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Ivan Bonar

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Ivan Bonar
Bonar in an episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1964)
Born
Ivan Eugene Bonar

(1924-10-31)October 31, 1924
DiedDecember 8, 1988(1988-12-08) (aged 64)
Occupation(s)Actor, Voice Actor/Artist
Years active1958–1988

Ivan Eugene Bonar (October 31, 1924 – December 8, 1988) was an American character actor whose career in Hollywood, in films and television, spanned four decades, from the mid 1950s into the 1980s.

Life and career

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A vaunted character actor, Bonar appeared in the play The Country Girl.[1] He also made appearances in many films, such as Night of the Quarter Moon (1959), Air Patrol and Womanhunt (1962), Gable and Lombard (1976), MacArthur (1977), where he played U.S. Army Lt. General Richard K. Sutherland, Same Time Next Year (1978, with Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn) and the 1983 made-for-TV movie Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess as Hollywood film director Howard Hawks.[2][3]

Bonar is perhaps better known for his career in television, as he guest starred in episodes of many hit TV series such as The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, McHale's Navy, Perry Mason, Dennis the Menace, the ABC-TV version of My Three Sons, I Dream of Jeannie, where he served as the voice of the announcer in one episode, The Partridge Family, and the NBC-TV series Ironside, amongst many other appearances which continued into the 1980s, on such shows as Dallas, Dynasty, and Hart to Hart. From 1966 to 1971, and then 1973 to 1979, he had a recurring role as Chase Murdock on the ABC-TV daytime soap opera series General Hospital. In 1973, he appeared in Hawkins: Death and the Maiden, a TV movie that served as the pilot for the series Hawkins starring James Stewart.

Death

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Bonar died in 1988 in Los Angeles.[4]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1959 Night of the Quarter Moon Photographer Uncredited
1962 Womanhunt Jacobs
1962 Air Patrol Oliver Dunning
1963 Police Nurse Dr. C. F. Sears
1965 Love and Kisses Assemblyman Potter
1967 Hotel Silverstein Uncredited
1967 Countdown Nogrady Uncredited
1968 Maryjane Roger Campbell
1968 Project X Col. Cowen
1976 Gable and Lombard Brogan
1977 MacArthur General Sutherland
1978 Same Time Next Year Chalmers
1980 Getting Wasted Dr. Carson
1982 Tag: The Assassination Game Patterson
1982 Waltz Across Texas A.J. Profit
1983 Over Here, Mr. President
1989 Animal Behavior Dr. Ridley (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ "He Felt Confused Inside In Pickwick Drama Role". The Record. August 3, 1955. p. 33. Retrieved June 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "'Same Time Same Year': Same Laughs, Any Year". The Los Angeles Times. November 19, 1978. p. 379. Retrieved June 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "TV Commentary". News and Record. November 2, 1983. p. 10. Retrieved June 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ivan Eugene Bonar (1924–1988)". Retrieved June 4, 2024.
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