Dan O'Herlihy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-05-01
Day of Death
2005-02-17 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Wexford, Ireland
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
Acting
(2020)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
as Self
(2000)
Buñuel in Hollywood
as Self
(1998)
The Rat Pack
as Joe Kennedy
(1993)
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Hamilton Fisk
(1990)
RoboCop 2
as The Old Man
(1988)
A Waltz Through the Hills
as Uncle Tom
(1987)
RoboCop
as The Old Man
(1987)
The Dead
as Mr. Browne
(1986)
The Whoopee Boys
as Judge Sternhill
(1986)
Dark Mansions
as Alexander Drake
(1984)
The Last Starfighter
as Grig
(1982)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
as Conal Cochran
(1981)
Death Ray 2000
as The Director
(1981)
Artemis '81
as Albrecht Von Drachenfels
(1979)
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
as Mark Twain
(1977)
MacArthur
as President Roosevelt
(1977)
Good Against Evil
as Father Kemschler
(1977)
Deadly Game
as Colonel Edward Stryker
(1976)
The Quest: The Longest Drive
as Mathew Hatcher
(1976)
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
as Tip Conaker
(1974)
The Tamarind Seed
as Fergus Stephenson
(1974)
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Leonard Jerome
(1972)
The People
as Sol Diemus
(1972)
The Carey Treatment
as J.D. Randall
(1970)
Waterloo
as Marshal Michel Ney
(1969)
100 Rifles
as Steven Grimes
(1969)
The Big Cube
as Charles Winthrop
(1964)
Fail Safe
as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
(1962)
The Cabinet of Caligari
as Caligari / Paul
(1961)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Detective Phil Butler
(1960)
A Terrible Beauty
as Don McGinnis
(1960)
One Foot in Hell
as Sir Harry Ivers
(1959)
Imitation of Life
as David Edwards
(1959)
The Young Land
as Judge Millard Isham
(1958)
Home Before Dark
as Arnold Bronn
(1957)
That Woman Opposite
as Dermot Kinross
(1955)
The Virgin Queen
as Lord Derry
(1955)
The Purple Mask
as Brisquet
(1955)
Hunters of the Deep
as Narrator
(1954)
Robinson Crusoe
as Robinson Crusoe
(1954)
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Prince Hal of Wales
(1954)
Bengal Brigade
as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
(1953)
Sword of Venus
as Danglars
(1952)
At Sword's Point
as Aramis Jr.
(1952)
Operation Secret
as Lt. Duncan
(1952)
Invasion, U.S.A.
as Mr. Ohman
(1952)
Actors and Sin
as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
(1951)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Commando Captain (uncredited)
(1951)
The Blue Veil
as Hugh Williams
(1951)
(1951)
Soldiers Three
as Sgt.Murphy
(1950)
The Iroquois Trail
as Lt. Blakely
(1948)
Macbeth
as Macduff
(1948)
Larceny
as Duke
(1948)
Kidnapped
as Alan Breck
(1947)
Odd Man Out
as Nolan
(1947)
Hungry Hill
as Harry Brodrick