Ivan Eugene Bonar (October 31, 1924 â€" 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.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.Bonar died in 1988 in Los Angeles.
American character actor whose career in Hollywood, in films and
television, spanned four decades, from the mid 1950s into the 1980s.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.Bonar died in 1988 in Los Angeles.
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