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.
Movie | 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-28 |
Series | The Magic School Bus | (voice) | 1994-09-10 |
Series | ER | Manny Kendovich | 1994-09-19 |
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 | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
Series | MacGyver | Pete Thornton | 1985-09-29 |
Movie | Toughlove | Max Wiley | 1985-10-13 |
Movie | 2010 | Dimitri Moisevitch | 1984-12-06 |
Movie | All of Me | Burton Schuyler | 1984-09-21 |
Movie | Jungle Warriors | D'Antoni | 1984-05-11 |
Movie | Sweet Revenge | Sen. Arthur Hagerty | 1984-10-31 |
Series | The A-Team | Judge Leonard Mordente | 1983-01-23 |
Movie | Blue Skies Again | Lou | 1983-04-29 |
Movie | Inspector Perez | Captain R. C. Hodges | 1983-01-08 |
Movie | I Want to Live | Warden | 1983-05-09 |
Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
Movie | Quarterback Princess | Mr. Caine | 1983-12-03 |
Series | Hardcastle and McCormick | Frank Cardigan | 1983-09-18 |
Series | Herbie, the Love Bug | Unknown | 1982-03-17 |
Movie | The Day the Bubble Burst | Mr. Block | 1982-02-07 |
Movie | Breach of Contract | Unknown | 1982-01-01 |
Series | Teachers Only | Unknown | 1982-04-14 |
Movie | Help Wanted: Male | Milhauser | 1982-01-16 |
Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Movie | Forbidden Love | Burt Wagner | 1982-10-18 |
Series | Newhart | Unknown | 1982-10-02 |
Series | Voyagers! | Unknown | 1982-10-03 |
Series | Knight Rider | Strock | 1982-09-26 |
Series | Foul Play | Unknown | 1981-01-26 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Movie | Buddy Buddy | Capt. Hubris | 1981-04-02 |
Series | Falcon Crest | Carl Reed | 1981-12-04 |
Movie | Condorman | Russ Devlin | 1981-07-02 |
Series | The Fall Guy | Unknown | 1981-11-04 |
Series | Code Red | Unknown | 1981-09-20 |
Movie | Death Penalty | John Mulligan | 1980-01-22 |
Series | Galactica 1980 | John Steadman | 1980-01-27 |
Movie | The Nude Bomb | Chief | 1980-05-09 |
Movie | Mark, I Love You | Mr. Bassett | 1980-12-10 |
Movie | The Last Flight of Noah's Ark | Benchley | 1980-06-24 |
Movie | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Havermeyer | 1979-04-13 |
Series | B. J. and the Bear | Unknown | 1979-02-10 |
Movie | Samurai | Frank Boyd | 1979-04-30 |
Movie | Crisis in Mid-Air | Brad Mullins | 1979-02-13 |
Movie | The Champ | Hoffmaster | 1979-07-07 |
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 | Sheriff Harris | 1977-11-04 |
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 |
Series | Baa Baa Black Sheep | 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 | Senior Year | Paul Reed | 1974-03-22 |
Series | The Six Million Dollar Man | Larry Stover | 1974-01-18 |
Movie | Heatwave! | Prescott | 1974-01-27 |
Series | The Manhunter | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Movie | Panic on the 5:22 | Hal Rodgers | 1974-11-20 |
Series | The Rockford Files | Sheriff Mitchell | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Hawkins | Dr. Aaronson | 1973-03-13 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | Catch-22 | Colonel Cathcart | 1973-05-21 |
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 |
Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
Movie | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Allen | 1972-05-12 |
Series | The Waltons | Unknown | 1972-09-14 |
Movie | Sarge: The Badge or the Cross | Father Frank Dinsmore | 1971-02-22 |
Movie | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Carstairs | 1971-02-17 |
Movie | A Gunfight | Marv Green | 1971-08-25 |
Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
Movie | The Death of Me Yet | Hank Keller | 1971-10-26 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Series | Sarge | Father Frank Dinsmore | 1971-09-21 |
Series | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Paul Henderson | 1971-09-16 |
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 | The Maltese Bippy | Sgt. Kelvaney | 1969-06-18 |
Movie | Deadlock | George Stack | 1969-02-22 |
Movie | The Learning Tree | Kirky | 1969-08-06 |
Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
Movie | The D.A.: Murder One | Dr. Carl Enright | 1969-12-08 |
Series | Room 222 | Unknown | 1969-09-11 |
Movie | A Lovely Way to Die | Layton | 1968-04-19 |
Movie | Of Mice and Men | 1968-01-31 | |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Dr. Benjamin | 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 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Hood | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | The Borgia Stick | Craigmeyer | 1967-02-25 |
Series | The Invaders | Sheriff Tom Halloway | 1967-01-10 |
Series | Ironside | Bill O'Brien | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | The Crucible | Marshall Herrick | 1967-05-04 |
Series | Mannix | Skip Seldon | 1967-09-16 |
Series | ABC Stage 67 | Lou Coolidge | 1966-09-14 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | C.W. Cameron | 1966-09-17 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Waverly | 1965-09-19 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Dr. George Graham | 1965-09-13 |
Movie | The Fool Killer | Mr. Dodd | 1965-04-28 |
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 |
Series | The Virginian | Bennett Poole | 1962-09-19 |
Movie | Big Deal in Laredo | Dennis Wilcox | 1962-10-07 |
Series | The Defenders | District Attorney | 1961-09-16 |
Series | Bonanza | Caleb Milton | 1959-09-12 |
Movie | Burning Bright | Friend Ed | 1959-10-26 |
Series | Naked City | Al Borris | 1958-09-30 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Pennigrath | 1955-09-10 |
Series | A Time To Live | Unknown | 1954-07-05 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Captain Marvel | 1951-12-24 |
Series | The Big Story | Lt. Alameda | 1949-09-16 |