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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.
Dana Elcar. Actor: The Sting. 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 (1984).
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- Ferndale, Michigan, USA
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- Ventura, California, USA
Jun 10, 2005 · Dana Elcar, whose struggle with glaucoma and blindness was written into the character he was best known for portraying -- Peter Thornton on ABC’s “MacGyver” -- has died. He was 77. Elcar died of...
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
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....
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.
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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.
