Dan O'Herlihy

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Known For

Acting

Born

1919-05-01

Place of Birth

Wexford, Ireland
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Dan O'Herlihy

Biography

Daniel Peter O'Herlihy (May 1, 1919 – February 17, 2005) was an Irish film actor, known for such roles as Brigadier General Warren A. "Blackie" Black in Fail Safe, Marshal Ney in Waterloo, Conal Cochran in Halloween III: Season of the Witch, "The Old Man" in RoboCop, and Andrew Packard in Twin Peaks. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1954 film Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

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Acting History

2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War as Self (archive footage)
2000
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' as Self
2000
Buñuel in Hollywood as Self
1998
The Rat Pack as Joe Kennedy
1995
VR.5 as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt
1993
Love, Cheat & Steal as Hamilton Fisk
1992
Batman: The Animated Series as Grant Walker (voice)
1990
RoboCop 2 as The Old Man
1990
Twin Peaks as Andrew Packard
1988
A Waltz Through the Hills as Uncle Tom
1987
The Dead as Mr. Browne
1987
RoboCop as The Old Man
1986
L.A. Law as Vernon Kepler
1986
Dark Mansions as Alexander Drake
1986
The Whoopee Boys as Judge Sternhill
1985
The Equalizer as Randall Payne
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater as Charles Braling
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Alexander Preston
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Denton Langley
1984
The Last Starfighter as Grig
1982
Halloween III: Season of the Witch as Conal Cochran
1982
Remington Steele as Charles Wellington
1982
Nancy Astor as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
1981
Artemis '81 as Albrecht Von Drachenfels
1981
Death Ray 2000 as The Director
1979
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter as Mark Twain
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
A Man Called Sloane
1978
Battlestar Galactica as Dr. Ravashol
1977
Deadly Game as Colonel Edward Stryker
1977
MacArthur as President Roosevelt
1977
Good Against Evil as Father Kemschler
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1976
Gibbsville
1976
Charlie's Angels as Freddie Brander
1976
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free as Tip Conaker
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
The Quest: The Longest Drive as Mathew Hatcher
1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Leonard Jerome
1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Leonard Jerome
1974
The Tamarind Seed as Fergus Stephenson
1974
QB VII as David Shawcross
1972
Colditz as Lt. Col. Max Dodd
1972
The Carey Treatment as J.D. Randall
1972
The People as Sol Diemus
1970
Waterloo as Marshal Michel Ney
1969
The Big Cube as Charles Winthrop
1969
100 Rifles as Steven Grimes
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Harry Wells
1968
How to Steal the World as Prof. David Garrow
1967
The High Chaparral as Jake Lanier
1967
Hondo as Prof. Phineas Blackstone
1967
Ironside as Arthur Justin
1966
Mission: Impossible as Jack Cole
1965
The Long, Hot Summer
1965
The Big Valley as David Wyncop
1964
Profiles in Courage as Professor Richard T. Ely
1964
Fail Safe as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Marcel Rudolph
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Capt. Rupert Oliver Morton
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters as Dr. Sardius McPheeters
1962
Combat! as Maj. Richter
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Simon Carter
1962
Sam Benedict as Hart Marbury
1962
The Cabinet of Caligari as Caligari / Paul
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Dr. Kildare as Mark Addison
1961
Dr. Kildare as John Patrick McHenry
1961
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Phillip Downey
1961
Dr. Kildare as Mark Sloan
1961
The Defenders as Governor William Defoe
1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein as Detective Phil Butler
1961
The Americans as Colonel Fry
1960
Route 66
1960
Checkmate as Stephen Jordan
1960
One Foot in Hell as Sir Harry Ivers
1960
A Terrible Beauty as Don McGinnis
1959
Adventures in Paradise as Colonel Tomlinson
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson as David
1959
The Young Land as Judge Millard Isham
1959
Imitation of Life as David Edwards
1959
Rawhide as John Cord
1958
Home Before Dark as Arnold Bronn
1957
That Woman Opposite as Dermot Kinross
1957
The Blackwell Story as Dr. Keller
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Capt. Cleve Scott
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse as Dr. Donald Kent
1955
The Virgin Queen as Lord Derry
1955
The Purple Mask as Brisquet
1955
Hunters of the Deep as Narrator
1954
Bengal Brigade as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
1954
Climax! as Ian Hamilton
1954
The Black Shield of Falworth as Prince Hal of Wales
1954
Robinson Crusoe as Robinson Crusoe
1953
Letter to Loretta as Dave Hardy
1953
The Oscars as Self
1953
Sword of Venus as Danglars
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
General Electric Theater as Dr. Paul Crowley
1953
General Electric Theater as Robert Burns
1952
Invasion, U.S.A. as Mr. Ohman
1952
Operation Secret as Lt. Duncan
1952
Cavalcade of America as Nathaniel Hawthorne
1952
Cavalcade of America as Benedict Arnold
1952
Actors and Sin as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
1952
At Sword's Point as Aramis Jr.
1951
The Blue Veil as Hugh Williams
1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel as Commando Captain (uncredited)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Highwayman
1951
Soldiers Three as Sgt.Murphy
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Alan
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Oliver Bradford
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Henry
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Trevelyan
1950
The Iroquois Trail as Lt. Blakely
1948
Kidnapped as Alan Breck
1948
Macbeth as Macduff
1948
Larceny as Duke
1947
Odd Man Out as Nolan
1947
Hungry Hill as Harry Brodrick