Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy

Known for
Acting
Born
May 1, 1919
Died
February 17, 2005 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Wexford, Ireland

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

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Filmography

2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War poster

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' poster

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

Movie · as Self

2000
Buñuel in Hollywood poster

Buñuel in Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1998
The Rat Pack poster

The Rat Pack

Movie · as Joe Kennedy

1995
VR.5 poster

VR.5

TV · as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt · 1 ep

1993
Love, Cheat & Steal poster

Love, Cheat & Steal

Movie · as Hamilton Fisk

1992
Batman: The Animated Series poster

Batman: The Animated Series

TV · as Grant Walker (voice) · 1 ep

1990
RoboCop 2 poster

RoboCop 2

Movie · as The Old Man

1990
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

TV · as Andrew Packard · 6 eps

1988
A Waltz Through the Hills poster

A Waltz Through the Hills

Movie · as Uncle Tom

1987
RoboCop poster

RoboCop

Movie · as The Old Man

1987
The Dead poster

The Dead

Movie · as Mr. Browne

1986
The Whoopee Boys poster

The Whoopee Boys

Movie · as Judge Sternhill

1986
Dark Mansions poster

Dark Mansions

Movie · as Alexander Drake

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Vernon Kepler · 1 ep

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Randall Payne · 1 ep

1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater poster

The Ray Bradbury Theater

TV · as Charles Braling · 1 ep

1984
The Last Starfighter poster

The Last Starfighter

Movie · as Grig

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Alexander Preston, Denton Langley · 1 ep

1984
The Secret Servant poster

The Secret Servant

TV · as Professor John Tyler · 3 eps

1982
Halloween III: Season of the Witch poster

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Movie · as Conal Cochran

1982
Remington Steele poster

Remington Steele

TV · as Charles Wellington · 1 ep

1982
Nancy Astor poster

Nancy Astor

TV · as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne · 4 eps

1981
Death Ray 2000 poster

Death Ray 2000

Movie · as The Director

1981
Artemis '81 poster

Artemis '81

Movie · as Albrecht Von Drachenfels

1979
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter poster

Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter

Movie · as Mark Twain

1979
Trapper John, M.D. poster

Trapper John, M.D.

TV · 1 ep

1979
A Man Called Sloane poster

A Man Called Sloane

TV · 12 eps

1978
Battlestar Galactica poster

Battlestar Galactica

TV · as Dr. Ravashol · 1 ep

1977
MacArthur poster

MacArthur

Movie · as President Roosevelt

1977
Deadly Game poster

Deadly Game

Movie · as Colonel Edward Stryker

1977
Good Against Evil poster

Good Against Evil

Movie · as Father Kemschler

1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries poster

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV · 1 ep

1976
The Quest: The Longest Drive poster

The Quest: The Longest Drive

Movie · as Mathew Hatcher

1976
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free poster

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

Movie · as Tip Conaker

1976
The Bionic Woman poster

The Bionic Woman

TV · 1 ep

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

TV · as Freddie Brander · 1 ep

1976
Gibbsville poster

Gibbsville

TV · 1 ep

1974
The Tamarind Seed poster

The Tamarind Seed

Movie · as Fergus Stephenson

1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill poster

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Movie · as Leonard Jerome

1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill poster

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

TV · as Leonard Jerome · 1 ep

1974
QB VII poster

QB VII

TV · as David Shawcross · 2 eps

1974
Born Free poster

Born Free

TV · as Archie Gordon · 1 ep

1972
The Carey Treatment poster

The Carey Treatment

Movie · as J.D. Randall

1972
The People poster

The People

Movie · as Sol Diemus

1972
Colditz poster

Colditz

TV · as Lt. Col. Max Dodd · 4 eps

1970
Waterloo poster

Waterloo

Movie · as Marshal Michel Ney

1969
100 Rifles poster

100 Rifles

Movie · as Steven Grimes

1969
The Big Cube poster

The Big Cube

Movie · as Charles Winthrop

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Harry Wells · 1 ep

1968
How to Steal the World poster

How to Steal the World

Movie · as Prof. David Garrow

1967
The High Chaparral poster

The High Chaparral

TV · as Jake Lanier · 1 ep

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Arthur Justin · 1 ep

1967
Hondo poster

Hondo

TV · as Prof. Phineas Blackstone · 1 ep

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Jack Cole · 1 ep

1965
The Long, Hot Summer poster

The Long, Hot Summer

TV · 26 eps

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as David Wyncop · 1 ep

1964
Fail Safe poster

Fail Safe

Movie · as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

1964
Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage

TV · as Professor Richard T. Ely · 1 ep

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as Marcel Rudolph, Capt. Rupert Oliver Morton · 1 ep

1963
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters poster

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

TV · as Dr. Sardius McPheeters · 26 eps

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Cabinet of Caligari poster

The Cabinet of Caligari

Movie · as Caligari / Paul

1962
Combat! poster

Combat!

