Dana Elcar
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dana Elcar (October 10, 1927 – June 6, 2005) was an American television and movie character actor. Although he appeared in about 40 films, his most memorable role was on the 1980s and 1990s television series MacGyver as Peter Thornton, an administrator working for the Phoenix Foundation. Elcar had appeared in the pilot episode of MacGyver as Andy Colson (a completely different character), but was later cast as Peter Thornton, making his first regular appearance in the 11th episode of the first season. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dana Elcar, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Oct 10, 1927 In Ferndale, Michigan United States
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 104
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Series ER 1994-09-19
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Magic School Bus | Unknown | 1994-09-10 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Inside Out | Leo Gross | 1987-08-21 |
| Movie | There Were Times, Dear | Don Mason | 1987-06-03 |
| Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
| Movie | Murder in Three Acts | Dr. Strange | 1986-10-01 |
| Movie | Toughlove | Max Wiley | 1985-10-13 |
| Series | MacGyver | Pete Thornton | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | Jungle Warriors | D'Antoni | 1984-05-11 |
| Movie | All of Me | Burton Schuyler | 1984-09-21 |
| Movie | Sweet Revenge | Sen. Arthur Hagerty | 1984-10-31 |
| Movie | 2010 | Dimitri Moisevitch | 1984-12-06 |
| Series | The A-Team | Unknown | 1983-01-23 |
| Movie | Inspector Perez | Captain R. C. Hodges | 1983-01-08 |
| Movie | Blue Skies Again | Lou | 1983-04-29 |
| Movie | I Want to Live | Warden | 1983-05-09 |
| Movie | Quarterback Princess | Mr. Caine | 1983-12-03 |
| Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
| Series | Hardcastle and McCormick | Unknown | 1983-09-18 |
| Movie | Help Wanted: Male | Milhauser | 1982-01-16 |
| Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
| Series | Knight Rider | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | Forbidden Love | Burt Wagner | 1982-10-18 |
| Series | Voyagers! | Unknown | 1982-10-03 |
| Series | Newhart | Unknown | 1982-10-02 |
| Series | Foul Play | Unknown | 1981-01-26 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | Buddy Buddy | Capt. Hubris | 1981-04-02 |
| Movie | Condorman | Russ Devlin | 1981-07-02 |
| Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
| Series | The Fall Guy | Unknown | 1981-11-04 |
| Movie | Death Penalty | John Mulligan | 1980-01-22 |
| Movie | The Nude Bomb | Chief | 1980-05-09 |
| Series | Galactica 1980 | Unknown | 1980-01-27 |
| Movie | The Last Flight of Noah's Ark | Benchley | 1980-06-24 |
| Movie | Mark, I Love You | Mr. Bassett | 1980-12-10 |
| Movie | Crisis in Mid-Air | Brad Mullins | 1979-02-13 |
| Series | B. J. and the Bear | Unknown | 1979-02-10 |
| Movie | Samurai | Frank Boyd | 1979-04-30 |
| Movie | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Havermeyer | 1979-04-13 |
| Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Movie | The Champ | Hoffmaster | 1979-07-07 |
| Series | Eight Is Enough | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
| Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
| Movie | W.C. Fields and Me | Dockstedter | 1976-03-31 |
| Movie | Law of the Land | Rev. Mr. Endicott | 1976-04-29 |
| Movie | St. Ives | Lt. Charles Blunt | 1976-02-24 |
| Movie | Baby Blue Marine | Sheriff Wenzel | 1976-05-05 |
| Series | Baa Baa Black Sheep | Thomas A. Lard | 1976-09-21 |
| Movie | The Flying Misfits | Col. Thomas A. Lard | 1976-09-21 |
| Series | Baretta | Inspector Shiller | 1975-01-17 |
| Movie | Report to the Commissioner | Chief Perna | 1975-02-05 |
| Movie | Heatwave! | Prescott | 1974-01-27 |
| Movie | Panic on the 5:22 | Hal Rodgers | 1974-11-20 |
| Movie | The Sting | F.B.I. Agent Polk | 1973-12-25 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | Dying Room Only | Sheriff | 1973-09-18 |
| Movie | The Bravos | Captain Detroville | 1972-01-09 |
| Movie | Fireball Forward | Col. Talbot | 1972-03-05 |
| Series | The Sixth Sense | Unknown | 1972-01-15 |
| Movie | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Allen | 1972-05-12 |
| Series | The Waltons | Unknown | 1972-09-14 |
| Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
| Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
| Movie | A Gunfight | Marv Green | 1971-08-25 |
| Movie | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Carstairs | 1971-02-17 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Movie | The Death of Me Yet | Hank Keller | 1971-10-26 |
| Series | Columbo | Falcon | 1971-09-15 |
| Movie | Zig Zag | Harold Tracey | 1970-05-01 |
| Movie | Soldier Blue | Capt. Battles | 1970-08-12 |
| Movie | Adam at Six A.M. | Van Treadly | 1970-09-22 |
| Movie | San Francisco International | George Woodruff | 1970-09-29 |
| Movie | Deadlock | George Stack | 1969-02-22 |
| Movie | Pendulum | Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton | 1969-02-14 |
| Movie | The Whole World Is Watching | Huston | 1969-03-11 |
| Series | Room 222 | Unknown | 1969-09-11 |
| Movie | The Maltese Bippy | Sgt. Kelvaney | 1969-06-18 |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Movie | The Learning Tree | Kirky | 1969-08-06 |
| Movie | A Lovely Way to Die | Layton | 1968-04-19 |
| Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
| Movie | The Boston Strangler | Luis Schubert | 1968-10-08 |
| Movie | The Sound of Anger | Andrew Pearce | 1968-12-10 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Movie | The Crucible | Marshall Herrick | 1967-05-04 |
| Movie | The Borgia Stick | Craigmeyer | 1967-02-25 |
| Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Movie | The Fool Killer | Mr. Dodd | 1965-04-28 |
| Series | Get Smart | Unknown | 1965-09-18 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Movie | Fail Safe | Foster | 1964-10-07 |
| Series | The Patty Duke Show | Unknown | 1963-09-18 |
| Series | Espionage | Unknown | 1963-10-02 |
| Movie | Big Deal in Laredo | Dennis Wilcox | 1962-10-07 |
| Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |