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Dana Elcar
Actor

Dana Elcar

Born October 10, 1927 in Ferndale, Michigan United States

Died June 6, 2005

9 films

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. C-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography 9

Murder in Three Acts (1986) movie poster
Murder in Three Acts1986
All of Me (1984) movie poster
All of Me1984
Buddy Buddy (1981) movie poster
Buddy Buddy1981
Condorman (1981) movie poster
Condorman1981
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980) movie poster
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark1980
The Nude Bomb (1980) movie poster
The Nude Bomb1980
St. Ives (1976) movie poster
St. Ives1976
The Sting (1973) movie poster
The Sting1973
Soldier Blue (1970) movie poster
Soldier Blue1970