
Gavan O'Herlihy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-04-29
Day of Death
2021-10-14 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Gavan O'Herlihy
Biography
Gavan O'Herlihy (6' 2½" | 1.89 m) an Irish actor, was born on April 29, 1954 (Taurus) in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Elsa Bennett and Irish actor Dan O'Herlihy. He has a Brother, Cormac O'Herlihy and a sister, Patricia O'Herlihy. He is the brother-in-law of Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy, nephew of Michael O'Herlihy, and Uncle of Micaela O'Herlihy and Colin O'Herlihy. In his youth, he was an avid tennis player, and even became Irish National Tennis Champion. He is known for Willow (1988), Never Say Never Again (1983) and The Descent: Part 2 (2009), but has over thirty screen credits to his name, most of them having cast him in villainous or antagonistic roles such as Death Wish 3, Never Say Never Again, Superman III, and Tales From The Crypt. His role as Airk Thaughbaer in the 1988 fantasy Willow is one of the few heroic roles the burly, fair-haired Gavan has managed to get, as well as the dashing American officer Captain Leroy in Sharpe's Eagle. He also played the lost jock son "Chuck Cunningham" in the first season of Happy Days (1974). Is actually younger (by about two months) than Ron Howard, who played his "younger" brother on the show, but it was not a very big part and he was eventually written out by being sent to college and then disappeared with no mention. He did not want to get stuck in television, preferring the film medium. Gavan appeared in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager entitled "Caretaker" as the Kazon First Maje, Jabin. He has a son named Rogan and a daughter named Misty.
Acting
(2009)
The Descent: Part 2
as Vaines
(2002)
Cruise of the Gods
as Mickey
(2002)
Butterfly Man
as Bill Kincaid
(1997)
Prince Valiant
as King Thane
(1997)
Sharpe: The Legend
as Leroy
(1997)
Top of the World
as Lieutenant Logan
(1995)
The Shooter
as Dick Powell
(1993)
The Last Outlaw
as Marshal Sharp
(1993)
Sharpe's Eagle
as Captain Leroy
(1991)
Conagher
as Chris Mahler, Cowboy
(1989)
Red King, White Knight
as Clancy
(1988)
Willow
as Airk Thaughbaer
(1985)
Death Wish 3
as Manny Fraker
(1985)
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
as Conrad E. Perkins
(1984)
Space Riders
as Ron Harris
(1983)
Never Say Never Again
as Jack Petachi
(1983)
Superman III
as Brad
(1983)
The Secret Adversary
as Julius P. Hersheimmer
(1979)
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
as Young Clemens
(1978)
A Wedding
as Wilson Briggs
(1978)
A Death in Canaan
as Father Mark
(1978)
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Art Stinson
(1977)
The Ghost of Cypress Swamp
as Big Bob Landers
(1974)
The California Kid
as Tom
(1974)
(1973)
Call to Danger
as Mechanic