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Ibsen Dana Elcar (October 10, 1927 – June 6, 2005) 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.
Peter Thornton [3] [4] (portrayed by Dana Elcar) is MacGyver's boss and best friend. Pete is divorced from Connie Thornton (portrayed by Linda Darlow). [ 5 ] Pete is an operative at the Department of External Services (DXS) which is where he is impressed by Mac's ingenuity while tracking down Murdoc , an international assassin. [ 6 ]
Dana Elcar portrays the Chief in The Nude Bomb because Edward Platt, the original Chief, had died in 1974. Eugene Roche was originally cast as the Chief in this film, but fell ill and was replaced by Elcar.
Ultimately, he passed on the offer. MacGyver ended up airing for seven seasons and was later adapted into two TV movies with Richard Dean Anderson, the late Dana Elcar and Bruce McGill in the main ...
Played by Dana Elcar. Lard, modeled on one of the real Boyington's actual superiors, USMC Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Smoak, is a strictly-by-the-book staff officer. [ 1 ] A highly competent career Marine who has seen action in China, Lard is offended by Boyington's frequent disregard for regulations and policies, and the two men rarely get along ...
In the TV show MacGyver, Davis was the stunt/photography double for Dana Elcar. [6] He was often mistaken for Elcar, and vice versa. Davis did appear in two episodes of MacGyver, as a different character each time. His first appearance was as a cement truck driver in the episode "Blow Out", and his second appearance was as the poacher Wyatt ...
Abner Procane hires Raymond St. Ives, a crime reporter, novelist, and ex-policeman, to return five journals stolen from his safe. St. Ives becomes embroiled in the task an
Jen (Dana Berger) is out for a jog, pumping herself up to the beat of a podcast about how to prepare for divorce. ... Elcar fares far worse serving as his own editor, typically cutting back and ...