From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ibsen 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.

Filmography

• ER — Manny Kendovich
• The Magic School Bus — Mr. Terese (voice)
• Law & Order — Robert Cook
• 1987Inside Out — Leo Gross
• 1987There Were Times, Dear — Don Mason
• Matlock — Arthur Hughes
• 1986Murder in Three Acts — Dr. Strange
• MacGyver — Pete Thornton, Andy Colson, Director
• 1985Tough Love — Max Wiley
• 19842010 — Dimitri Moisevitch
• 1984All of Me — Burton Schuyler
• 1984Jungle Warriors — D'Antoni
• 1984Sweet Revenge — Sen. Arthur Hagerty
• 1983Blue Skies Again — Lou
• Hardcastle and McCormick — Frank Cardigan
• 1983I Want to Live — Warden
• 1983Inspector Perez — Captain R. C. Hodges
• 1983Quarterback Princess — Mr. Caine
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• The A-Team — George Olsen, Judge Leonard Mordente
• 1982Breach of Contract
• 1982Forbidden Love — Burt Wagner
• 1982Help Wanted: Male — Milhauser
• Herbie, the Love Bug
• Knight Rider — Strock
• Matt Houston
• Newhart — Sam Ebersol
• Teachers Only
• 1982The Day the Bubble Burst — Mr. Block
• Voyagers!
• 1981Buddy Buddy — Capt. Hubris
• Code Red
• 1981Condorman — Russ Devlin
• Falcon Crest — Carl Reed
• Foul Play
• Hill Street Blues
• The Fall Guy
• 1980Death Penalty — John Mulligan
• Galactica 1980 — John Steadman
• 1980Mark, I Love You — Mr. Bassett
• 1980The Last Flight of Noah's Ark — Benchley
• 1980The Nude Bomb — Chief
• B. J. and the Bear
• 1979Crisis in Mid-Air — Brad Mullins
• 1979Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff — Havermeyer
• Hart to Hart
• Salvage 1 — Director
• 1979Samurai — Frank Boyd
• 1979The Champ — Hoffmaster
• The Duke — Director
• Trapper John, M.D.
• Eight Is Enough
• The Incredible Hulk — Sheriff Harris
• What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
• Baa Baa Black Sheep — Thomas A. Lard
• 1976Baby Blue Marine — Sheriff Wenzel
• Gemini Man — Dr. Harold Schuyler
• 1976Law of the Land — Rev. Mr. Endicott
• 1976St. Ives — Lt. Charles Blunt
• 1976The Flying Misfits — Col. Thomas A. Lard
• 1976W.C. Fields and Me — Dockstedter
• Baretta — Inspector Shiller
• 1975Love Nest — Mort
• 1975Report to the Commissioner — Chief Perna
• 1974Heatwave! — Prescott
• 1974Panic on the 5:22 — Hal Rodgers
• Petrocelli — Prosecutor Daley
• 1974Senior Year — Paul Reed
• The Manhunter
• The Rockford Files — Sheriff Mitchell, Director
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Larry Stover
• 1973Catch-22 — Colonel Cathcart
• 1973Dying Room Only — Sheriff
• Hawkins — Dr. Aaronson
• Police Story — Lt. Garippo
• 1973The Sting — F.B.I. Agent Polk
• Delphi Bureau — Michael Kendall
• 1972Fireball Forward — Col. Talbot
• Kung Fu — Noah Jones
• 1972The Bravos — Captain Detroville
• 1972The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid — Allen
• The Sixth Sense
• The Waltons
• 1971A Gunfight — Marv Green
• Alias Smith and Jones
• Cannon — John Brinegar
• Columbo — Falcon
• 1971Mrs. Pollifax — Spy — Carstairs
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Paul Henderson
• Sarge — Father Frank Dinsmore
• 1971Sarge: The Badge or the Cross — Father Frank Dinsmore
• 1971The Death of Me Yet — Hank Keller
• 1970Adam at Six A.M. — Van Treadly
• 1970San Francisco International — George Woodruff
• 1970Soldier Blue — Capt. Battles
• The Bold Ones: The Senator — Collie Ford
• The Partridge Family — Mr. Felcher
• 1970Zig Zag — Harold Tracey
• 1969Deadlock — George Stack
• Hawaii Five-O — Dr. Benjamin
• Love, American Style — A. J. Potts
• Medical Center
• 1969Pendulum — Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton
• Room 222
• 1969The D.A.: Murder One — Dr. Carl Enright
• 1969The Learning Tree — Kirky
• 1969The Maltese Bippy — Sgt. Kelvaney
• 1969The Whole World Is Watching — Huston
• 1968A Lovely Way to Die — Layton
• 1968Elizabeth the Queen — Captain Marvel
• 1968Of Mice and Men
• 1968The Boston Strangler — Luis Schubert
• The Name of the Game — Hood
• The Outsider — Fred Oliver
• 1968The Sound of Anger — Andrew Pearce
• Ironside — Bill O'Brien
• Judd, for the Defense
• Mannix — Skip Seldon, Fred Reston
• 1967The Borgia Stick — Craigmeyer
• 1967The Crucible — Marshall Herrick
• The Invaders — Sheriff Tom Halloway
• ABC Stage 67 — Lou Coolidge
• Dark Shadows — Sheriff George Patterson
• Mission: Impossible — C.W. Cameron
• Get Smart — Kruger
• Run for Your Life — Dr. George Graham
• The F.B.I. — Howard Bergdahl, Howard Swift, Ed Garth, Ewing Carter, Waverly
• 1965The Fool Killer — Mr. Dodd
• 1964Fail Safe — Foster
• Espionage — Kevin
• The Patty Duke Show
• 1962Big Deal in Laredo — Dennis Wilcox
• The Virginian — Bennett Poole
• The Defenders — Dr. Marvin Graham, Rankin, District Attorney
• Bonanza — Caleb Milton, Mr. Merrick
• 1959Burning Bright — Friend Ed
• Naked City — Al Borris
• Gunsmoke — Pennigrath
• A Time To Live
• Omnibus
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Jacob, La Hire, Captain Marvel
• The Big Story — Lt. Alameda

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2020'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War — Self (archive footage)