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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Ferndale, Michigan United States, 1927-10-10

Died: 2005-06-06

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	Burning Bright	Friend Ed	0
2	1962	Big Deal in Laredo	Dennis Wilcox	0
3	1964	Fail Safe	Foster	78
4	1965	The Fool Killer	Mr. Dodd	68
5	1967	The Borgia Stick	Craigmeyer	78
6	1967	The Crucible	Marshall Herrick	35
7	1968	Of Mice and Men		90
8	1968	Elizabeth the Queen	Captain Marvel	0
9	1968	A Lovely Way to Die	Layton	45
10	1968	The Boston Strangler	Luis Schubert	67
11	1968	The Sound of Anger	Andrew Pearce	0
12	1969	Pendulum	Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton	55
13	1969	Deadlock	George Stack	0
14	1969	The Whole World Is Watching	Huston	0
15	1969	The Maltese Bippy	Sgt. Kelvaney	54
16	1969	The Learning Tree	Kirky	69
17	1969	The D.A.: Murder One	Dr. Carl Enright	0
18	1970	Zig Zag	Harold Tracey	75
19	1970	Soldier Blue	Capt. Battles	68
20	1970	Adam at Six A.M.	Van Treadly	47
21	1970	San Francisco International	George Woodruff	37
22	1971	Mrs. Pollifax — Spy	Carstairs	61
23	1971	Sarge: The Badge or the Cross	Father Frank Dinsmore	0
24	1971	A Gunfight	Marv Green	58
25	1971	The Death of Me Yet	Hank Keller	67
26	1972	The Bravos	Captain Detroville	57
27	1972	Fireball Forward	Col. Talbot	50
28	1972	The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid	Allen	56
29	1973	Catch-22	Colonel Cathcart	50
30	1973	Dying Room Only	Sheriff	66
31	1973	The Sting	F.B.I. Agent Polk	80
32	1974	Heatwave!	Prescott	59
33	1974	Senior Year	Paul Reed	0
34	1974	Panic on the 5:22	Hal Rodgers	53
35	1975	Report to the Commissioner	Chief Perna	66
36	1976	St. Ives	Lt. Charles Blunt	57
37	1976	W.C. Fields and Me	Dockstedter	78
38	1976	Law of the Land	Rev. Mr. Endicott	37
39	1976	Baby Blue Marine	Sheriff Wenzel	49
40	1976	The Flying Misfits	Col. Thomas A. Lard	68
41	1979	Crisis in Mid-Air	Brad Mullins	60
42	1979	Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff	Havermeyer	54
43	1979	Samurai	Frank Boyd	0
44	1979	The Champ	Hoffmaster	70
45	1980	Death Penalty	John Mulligan	0
46	1980	The Nude Bomb	Chief	54
47	1980	The Last Flight of Noah's Ark	Benchley	55
48	1980	Mark, I Love You	Mr. Bassett	0
49	1981	Buddy Buddy	Capt. Hubris	62
50	1981	Condorman	Russ Devlin	55
51	1982	Breach of Contract		0
52	1982	Help Wanted: Male	Milhauser	50
53	1982	The Day the Bubble Burst	Mr. Block	20
54	1982	Forbidden Love	Burt Wagner	53
55	1983	Inspector Perez	Captain R. C. Hodges	0
56	1983	Blue Skies Again	Lou	52
57	1983	I Want to Live	Warden	40
58	1983	Quarterback Princess	Mr. Caine	69
59	1984	Jungle Warriors	D'Antoni	39
60	1984	All of Me	Burton Schuyler	65
61	1984	Sweet Revenge	Sen. Arthur Hagerty	60
62	1984	2010	Dimitri Moisevitch	66
63	1985	Toughlove	Max Wiley	50
64	1986	Murder in Three Acts	Dr. Strange	57
65	1987	There Were Times, Dear	Don Mason	0
66	1987	Inside Out	Leo Gross	63
67	2020	'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Big Story	Lt. Alameda	67
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Jacob	86
3	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	La Hire	86
4	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Captain Marvel	86
5	1952	Omnibus		60
6	1954	A Time To Live		0
7	1955	Gunsmoke	Pennigrath	66
8	1958	Naked City	Al Borris	55
9	1959	Bonanza	Caleb Milton	75
10	1959	Bonanza	Mr. Merrick	75
11	1961	The Defenders	Rankin	62
12	1961	The Defenders	Dr. Marvin Graham	62
13	1961	The Defenders	District Attorney	62
14	1962	The Virginian	Bennett Poole	65
15	1963	The Patty Duke Show		58
16	1963	Espionage		0
17	1965	Run for Your Life	Dr. George Graham	72
18	1965	Get Smart		79
19	1965	The F.B.I.	Howard Bergdahl	55
20	1965	The F.B.I.	Howard Swift	55
21	1965	The F.B.I.	Ed Garth	55
22	1965	The F.B.I.	Ewing Carter	55
23	1965	The F.B.I.	Waverly	55
24	1966	ABC Stage 67	Lou Coolidge	62
25	1966	Mission: Impossible	C.W. Cameron	76
26	1967	The Invaders	Sheriff Tom Halloway	68
27	1967	Ironside	Bill O'Brien	68
28	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
29	1967	Mannix		67
30	1967	Mannix	Skip Seldon	67
31	1967	Mannix	Fred Reston	67
32	1968	The Outsider	Fred Oliver	52
33	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Dr. Benjamin	71
34	1968	The Name of the Game	Hood	68
35	1969	Room 222		60
36	1969	Medical Center		61
37	1969	Love, American Style	A. J. Potts	61
38	1970	The Bold Ones: The Senator	Collie Ford	30
39	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
40	1971	Cannon		65
41	1971	Columbo	Falcon	81
42	1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Paul Henderson	63
43	1971	Sarge	Father Frank Dinsmore	50
44	1972	The Sixth Sense		63
45	1972	The Waltons		71
46	1972	Kung Fu	Noah Jones	77
47	1973	Hawkins	Dr. Aaronson	72
48	1973	Police Story		69
49	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Larry Stover	73
50	1974	The Manhunter		50
51	1974	Petrocelli	Prosecutor Daley	71
52	1974	The Rockford Files	Sheriff Mitchell	75
53	1975	Baretta	Inspector Shiller	63
54	1976	Gemini Man	Dr. Harold Schuyler	69
55	1976	Baa Baa Black Sheep	Thomas A. Lard	76
56	1977	Eight Is Enough		60
57	1977	The Incredible Hulk	Sheriff Harris	73
58	1977	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?		45
59	1979	B. J. and the Bear		55
60	1979	Hart to Hart		68
61	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		65
62	1980	Galactica 1980	John Steadman	61
63	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
64	1981	Foul Play		50
65	1981	Code Red		55
66	1981	The Fall Guy		76
67	1981	Falcon Crest	Carl Reed	55
68	1982	Herbie, the Love Bug		57
69	1982	Teachers Only		50
70	1982	Knight Rider	Strock	76
71	1982	Matt Houston		62
72	1982	Newhart		71
73	1982	Voyagers!		75
74	1983	The A-Team	George Olsen	75
75	1983	The A-Team	Judge Leonard Mordente	75
76	1983	Hardcastle and McCormick	Frank Cardigan	64
77	1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. King		63
78	1985	MacGyver	Pete Thornton	77
79	1985	MacGyver	Andy Colson	77
80	1986	Matlock		71
81	1994	The Magic School Bus	(voice)	76
82	1994	ER	Manny Kendovich	78