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4. 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 · Ibson Dana Elcar was born Oct. 10, 1927, to Danish immigrants who lived on a farm in Ferndale, Mich. His father was a butcher and his mother a nanny.
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.
- Actor, Director
- October 10, 1927
- 1 min
- June 6, 2005
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 · Dana Elcar, 77, 'MacGyver' Co-Star, Is Dead. VENTURA, Calif., June 10 - Dana Elcar, whose real-life struggle with blindness was written into his role on the television adventure series "MacGyver ...
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 11, 2005 · Dana Elcar, who played Peter Thornton, the director of field operations for the Phoenix Foundation on MacGyver, died of pneumonia complications in 2005. He was a familiar face on dozens of TV shows and movies, despite going blind from glaucoma.
