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Dan O'Herlihy
Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy

ActingBorn May 1, 1919Died February 17, 2005 (age 85)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.

Filmography

2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2000Movie
2000Movie
1998
The Rat Pack

as Joe Kennedy

Movie
1995
VR.5

as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt

TV
1993
Love, Cheat & Steal

as Hamilton Fisk

Movie
1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as Grant Walker (voice)

TV
1990
RoboCop 2

as The Old Man

Movie
1990
Twin Peaks

as Andrew Packard

TV
1988Movie
1987
The Dead

as Mr. Browne

Movie
1987
RoboCop

as The Old Man

Movie
1986
L.A. Law

as Vernon Kepler

TV
1986
Dark Mansions

as Alexander Drake

Movie
1986
The Whoopee Boys

as Judge Sternhill

Movie
1985
The Equalizer

as Randall Payne

TV
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Charles Braling

TV
1984
The Secret Servant

as Professor John Tyler

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Alexander Preston

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Denton Langley

TV
1984Movie
1982Movie
1982
Remington Steele

as Charles Wellington

TV
1982
Nancy Astor

as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne

TV
1981
Artemis '81

as Albrecht Von Drachenfels

Movie
1981
Death Ray 2000

as The Director

Movie
1979Movie
1978
Battlestar Galactica

as Dr. Ravashol

TV
1977
Deadly Game

as Colonel Edward Stryker

Movie
1977
MacArthur

as President Roosevelt

Movie
1977
Good Against Evil

as Father Kemschler

Movie
1976
Charlie's Angels

as Freddie Brander

TV
1976Movie
1976Movie
1974Movie
1974TV
1974
Born Free

as Archie Gordon

TV
1974
The Tamarind Seed

as Fergus Stephenson

Movie
1974
QB VII

as David Shawcross

TV
1972
Colditz

as Lt. Col. Max Dodd

TV
1972
The Carey Treatment

as J.D. Randall

Movie
1972
The People

as Sol Diemus

Movie
1970
Waterloo

as Marshal Michel Ney

Movie
1969
The Big Cube

as Charles Winthrop

Movie
1969
100 Rifles

as Steven Grimes

Movie
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Harry Wells

TV
1968
How to Steal the World

as Prof. David Garrow

Movie
1967
The High Chaparral

as Jake Lanier

TV
1967
Hondo

as Prof. Phineas Blackstone

TV
1967
Ironside

as Arthur Justin

TV
1966TV
1965
The Big Valley

as David Wyncop

TV
1964
Profiles in Courage

as Professor Richard T. Ely

TV
1964
Fail Safe

as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

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

as Marcel Rudolph

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

as Capt. Rupert Oliver Morton

TV
1963
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

as Dr. Sardius McPheeters

TV
1962
Combat!

as Maj. Richter

TV
1962TV
1962
Sam Benedict

as Hart Marbury

TV
1962
The Cabinet of Caligari

as Caligari / Paul

Movie
1961TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Mark Addison

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as John Patrick McHenry

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Phillip Downey

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Mark Sloan

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Governor William Defoe

TV
1961
The Americans

as Colonel Fry

TV
1960TV
1960
Checkmate

as Stephen Jordan

TV
1960
One Foot in Hell

as Sir Harry Ivers

Movie
1960
A Terrible Beauty

as Don McGinnis

Movie
1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Colonel Tomlinson

TV
1959
The Young Land

as Judge Millard Isham

Movie
1959
Imitation of Life

as David Edwards

Movie
1959
Rawhide

as John Cord

TV
1958
Home Before Dark

as Arnold Bronn

Movie
1957
That Woman Opposite

as Dermot Kinross

Movie
1957
The Blackwell Story

as Dr. Keller

Movie
1956TV
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse

as Dr. Donald Kent

TV
1955
The Virgin Queen

as Lord Derry

Movie
1955
The Purple Mask

as Brisquet

Movie
1955Movie
1954
Bengal Brigade

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

Movie
1954
Climax!

as Ian Hamilton

TV
1954
The Black Shield of Falworth

as Prince Hal of Wales

Movie
1954
Robinson Crusoe

as Robinson Crusoe

Movie
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Dave Hardy

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953
Sword of Venus

as Danglars

Movie
1953
General Electric Theater

as Dr. Paul Crowley

TV
1953TV
1952
Invasion, U.S.A.

as Mr. Ohman

Movie
1952
Operation Secret

as Lt. Duncan

Movie
1952
Cavalcade of America

as Nathaniel Hawthorne

TV
1952
Cavalcade of America

as Benedict Arnold

TV
1952
Actors and Sin

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

Movie
1952
At Sword's Point

as Aramis Jr.

Movie
1951
The Blue Veil

as Hugh Williams

Movie
1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

as Commando Captain (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Soldiers Three

as Sgt.Murphy

Movie
1950TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Oliver Bradford

TV
1950TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Trevelyan

TV
1950
The Iroquois Trail

as Lt. Blakely

Movie
1948
Kidnapped

as Alan Breck

Movie
1948
Macbeth

as Macduff

Movie
1948
Larceny

as Duke

Movie
1947
Odd Man Out

as Nolan

Movie
1947
Hungry Hill

as Harry Brodrick

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 1, 1919
Day of DeathFebruary 17, 2005
Place of BirthWexford, Ireland
Popularity1.1