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:
- 111
- 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 | There Were Times, Dear | Don Mason | 1987-06-03 |
| Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
| Movie | Inside Out | Leo Gross | 1986-11-01 |
| Movie | Murder in Three Acts | Dr. Strange | 1986-10-01 |
| Series | MacGyver | Pete Thornton | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | Toughlove | Max Wiley | 1985-10-13 |
| 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 |
| Series | Herbie, the Love Bug | Unknown | 1982-03-17 |
| Movie | Help Wanted: Male | Milhauser | 1982-01-16 |
| Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | The Day the Bubble Burst | Mr. Block | 1982-02-07 |
| Series | Knight Rider | Strock | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | Forbidden Love | Burt Wagner | 1982-10-18 |
| Series | Voyagers! | Unknown | 1982-10-03 |
| Series | Newhart | Unknown | 1982-10-02 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | Buddy Buddy | Capt. Hubris | 1981-04-02 |
| Series | Foul Play | Unknown | 1981-01-26 |
| Movie | Condorman | Russ Devlin | 1981-07-02 |
| Series | The Fall Guy | Unknown | 1981-11-04 |
| Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
| Movie | Death Penalty | John Mulligan | 1980-01-22 |
| Series | Galactica 1980 | Unknown | 1980-01-27 |
| Movie | The Nude Bomb | Chief | 1980-05-09 |
| Movie | The Last Flight of Noah's Ark | Benchley | 1980-06-24 |
| Movie | Crisis in Mid-Air | Brad Mullins | 1979-02-13 |
| Movie | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Havermeyer | 1979-04-13 |
| Series | B. J. and the Bear | Unknown | 1979-02-10 |
| Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| Movie | Samurai | Frank Boyd | 1979-04-30 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Movie | The Champ | Hoffmaster | 1979-07-10 |
| Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
| Series | Eight Is Enough | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
| Series | What Really Happened To the Class Of '65? | Unknown | 1977-12-08 |
| Movie | W.C. Fields and Me | Dockstedter | 1976-03-31 |
| Movie | St. Ives | Lt. Charles Blunt | 1976-02-24 |
| Movie | Law of the Land | Rev. Mr. Endicott | 1976-04-29 |
| 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 | Senior Year | Paul Reed | 1974-03-22 |
| Series | The Manhunter | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
| Movie | Heatwave! | Prescott | 1974-01-27 |
| Series | The Rockford Files | Sheriff Mitchell | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | Panic on the 5:22 | Hal Rodgers | 1974-11-20 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | Dying Room Only | Sheriff | 1973-09-18 |
| Movie | The Sting | F.B.I. Agent Polk | 1973-12-25 |
| 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 | The Whole World Is Watching | Huston | 1969-03-11 |
| Movie | Pendulum | Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton | 1969-02-14 |
| Movie | Deadlock | George Stack | 1969-02-22 |
| Movie | The Learning Tree | Kirky | 1969-08-06 |
| Movie | The Maltese Bippy | Sgt. Kelvaney | 1969-06-18 |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Series | Room 222 | Unknown | 1969-09-11 |
| Movie | A Lovely Way to Die | Layton | 1968-04-19 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
| Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
| Movie | The Sound of Anger | Andrew Pearce | 1968-12-10 |
| Movie | The Boston Strangler | Luis Schubert | 1968-10-08 |
| Movie | The Borgia Stick | Craigmeyer | 1967-02-25 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | The Crucible | Marshall Herrick | 1967-05-04 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Series | ABC Stage 67 | Unknown | 1966-09-14 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Movie | The Fool Killer | Mr. Dodd | 1965-04-28 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | Get Smart | Unknown | 1965-09-18 |
| 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 | A Time To Live | 1954-07-05 | |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |