Acting credits
136
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Dana Elcar
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 66Series: 72Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 37712
IMDb ID: nm0253020
Known for: Acting
Born: October 10, 1927
Age: 98
Place of birth: Ferndale, Michigan United States
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1949 - 2020
Years active: 72
Average TMDB rating: 6.74
Wikidata: Q541661
Other jobs
Director (4)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dana Elcar.
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
5.0
Inside Out
as Leo Gross
1987 Movie
There Were Times, Dear
as Don Mason
1987 Movie
5.8
Murder in Three Acts
as Dr. Strange
1986 Movie
5.0
Toughlove
as Max Wiley
1985 Movie
6.6
2010
as Dimitri Moisevitch
1984 Movie
6.0
Sweet Revenge
as Sen. Arthur Hagerty
1984 Movie
6.5
All of Me
as Burton Schuyler
1984 Movie
3.8
Jungle Warriors
as D'Antoni
1984 Movie
6.8
Quarterback Princess
as Mr. Caine
1983 Movie
3.0
I Want to Live
as Warden
1983 Movie
5.2
Blue Skies Again
as Lou
1983 Movie
Inspector Perez
as Captain R. C. Hodges
1983 Movie
4.8
Forbidden Love
as Burt Wagner
1982 Movie
2.0
The Day the Bubble Burst
as Mr. Block
1982 Movie
5.0
Help Wanted: Male
as Milhauser
1982 Movie
Breach of Contract
1982 Movie
5.5
Condorman
as Russ Devlin
1981 Movie
6.1
Buddy Buddy
as Capt. Hubris
1981 Movie
Mark, I Love You
as Mr. Bassett
1980 Movie
5.5
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
as Benchley
1980 Movie
5.3
The Nude Bomb
as Chief
1980 Movie
Death Penalty
as John Mulligan
1980 Movie
7.0
The Champ
as Hoffmaster
1979 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dana Elcar.
7.8
ER
as Manny Kendovich • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.7
The Magic School Bus
as Mr. Terese (voice) • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.1
Matlock
as Arthur Hughes • 2 eps
1986 Series
7.7
MacGyver
as Pete Thornton • 125 eps
1985 Series
6.4
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1 eps
1983 Series
6.4
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Frank Cardigan • 1 eps
1983 Series
7.5
The A-Team
as George Olsen • 1 eps
1983 Series
7.5
Voyagers!
1 eps
1982 Series
7.1
Newhart
1 eps
1982 Series
7.5
Knight Rider
as Strock • 1 eps
1982 Series
6.2
Matt Houston
1 eps
1982 Series
5.0
Teachers Only
1 eps
1982 Series
5.7
Herbie, the Love Bug
1 eps
1982 Series
5.5
Falcon Crest
as Carl Reed • 3 eps
1981 Series
7.6
The Fall Guy
1 eps
1981 Series
5.5
Code Red
1 eps
1981 Series
5.0
Foul Play
1 eps
1981 Series
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
1981 Series
6.1
Galactica 1980
as John Steadman • 1 eps
1980 Series
6.5
Trapper John, M.D.
1 eps
1979 Series
6.9
Hart to Hart
1 eps
1979 Series
5.0
The Duke
Director • 1 eps
1979 Series
5.5
B. J. and the Bear
1 eps
1979 Series
6.4
Salvage 1
Director • 1 eps
1979 Series