Dana Elcar
Born: 1927-10-10 in Ferndale, Michigan United States
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dana Elcar (born October 10, 1927) 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.
Filmography
2020
- 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War as Self (archive footage)
1994
- ER as Manny Kendovich
- The Magic School Bus as Mr. Terese (voice)
1987
- Inside Out as Leo Gross
- There Were Times, Dear as Don Mason
1986
- Matlock as Arthur Hughes
- Murder in Three Acts as Dr. Strange
1985
- MacGyver as Pete Thornton
- Tough Love as Max Wiley
1984
- 2010 as Dimitri Moisevitch
- All of Me as Burton Schuyler
- Jungle Warriors as D'Antoni
- Sweet Revenge as Sen. Arthur Hagerty
1983
- The A-Team as George Olsen
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Frank Cardigan
- Blue Skies Again as Lou
- I Want to Live as Warden
- Inspector Perez as Captain R. C. Hodges
- Quarterback Princess as Mr. Caine
1982
- Knight Rider as Strock
- Newhart
- Matt Houston
- Voyagers!
- Teachers Only
- Herbie, the Love Bug
- Breach of Contract
- The Day the Bubble Burst as Mr. Block
- Help Wanted: Male as Milhauser
- Forbidden Love as Burt Wagner
1981
- Falcon Crest as Carl Reed
- Hill Street Blues
- The Fall Guy
- Code Red
- Foul Play
- Buddy Buddy as Capt. Hubris
- Condorman as Russ Devlin
1980
- Galactica 1980 as John Steadman
- The Nude Bomb as Chief
- The Last Flight of Noah's Ark as Benchley
- Mark, I Love You as Mr. Bassett
- Death Penalty as John Mulligan
1979
- Hart to Hart
- Trapper John, M.D.
- B. J. and the Bear
- Salvage 1 ... (Director)
- The Champ as Hoffmaster
- Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff as Havermeyer
- The Duke ... (Director)
- Samurai as Frank Boyd
- Crisis in Mid-Air as Brad Mullins
1977
- The Incredible Hulk as Sheriff Harris
- Eight Is Enough
- What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1976
- Baa Baa Black Sheep as Thomas A. Lard
- Gemini Man as Dr. Harold Schuyler
- St. Ives as Lt. Charles Blunt
- The Flying Misfits as Col. Thomas A. Lard
- W.C. Fields and Me as Dockstedter
- Baby Blue Marine as Sheriff Wenzel
- Law of the Land as Rev. Mr. Endicott
1975
- Baretta as Inspector Shiller
- Report to the Commissioner as Chief Perna
- Love Nest as Mort
1974
- The Rockford Files as Sheriff Mitchell
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Larry Stover
- Petrocelli as Prosecutor Daley
- The Manhunter
- Heatwave! as Prescott
- Senior Year as Paul Reed
- Panic on the 5:22 as Hal Rodgers
1973
- Police Story as Lt. Garippo
- The Sting as F.B.I. Agent Polk
- Hawkins as Dr. Aaronson
- Dying Room Only as Sheriff
- Catch-22 as Colonel Cathcart
1972
- The Waltons
- The Sixth Sense
- Delphi Bureau as Michael Kendall
- Kung Fu as Noah Jones
- The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Allen
- Fireball Forward as Col. Talbot
- The Bravos as Captain Detroville
1971
- Columbo as Falcon
- Cannon
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Paul Henderson
- Sarge as Father Frank Dinsmore
- A Gunfight as Marv Green
- Mrs. Pollifax — Spy as Carstairs
- Sarge: The Badge or the Cross as Father Frank Dinsmore
- The Death of Me Yet as Hank Keller
1970
- The Partridge Family as Mr. Felcher
- The Bold Ones: The Senator as Collie Ford
- Soldier Blue as Capt. Battles
- Zig Zag as Harold Tracey
- San Francisco International as George Woodruff
- Adam at Six A.M. as Van Treadly
1969
- Love, American Style as A. J. Potts
- Medical Center
- Room 222
- The Learning Tree as Kirky
- The Whole World Is Watching as Huston
- Pendulum as Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton
- Deadlock as George Stack
- The Maltese Bippy as Sgt. Kelvaney
- The D.A.: Murder One as Dr. Carl Enright
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Dr. Benjamin
- The Name of the Game as Hood
- The Outsider as Fred Oliver
- The Boston Strangler as Luis Schubert
- A Lovely Way to Die as Layton
- The Sound of Anger as Andrew Pearce
- Of Mice and Men
- Elizabeth the Queen as Captain Marvel
1967
- Mannix
- Ironside as Bill O'Brien
- The Invaders as Sheriff Tom Halloway
- Judd, for the Defense
- The Borgia Stick as Craigmeyer
- The Crucible as Marshall Herrick
1966
- Mission: Impossible as C.W. Cameron
- ABC Stage 67 as Lou Coolidge
1965
- Get Smart
- Run for Your Life as Dr. George Graham
- The F.B.I. as Howard Bergdahl
- The Fool Killer as Mr. Dodd
1964
- Fail Safe as Foster
1963
- The Patty Duke Show
- Espionage as Kevin
1962
- The Virginian as Bennett Poole
- Big Deal in Laredo as Dennis Wilcox
1961
- The Defenders as Rankin
1959
- Bonanza as Caleb Milton
- Burning Bright as Friend Ed
1958
- Naked City as Al Borris
1955
- Gunsmoke as Pennigrath
1954
1952
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jacob
1949
- The Big Story as Lt. Alameda