David Ackroyd (born May 30, 1940) is an American actor, who first came
to prominence in soap operas such as The Secret Storm and Another
World.On May 30, 1940, Ackroyd was born in East Orange, New Jersey, a
suburb of Newark; he moved to Wayne, New Jersey when he was 12 years
old.David Ackroyd extended his all-stage career into film and
television 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 until Ted Shackelford successfully
took over the role when the character moved front and center with the
spin-off drama Knots Landing, though Ackroyd himself would later
appear on Knots Landing as a guest star, playing a different
character. Coincidentally, Shackelford's last recurring role prior to
Dallas was on Another World.His prime on-camera work occurred in the
late 1970s with a series of strong co-star roles in the miniseries The
Dark Secret of Harvest Home as Nick Constantine; The Word and the
TV-movies And I Alone Survived and Exo-Man. He costarred in the
short-lived series AfterMASH and A Peaceable Kingdom. He began to find
supporting roles in such movies as The Mountain Men, Dark Angel and
Xena: Warrior Princess. He voiced "John Cavanaugh/Prince Corran of
Dar-Shan" in the animated series Wildfire as well as several
characters in The New Yogi Bear Show, The Greatest Adventure: Stories
from the Bible, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest and The New
Adventures of Captain Planet.
to prominence in soap operas such as The Secret Storm and Another
World.On May 30, 1940, Ackroyd was born in East Orange, New Jersey, a
suburb of Newark; he moved to Wayne, New Jersey when he was 12 years
old.David Ackroyd extended his all-stage career into film and
television 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 until Ted Shackelford successfully
took over the role when the character moved front and center with the
spin-off drama Knots Landing, though Ackroyd himself would later
appear on Knots Landing as a guest star, playing a different
character. Coincidentally, Shackelford's last recurring role prior to
Dallas was on Another World.His prime on-camera work occurred in the
late 1970s with a series of strong co-star roles in the miniseries The
Dark Secret of Harvest Home as Nick Constantine; The Word and the
TV-movies And I Alone Survived and Exo-Man. He costarred in the
short-lived series AfterMASH and A Peaceable Kingdom. He began to find
supporting roles in such movies as The Mountain Men, Dark Angel and
Xena: Warrior Princess. He voiced "John Cavanaugh/Prince Corran of
Dar-Shan" in the animated series Wildfire as well as several
characters in The New Yogi Bear Show, The Greatest Adventure: Stories
from the Bible, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest and The New
Adventures of Captain Planet.
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