Dana Elcar
Birthday
1927/10/10
Day of death
2005/06/06 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Ferndale, Michigan United States
Also know as
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Biography
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 appea...Read more
Acting
(1984) 2010
as Dimitri Moisevitch
(1967) The Borgia Stick
as Craigmeyer
(1973) Catch-22
as Colonel Cathcart
(1986) Murder in Three Acts
as Dr. Strange
(1968) A Lovely Way to Die
as Layton
(1973) The Sting
as F.B.I. Agent Polk
(1968) The Boston Strangler
as Luis Schubert
(1980) The Nude Bomb
as Chief
(1982) Breach of Contract
as ---
(1972) The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Allen
(1965) The Fool Killer
as Mr. Dodd
(1980) The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
as Benchley
(1970) Soldier Blue
as Capt. Battles
(1975) Report to the Commissioner
as Chief Perna
(1982) The Day the Bubble Burst
as Mr. Block
(1976) St. Ives
as Lt. Charles Blunt
(1969) The Whole World Is Watching
as Huston
(1976) W.C. Fields and Me
as Dockstedter
(1981) Condorman
as Russ Devlin
(1968) Of Mice and Men
as ---
(1984) Sweet Revenge
as Sen. Arthur Hagerty
(1971) A Gunfight
as Marv Green
(1987) Inside Out
as Leo Gross
(1970) Zig Zag
as Harold Tracey
(1973) Dying Room Only
as Sheriff
(1984) Jungle Warriors
as D'Antoni
(1980) Death Penalty
as John Mulligan
(1983) Quarterback Princess
as Mr. Caine
(2020) 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
(1979) Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
as Havermeyer
(1980) Mark, I Love You
as Mr. Bassett
(1971) Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
as Carstairs
(1971) The Death of Me Yet
as Hank Keller
(1959) Burning Bright
as Friend Ed
(1979) Crisis in Mid-Air
as Brad Mullins
(1974) Heatwave!
as Prescott
(1969) Deadlock
as George Stack
(1971) Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Father Frank Dinsmore
(1974) Senior Year
as Paul Reed
(1976) The Flying Misfits
as Col. Thomas A. Lard
(1969) The Learning Tree
as Kirky
(1976) Baby Blue Marine
as Sheriff Wenzel
(1981) Buddy Buddy
as Capt. Hubris
(1983) Blue Skies Again
as Lou
(1970) San Francisco International
as George Woodruff
(1969) The D.A.: Murder One
as Dr. Carl Enright
(1987) There Were Times, Dear
as Don Mason
(1979) The Champ
as Hoffmaster
(1976) Law of the Land
as Rev. Mr. Endicott
(1964) Fail Safe
as Foster
(1969) The Maltese Bippy
as Sgt. Kelvaney
(1982) Forbidden Love
as Burt Wagner
(1972) The Bravos
as Captain Detroville
(1970) Adam at Six A.M.
as Van Treadly
(1969) Pendulum
as Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton
(1979) Samurai
as Frank Boyd
(1968) The Sound of Anger
as Andrew Pearce
(1982) Help Wanted: Male
as Milhauser
(1984) All of Me
as Burton Schuyler
(1974) Panic on the 5:22
as Hal Rodgers
(1972) Fireball Forward
as Col. Talbot
(1962) Big Deal in Laredo
as Dennis Wilcox
(1983) I Want to Live
as Warden
(1985) Toughlove
as Max Wiley
(1983) Inspector Perez
as Captain R. C. Hodges
(1967) The Crucible
as Marshall Herrick
(1981) Falcon Crest
as Carl Reed
(1971) Columbo
as Falcon
(1979) B. J. and the Bear
as ---
(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---
(1972) Kung Fu
as ---
(1983) The A-Team
as George Olsen
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Howard Bergdahl
(1986) Matlock
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Dr. Benjamin
(1982) Knight Rider
as Strock
(1973) Hawkins
as Dr. Aaronson
(1975) Baretta
as Inspector Shiller
(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as ---
(1969) Room 222
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Al Borris
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as ---
(1983) Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as ---
(1985) MacGyver
as Pete Thornton
(1982) Herbie, the Love Bug
as ---
(1982) Newhart
as ---
(1969) Medical Center
as ---
(1979) Hart to Hart
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Pennigrath
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as C.W. Cameron
(1980) Galactica 1980
as John Steadman
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1982) Voyagers!
as ---
(1977) Eight Is Enough
as ---
(1965) Get Smart
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jacob
(1967) Ironside
as Bill O'Brien
(1972) The Waltons
as ---
(1981) The Fall Guy
as ---
(1994) The Magic School Bus
as (voice)
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Dr. George Graham
(1963) Espionage
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1982) Matt Houston
as ---
(1963) The Patty Duke Show
as ---
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as ---
(1972) The Sixth Sense
as ---
(1966) ABC Stage 67
as Lou Coolidge
(1981) Foul Play
as ---
(1974) The Manhunter
as ---
(1961) The Defenders
as Rankin
(1961) The Defenders
as Dr. Marvin Graham
(1961) The Defenders
as District Attorney
(1954) A Time To Live
as ---
(1977) What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?
as ---
(1976) Baa Baa Black Sheep
as Thomas A. Lard
(1959) Bonanza
as Caleb Milton
(1985) MacGyver
as Andy Colson
(1994) ER
as Manny Kendovich
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Howard Swift
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Ed Garth
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Ewing Carter
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Waverly
(1981) Code Red
as ---
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Larry Stover
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Hood
(1983) Hardcastle and McCormick
as Frank Cardigan
(1971) Sarge
as Father Frank Dinsmore
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Sheriff Mitchell
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as La Hire
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Captain Marvel
(1967) Mannix
as Skip Seldon
(1983) The A-Team
as Judge Leonard Mordente
(1962) The Virginian
as Bennett Poole
(1982) Teachers Only
as ---
(1967) The Invaders
as Sheriff Tom Halloway
(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as Sheriff Harris
(1971) Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Paul Henderson
(1959) Bonanza
as Mr. Merrick
(1949) The Big Story
as Lt. Alameda
(1970) The Bold Ones: The Senator
as Collie Ford
(1974) Petrocelli
as Prosecutor Daley
(1968) The Outsider
as Fred Oliver
(1969) Love, American Style
as A. J. Potts