Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 1, 1919
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' | Self |
| 2000 | Buñuel in Hollywood | Self |
| 1998 | The Rat Pack | Joe Kennedy |
| 1993 | Love, Cheat & Steal | Hamilton Fisk |
| 1990 | RoboCop 2 | The Old Man |
| 1988 | A Waltz Through the Hills | Uncle Tom |
| 1987 | RoboCop | The Old Man |
| 1987 | The Dead | Mr. Browne |
| 1986 | The Whoopee Boys | Judge Sternhill |
| 1986 | Dark Mansions | Alexander Drake |
| 1984 | The Last Starfighter | Grig |
| 1982 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Conal Cochran |
| 1981 | Death Ray 2000 | The Director |
| 1981 | Artemis '81 | Albrecht Von Drachenfels |
| 1979 | Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter | Mark Twain |
| 1977 | MacArthur | President Roosevelt |
| 1977 | Deadly Game | Colonel Edward Stryker |
| 1977 | Good Against Evil | Father Kemschler |
| 1976 | The Quest: The Longest Drive | Mathew Hatcher |
| 1976 | Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free | Tip Conaker |
| 1974 | The Tamarind Seed | Fergus Stephenson |
| 1974 | Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Leonard Jerome |
| 1972 | The Carey Treatment | J.D. Randall |
| 1972 | The People | Sol Diemus |
| 1970 | Waterloo | Marshal Michel Ney |
| 1969 | 100 Rifles | Steven Grimes |
| 1969 | The Big Cube | Charles Winthrop |
| 1964 | Fail Safe | Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black |
| 1962 | The Cabinet of Caligari | Caligari / Paul |
| 1961 | King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein | Detective Phil Butler |
| 1960 | One Foot in Hell | Sir Harry Ivers |
| 1960 | A Terrible Beauty | Don McGinnis |
| 1959 | Imitation of Life | David Edwards |
| 1959 | The Young Land | Judge Millard Isham |
| 1958 | Home Before Dark | Arnold Bronn |
| 1957 | That Woman Opposite | Dermot Kinross |
| 1955 | The Virgin Queen | Lord Derry |
| 1955 | The Purple Mask | Brisquet |
| 1955 | Hunters of the Deep | Narrator |
| 1954 | The Black Shield of Falworth | Prince Hal of Wales |
| 1954 | Robinson Crusoe | Robinson Crusoe |
| 1954 | Bengal Brigade | Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy) |
| 1953 | Sword of Venus | Danglars |
| 1952 | Invasion, U.S.A. | Mr. Ohman |
| 1952 | Actors and Sin | Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood) |
| 1952 | At Sword's Point | Aramis Jr. |
| 1952 | Operation Secret | Lt. Duncan |
| 1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Commando Captain (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil | Hugh Williams |
| 1951 | Soldiers Three | Sgt.Murphy |
| 1951 | The Highwayman | |
| 1950 | The Iroquois Trail | Lt. Blakely |
| 1948 | Larceny | Duke |
| 1948 | Macbeth | Macduff |
| 1948 | Kidnapped | Alan Breck |
| 1947 | Odd Man Out | Nolan |
| 1947 | Hungry Hill | Harry Brodrick |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | VR.5 | Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Grant Walker (voice) |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks | Andrew Packard |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Vernon Kepler |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Randall Payne |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Charles Braling |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Alexander Preston |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Denton Langley |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | Charles Wellington |
| 1982 | Nancy Astor | Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | |
| 1979 | A Man Called Sloane | |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica | Dr. Ravashol |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Freddie Brander |
| 1976 | Gibbsville | |
| 1974 | Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Leonard Jerome |
| 1974 | QB VII | David Shawcross |
| 1972 | Colditz | Lt. Col. Max Dodd |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Harry Wells |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Jake Lanier |
| 1967 | Hondo | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Arthur Justin |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Jack Cole |
| 1965 | The Long, Hot Summer | |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | David Wyncop |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Professor Richard T. Ely |
| 1963 | The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Dr. Sardius McPheeters |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | |
| 1962 | Combat! | Maj. Richter |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Simon Carter |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | Hart Marbury |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Mark Addison |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Governor William Defoe |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | John Patrick McHenry |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Phillip Downey |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Mark Sloan |
| 1961 | The Americans | Colonel Fry |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Stephen Jordan |
| 1959 | Rawhide | John Cord |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Colonel Tomlinson |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | David |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Capt. Cleve Scott |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Dr. Donald Kent |
| 1954 | Climax! | Ian Hamilton |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Dave Hardy |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Dr. Paul Crowley |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Robert Burns |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Benedict Arnold |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Alan |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Oliver Bradford |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Henry |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Trevelyan |