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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
Poster of Knight Rider
Poster of Dying Room Only
Poster of The Maltese Bippy
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