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Murder in Three Acts

as Dr. Strange

1986
Inside Out

as Leo Gross

1987
MacGyver

as Pete Thornton

1985
All of Me

as Burton Schuyler

1984
Jungle Warriors

as D'Antoni

1984
Condorman

as Russ Devlin

1981
Buddy Buddy

as Capt. Hubris

1981
The Nude Bomb

as Chief

1980
Baa Baa Black Sheep

as Thomas A. Lard

1976
St. Ives

as Lt. Charles Blunt

1976
W.C. Fields and Me

as Dockstedter

1976
Baretta

as Inspector Shiller

1975
Report to the Commissioner

as Chief Perna

1975
The Sting

as F.B.I. Agent Polk

1973
Dying Room Only

as Sheriff

1973
A Gunfight

as Marv Green

1971
The Death of Me Yet

as Hank Keller

1971
Soldier Blue

as Capt. Battles

1970
Zig Zag

as Harold Tracey

1970
San Francisco International

as George Woodruff

1970
The Maltese Bippy

as Sgt. Kelvaney

1969
The Borgia Stick

as Craigmeyer

1967
The Fool Killer

as Mr. Dodd

1965
Fail Safe

as

1964
Dana Elcar Dana Elcar

Birthday

1927-10-10

Place of Birth

Ferndale, Michigan United States

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.
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