Did Dana Elcar (who plays Pete Thornton) go blind in real life?
Unfortunately, yes. Dana was diagnosed with glaucoma more than 25 years before “Blind Faith,” the episode where he reveals that he s going blind. He didn t realize how badly his vision had deteriorated until a night location shoot for “MacGyver,” when he became disoriented in the darkness. Mr. Elcar was legally blind and had to have his scripts read to him.
