{{Short description|American actor (1924–1988)}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2019}} {{Use American English|date=June 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox actor | name = Ivan Bonar | image = Ivan Bonar in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (Chess Set).jpg | image_size = | caption = Bonar in an episode of ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' (1964) | birth_name = Ivan Eugene Bonar | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|10|31|mf=yes}} | birth_place = New London, Iowa, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|12|08|1924|10|31|mf=yes}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor, Voice Actor/Artist | years_active = 1958–1988 | spouse = | children = }}
'''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== A vaunted character actor, Bonar appeared in the play ''The Country Girl''.<ref>{{cite news|title= He Felt Confused Inside In Pickwick Drama Role|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/489634934/| newspaper=The Record| date=August 3, 1955| page=33| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title='Same Time Same Year': Same Laughs, Any Year|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/384591651/| newspaper=The Los Angeles Times| date=November 19, 1978| page=379| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=TV Commentary|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/942585154/| newspaper=News and Record| date=November 2, 1983| page=10| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref>
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== Bonar died in 1988 in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ivan Eugene Bonar (1924–1988)|url=https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K2HP-M6S/ivan-eugene-bonar-1924-1988|access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! 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== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|nm0093780}} *{{IBDB name|104706}}
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