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Ibson 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.
Jun 10, 2005 · June 10, 2005 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Dana Elcar, whose struggle with glaucoma and blindness was written into the character he was best known for portraying -- Peter Thornton on ABC’s...
Dana Elcar was an American actor and director who appeared in The Sting, 2010: The Year We Make Contact and MacGyver. He was born in 1927, died in 2005 and suffered from blindness in his later years.
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- Ferndale, Michigan, USA
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- Ventura, California, USA
Dana Elcar was an actor and director who appeared in The Sting, MacGyver and 2010: The Year We Make Contact. He went blind due to glaucoma and played a character with the same condition on MacGyver.
- October 10, 1927
- June 6, 2005
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Jun 11, 2005 · June 11, 2005. VENTURA, Calif., June 10 - Dana Elcar, whose real-life struggle with blindness was written into his role on the television adventure series "MacGyver," died here on Monday. He...
Jun 17, 2005 · Dana Elcar, who played Peter Thornton on MacGyver and appeared in more than 150 TV and movie productions, died of pneumonia in 2005. He was a versatile actor who also directed episodes of Baa Baa Black Sheep and The Rockford Files.
Jun 13, 2005 · Dana Elcar, the actor best known for his long-running role on the series "MacGyver," but with a rich history on stage, died June 10 in Ventura, CA, AP reported. He was 77.
