Movie Credits
For Their Own Good	(1993)
[ David Graf ][ Richard Riehle ][ Glenn Morshower ]
Good Knight MacGyver: Part 1	(1991)
MacGyver's Women	(1990)
The Wall	(1990)
Passages	(1990)
Inside Out	(1987)
[ Elliott Gould ][ Howard Hesseman ]
The Court Martial: Part 1	(1987)
[ Tony Becker ][ Gregg Henry ][ Chazz Palminteri ][ Barry Corbin ][ Tim Reid ]
Murder in Three Acts	(1986)
[ Tony Curtis ][ Peter Ustinov ]
There Were Times, Dear	(1985)
Toughlove	(1985)
[ Bruce Dern ][ Jason Patric ]
Judgement Day: Part 2	(1985)
All of Me	(1984)
[ Steve Martin ]
Euer Weg führt durch die Hölle	(1984)
[ Dennis Hopper ][ John Vernon ]
Double Heat	(1984)
2010	(1984)
[ John Lithgow ][ Roy Scheider ][ Keir Dullea ][ Bob Balaban ]
Sweet Revenge	(1984)
[ Alec Baldwin ][ Wings Hauser ]
Quarterback Princess	(1983)
[ Don Murray ][ Tim Robbins ]
I Want to Live	(1983)
[ Martin Balsam ][ Harry Dean Stanton ][ Robert Englund ][ Seymour Cassel ]
Blue Skies Again	(1983)
[ Rod Ball ][ Andy Garcia ][ Harry Hamlin ]
Past Imperfect	(1983)
Forbidden Love	(1982)
The Candidate	(1982)
[ Dana Andrews ]
The Day the Bubble Burst	(1982)
[ Bill Macy ][ David Ogden Stiers ][ Robert Vaughn ][ Ron Rifkin ][ Robert Hays ]
Help Wanted: Male	(1982)
[ Gil Gerard ][ Harold Gould ]
Breach of Contract	(1982)
[ Peter Coyote ][ Michael Margotta ]
The Tangled Vines	(1981)
Buddy Buddy	(1981)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Walter Matthau ][ Klaus Kinski ][ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Billy Wilder ]
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark: Part 1	(1981)
[ Elliott Gould ][ Rick Schroder ]
Condorman	(1981)
[ Oliver Reed ]
Wendy Hooper, U.S. Army	(1981)
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark	(1980)
[ Elliott Gould ][ Rick Schroder ]
The Nude Bomb	(1980)
[ Don Adams ]
Death Penalty	(1980)
[ Dan Hedaya ][ Joe Morton ][ Paul McCrane ]
Mark, I Love You	(1980)
[ Lane Smith ][ James Whitmore ]
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff	(1979)
[ Robert Vaughn ][ Donald Pleasence ]
Samurai	(1979)
[ Joe Penny ][ Geoffrey Lewis ][ Philip Baker Hall ]
The Champ	(1979)
[ Rick Schroder ][ Jon Voight ][ Jack Warden ][ Strother Martin ]
Crisis in Mid-air	(1979)
[ Don Murray ][ George Peppard ][ Desi Arnaz Jr. ]
Waiting for Godot	(1977)
Baa Baa, Black Sheep	(1976)
[ Robert Conrad ][ John Larroquette ][ George Gaynes ]
St. Ives	(1976)
[ Jeff Goldblum ][ Harris Yulin ][ Charles Bronson ][ Robert Englund ][ Michael Lerner ]
Gemini Man	(1976)
Baby Blue Marine	(1976)
[ John Calvin ][ Richard Gere ][ Bruno Kirby ][ David R. Ellis ][ Jan-Michael Vincent ]
Law of the Land	(1976)
[ Grant Goodeve ][ Don Johnson ][ Andrew Prine ][ Nicholas Hammond ][ Charles Martin Smith ]
W.C. Fields and Me	(1976)
[ Rod Steiger ][ Billy Barty ]
Report to the Commissioner	(1975)
[ Richard Gere ][ Hector Elizondo ][ William Devane ][ Bob Balaban ][ Yaphet Kotto ]
Baretta	(1975)
[ Robert Blake ]
The Missiles of October	(1974)
