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Ibsen Dana Elcar was an American television and film character actor. Although he appeared in about 40 films, his most memorable role was on the 1980s and 1990s television series MacGyver as Peter Thornton, MacGyver’s immediate supervisor at the Phoenix Foundation. Elcar had appeared in the pilot episode of MacGyver as Andy Colson, but was later cast as Peter Thornton, making his first regular appearance in the 11th episode of the first season.
Birth Name
Ibson Dana Elcar
Born
Monday, 10 October 1927
Died
Monday, 06 June 2005
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| ER | Manny Kendovich | 1994 |
| The Magic School Bus | Mr. Terese | 1994 |
| For Their Own Good | Sally's father | 1993 |
| Law & Order | Robert Cook | 1990 |
| There Were Times, Dear | Don Mason | 1987 |
| Inside Out | Leo Gross | 1986 |
| Murder in Three Acts | Dr. Strange | 1986 |
| Matlock | Arthur Hughes | 1986 |
| Toughlove | Max Wiley | 1985 |
| MacGyver | Pete Thornton / King Arthur / Andy Colson / Santa Claus | 1985 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| ER | Manny Kendovich | 1994 |
| The Magic School Bus | Mr. Terese | 1994 |
| For Their Own Good | Sally's father | 1993 |
| Law & Order | Robert Cook | 1990 |
| There Were Times, Dear | Don Mason | 1987 |
| Inside Out | Leo Gross | 1986 |
| Murder in Three Acts | Dr. Strange | 1986 |
| Matlock | Arthur Hughes | 1986 |
| Toughlove | Max Wiley | 1985 |
| MacGyver | Pete Thornton / King Arthur / Andy Colson / Santa Claus | 1985 |
| 2010: The Year We Make Contact | Dimitri Moisevitch | 1984 |
| Sweet Revenge | Sen. Arthur Hagerty | 1984 |
| All of Me | Burton Schuyler | 1984 |
| Jungle Warriors | D'Antoni | 1984 |
| Riptide | Harry Silverman | 1984 |
| Quarterback Princess | Mr. Caine | 1983 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Mitch Larner | 1983 |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | Frank Cardigan | 1983 |
| Blue Skies Again | Lou | 1983 |
| Small & Frye | Problems | 1983 |
| The A-Team | Judge Leonard Mordente / George Olsen | 1983 |
| Newhart | Sam Ebersol | 1982 |
| Forbidden Love | Burt Wagner | 1982 |
| Voyagers! | Colonel Knox | 1982 |
| Matt Houston | Mayor Akers | 1982 |
| Knight Rider | Strock | 1982 |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Judge Carlson | 1982 |
| Teachers Only | Clayton | 1982 |
| Herbie, the Love Bug | Warden | 1982 |
| An Evening at the Improv | Self - Host | 1982 |
| Breach of Contract | 1982 | |
| Buddy Buddy | Capt. Hubris | 1981 |
| Falcon Crest | Carl Reed | 1981 |
| The Fall Guy | Dean Hackett | 1981 |
| Code Red | Jason Conners | 1981 |
| Condorman | Russ Devlin | 1981 |
| Foul Play | Lieutenant Bidecker | 1981 |
| Hill Street Blues | Lt. Mel Taber | 1981 |
| The Last Flight of Noah's Ark | Benchley | 1980 |
| Flamingo Road | Crane | 1980 |
| The Nude Bomb | Chief | 1980 |
| Galactica 1980 | John Steadman | 1980 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Jared Vennemar / Howard Bowman | 1979 |
| Benson | Senator Chapman | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Admiral Springfield | 1979 |
| Samurai | Frank Boyd | 1979 |
| Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Havermeyer | 1979 |
| The Champ | Hoffmaster | 1979 |
| Crisis in Mid-air | Brad Mullins | 1979 |
| Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Ranol | 1978 |
| B.J. and the Bear | Sheriff Nathan T. MacCandles | 1978 |
| Centennial | Judge Hart | 1978 |
| The Paper Chase | Mr. Sam Hart | 1978 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Sheriff Harris | 1977 |
| Eight Is Enough | Ben | 1977 |
| Black Sheep Squadron | Col. Thomas A. Lard / Thomas A. Lard | 1976 |
| Gemini Man | Dr. Harold Schuyler | 1976 |
| Baby Blue Marine | Sheriff Wenzel | 1976 |
| W.C. Fields and Me | Agent Dockstedter / Dockstedter | 1976 |
| Family | John Kreiger | 1976 |
| St. Ives | Lt. Charles Blunt | 1976 |
| One Day at a Time | Captain | 1975 |
| Report to the Commissioner | Chief Perna | 1975 |
| Baretta | Inspector Shiller / Lt. Shiller | 1975 |
| The Missiles of October | Robert McNamara - Secretary of Defense | 1974 |
| Panic on the 5:22 | Hal Rodgers | 1974 |
| Petrocelli | Prosecutor Daley | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Sheriff Mitchell | 1974 |
| Sons and Daughters | Paul Reed | 1974 |
| The Manhunter | Sitwell | 1974 |
| Heatwave! | Prescott | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Larry Stover | 1974 |
| The Sting | F.B.I. Agent Polk | 1973 |
| The New Perry Mason | Dory Strong | 1973 |
| Lady Ice | Insurance Company Official | 1973 |
| Chase | Phelps | 1973 |
