Editing MacGyver (section)

===Family===
*Harry Jackson ([[John Anderson (actor)|John Anderson]]) – MacGyver's maternal grandfather. Harry is introduced in season 1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026930/|title=John Anderson|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-11-16}}</ref> Harry usually calls MacGyver "Bud", and MacGyver refers to him as "Harry", but why is never revealed until the episode "Phoenix Under Siege".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088559/|title=MacGyver|date=September 29, 1985|via=IMDb}}</ref> Harry had cut ties with Mac and his mom, and was living a life of solitude until MacGyver came to him while trying to keep a low profile due to a bounty on his head.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Target MacGyver|series=''MacGyver''|network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=December 1985|season=1|number=10|language=en}}</ref> After this they kept in regular contact, with Harry appearing in several more episodes until he dies of a heart attack in the fifth season. MacGyver's grandmother was mentioned several times but never portrayed in the series, though her name was revealed to be Celia.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Runners|series=''MacGyver''|network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=March 1989|number=13|language=en}}</ref>
*James ([[Martin Milner]]) and Ellen MacGyver (Shelia Moore) – MacGyver's parents. Both of MacGyver's parents are deceased before the series begins. James MacGyver died, along with MacGyver's grandmother, when their car went off the road and they drowned in a creek when MacGyver was 7.<ref>The date is revealed to be December 14, though no specific year is given. {{Cite episode|title=Phoenix Under Siege|series=''MacGyver''|network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=January 1987|season=2|number=11|language=en}}</ref> His mother, Ellen died from a stroke the day after an unspecified Christmas, but Mac was not able to make it home to see her.<ref name="The Madonna"/> James appears in two episodes.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Thin Ice|series=''MacGyver''|network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] | date=February 1985|season=3|number=13|language=en}} and {{Cite episode|title=Passages|series=''MacGyver''|network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=April 1990|season=5|number=21|language=en}}</ref> Ellen appears in one.<ref name="Passages"/>
*Sean "Sam" Angus Malloy ([[Dalton James]]) – MacGyver's first son. Sean is the son of MacGyver and photojournalist Kate Malloy, who had a relationship after college before the series began. Unknown to MacGyver until several years after Kate's death, he fathered a child with Malloy, Sean. Sean appears in only one episode.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=The Stringer|series=''MacGyver''|network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=April 1992|season=7|number=13|language=en}}</ref>