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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thornton has a son named Michael. Late in the show, it is learned that Pete has glaucoma, an element written in because of Elcar developing glaucoma in real life. Dana Elcar is first cast in the pilot episode as Andy Colson, the Chief of Operations at the KIVA Laboratories. [11] Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton, MacGyver's comical best friend. He is ...
The cast also suffered a loss in 2014 when family patriarch Dave Madden died in 2014. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Finance. Finance. Reuters.