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Title: Black Sheep Sqn's "Col. Lard" Dana Elcar dies
Post by: CMC Airboss on June 11, 2005, 01:43:15 PM

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VENTURA, Calif. -- Actor Dana Elcar, whose role as Peter Thornton on ABC's adventure series "MacGyver" depicted his real-life struggle with glaucoma and blindness, has died. He was 77.

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=193581>1=6657

Title: Black Sheep Sqn's "Col. Lard" Dana Elcar dies
Post by: oboe on June 11, 2005, 03:48:39 PM

May Col Lard rest in peace.   I'd heard about Dana Elcar's passing and figured I must've known who he was - but IMDB had no pic and I didn't check on it any further.

btw did you knwo Col Lard was a real life person - its in Boyington's book.    Apparently he really did have it in for Pappy.

Title: Black Sheep Sqn's "Col. Lard" Dana Elcar dies
Post by: Pooh21 on June 12, 2005, 12:23:27 AM

Wow i thought he died in the 80s.

Title: Black Sheep Sqn's "Col. Lard" Dana Elcar dies
Post by: CMC Airboss on June 12, 2005, 09:51:23 PM

In the TV series, Col. Lard represented a real Marine officer, Col. Smoak.  Col. Smoak, true to the depiction in Baa Baa Black sheep was a by the book Marine that gave Greg Boyington a very difficult time.  He probably deserved it for his non-combat performance and general disregard for authority.   A real life General Moore stepped in to take of the heat off of Boyington.    

MiG