TV · as Maj. Richter · 1 ep

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV · as Simon Carter · 1 ep

1962
Sam Benedict poster

Sam Benedict

TV · as Hart Marbury · 1 ep

1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein poster

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

Movie · as Detective Phil Butler

1961
Target: The Corruptors! poster

Target: The Corruptors!

TV · 1 ep

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Mark Addison, John Patrick McHenry, Dr. Phillip Downey, Mark Sloan · 1 ep

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Governor William Defoe · 1 ep

1961
The Americans poster

The Americans

TV · as Colonel Fry · 1 ep

1960
One Foot in Hell poster

One Foot in Hell

Movie · as Sir Harry Ivers

1960
A Terrible Beauty poster

A Terrible Beauty

Movie · as Don McGinnis

1960
Route 66 poster

Route 66

TV · 1 ep

1960
Checkmate poster

Checkmate

TV · as Stephen Jordan · 1 ep

1959
Imitation of Life poster

Imitation of Life

Movie · as David Edwards

1959
The Young Land poster

The Young Land

Movie · as Judge Millard Isham

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as John Cord · 1 ep

1959
Adventures in Paradise poster

Adventures in Paradise

TV · as Colonel Tomlinson · 1 ep

1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson poster

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

TV · as David · 1 ep

1958
Home Before Dark poster

Home Before Dark

Movie · as Arnold Bronn

1957
That Woman Opposite poster

That Woman Opposite

Movie · as Dermot Kinross

1957
The Blackwell Story poster

The Blackwell Story

Movie · as Dr. Keller

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Cleve Scott · 1 ep

1955
The Virgin Queen poster

The Virgin Queen

Movie · as Lord Derry

1955
The Purple Mask poster

The Purple Mask

Movie · as Brisquet

1955
Hunters of the Deep poster

Hunters of the Deep

Movie · as Narrator

1955
Screen Director's Playhouse poster

Screen Director's Playhouse

TV · as Dr. Donald Kent · 1 ep

1954
The Black Shield of Falworth poster

The Black Shield of Falworth

Movie · as Prince Hal of Wales

1954
Robinson Crusoe poster

Robinson Crusoe

Movie · as Robinson Crusoe

1954
Bengal Brigade poster

Bengal Brigade

Movie · as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Ian Hamilton · 1 ep

1953
Sword of Venus poster

Sword of Venus

Movie · as Danglars

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Dr. Paul Crowley, Robert Burns · 2 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
Letter to Loretta poster

Letter to Loretta

TV · as Dave Hardy · 1 ep

1952
Invasion, U.S.A. poster

Invasion, U.S.A.

Movie · as Mr. Ohman

1952
Actors and Sin poster

Actors and Sin

Movie · as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)

1952
At Sword's Point poster

At Sword's Point

Movie · as Aramis Jr.

1952
Operation Secret poster

Operation Secret

Movie · as Lt. Duncan

1952
Cavalcade of America poster

Cavalcade of America

TV · as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Benedict Arnold · 1 ep

1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel poster

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

Movie · as Commando Captain (uncredited)

1951
The Blue Veil poster

The Blue Veil

Movie · as Hugh Williams

1951
Soldiers Three poster

Soldiers Three

Movie · as Sgt.Murphy

1951
The Highwayman poster

The Highwayman

Movie · as Robin

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · 2 eps

1950
The Iroquois Trail poster

The Iroquois Trail

Movie · as Lt. Blakely

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as Alan, Oliver Bradford, Henry, Trevelyan · 1 ep

1948
Larceny poster

Larceny

Movie · as Duke

1948
Macbeth poster

Macbeth

Movie · as Macduff

1948
Kidnapped poster

Kidnapped

Movie · as Alan Breck

1947
Odd Man Out poster

Odd Man Out

Movie · as Nolan

1947
Hungry Hill poster

Hungry Hill

Movie · as Harry Brodrick