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| 3 | Ibson Dana Elcar (October 10, 1927 – June 6, 2005) was an American actor and television director best known for his appearances in such films as ''Film/TheSting'' and ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact'' and for his role as Peter Thornton on the series ''Series/MacGyver1985''. |
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| 5 | He was married to Kathryn Frances Mead, Mary Margaret 'Peggy' Romano, and Marianne Torrance and had three children, one with Romano and two with Torrance. |
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| 7 | Elcar was blind for the last decade and a half of his life due to glaucoma. He died in 2005 at the age of 77 of complications from pneumonia. |
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| 10 | !!Select filmography: |
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| 12 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 13 | [[folder:Film Roles]] |
| 14 | * ''Film/FailSafe'' as Foster |
| 15 | * ''Film/TheFoolKiller'' as Mr. Dodd |
| 16 | * ''Film/TheBorgiaStick'' as Craigmeyer (TV Movie) |
| 17 | * ''Film/ALovelyWayToDie'' as Layton |
| 18 | * ''Film/TheBostonStrangler'' as Luis Schubert |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Pendulum}}'' as Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton |
| 20 | * ''Film/TheMalteseBippy'' as Sgt. Kelvaney |
| 21 | * ''Film/TheLearningTree'' as Kirky |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{Zig Zag|1970}}'' as Harold Tracey |
| 23 | * ''Film/SoldierBlue'' as Capt. Battles |
| 24 | * ''Film/AdamAtSixAM'' as van Treadly |
| 25 | * ''Film/MrsPollifaxSpy'' as Carstairs |
| 26 | * ''Film/AGunfight'' as Marv Green |
| 27 | * ''Film/TheGreatNorthfieldMinnesotaRaid'' as Allen |
| 28 | * ''Film/LadyIce'' as Insurance Company Official (UncreditedRole) |
| 29 | * ''Film/TheSting'' as FBI Agent Polk |
| 30 | * ''Film/TheMissilesOfOctober'' as UsefulNotes/RobertMcNamara (TV Movie) |
| 31 | * ''Film/ReportToTheCommissioner'' as Chief Perna |
| 32 | * ''Film/WCFieldsAndMe'' as Agent Dockstedter |
| 33 | * ''Film/BabyBlueMarine'' as Sheriff Wenzel |
| 34 | * ''Film/StIves'' as Lt. Charles Blunt |
| 35 | * ''Film/TheChamp'' as Hoffmaster |
| 36 | * ''Film/GoodLuckMissWyckoff'' as Havermeyer |
| 37 | * ''Film/TheNudeBomb'' as Chief |
| 38 | * ''Film/TheLastFlightOfNoahsArk'' as Benchley |
| 39 | * ''Film/{{Condorman}}'' as Russ Devlin |
| 40 | * ''Film/BuddyBuddy'' as Capt. Hubris |
| 41 | * ''Film/HelpWantedMale'' as Milhauser (TV Movie) |
| 42 | * ''Film/BreachOfContract'' |
| 43 | * ''Film/BlueSkiesAgain'' as Lou |
| 44 | * ''Film/QuarterbackPrincess'' as Mr. Caine (TV Movie) |
| 45 | * ''Film/JungleWarriors'' as D'Antoni |
| 46 | * ''Film/AllOfMe'' as Burton Schuyler |
| 47 | * ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact'' as Dimitri Moisevitch |
| 48 | * ''Film/InsideOut1986'' as Leo Gross |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Television Roles]] |
| 52 | * ''Series/GuidingLight'' as DA Andrew Murray (1952) |
| 53 | * ''Series/SteveCanyon'' as Larry Hanson (1 episode) |
| 54 | * ''Series/{{Brenner}}'' as Bartender (1 episode) |
| 55 | * ''Series/{{Omnibus}}'' (1 episode) |
| 56 | * ''Series/TheDeputy'' as Townsman (1 episode) |
| 57 | * ''Series/CarFiftyFourWhereAreYou'' as various (3 episodes) |
| 58 | * ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'' as Anderson (1 episode) |
| 59 | * ''Series/TheEdgeOfNight'' as Clinton Wheeler (1 episode) |
| 60 | * ''Series/TheDoctorsAndTheNurses'' as Dr. Zack Fuller/Dr. Lovett/Dr. Fellows (6 episodes) |
| 61 | * ''Series/TheDefenders1961'' as DA/Dr. Marvin Graham/Rankin/DA Herbert Waddell (5 episodes) |
| 62 | * ''Series/DarkShadows'' as Sheriff George Patterson #1 (35 episodes) |
| 63 | * ''Series/TheInvaders1967'' as Sheriff Tom Halloway (1 episode) |
| 64 | * ''Series/TheVirginian'' as Bennett Poole (1 episode) |
| 65 | * ''Series/GetSmart'' as Kruger (2 episodes) |
| 66 | * ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' as Dr. Benjamin (2 episodes) |
| 67 | * ''Series/MissionImpossible'' as C.W. Cameron (1 episode) |
| 68 | * ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'' as Pennigrath (2 episodes) |
| 69 | * ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'' as AJ Potts (1 episode) |
