David Ackroyd
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". Early life. On May 30, 1940, Ackroyd was born in East Orange, New Jersey; he moved to Wayne, New Jersey when he was 12 years old. Career. 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 work as Gary Ewing in "Dallas" until Ted Shackelford successfully took over the role  when the character moved to the spin-off drama "Knots Landing". Ackroyd later appeared on "Knots Landing" as a guest star, playing a different character. In the late 1970s, he appeared 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 had supporting roles in "The Mountain Men", "Dark Angel" and "". 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 Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" and "The New Adventures of Captain Planet". On Broadway, Ackroyd appeared in "Unlikely Heroes", a 1971 production of three plays based on the stories of Philip Roth; and "Children of a Lesser God", in which he replaced John Rubinstein as the lead character James Leeds in 1981. Since the late 1990s and into the 2000s, Ackroyd has narrated documentaries on TV, including "History's Mysteries" and "UFO Files": "Alien Engineering". Ackroyd moved to Montana in 1996. In 2003, he co-founded the Alpine Theatre Project in Whitefish, a professional acting  company, where he is the artistic development director. The project has featured appearances by Olympia Dukakis, John Lithgow and Kelli O'Hara.