| Police Story | Lt. Garippo | 1973 |
| The Waltons | George Porter | 1972 |
| The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Allen | 1972 |
| The Delphi Bureau | Michael Kendall | 1972 |
| Fireball Forward | Col. Talbot | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Noah Jones / Judge Todd A. Pritikin | 1972 |
| The Sixth Sense | Edward Winslow | 1972 |
| The Bravos | Captain Detroville | 1972 |
| The Death of Me Yet | Hank Keller | 1971 |
| Columbo | Falcon | 1971 |
| Cannon | John Brinegar / Lt. Sam Levaca / Walter Ryan | 1971 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Paul Henderson | 1971 |
| A Gunfight | Marv Green | 1971 |
| Longstreet | Dr. Burlen | 1971 |
| Sarge | Father Frank Dinsmore | 1971 |
| Mrs. Pollifax-Spy | Carstairs | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Sam Haney / Benjamin T. Bowers | 1971 |
| San Francisco International Airport | George Woodruff | 1970 |
| The Partridge Family | Mr. Felcher | 1970 |
| Adam at Six A.M. | Van Treadly | 1970 |
| Men at Law | H.L. Sloane | 1970 |
| The Bold Ones: The Senator | Collie Ford | 1970 |
| Soldier Blue | Capt. Battles | 1970 |
| Zig Zag | Harold Tracey | 1970 |
| D.A.: Murder One | Dr. Carl Enright | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | A. J. Potts (segment "Love and the Naked Stranger") | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | District Attorney Shannon / Gale | 1969 |
| Room 222 | Everett Stiles | 1969 |
| The Learning Tree | Kirky | 1969 |
| The Maltese Bippy | Sgt. Kelvaney | 1969 |
| Medical Center | General Montague / George Mazur | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Tomlinson / Dr. Jim McCready | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The Protectors | George Stack | 1969 |
| Pendulum | Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton | 1969 |
| The Sound of Anger | Andrew Pearce | 1968 |
| The Boston Strangler | Luis Schubert | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Hood | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Dr. Benjamin | 1968 |
| The Outsider | Fred Oliver | 1968 |
| A Lovely Way to Die | Layton | 1968 |
| Mannix | Fred Reston / Sheriff Conrad Bucola / Skip Seldon / Tom Coleman / Al Beckworth / Darrell Andrews / Charles Vincent Addison | 1967 |
| Ironside | Toby / Bill O'Brien / George / Joe Markham | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Champion | 1967 |
| N.Y.P.D. | Ed Phelan | 1967 |
| The Crucible | Marshall Herrick | 1967 |
| The Borgia Stick | Craigmeyer | 1967 |
| The Invaders | Sheriff Tom Halloway | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | C.W. Cameron | 1966 |
| ABC Stage 67 | Lou Coolidge | 1966 |
| Hawk | Stanley Yullen | 1966 |
| The Trials of O'Brien | Sam Styles | 1965 |
| Get Smart | Kruger | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Waverly / Howard Swift / Howard Bergdahl / Ewing Carter / Ed Garth | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Dr. George Graham | 1965 |
| The Fool Killer | Mr. Dodd | 1965 |
| Fail Safe | Foster | 1964 |
| Espionage | Kevin | 1963 |
| East Side/West Side | Father Mello | 1963 |
| The Patty Duke Show | Anderson | 1963 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Dr. Fuller / Dr. Fellowes / Dr. Lovett / Dr. Zach Fuller / Dr. Zack Fuller | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Bennett Poole | 1962 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Dennis Wilcox | 1961 |
| Car 54, Where Are You? | FBI Agent Potter / Gunderson - Construction Boss / Van Police Officer | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Rankin / Dr. Marvin Graham / District Attorney / D.A. Herbert Waddell | 1961 |
| 'Way Out | The Flophouse Manager | 1961 |
| Burning Bright | Friend Ed | 1959 |
| Play of the Week | Friend Ed | 1959 |
| Art Carney Special | Dr. Gibbs | 1959 |
| Deadline | Schneider / Trooper | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Townsman | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Mr. Merrick / Caleb Milton | 1959 |
| Brenner | Bartender | 1959 |
| Broadway Theatre Archive: Burning Bright | 1959 | |
| Naked City | Al Borris / Varney | 1958 |
| Steve Canyon | Larry Hanson | 1958 |
| The Edge of Night | Clinton Wheeler | 1956 |
| Gunsmoke | Pennigrath | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Benchley | 1954 |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | Carl Rogers | 1950 |
| The Big Story | Bernie / Cashmore / Oscar | 1949 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| MacGyver | 1985 |
| The Duke | 1979 |
| Salvage 1 | 1979 |
| Black Sheep Squadron | 1976 |
| The Rockford Files | 1974 |