| 70 | * ''Series/{{Sarge}}'' as Father Frank Dinsmore (2 episodes) |
| 71 | * ''Series/Ironside1967'' as George/Joe Markham/Bill O'Brien/Toby (4 episodes) |
| 72 | * ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' as Mr. Merrick/Caleb Milton (2 episodes) |
| 73 | * ''Series/MarcusWelbyMD'' as Dr. Tomlinson/Dr. Jim [=McCready=] (2 episodes) |
| 74 | * ''Series/OwenMarshallCounselorAtLaw'' as Paul Henderson (1 episode) |
| 75 | * ''Series/TheDelphiBureau'' as Michael Kendall (1 episode) |
| 76 | * ''Series/AliasSmithAndJones'' as Sam Haney/Benjamin T. Bowers (2 episodes) |
| 77 | * ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' as various (5 episodes) |
| 78 | * ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' as Mr. Fletcher (1 episode) |
| 79 | * ''Series/{{Hawkins}}'' as Dr. Aaronson (1 episode) |
| 80 | * ''Series/KungFu1972'' as Noah Jones/Judge Todd A. Pritkin (2 episodes) |
| 81 | * ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' as Falcon (1 episode) |
| 82 | * ''Series/TheWaltons'' as George Porter (1 episode) |
| 83 | * ''Series/TheFBI'' as various (5 episodes) |
| 84 | * ''Series/SonsAndDaughters'' as Paul Reed (1 episode) |
| 85 | * ''Series/{{Petrocelli}}'' as Prosecutor Daley (1 episode) |
| 86 | * ''Series/TheManhunter'' as Sitwell (1 episode) |
| 87 | * ''Series/{{Baretta}}'' as Lt. Shiller (12 episodes) |
| 88 | * ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' as Sheriff Mitchell (1 episode) |
| 89 | * ''Series/{{Cannon}}'' as various (3 episodes) |
| 90 | * ''Series/GeminiMan'' as Dr. Harold Schuyler (1 episode) |
| 91 | * ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' as Larry Stover (1 episode) |
| 92 | * ''Series/PoliceStory1973'' as Lt. Garippo (1 episode) |
| 93 | * ''Series/{{Family}}'' as John Kreiger (1 episode) |
| 94 | * ''Series/BlackSheepSquadron'' as Col. Thomas A. Lard |
| 95 | * ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' as Sheriff Harris (1 episode) |
| 96 | * ''Series/{{Centennial}}'' as Judge Hart (1 episode) |
| 97 | * ''Series/OneDayAtATime1975'' as Captain (1 episode) |
| 98 | * ''Series/BJAndTheBear'' as Sheriff Nathan T. [=MacCandles=] (1 episode) |
| 99 | * ''Series/EightIsEnough'' as Ben (1 episode) |
| 100 | * ''Series/Galactica1980'' as John Steadman (1 episode) |
| 101 | * ''Series/FlamingoRoad'' as Crane (1 episode) |
| 102 | * ''Series/{{Benson}}'' as Sen. Chapman (1 episode) |
| 103 | * ''Series/CodeRed'' as Jason Conners (1 episode) |
| 104 | * ''Series/FalconCrest'' as Carl Reed (3 episodes) |
| 105 | * ''Series/TeachersOnly'' as Clayton (1 episode) |
| 106 | * ''Series/SevenBridesForSevenBrothers'' as Judge Carlson (1 episode) |
| 107 | * ''Series/{{Newhart}}'' as Sam Ebersol (1 episode) |
| 108 | * ''Series/{{Voyagers}}'' as Col. Knox (1 episode) |
| 109 | * ''Series/SmallAndFrye'' as Problems (1 episode) |
| 110 | * ''Series/KnightRider'' as Strock (1 episode) |
| 111 | * ''Series/HartToHart'' as Admiral Springfield (1 episode) |
| 112 | * ''Series/{{Insight}}'' as Dr. Dimitri (1 episode) |
| 113 | * ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' as Frank Cardigan (1 episode) |
| 114 | * ''Series/MattHouston'' as Mayor Akers (1 episode) |
| 115 | * ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Lt. Mel Taber (1 episode) |
| 116 | * ''Series/{{Riptide|1984}}'' as Harry Silverman (1 episode) |
| 117 | * ''Series/TheATeam'' as Judge Leonard Mordente/George Olsen (3 episodes) |
| 118 | * ''Series/TrapperJohnMD'' as Jared Vennemar/Howard Bowman (2 episodes) |
| 119 | * ''Series/{{Matlock}}'' as Arthur Hughes (1 episode) |
| 120 | * ''Series/MacGyver1985'' as Pete Thornton/King Arthur/Santa Claus/Andy Colson |
| 121 | * ''Series/LawAndOrder'' as Robert Cook (1 episode) |
| 122 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'' as Mr. Terese (1 episode) |
| 123 | * ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Manny Kendovich (1 episode) |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Director]] |
| 127 | * ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' (1 episode) |
| 128 | * ''Series/BlackSheepSquadron'' (4 episodes) |
| 129 | * ''Series/MacGyver1985'' (2 episodes) |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
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