1984 - Col. Charlie King
- Riptide~1984- James Sutherland in Catch a Fallen Star (# 2.10)
12/18/84
- Hunter~1984- Gus Trancus in Hard Contract (# 1.2) 9/28/84
- Dynasty~1981- Detective Lieutenant Fred Merrill in The Note (#
4.3) 10/19/83
- When Your Lover Leaves~1983 - Joe Waterson
- Deadly Lessons~1983 - John Ferrar
- Cocaine: One Man's Seduction~1983 - Bruce Neumann
- Whiz Kids~1983 - in Fatal Error (# 1.2) 10/19/83
- Dynasty~1981- Detective Lieutenant Fred Merrill in The
Bungalow (# 4.2) 10/5/83
- Dynasty~1981- Detective Lieutenant Fred Merrill in The Arrest (#
4.1) 9/28/83
- Facts of Life, The~1979- Major Dorsey in The Big Fight (# 4.9)
12/8/82
- Facts of Life, The~1979- Major Dorsey in The Academy (# 3.22)
3/31/82
- McClain's Law~1981 - in The Last Hero (# 1.16) 3/20/82
- Trapper John, M.D.~1979- Dr. Langtry in Victims (# 3.12)
1/10/82
- Knots Landing~1979- Bill Medford in Mistaken Motives (# 3.8)
1/7/82
- Gun in the House, A~1981 - Joe Cates
- Yeagers, The~1980
- Mind Over Murder~1979 - Ben Kushing
- Little Women~1979 - Prof. Freidrich Bhaer
- Women in White~1979 (mini) - Dr. Mike Rayburn
- Lou Grant~1977- Mike Kessler in Sports (# 1.15) 1/10/78
- Dallas~1978 - Garrison Arthur Gary Ewing #1~1978)
- And I Alone Survived~1978 - Jay Fuller
- Word, The~1978 (mini) - Tom Carey
- Tom and Joann~1978 - Gabe, guest
- Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The~1978 (mini) - Nick
Constantine
- Exo-Man~1977 - Nicholas Conrad
- Kojak~1973- Vincent Hackley in Close Cover Before Killing (#
2.16) 1/5/75
- Another World~1964 - Dr. David 'Dave' Gilchrist (1974-1977)
- Secret Storm, The~1954 - Kevin Kincaid #2 (1971-1974)
- Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971)
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- Theatre
- It Just Catches~2003 - Narrator...modeled on Ernest
Hemingway (Cherry Lane Theatre , NY
and The Montana Repertory Theatre, MT, also in Illinois)
- Barrymore~2000 - Barrymore (Montana Repertory
Theatre, MT)
- Children of a Lesser God~ - (Broadway,
NY)
- Six Characters in Search of an Author~1996 - Father
(American Repertory Theatre, MT)
- Six Characters in Search of an Author~1995 - Father
(Tour in Taiwan and Moscow)
- Unlikely Heroes~ - Jewish Sergeant (New York, NY)
- Full Circle~ -
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?~1993/4 - (Cambridge
Theatre Company, Hasty Pudding Theatre, Cambridge, MA )
- Hamlet~ - (New York Shakespeare Festival, New York, NY)
- Story Theatre, including the following plays: The Golden
Goose, The Blue Light, The Clever Gretel, The Goose Girl, and The Bremen
Town Musicians~ - (Yale Repertory Theatre,
- A Soldier's Play~1982 - (Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles,
CA)
- Hide and Seek~1980 - Richard (New York, NY)
- Isadora Sleeps with the Russian Navy~1977 - Author
- Play~1971 - (Yale Repertory Theatre, )
- Good Doctor, The~ - Narrator/Father (Advent Theatre,
North Hollywood, CA)
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- Theatre Director
- I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change~2004 (Whitefish
Theatre Company, Kalispell, MT)
- Cabaret~2002 (Flathead Valley Community Theatre,
Kalispell, MT)
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- Theatre Producer
- Songs for a New World~2003/4
- Art~2003/4
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- Radio
- Star Wars: A New Hope -Radio Drama~1981 -
Antilles and Fixer
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- Audio Books
- Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time~ - reader
- How to be More Interesting~2001 - reader
- Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship~1996 - reader
- Staying Street Smart in the Internet Age~2000 - Narrator
- Never Wrestle with a Pig: And Ninety Other Ideas to Build
Your Business~2000 - reader
- Market-Driven Management: Using the New Marketing Concept
to Create a Customer-Oriented Company~1997 - reader
- When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals~1995
- Narrator
- Morning, Noon and Night~1995 - reader
- Soaring With the Phoenix: Renewing the Vision, Reviving
the Spirit, and Recreating the Success of Your Company~1999 - reader
- Abuse of Power~1997 - reader (with
David Dukes)
- The Portable MBA in Economics: Insights from the Experts
at the Best Business Schools: Shows How to Apply Economics to Business
Decision Making~1999 - reader
- Personal and Interpersonal Frameworks~ - reader
- At Any Cost: Jack Welch, General Electric and the Pursuit
of Profit~1998 - reader
- The Titanic Disaster Hearings: The Official Transcripts
of the 1912 Investigation~1998 - Narrator
- Hi Lo to Hollywood: A Max Evans Reader~1999 - reader
- More of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time~1997 - reader
- Greatest Mysteries of All Time~1997 - reader (with
David Warner)
- New Thinking for the New Millenium~2001 - reader
- The Starr Report: Substantial and Credible Information~1998
- reader
- Soaring With the Phoenix: Renewing the Vision, Reviving
the Spirit, and Re-Creating the Success of Your Company~2003
- Deadlines and Datelines~2001 - reader
- Die Hard with a Vengance~1995 - reader
- Market-Driven Management : Using the New Marketing
Concept to Create a Customer-Oriented Company~1997 - reader
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- Awards, Honors and Nominations
- Audie Awards
- Rec'd 1999 Best Multi-voiced Presentation for
Titanic Disaster (shared)
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- Miscellany
- Founder of the Alpine Theatre Project in Montana
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- Member, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation
of Television & Radio Artists, and Actors Equity Assn.
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- 1998 Recipient of William & Eva Fox
Foundation Fellowship for Advanced Study
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- Was a charter member of the Yale Repertory
Theatre
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- Spent six years with the Williamstown Theatre
Festival in Williamstown, MA
