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.
Series | The Magic School Bus | Unknown | 1994-09-10 |
Movie | There Were Times, Dear | Don Mason | 1987-06-03 |
Movie | Inside Out | Leo Gross | 1987-08-21 |
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 | 2010 | Dimitri Moisevitch | 1984-12-06 |
Movie | Sweet Revenge | Sen. Arthur Hagerty | 1984-10-31 |
Series | The A-Team | Unknown | 1983-01-23 |
Movie | Blue Skies Again | Lou | 1983-04-29 |
Movie | Quarterback Princess | Mr. Caine | 1983-12-03 |
Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Series | Knight Rider | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Series | Newhart | Unknown | 1982-10-02 |
Series | Voyagers | Unknown | 1982-10-03 |
Movie | Forbidden Love | Burt Wagner | 1982-10-18 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Movie | Buddy Buddy | Capt. Hubris | 1981-04-02 |
Series | The Fall Guy | Unknown | 1981-11-04 |
Movie | Condorman | Russ Devlin | 1981-07-02 |
Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
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 | Samurai | Frank Boyd | 1979-04-30 |
Movie | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Havermeyer | 1979-04-13 |
Movie | The Champ | Hoffmaster | 1979-07-10 |
Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
Series | Eight Is Enough | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
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 |
Series | Baa Baa Black Sheep | Col. Thomas A. Lard | 1976-09-21 |
Movie | Baby Blue Marine | Sheriff Wenzel | 1976-05-05 |
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 | Panic on the 5:22 | Hal Rodgers | 1974-11-20 |
Movie | Heatwave! | Prescott | 1974-01-27 |
Series | The Manhunter | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
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 |
Series | The Sixth Sense | Unknown | 1972-01-15 |
Movie | The Bravos | Captain Detroville | 1972-01-09 |
Movie | Fireball Forward | Col. Talbot | 1972-03-05 |
Movie | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Allen | 1972-05-12 |
Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
Series | The Waltons | Unknown | 1972-09-14 |
Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
Movie | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Carstairs | 1971-02-17 |
Series | Columbo | Falcon | 1971-09-15 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Movie | The Death of Me Yet | Hank Keller | 1971-10-26 |
Movie | Soldier Blue | Capt. Battles | 1970-08-12 |
Movie | Zig Zag | Harold Tracey | 1970-05-01 |
Movie | Adam at Six A.M. | Van Treadly | 1970-09-22 |
Movie | San Francisco International | George Woodruff | 1970-09-29 |
Movie | Pendulum | Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton | 1969-02-14 |
Movie | Deadlock | George Stack | 1969-02-22 |
Movie | The Maltese Bippy | Sgt. Kelvaney | 1969-06-18 |
Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
Movie | The Learning Tree | Kirky | 1969-08-06 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | A Lovely Way to Die | Layton | 1968-04-19 |
Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
Movie | The Boston Strangler | Luis Schubert | 1968-10-08 |
Movie | The Sound of Anger | Andrew Pearce | 1968-12-10 |
Movie | The Borgia Stick | Craigmeyer | 1967-02-25 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | ABC Stage 67 | Unknown | 1966-09-14 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | The Fool Killer | Mr. Dodd | 1965-04-28 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Series | Espionage | Unknown | 1963-10-02 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
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