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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

149

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-10-10

Deathday

2005-06-06 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Ferndale, Michigan United States

Dana Elcar

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 appearance in the 11th episode of the first season.

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Acting

2020

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War as Self (archive footage)

1994		ER as Manny Kendovich
1994		The Magic School Bus as (voice)

1987		Inside Out as Leo Gross
1987		There Were Times, Dear as Don Mason

1986		Murder in Three Acts as Dr. Strange
1986		Matlock

1985		Toughlove as Max Wiley
1985		MacGyver as Pete Thornton
1985		MacGyver as Andy Colson

1984		2010 as Dimitri Moisevitch
1984		Sweet Revenge as Sen. Arthur Hagerty
1984		All of Me as Burton Schuyler
1984		Jungle Warriors as D'Antoni

1983		Quarterback Princess as Mr. Caine
1983		Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983		Hardcastle and McCormick as Frank Cardigan
1983		I Want to Live as Warden
1983		Blue Skies Again as Lou
1983		The A-Team as George Olsen
1983		The A-Team as Judge Leonard Mordente
1983		Inspector Perez as Captain R. C. Hodges

1982		Forbidden Love as Burt Wagner
1982		Voyagers!
1982		Newhart
1982		Knight Rider as Strock
1982		Matt Houston
1982		Teachers Only
1982		Herbie, the Love Bug
1982		The Day the Bubble Burst as Mr. Block
1982		Help Wanted: Male as Milhauser
1982		Breach of Contract

1981		Falcon Crest as Carl Reed
1981		The Fall Guy
1981		Code Red
1981		Condorman as Russ Devlin
1981		Buddy Buddy as Capt. Hubris
1981		Foul Play
1981		Hill Street Blues

1980		Mark, I Love You as Mr. Bassett
1980		The Last Flight of Noah's Ark as Benchley
1980		The Nude Bomb as Chief
1980		Galactica 1980 as John Steadman
1980		Death Penalty as John Mulligan

1979		Trapper John, M.D.
1979		Hart to Hart
1979		The Champ as Hoffmaster
1979		Samurai as Frank Boyd
1979		Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff as Havermeyer
1979		Crisis in Mid-Air as Brad Mullins
1979		B. J. and the Bear

1977		What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977		The Incredible Hulk as Sheriff Harris
1977		Eight Is Enough

1976		Baa Baa Black Sheep as Thomas A. Lard
1976		The Flying Misfits as Col. Thomas A. Lard
1976		Gemini Man as Dr. Harold Schuyler
1976		Baby Blue Marine as Sheriff Wenzel
1976		Law of the Land as Rev. Mr. Endicott
1976		W.C. Fields and Me as Dockstedter
1976		St. Ives as Lt. Charles Blunt

1975		Report to the Commissioner as Chief Perna
1975		Baretta as Inspector Shiller

1974		Panic on the 5:22 as Hal Rodgers
1974		The Rockford Files as Sheriff Mitchell
1974		Petrocelli as Prosecutor Daley
1974		The Manhunter
1974		Senior Year as Paul Reed
1974		Heatwave! as Prescott
1974		The Six Million Dollar Man as Larry Stover

1973		The Sting as F.B.I. Agent Polk
1973		Dying Room Only as Sheriff
1973		Catch-22 as Colonel Cathcart
1973		Police Story
1973		Hawkins as Dr. Aaronson

1972		Kung Fu
1972		The Waltons
1972		The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Allen
1972		Fireball Forward as Col. Talbot
1972		The Sixth Sense
1972		The Bravos as Captain Detroville

1971		The Death of Me Yet as Hank Keller
1971		Sarge as Father Frank Dinsmore
1971		Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Paul Henderson
1971		Columbo as Falcon
1971		Cannon
1971		A Gunfight as Marv Green
1971		Sarge: The Badge or the Cross as Father Frank Dinsmore
1971		Mrs. Pollifax — Spy as Carstairs
1971		Alias Smith and Jones

1970		San Francisco International as George Woodruff
1970		Adam at Six A.M. as Van Treadly
1970		The Bold Ones: The Senator as Collie Ford
1970		Soldier Blue as Capt. Battles
1970		Zig Zag as Harold Tracey

1969		The D.A.: Murder One as Dr. Carl Enright
1969		Love, American Style as A. J. Potts
1969		Medical Center
1969		Room 222
1969		The Learning Tree as Kirky
1969		The Maltese Bippy as Sgt. Kelvaney
1969		The Whole World Is Watching as Huston
1969		Deadlock as George Stack
1969		Pendulum as Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton

1968		The Sound of Anger as Andrew Pearce
1968		The Boston Strangler as Luis Schubert
1968		Hawaii Five-O as Dr. Benjamin
1968		The Name of the Game as Hood
1968		The Outsider as Fred Oliver
1968		A Lovely Way to Die as Layton
1968		Of Mice and Men
1968		Elizabeth the Queen as Captain Marvel

1967		Mannix
1967		Mannix as Skip Seldon
1967		Mannix as Fred Reston
1967		Judd for the Defense
1967		The Crucible as Marshall Herrick
1967		Ironside as Bill O'Brien
1967		The Borgia Stick as Craigmeyer
1967		The Invaders as Sheriff Tom Halloway

1966		Mission: Impossible as C.W. Cameron
1966		ABC Stage 67 as Lou Coolidge

1965		The F.B.I. as Howard Bergdahl
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
1965		Get Smart
1965		Run for Your Life as Dr. George Graham
1965		The Fool Killer as Mr. Dodd

1964

Fail Safe as Foster

1963		Espionage
1963		The Patty Duke Show

1962		Big Deal in Laredo as Dennis Wilcox
1962		The Virginian as Bennett Poole

1961		The Defenders as Dr. Marvin Graham
1961		The Defenders as Rankin
1961		The Defenders as District Attorney

1959		Burning Bright as Friend Ed
1959		Bonanza as Caleb Milton
1959		Bonanza as Mr. Merrick

1958

Naked City as Al Borris

1955

Gunsmoke as Pennigrath

1954

A Time To Live

1952

Omnibus

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jacob
1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as La Hire
1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Captain Marvel

1949

The Big Story as Lt. Alameda

Directing

1985

MacGyver as Director

1979		The Duke as Director
1979		Salvage 1 as Director

1974

The Rockford Files as Director