David Ackroyd - Turner Classic Movies

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David Ackroyd first made a name for himself on soap operas, though he never became a star in his own right. He began with "The Secret Storm," a soap centered on the northeastern Ames clan. He followed that up with a turn as Dr. David Gilchrist on "Another World," the long-running soap opera based in fictional Bay City. Ackroyd moved to prime time as Gary Ewing on the classic "Dallas" bef...

Filmography

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Meteors: Fire in the Sky (2005)

Against the Wall (1994)

Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)

The Fear Inside (1992)

Breaking the Silence (1992)

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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) -- (Movie Clip) It's The Same Ocean!

Blob, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Shooting Star

Biography

David Ackroyd first made a name for himself on soap operas, though he never became a star in his own right. He began with "The Secret Storm," a soap centered on the northeastern Ames clan. He followed that up with a turn as Dr. David Gilchrist on "Another World," the long-running soap opera based in fictional Bay City. Ackroyd moved to prime time as Gary Ewing on the classic "Dallas" before appearing as a guest star on TV shows ranging from the action-junkies' favorite "The A-Team" to the law school drama "The Paper Chase." He had small roles in a handful of feature films but saw more success as the voice in several animated shows (such as "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest," the ongoing story of teens embroiled in sci-fi adventures) and as the narrator of a few documentary TV series (such as the History Channel's "History's Mysteries," a show that examines unresolved historical questions surrounding events like the JFK assassination).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Meteors: Fire in the Sky (2005)

Against the Wall (1994)

Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)

The Fear Inside (1992)

Breaking the Silence (1992)

Hell Hath No Fury (1991)

Stop at Nothing (1991)

I Come in Peace (1990)

Second Son (1989)

Memories of Me (1988)

1st Assistant Director

The Children Of Times Square (1986)

Stark: Mirror Image (1986)

Kenneth Clayton

A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986)

Picking Up the Pieces (1985)

The Sky's No Limit (1984)

Deadly Lessons (1983)

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983)

When Your Lover Leaves (1983)

A Gun In The House (1981)

The Mountain Men (1980)

Mind Over Murder (1979)

And I Alone Survived (1978)

Cast (Special)

Sutton Vs. Taylor (2002)

Johnson County Cattle Wars (2002)

Clay County War (2002)

Alaska's Bermuda Triangle (2001)

The True Story of Mutiny on the Bounty (2001)

America's Stonehenge (2001)

The Secret of the U-110 (2001)

The True Story of Gladiators (2001)

Jack Ruby on Trial (2001)

War Illusionist (2001)

Cliff Mummies of the Andes (2001)

Secret Societies (2001)

Alamo Scouts (2001)

Crop Circle Controversy (2001)

Fatima: Secrets Unveiled (2001)

America's Most Secret Agency (2001)

Buried Treasure (2001)

Bigfoot and Other Monsters (2001)

Drake's Secret Voyage (2001)

Crypts, Coffins and Corpses (2001)

Ancient City: Found and Lost (2001)

The Search For Noah's Ark (2001)

The Hidden Tomb of Antiochus (2001)

The True Story of Rob Roy (2001)

Nazi Ghost Train (2000)

Carlos the Jackal (2000)

Small Pox: Deadly Again? (2000)

The True Story of Braveheart (2000)

Secret Plunder: GI Looters (2000)

Human Bondage (2000)

History of Prostitution: Sex in the City (2000)

The Children's Crusade (2000)

Where Is Jimmy Hoffa? (2000)

The FBI Celebrity Files (2000)

Area 51: Beyond Top Secret (2000)

The Death of Marilyn Monroe (2000)

Contaminated: The Karen Silkwood Story (2000)

Vikings: Fury From the North (2000)

Hunt For Jack the Ripper (2000)

Hitler's Perfect Children (2000)

Japan's Mysterious Pyramids (2000)

Raise the Hunley (2000)

Mind Control (2000)

The FBI's Ten Most Wanted (2000)

The True Story of Robin Hood (2000)

Amityville (2000)

The Legacy of Al Capone (2000)

The Essex: The True Story of Moby Dick (2000)

Chain Gangs: The Untold Story (2000)

The Shroud of Turin (2000)

Superstitions (2000)

Ship of Gold (2000)

Sodom and Gomorrah (2000)

The True Story of Marco Polo (2000)

Failed Assassinations (2000)

Ghost Ships (2000)

Discharged Without Honor: The Brownsville Raid (2000)

Circus Freaks and Sideshows (2000)

America's Psychic Past (2000)

The True Story of the Fighting Sullivans (2000)

Italian-American Internment: A Secret Story (2000)

Spanish Armada (2000)

Ghost Plane of the Desert: "Lady Be Good" (2000)

Body Snatchers (2000)

The Search For Life on Mars (2000)

Roswell: Secrets Unveiled (1999)

Dr. Guillotin and His Execution Machine (1999)

Vanished! (1999)

Vigilantes (1999)

The Evil Eye (1999)

The Plot to Overthrow FDR (1999)

The Gold of El Dorado (1999)

Exorcising the Devil (1999)

Silent Witnesses: The Kitty Genovese Murder (1999)

Truth About Science Fiction (1999)

Mysteries of Easter Island (1999)

Miracles (1999)

The Strange Case of Lizzie Borden (1999)

First Americans (1999)

The End of the World (1999)

The Bloody Tower of London (1999)

Buried Secrets: Digging For DNA (1999)

The Strange Disappearance of the Anasazi (1999)

Spies of the Revolutionary War (1999)

Devil's Triangle (1999)

Doomed Sisters of the Titanic (1999)

Amazon Women (1999)

Killer Submarine (1999)

Ishi: The Last of His Kind (1999)

The True Story of the Untouchables (1999)

Bounty Hunters: Relentless Pursuers (1999)

Exodus: Desperate Voyage (1999)

The First Detective (1999)

Getting High: A History of LSD (1999)

Potions or Poisons (1999)

Family Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys (1999)

The Inquisition (1999)

Natica Jackson (1987)

Reginald Broderick

Tom and Joann (1978)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Windmills Of The Gods (1988)

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987)

Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder (1987)

Women in White (1979)

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978)

Nick Constantine

The Word (1978)

Life Events

Videos

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) -- (Movie Clip) It's The Same Ocean! With French Riviera hotel staff (Franklin Pangborn accompanied by Armand Cortes) offering new rooms, Gary Cooper as the still not-named American millionaire who’s having trouble sleeping, the surprise appearance of Edward Everett Horton as the Marquis, in Ernst Lubitsch’s Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, 1938, also starring Claudette Colbert.

Blob, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Shooting Star The opening scene, and one does see shooting stars at Lover's Lane, as Steve (McQueen) and Jane (Aneta Corseaut) grow suspicious and the "Old Man" (Olin Howlin) gets in trouble, in The Blob, 1958.

Blob, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Something That Could Wipe Out This Whole Town Steve (McQueen) and Jane (Aneta Corsaut), sent home because the cops believe they made up the story about the killer blob from outer space, sneak out and realize their best bet is get help from their pals at the movies, in the Pennsylvania-made indie The Blob, 1958.

Blob, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Want To Die? As the threat oozes from the theater toward the diner, young Danny (Kieth Almoney) makes a bad decision and gets trapped with Steve (Steve McQueen) and Jane (Aneta Corseaut), and desperate measures are taken, in The Blob, 1958.

Lady Snowblood: Love Song Of Vengeance (1974) -- (Movie Clip) As Befits Your Name Rescued from her own official execution, Yuki (Meiko Kaji, title character) is taken to mysterious secret policeman Kikui (Shin Kishida) and challenged to a mission in director Toshyia Fujita’s sequel Lady Snowblood: Love Song Of Vengeance, 1974.

Lady Snowblood: Love Song Of Vengeance (1974) -- (Movie Clip) You Won't Get Away! Injured by a bear-trap after wandering into the camp of a stranger, Yuki (Meiko Kaji, title character) is again assaulted by the police led by Inspector Maruyama (Rin’ichi Yamamoto), in a famous credit sequence by director Toshyia Fujita, in Lady Snowblood: Love Song Of Vengeance, 1974.

Lady Snowblood: Love Song Of Vengeance (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Traitor's Graves Posing as a maid in the home of wanted anarchist Ransui (Juzo Itami), Yuki (Meiko Kaji, title character) learns that he knows she’s the famous assassin, working for the secret police, and learns of his own motivations, in Lady Snowblood: Love Song Of Vengeance, 1974.

Lady Snowblood: Love Song Of Vengeance (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Her Journey Of Vengeance Opening the sequel, based like the original on the Manga by Kazuo Koiki, Yuki (Meiko Kaji, title character) visits the grave of her teacher, and director Toshiya Fujita begins his historical framing, in Lady Snowblood: Love Song Of Vengeance, 1974.

Tootsie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) I Said Good Day, Sir! Moments after Michael's (Dustin Hoffman) first appearance in drag, he auditions for the soap, meeting director Ron (Dabney Coleman), producer Rita (Doris Belack, herself a daytime-drama veteran) and actress Julie (Jessica Lange), ending with a famous line, in Sydney Pollack's Tootsie, 1982.

Gold Of Naples (1954) -- (Movie Clip) I Have The Right To Ask Top-billed Silvana Mangano is the title character of the vignette called Teresa, whom, we infer, is a prostitute, being hired by an intermediary (Ubaldo Maestri) to marry an eligible merchant (Erno Crisa), for reasons not apparent to her, in Vittorio De Sica’s Gold Of Naples, 1954.

In Vanda's Room (2001) -- (Movie Clip) Noah's Ark Early in director Pedro Costa's documentary-style narrative film shot on DV (digital video), addict Vanda and sister Lena on the bed, profane, natural light, low angles and static camera, from the second film in the trilogy shot in Lisbon's Fontainhas slum, In Vanda's Room, 2001.

In Vanda's Room (2001) -- (Movie Clip) Got Any Bananas? Nearly an hour into director Pedro Costa's "docufiction" hybrid, one of the first true exterior shots, demonstrating the ongoing demolition of the Fontainhas slum in Lisbon, then scenes with addict Vanda, sister Lena and mother Zita Duarte, with coarse language, from In Vanda's Room, 2001.

Superman II - (Original Trailer) Superman gives up his powers just as visitors arrive, three super-powered villains from Krypton, in Superman II (1980).

Superman: The Movie - (Original Trailer) The man of steel (Christopher Reeve) fights to save the world and his true love in the all-star spectacular Superman: The Movie (1978).

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