Overview
David Ackroyd
Known For
Circus Freaks and Sideshows
A trip through the bizarre world of midgets, giants, tattooed...
Amityville: Horror or Hoax
Explores the controversy surrounding the supposed haunting of Amityville's most...
In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials
In the late 1600s, more than 150 men and women...
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.