Canadian born actor David James Elliot, best known for his long-running starring role on the late-1990s, early-2000s crime drama “Jag,” has his long-time residence in the casually fancy Brentwood area of Los Angeles for sale at a wee bit below $8 million. Elliot, who in 2015 appeared on the silver screen in “Trumbo,” and his wife Nanci Chambers, his co-star for a few years on “Jag,” purchased the almost three-quarters of an acre, double-lot property in the middle-1990s. More than a decade later, they had acclaimed architect Steve Giannetti design an almost 8,000-square-foot Tuscan-style villa that offers four bedrooms and seven bathrooms plus a poolside guesthouse with another bedroom and bathroom.

Interior spaces are afforded an Old World patina with 100-year-old ceiling beams, antiqued paint finishes and a combination of wide-plank oak floorboards and imported floor tiles. In addition to spacious living and dining rooms, there’s a bookshelf-lined library,...