Dan O'Herlihy
Birthday
1919/05/02
Day of death
2005/02/17 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Wexford, Ireland
Also know as
Daniel O'Herlihy, Daniel Peter O'Herlihy, دن اوهرلیهی
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.
Acting
(1964) Fail Safe
as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
(1982) Halloween III: Season of the Witch
as Conal Cochran
(1987) RoboCop
as The Old Man
(1990) RoboCop 2
as The Old Man
(1954) The Black Shield of Falworth
as Prince Hal of Wales
(1984) The Last Starfighter
as Grig
(1951) The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Commando Captain (uncredited)
(1948) Larceny
as Duke
(1959) Imitation of Life
as David Edwards
(1979) Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
as Mark Twain
(1948) Macbeth
as Macduff
(1961) King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Detective Phil Butler
(1969) 100 Rifles
as Steven Grimes
(1955) The Virgin Queen
as Lord Derry
(1947) Odd Man Out
as Nolan
(1952) Invasion, U.S.A.
as Mr. Ohman
(1959) The Young Land
as Judge Millard Isham
(1987) The Dead
as Mr. Browne
(1974) The Tamarind Seed
as Fergus Stephenson
(1969) The Big Cube
as Charles Winthrop
(1972) The Carey Treatment
as J.D. Randall
(1993) Love, Cheat & Steal
as Hamilton Fisk
(1954) Robinson Crusoe
as Robinson Crusoe
(1957) That Woman Opposite
as Dermot Kinross
(1952) Actors and Sin
as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
(1958) Home Before Dark
as Arnold Bronn
(1948) Kidnapped
as Alan Breck
(1962) The Cabinet of Caligari
as Caligari / Paul
(1955) The Purple Mask
as Brisquet
(2020) 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
(1951) The Blue Veil
as Hugh Williams
(1952) At Sword's Point
as Aramis Jr.
(1960) One Foot in Hell
as Sir Harry Ivers
(1960) A Terrible Beauty
as Don McGinnis
(1954) Bengal Brigade
as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
(1977) MacArthur
as President Roosevelt
(1976) The Quest: The Longest Drive
as Mathew Hatcher
(1952) Operation Secret
as Lt. Duncan
(1974) Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Leonard Jerome
(1970) Waterloo
as Marshal Michel Ney
(1977) Deadly Game
as Colonel Edward Stryker
(1951) Soldiers Three
as Sgt.Murphy
(1972) The People
as Sol Diemus
(1986) The Whoopee Boys
as Judge Sternhill
(1988) A Waltz Through the Hills
as Uncle Tom
(1981) Death Ray 2000
as The Director
(1977) Good Against Evil
as Father Kemschler
(1986) Dark Mansions
as Alexander Drake
(1950) The Iroquois Trail
as Lt. Blakely
(1981) Artemis '81
as Albrecht Von Drachenfels
(1947) Hungry Hill
as Harry Brodrick
(1953) Sword of Venus
as Danglars
(1955) Hunters of the Deep
as Narrator
(1998) The Rat Pack
as Joe Kennedy
(2000) Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
as Self
(1976) Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
as Tip Conaker
(1951) The Highwayman
as ---
(2000) Buñuel in Hollywood
as Self
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Alexander Preston
(1986) L.A. Law
as Vernon Kepler
(1972) Colditz
as Lt. Col. Max Dodd
(1982) Remington Steele
as Charles Wellington
(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---
(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Harry Wells
(1990) Twin Peaks
as Andrew Packard
(1995) VR.5
as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1963) The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
as Dr. Sardius McPheeters
(1976) Charlie's Angels
as Freddie Brander
(1977) The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as ---
(1979) A Man Called Sloane
as ---
(1985) The Equalizer
as Randall Payne
(1962) Combat!
as Maj. Richter
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1985) The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Charles Braling
(1965) The Long, Hot Summer
as ---
(1962) Sam Benedict
as ---
(1961) Target: The Corruptors!
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as John Cord
(1967) The High Chaparral
as Jake Lanier
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Alan
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Ian Hamilton
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1965) The Big Valley
as David Wyncop
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Colonel Tomlinson
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as Professor Richard T. Ely
(1967) Hondo
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Nathaniel Hawthorne
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Capt. Cleve Scott
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Mark Addison
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1961) The Defenders
as Governor William Defoe
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as David
(1976) Gibbsville
as ---
(1974) Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Leonard Jerome
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Dave Hardy
(1992) Batman: The Animated Series
as Grant Walker (voice)
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as John Patrick McHenry
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Phillip Downey
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Mark Sloan
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Oliver Bradford
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Dr. Paul Crowley
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Jack Cole
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Robert Burns
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Henry
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Benedict Arnold
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Trevelyan
(1960) Checkmate
as Stephen Jordan
(1982) Nancy Astor
as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Dr. Donald Kent
(1961) The Americans
as Colonel Fry
(1974) QB VII
as David Shawcross
(1967) Ironside
as Arthur Justin
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Simon Carter
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Denton Langley
(1978) Battlestar Galactica
as Dr. Ravashol