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Dana Elcar

Ibsen Dana Elcar appeared in numerous television series and films over his 45 year career, including such hits as Baretta, Black Sheep Squadron, The Sting, 2010: The Year We Make Contact and All Of Me, but is best remembered for his role as Peter Thornton on the 1985 television series MacGyver.

English

MacGyver

1985
as Peter Thornton

Dark Shadows

1966
as Sheriff George Patterson

Black Sheep Squadron

1976
as Col. Thomas A. Lard

Baretta

1975
as Lt. Shiller

Director

Episode Salvage 1
Diamond Volcano
1970
Episode Black Sheep Squadron
WASPS
1977
Episode MacGyver
The Challenge
1989
Episode Black Sheep Squadron
The Iceman
1978
Episode MacGyver
The Invisible Killer
1989
Episode The Rockford Files
The Attractive Nuisance
1978

Guest Star

Episode Falcon Crest
The Tangled Vines
1981
Episode Hart to Hart
Pandora Has Wings
1983
Episode Cannon
Cain's Mark
1972
Episode Matlock
The Court-Martial (1)
1987
Episode The Magic School Bus
Going Batty
1995
Episode Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Spiderweb
1985
Episode The F.B.I.
Fatal Reunion
1973
Episode Mannix
The Search for Darrell Andrews
1970
Episode Trapper John, M.D.
Pasts Imperfect
1983
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Three Dead Cows At Makapuu (1)
1970
Episode Newhart
The Visitors
1983
Episode Get Smart
And Baby Makes Four (1)
1969
Episode Naked City
A Man Without a Skin
1963
Episode Ironside
The Savage Sentry
1972
Episode Deadline
The Face of a Thief
1959
Episode Greatest Heroes of the Bible
The Tower of Babel
1979
Episode Gunsmoke
Snow Train (2)
1970
Episode Ironside
A Killing at the Track
1971
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Three Dead Cows At Makapuu (2)
1970
Episode The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
The Sound of Anger (1st 2 Hour Pilot)
1968
Episode The Rockford Files
The Great Blue Lake Land and Development Company
1975
Episode One Day at a Time
A Little Larceny
1979
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
Only Three to a Bed
1973
Episode The A-Team
Judgment Day (1)
1985
Episode The Bold Ones: The Protectors
Deadlock
1969
Episode The F.B.I.
The Messenger
1968
Episode The A-Team
Judgment Day (2)
1985
Episode Cannon
The Star (1)
1975
Episode MacGyver
Pilot
1985
Episode Get Smart
And Baby Makes Four (2)
1969
Episode Foul Play
Double Play
1981
Episode The Invaders
The Pursued
1968
Episode Matlock
The Court-Martial (2)
1987
Episode Cannon
The Star (2)
1975
Episode Dark Shadows
DS-237
1967
Episode B.J. and the Bear
Silent Night, Unholy Night
1979
Episode Mission: Impossible
Flip Side
1970
Episode Mannix
Fear I to Fall
1968
Episode Kung Fu
The Assassin
1973
Episode Columbo
Any Old Port in a Storm
1973
Episode Deadline
The Accusing Finger
1959
Episode Steve Canyon
Project U.F.O.
1959
Episode Dark Shadows
DS-241
1967
Episode Law & Order
Virus
1993
Episode The A-Team
Double Heat
1984
Episode The Incredible Hulk
Escape from Los Santos
1978
Episode The Fall Guy
Terror U.
1984
Episode Kung Fu
Nine Lives
1973
Episode Knight Rider
Merchants of Death
1983
Episode Ironside
Eye of the Hurricane
1969
Episode The Virginian
The Power Seekers
1969
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
Stagecoach Seven
1971
Episode Falcon Crest
The Candidate
1982
Episode The Six Million Dollar Man
Nightmare in the Sky
1976
Episode Naked City
Strike a Statue
1962
Episode Mannix
A Matter of Principle
1973
Episode Matt Houston
Death Match
1984
Episode Judd for the Defense
Weep the Hunter Home
1968
Episode Small & Frye
Schlockty Too
1983
Episode Petrocelli
Edge of Evil
1974
Episode Dark Shadows
DS-247
1967
Episode Dark Shadows
DS-248
1967
Episode The F.B.I.
The Young Warriors
1969
Episode Gunsmoke
Snow Train (1)
1970
Episode Longstreet
The Shape of Nightmares
1971
Episode Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Man in the White Hat
1982
Episode Mannix
Deadfall (1)
1968
Episode Ironside
Joss Sticks and Wedding Bells
1971
Episode Galactica 1980
Space Croppers
1980
Episode Cannon
A Long Way Down
1972
Episode Falcon Crest
Heir Apparent
1982