Dana Elcar's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) MacGyver Pete Thornton Baretta Lt. Shiller Black Sheep Squadron Col. Thomas… A Time To Live Dr. Clay

Main Movie Roles 1984 - 2010: The Year We Make Contact 1984 - All of Me 1981 - Buddy Buddy 1981 - Condorman 1980 - The Nude Bomb 1980 - The Last Flight of Noah's Ark 1979 - The Champ 1976 - St. Ives 1975 - Report to the Commissioner 1973 - The Sting 1972 - The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid 1970 - Soldier Blue 1968 - The Boston Strangler 1965 - The Fool Killer 1964 - Fail-Safe

BIOGRAPHY:

Born: Ibson Dana Elcar in Ferndale, Michigan, USA and had a Major Role in MacGyver playing Pete Thorton Macgyvers boss at the Phoenix Foundation


TRIVIA:

• Did not appear in either of the two _"MacGyver" (1985)_ (qv) TV-movies: _MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994) (TV)_ (qv) and _MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994) (TV)_ (qv)
• Married and divorced three times. Was long-time companion of Thelma M. Garcia, at the time of his death.
• Most recently played a blind character in a guest spot on _"ER" (1994)_ (qv).
• When he started going blind, his character Peter Thornton on _"MacGyver" (1985)_ (qv) was also written with the same affliction. His blindness was also written into his guest appearance on _"Law & Order" (1990)_ (qv), resulting from Diabetic Retinopathy.
• His body double on _"MacGyver" (1985)_ (qv) was 'Don S. Davis (I)' (qv) who would later star on _"Stargate SG-1" (1997)_ (qv) with Elcar's co-star 'Richard Dean Anderson' (qv).
• Parents were Danish immigrants. Father was a butcher; mother was a nanny.
• Father of son, Dane Elcar, daughters, Nora Elcar Verdon, Chandra Elcar, and Marin Elcar, and stepdaughter, 'Emily Prager' (qv). Brother of Marie E. Hewitt and half-sister Janet K. Melville.
• At the time of his death in 2005, he was survived by his companion, Thelma M. Garcia, one son, Dane, and three daughters, Nora, Chandra and Marin.