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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]
The sixth-season finale, "Hindsight", was a clip show using Pete Thornton's upcoming eye surgery as a framing device. After MacGyver, Elcar made a guest appearance in "Virus", a 1993 episode of Law & Order, in which he played a man who blamed his diabetes-caused blindness on his former physician, and whose son murdered other patients as revenge ...
Soon thereafter (MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday), he investigates the murder of a friend in Britain, and eventually traces it to an unscrupulous businessman who sells nuclear arms research for profit. No mention in either special is made of Pete Thornton, Jack Dalton, MacGyver's son Sean or any of the show's other regulars.
MacGyver first encountered Murdoc in 1980: Murdoc (disguised as a woman named Sarah) was being followed by Peter Thornton, and (after originally helping Murdoc escape by mistake) MacGyver saves Pete (and himself) from being blown up by two of Murdoc's helpers. Their interaction convinces Pete to hire MacGyver to work with him at the DXS.
Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton, MacGyver's boss and best friend. He was an operative at the Department of External Services (DXS), which is where he is impressed by Mac's ingenuity while tracking down Murdoc ( Michael Des Barres ), an international assassin and master of disguise.
MacGyver, Jack Dalton (Bruce McGill), and Pete Thornton arrange an elaborate sting operation to trap a ruthless money launderer (Vic Tayback, in his final acting role) who rigs horse races with the aid of infrasound, who is also responsible for the death of a horse trainer friend of Mac and Jack, and is threatening the trainer's daughter (Linda ...
Billy Bob Thornton and Connie Angland are stepping out for a rare date night.. The Sling Blade actor, 69, hit the red carpet premiere of his new show Landmanon Nov. 12. Thornton, dressed in all ...
Jack O'Neill is a USAF colonel (later brigadier general, major general and then lieutenant general) who led the original mission through the Stargate in Stargate.He is played by Kurt Russell in the film, and by former MacGyver actor Richard Dean Anderson in a regular role in seasons 1–8, and in a recurring role in seasons 9–10, also Michael Welch played young Colonel O'Neill in episode ...