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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]
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.
MacGyver is a non-violent problem solver and typically eschews the use of guns. [a] His violent actions are performed in self-defense, and he takes non-fatal action when possible. MacGyver is depicted as an ally to social and environmental causes. He aids vulnerable populations throughout the series.
When Craig Melvin was announced as Hoda Kotb’s replacement on the Today show for 2025, coanchor Savannah Guthrie and the entire NBC family were quick to celebrate the news. At the time, Kotb ...
CBS cancelled the show in April 2021; the series finale aired on April 30, 2021. [1] MacGyver takes place in the same fictional universe as two other series, both also developed by Lenkov and both also reboots of earlier police shows: Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I. The three shows have been collectively referred to as the "Lenkov-verse". [2]
The following contains spoilers from the April 30 episode of MacGyver aka its Season 5 and series (at least on CBS) finale. MacGyver has folded open his last Swiss Army knife. The CBS reboot came ...
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 ...
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 ...