Donald Elson (March 31, 1923 – May 7, 2022) was an American film, stage and television actor.

He began his career in 1952, appearing in the Broadway play Desire Under the Elms.

[1] He appeared in such other plays as Inherit the Wind,[2] and Threepenny Opera[1] and The Silver Whistle.

[3] Elson appeared in television programs including The Red Skelton Show,[3] Bonanza, Tales of Wells Fargo, Lawman, Death Valley Days, Sugarfoot and The Rifleman,[4] and also in films such as Julius Caesar,[5] Inherit the Wind, Day of the Outlaw, Gremlins, The Cincinnati Kid, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis and Chaplin.

[6] Elson retired in 2008, last appearing in the police procedural drama television series Bones.