Dana Elcar
American television and movie character actor (1927-2005)
Ibsen Dana Elcar was an American television and film character actor. He appeared in about 40 films as well as in the 1960s television series Dark Shadows as Sheriff George Patterson and the 1980s and 1990s television series MacGyver as Peter Thornton, MacGyver's immediate supervisor at the Phoenix Foundation. Elcar had appeared in the pilot episode of MacGyver as Andy Colson before assuming the role of Thornton.
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 9 films (1963–1984) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Fail-Safe. | Columbia Pictures Corp. | 112 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1968 | A Lovely Way To Die. | Universal Pictures | 103 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1968 | The Boston strangler. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | 4025 | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1969 | The learning tree. | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Inc. | 3852 | 35 mm | Color | sound |
| 1970 | ZIG ZAG. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. | 35 mm | sound | ||
| 1972 | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Universal Pictures | 92 min | Color | sound | |
| 1973 | The Sting | Universal Pictures Co. Inc. | 129 min | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1974 | THE MISSILES OF OCTOBER | Viacom Enterprises | 6400 | 16mm | sound | |
| 1984 | 2010 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. (Publisher) | United Artists: Publisher | 16mm | Color | sound |