Dana Elcar(1927-2005)

Actor
Director

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MacGyver (1985–1992)

Dana Elcar was born on 10 October 1927 in Ferndale, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Sting (1973), MacGyver (1985) and 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984). He was previously married to Marianne Torrance, Mary Margaret "Peggy" Romano and Kathryn Frances Mead. He died on 6 June 2005 in Ventura, California, USA.

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Dana Elcar and Donald Moffat in The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)

R.G. Armstrong, Luke Askew, Barry Brown, Dana Elcar, Robert H. Harris, Donald Moffat, and Cliff Robertson in The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)

Barry Brown, Dana Elcar, Robert H. Harris, Donald Moffat, and Cliff Robertson in The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)

Michael J. Fox and Dana Elcar in Teachers Only (1982)

Walter Matthau and Dana Elcar in Fail-Safe (1964)

Dana Elcar, David Ford, and Mitchell Ryan in Dark Shadows (1966)

Charles Durning and Dana Elcar in The Sting (1973)

Richard Dean Anderson and Dana Elcar in MacGyver (1985)

Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, and Beulah Quo in MacGyver (1985)

Known for:

The Sting

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F.B.I. Agent Polk

1973

MacGyver

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TV Series

Pete Thornton
King Arthur
Andy Colson
Santa Claus

2010: The Year We Make Contact

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Dimitri Moisevitch

1984

All of Me

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Burton Schuyler

1984

Credits

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Actor

ER
- Manny Kendovich
- TV Series
- 2002
The Magic School Bus
- Mr. Terese (voice)
- TV Series
- 1995
Law & Order
- Robert Cook
- TV Series
- 1993
For Their Own Good
- Sally's father (uncredited)
- TV Movie
- 1993
MacGyver
- Pete Thornton
- King Arthur
- Santa Claus ...
- TV Series
- 1985–1992
Matlock
- Arthur Hughes
- TV Series
- 1987
Inside Out
- Leo Gross
- 1986
Murder in Three Acts
- Dr. Strange
- TV Movie
- 1986
Trapper John, M.D.
- Jared Vennemar
- Howard Bowman
- TV Series
- 1983–1985
There Were Times, Dear
- Don Mason
- TV Movie
- 1985
Toughlove
- Max Wiley
- TV Movie
- 1985
The A-Team
- Judge Leonard Mordente
- George Olsen
- TV Series
- 1984–1985
Riptide
- Harry Silverman
- TV Series
- 1985
Hill Street Blues
- Lt. Mel Taber
- TV Series
- 1985
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Mitch Larner
- TV Series
- 1985

Director

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Personal details

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Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Born
- October 10, 1927
- Ferndale, Michigan, USA
Died
- June 6, 2005
- Ventura, California, USA(complications from pneumonia)
Spouses
Children
- Dane Elcar
Other works
Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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Trivia
When he started going blind, his character Peter Thornton on MacGyver (1985) was also written with the same affliction. His blindness was also written into his guest appearance on Law & Order (1990), resulting from Diabetic Retinopathy.

Quotes
"The fact that you are losing your eyesight does not mean you have forgotten how to act." - in a speech to the National Federation of the Blind in 1991.