Dana Elcar

Birthday: 1927-10-10
Deathday: 2005-06-06
Birthplace: Ferndale, Michigan United States
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

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Credits

Year Title Character
1987-08-21 Inside Out Leo Gross
1987-06-03 There Were Times, Dear Don Mason
1986-10-01 Murder in Three Acts Dr. Strange
1985-10-13 Toughlove Max Wiley
1984-12-06 2010 Dimitri Moisevitch
1984-10-31 Sweet Revenge Sen. Arthur Hagerty
1984-09-21 All of Me Burton Schuyler
1984-05-11 Jungle Warriors D'Antoni
1983-12-03 Quarterback Princess Mr. Caine
1983-05-09 I Want to Live Warden
1983-04-29 Blue Skies Again Lou
1983-01-08 Inspector Perez Captain R. C. Hodges
1982-10-18 Forbidden Love Burt Wagner
1982-02-07 The Day the Bubble Burst Mr. Block
1982-01-16 Help Wanted: Male Milhauser
1982-01-01 Breach of Contract
1981-07-02 Condorman Russ Devlin
1981-04-02 Buddy Buddy Capt. Hubris
1980-12-10 Mark, I Love You Mr. Bassett
1980-06-24 The Last Flight of Noah's Ark Benchley
1980-05-09 The Nude Bomb Chief
1980-01-22 Death Penalty John Mulligan
1979-07-07 The Champ Hoffmaster
1979-04-30 Samurai Frank Boyd
1979-04-13 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff Havermeyer
1979-02-13 Crisis in Mid-Air Brad Mullins
1976-09-21 The Flying Misfits Col. Thomas A. Lard
1976-05-05 Baby Blue Marine Sheriff Wenzel
1976-04-29 Law of the Land Rev. Mr. Endicott
1976-03-31 W.C. Fields and Me Dockstedter
1976-02-24 St. Ives Lt. Charles Blunt
1975-02-05 Report to the Commissioner Chief Perna
1974-11-20 Panic on the 5:22 Hal Rodgers
1974-03-22 Senior Year Paul Reed
1974-01-27 Heatwave! Prescott
1973-12-25 The Sting F.B.I. Agent Polk
1973-09-18 Dying Room Only Sheriff
1973-05-21 Catch-22 Colonel Cathcart
1972-05-12 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid Allen
1972-03-05 Fireball Forward Col. Talbot
1972-01-09 The Bravos Captain Detroville
1971-10-26 The Death of Me Yet Hank Keller
1971-08-25 A Gunfight Marv Green
1971-02-22 Sarge: The Badge or the Cross Father Frank Dinsmore
1971-02-17 Mrs. Pollifax — Spy Carstairs
1970-09-29 San Francisco International George Woodruff
1970-09-22 Adam at Six A.M. Van Treadly
1970-08-12 Soldier Blue Capt. Battles
1970-05-01 Zig Zag Harold Tracey
1969-12-08 The D.A.: Murder One Dr. Carl Enright
1969-08-06 The Learning Tree Kirky
1969-06-18 The Maltese Bippy Sgt. Kelvaney
1969-03-11 The Whole World Is Watching Huston
1969-02-22 Deadlock George Stack
1969-02-14 Pendulum Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton
1968-12-10 The Sound of Anger Andrew Pearce
1968-10-08 The Boston Strangler Luis Schubert
1968-04-19 A Lovely Way to Die Layton
1968-01-31 Of Mice and Men
1967-05-04 The Crucible Marshall Herrick
1967-02-25 The Borgia Stick Craigmeyer
1965-04-28 The Fool Killer Mr. Dodd
1964-10-07 Fail Safe Foster
1962-10-07 Big Deal in Laredo Dennis Wilcox
1959-10-26 Burning Bright Friend Ed