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
1984
- Jungle Warriors as D'Antoni
- Sweet Revenge as Sen. Arthur Hagerty
- 2010 as Dimitri Moisevitch
- All of Me as Burton Schuyler
1983
- The A-Team as George Olsen
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Frank Cardigan
- Quarterback Princess as Mr. Caine
- Inspector Perez as Captain R. C. Hodges
- Blue Skies Again as Lou
- I Want to Live as Warden
1982
- Knight Rider as Strock
- Newhart
- Matt Houston
- Voyagers!
- Breach of Contract
- Teachers Only
- Forbidden Love as Burt Wagner
- Help Wanted: Male as Milhauser
- The Day the Bubble Burst as Mr. Block
- Herbie, the Love Bug
1981
- Falcon Crest as Carl Reed
- Hill Street Blues
- The Fall Guy
- Buddy Buddy as Capt. Hubris
- Condorman as Russ Devlin
- Code Red
- Foul Play
1980
- Galactica 1980 as John Steadman
- The Last Flight of Noah's Ark as Benchley
- The Nude Bomb as Chief
- Mark, I Love You as Mr. Bassett
- Death Penalty as John Mulligan
1979
- Hart to Hart
- Trapper John, M.D.
- The Champ as Hoffmaster
- B. J. and the Bear
- Samurai as Frank Boyd
- Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff as Havermeyer
- Crisis in Mid-Air as Brad Mullins
- Salvage 1 ... (Director)
- The Duke ... (Director)
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
- St. Ives as Lt. Charles Blunt
- The Flying Misfits as Col. Thomas A. Lard
- Baby Blue Marine as Sheriff Wenzel
- Law of the Land as Rev. Mr. Endicott
- Gemini Man as Dr. Harold Schuyler
- W.C. Fields and Me as Dockstedter
1975
- Baretta as Inspector Shiller
- Love Nest as Mort
- Report to the Commissioner as Chief Perna
1974
- The Rockford Files as Sheriff Mitchell
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Larry Stover
- Petrocelli as Prosecutor Daley
- Senior Year as Paul Reed
- The Manhunter
- Panic on the 5:22 as Hal Rodgers
- Heatwave! as Prescott
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 Bravos as Captain Detroville
- The Sixth Sense
- The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Allen
- Fireball Forward as Col. Talbot
- Delphi Bureau as Michael Kendall
- Kung Fu as Noah Jones
1971
- Columbo as Falcon
- Cannon
- Alias Smith and Jones
- A Gunfight as Marv Green
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Paul Henderson
- Mrs. Pollifax — Spy as Carstairs
- Sarge: The Badge or the Cross as Father Frank Dinsmore
- Sarge as Father Frank Dinsmore
- The Death of Me Yet as Hank Keller
1970
- The Partridge Family as Mr. Felcher
- Adam at Six A.M. as Van Treadly
- Soldier Blue as Capt. Battles
- San Francisco International as George Woodruff
- The Bold Ones: The Senator as Collie Ford
- Zig Zag as Harold Tracey
1969
- Love, American Style as A. J. Potts
- Medical Center
- Pendulum as Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton
- Room 222
- Deadlock as George Stack
- The D.A.: Murder One as Dr. Carl Enright
- The Learning Tree as Kirky
- The Whole World Is Watching as Huston
- The Maltese Bippy as Sgt. Kelvaney
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Dr. Benjamin
- The Name of the Game as Hood
- A Lovely Way to Die as Layton
- The Boston Strangler as Luis Schubert
- The Outsider as Fred Oliver
- Elizabeth the Queen as Captain Marvel
- The Sound of Anger as Andrew Pearce
- Of Mice and Men
1967
- Ironside as Bill O'Brien
- Mannix
- 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
- The F.B.I. as Howard Bergdahl
- Run for Your Life as Dr. George Graham
- The Fool Killer as Mr. Dodd
1964
- Fail Safe as Foster
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