Dana Elcar

Biography: Brusque character actor Dana Elcar was usually assigned roles calling for blunt imperiousness. He became especially handy in films and TV shows of the 1970s, portraying curt, dour, meticulously groomed authority figures at odds with dishevelled "hippie" and "gonzo" types. Elcar's first film after many years' stage work was 1968's Pendulum; other film credits include Soldier Blue (1969), W.C.Fields and Me (1976), and The Nude Bomb (1980). In 1985, Dana Elcar was cast as Peter Thornton, boss of troubleshooting Richard Dean Anderson, on the TV series MacGiver; Elcar continued playing the role into the 1990s, at which time the actor's real-life blindness required him to incorporate dark glasses and a cane into his characterization.

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Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Mission: Impossible: Season 5 Sep 19, 1970 C.W. Cameron tbd
tbd Ironside: Season 4 Sep 17, 1970 Bill O'Brien / Dana Elcar tbd
tbd Gunsmoke: Season 16 Sep 14, 1970 Pennigrath tbd
tbd Dark Shadows: Season 10 Jul 20, 1970 Sheriff George Patterson (1966-1967) tbd
tbd Dark Shadows: Season 9 Mar 30, 1970 Sheriff George Patterson (1966-1967) tbd
tbd Dark Shadows: Season 5 Jan 2, 1970 Sheriff George Patterson (1966-1967) tbd
tbd Dark Shadows: Season 8 Nov 14, 1969 Sheriff George Patterson (1966-1967) tbd
tbd Get Smart: Season 5 Sep 26, 1969 Kruger tbd
tbd Ironside: Season 3 Sep 18, 1969 Dana Elcar / Tobey tbd
tbd Dark Shadows: Season 7 Mar 3, 1969 Sheriff George Patterson (1966-1967) tbd
tbd Bonanza: Season 10 Sep 15, 1968 Caleb tbd
tbd Dark Shadows: Season 6 Apr 1, 1968 Sheriff George Patterson (1966-1967) tbd
tbd Dark Shadows: Season 4 Jul 17, 1967 Sheriff George Patterson / Sheriff Patterson tbd
tbd Dark Shadows: Season 3 Mar 21, 1967 Sheriff George Patterson / Sheriff Patterson tbd
tbd Dark Shadows: Season 2 Dec 20, 1966 Sheriff George Patterson / Sheriff Patterson tbd
tbd Dark Shadows: Season 1 Jun 27, 1966 Sheriff George Patterson / Sheriff Patterson / Sheriff / Sheriff Patterson tbd