Person Details

Birthday: 1927-10-10 21:24:22

Death: 2005-06-06 21:24:22

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Ferndale, Michigan United States

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Movie Involvements: 54

TV Involvements: 42


Most Famous Work

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 contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Columbo
Average
8

Columbo

(1971) Falcon
Knight Rider
Average
8

Knight Rider

(1982) Strock
The Rockford Files
Average
7

The Rockford Files

(1974) Sheriff Mitchell
The A-Team
Average
7

The A-Team

(1983) Judge Leonard Mordente
MacGyver
Average
8

MacGyver

(1985) Andy Colson
The Six Million Dollar Man
Average
7

The Six Million Dollar Man

(1974) Larry Stover
Bonanza
Average
8

Bonanza

(1959) Caleb Milton
Hawaii Five-O
Average
7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Dr. Benjamin

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Self (archive footage)
1994 Manny Kendovich
(voice)
1987 Don Mason
1986 Leo Gross
Dr. Strange
N/A
1985 Max Wiley
N/A
Pete Thornton
Andy Colson
1984 Dimitri Moisevitch
Sen. Arthur Hagerty
Burton Schuyler
D'Antoni
1983 Mr. Caine
N/A
N/A
Warden
Lou
George Olsen
Judge Leonard Mordente
Captain R. C. Hodges
1982 Burt Wagner
N/A
N/A
Strock
N/A
N/A
Mr. Block
Milhauser
N/A
1981 Carl Reed
N/A
N/A
Russ Devlin
Capt. Hubris
N/A
N/A
1980 Mr. Bassett
Benchley
Chief
John Steadman
John Mulligan
1979 N/A
N/A
Hoffmaster
Frank Boyd
Havermeyer
Brad Mullins
N/A
1977 N/A
Sheriff Harris
N/A
1976 Thomas A. Lard
Col. Thomas A. Lard
Dr. Harold Schuyler
Sheriff Wenzel
Rev. Mr. Endicott
Dockstedter
Lt. Charles Blunt
1975 Chief Perna
Inspector Shiller
1974 Hal Rodgers
Sheriff Mitchell
N/A
Paul Reed
Prescott
Larry Stover
1973 F.B.I. Agent Polk
Sheriff
Colonel Cathcart
N/A
Dr. Aaronson
1972 N/A
N/A
Allen
Col. Talbot
N/A
Captain Detroville
1971 Hank Keller
Falcon
N/A
Marv Green
Father Frank Dinsmore
Carstairs
N/A
1970 George Woodruff
Van Treadly
Capt. Battles
Harold Tracey
1969 Dr. Carl Enright
N/A
N/A
Kirky
Sgt. Kelvaney
Huston
George Stack
Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton
1968 Andrew Pearce
Luis Schubert
Hood
Dr. Benjamin
N/A
Layton
N/A
1967 N/A
N/A
Marshall Herrick
Bill O'Brien
Craigmeyer
Sheriff Tom Halloway
1966 N/A
Lou Coolidge
1965 Ed Garth
Howard Bergdahl
Ewing Carter
Waverly
Howard Swift
N/A
Dr. George Graham
Mr. Dodd
1964 Foster
1963 N/A
N/A
1962 Dennis Wilcox
1961 Dr. Marvin Graham
District Attorney
Rankin
1959 Friend Ed
Caleb Milton
Mr. Merrick
1958 Al Borris
1955 Pennigrath
1954 N/A
1951 Jacob
La Hire
Captain Marvel
1949 Lt. Alameda
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1985 Director
1979 Director
Director
1974 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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