[ Martin Sheen ][ Harris Yulin ][ Michael Lerner ][ William Devane ][ Ralph Bellamy ]
Panic on the 5:22	(1974)
[ Bernie Casey ]
Senior Year	(1974)
Heat Wave!	(1974)
Hernandez	(1973)
The Sting	(1973)
[ Paul Newman ][ Robert Redford ][ Boy George ][ Robert Shaw ][ Charles Durning ]
Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm	(1973)
[ Donald Pleasence ][ George Gaynes ]
Nine Lives	(1973)
Dying Room Only	(1973)
[ Dabney Coleman ][ Ned Beatty ]
Catch-22	(1973)
[ Frank Welker ][ Richard Dreyfuss ]
Hawkins on Murder	(1973)
[ James Stewart ][ Strother Martin ]
We'll Walk Out of Here Together	(1972)
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid	(1972)
[ Robert Duvall ][ Cliff Robertson ]
Fireball Forward	(1972)
[ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ][ Ben Gazzara ][ Ricardo Montalban ]
The Bravos	(1972)
[ George Peppard ][ Pernell Roberts ]
A Long Way Down	(1972)
Cain's Mark	(1972)
Mrs. Pollifax -- Spy	(1971)
[ Darren McGavin ][ Harold Gould ]
Sarge	(1971)
[ George Kennedy ][ Ricardo Montalban ]
Stagecoach Seven	(1971)
[ Keenan Wynn ][ Geoffrey Lewis ]
Superstition Rock	(1971)
A Woman's Place	(1971)
The Fatal Connection	(1971)
The Death of Me Yet	(1971)
[ Doug McClure ][ Darren McGavin ][ Aaron Spelling ]
Killing at the Track	(1971)
A Gunfight	(1971)
[ Keith Carradine ][ Kirk Douglas ]
The Search for Darrell Andrews	(1970)
Zigzag	(1970)
[ George Kennedy ][ Eli Wallach ]
Snow Train: Part 1	(1970)
San Francisco International	(1970)
[ Tab Hunter ][ Pernell Roberts ][ Van Johnson ][ Clu Gulager ]
Adam at Six A.M.	(1970)
[ Michael Douglas ][ Joe Don Baker ]
Soldier Blue	(1970)
[ Donald Pleasence ][ Peter Strauss ]
Three Dead Cows at Makapuu: Part 1	(1970)
The Last 10 Yards	(1969)
Speak No Evil	(1969)
The Young Warriors	(1969)
D.A.: Murder One	(1969)
[ Robert Conrad ]
And Baby Makes Four: Part 1	(1969)
The Learning Tree	(1969)
The Maltese Bippy	(1969)
[ Robert Reed ]
The Whole World Is Watching	(1969)
[ Hal Holbrook ]
The Crowd Pleasers	(1969)
Deadlock	(1969)
[ Aldo Ray ][ Fred Williamson ][ Leslie Nielsen ]
Pendulum	(1969)
[ George Peppard ]
The Sound of Anger	(1968)
The Boston Strangler	(1968)
[ James Brolin ][ George Kennedy ][ Henry Fonda ][ Tony Curtis ][ Alex Rocco ]
Fear I to Fall	(1968)
A Lovely Way to Die	(1968)
[ Eli Wallach ][ Kirk Douglas ]
Deadfall: Part 2	(1968)
Deadfall: Part 1	(1968)
The Messenger	(1968)
Saint Joan	(1967)
The Borgia Stick	(1967)
[ Don Murray ]
The Objector	(1965)
The Fool Killer	(1965)
[ Anthony Perkins ]
All the Silent Voices	(1964)
The Prisoner: Part 1	(1964)
[ Martin Sheen ]
The Intern Syndrome	(1964)
Fail-Safe	(1964)
[ Walter Matthau ][ Henry Fonda ][ Dom DeLuise ][ Larry Hagman ][ Sidney Lumet ]
The Patriots	(1963)
[ Charlton Heston ]
The Captive	(1963)
To Spend, to Give, to Want	(1963)
Strike a Statue	(1962)
Two Black Candles	(1962)
Occupancy, August 1st	(1962)
[ Charles Nelson Reilly ]
Our Town	(1959)
Burning Bright	(1959)

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.