Ivan Bonar

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.

Ivan Bonar
Born
Ivan Eugene Bonar

(1924-10-31)October 31, 1924
New London, Iowa, U.S.
DiedDecember 8, 1988(1988-12-08) (aged 64)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor, Voice Actor/Artist
Years active1958–1988

Life and career

A vaunted character actor, Bonar 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.

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 1966-71, and then 1973 to 1979, he had a recurring role as Chase Murdock on the ABC-TV daytime soap opera series General Hospital.

Death

Bonar died in 1988 in Los Angeles.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1959Night of the Quarter MoonPhotographerUncredited
1962WomanhuntJacobs
1962Air PatrolOliver Dunning
1963Police NurseDr. C. F. Sears
1965Love and KissesAssemblyman Potter
1967HotelSilversteinUncredited
1967CountdownNogradyUncredited
1968MaryjaneRoger Campbell
1968Project XCol. Cowen
1976Gable and LombardBrogan
1977MacArthurGeneral Sutherland
1978Same Time Next YearChalmers
1980Getting WastedDr. Carson
1982Tag: The Assassination GamePatterson
1982Waltz Across TexasA.J. Profit
1983Over Here, Mr. President
1989Animal BehaviorDr. Ridley(final film role)
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