Dana Elcar

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-10-10 (78 years old)

Deathday

2005-06-06

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dana Elcar, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contribu...

Acting

1984

2010

as Dimitri Moisevitch

1967

The Borgia Stick

as Craigmeyer

1973

Catch-22

as Colonel Cathcart

1986

Murder in Three Acts

as Dr. Strange

1968

1973

The Sting

as F.B.I. Agent Polk

1968

The Boston Strangler

as Luis Schubert

1980

1965

The Fool Killer

as Mr. Dodd

1970

Soldier Blue

as Capt. Battles

1975

1982

1976

St. Ives

as Lt. Charles Blunt

1976

W.C. Fields and Me

as Dockstedter

1981

Condorman

as Russ Devlin

1984

Sweet Revenge

as Sen. Arthur Hagerty

1971

A Gunfight

as Marv Green

1987

Inside Out

as Leo Gross

1970

Zig Zag

as Harold Tracey

1973

Dying Room Only

as Sheriff

1984

Jungle Warriors

as D'Antoni

1980

Death Penalty

as John Mulligan

1983

2020

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

as Self (archive footage)

1979

1980

Mark, I Love You

as Mr. Bassett

1971

1971

The Death of Me Yet

as Hank Keller

1959

Burning Bright

as Friend Ed

1979

Crisis in Mid-Air

as Brad Mullins

1974

Heatwave!

as Prescott

1969

Deadlock

as George Stack

1971

Sarge: The Badge or the Cross

as Father Frank Dinsmore

1974

Senior Year

as Paul Reed

1976

The Flying Misfits

as Col. Thomas A. Lard

1969

1976

Baby Blue Marine

as Sheriff Wenzel

1981

Buddy Buddy

as Capt. Hubris

1970

San Francisco International

as George Woodruff

1969

The D.A.: Murder One

as Dr. Carl Enright

1987

1979

The Champ

as Hoffmaster

1976

Law of the Land

as Rev. Mr. Endicott

1964

Fail Safe

as Foster

1969

The Maltese Bippy

as Sgt. Kelvaney

1982

Forbidden Love

as Burt Wagner

1972

The Bravos

as Captain Detroville

1970

Adam at Six A.M.

as Van Treadly

1969

Pendulum

as Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton

1979

Samurai

as Frank Boyd

1968

The Sound of Anger

as Andrew Pearce

1982

Help Wanted: Male

as Milhauser

1984

All of Me

as Burton Schuyler

1974

Panic on the 5:22

as Hal Rodgers

1972

Fireball Forward

as Col. Talbot

1962

Big Deal in Laredo

as Dennis Wilcox

1983

1985

Toughlove

as Max Wiley

1983

Inspector Perez

as Captain R. C. Hodges

1967

The Crucible

as Marshall Herrick

1968

Elizabeth the Queen

as Captain Marvel

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