Dan O'Herlihy

Actor May 1 (died age 85) Wexford, Ireland 1947–2020 (73 year career)

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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

Film

RoboCop

The Old Man

Film

Fail Safe

Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

Film

RoboCop 2

The Old Man

Film

The Last Starfighter

Grig

Film

Imitation of Life

David Edwards

Film

Odd Man Out

Nolan

Film

Waterloo

Marshal Michel Ney

Film

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Conal Cochran

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (60)

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Buñuel in Hollywood

2000

as Self

7.0

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

2000

as Self

The Rat Pack

as Joe Kennedy

Love, Cheat & Steal

as Hamilton Fisk

RoboCop 2

as The Old Man

A Waltz Through the Hills

as Uncle Tom

RoboCop

as The Old Man

The Dead

as Mr. Browne

The Whoopee Boys

as Judge Sternhill

Dark Mansions

as Alexander Drake

The Last Starfighter

1984

as Grig

6.6

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

1982

as Conal Cochran

5.2

Artemis '81

1981

as Albrecht Von Drachenfels

3.5

Death Ray 2000

1981

as The Director

5.0

Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter

1979

as Mark Twain

Good Against Evil

1977

as Father Kemschler

4.1

MacArthur

1977

as President Roosevelt

6.3

Deadly Game

1977

as Colonel Edward Stryker

6.5

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

1976

as Tip Conaker

The Quest: The Longest Drive

as Mathew Hatcher

The Tamarind Seed

as Fergus Stephenson

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

as Leonard Jerome

The Carey Treatment

as J.D. Randall

The People

as Sol Diemus

Waterloo

as Marshal Michel Ney

100 Rifles

as Steven Grimes

The Big Cube

as Charles Winthrop

How to Steal the World

1968

as Prof. David Garrow

5.2

Fail Safe

1964

as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

7.8

The Cabinet of Caligari

1962

as Caligari / Paul

6.3

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

1961

as Detective Phil Butler

A Terrible Beauty

as Don McGinnis

One Foot in Hell

as Sir Harry Ivers

Imitation of Life

as David Edwards

The Young Land

as Judge Millard Isham

Home Before Dark

as Arnold Bronn

The Blackwell Story

as Dr. Keller

That Woman Opposite

as Dermot Kinross

The Purple Mask

as Brisquet

The Virgin Queen

as Lord Derry

Hunters of the Deep

as Narrator

Robinson Crusoe

1954

as Robinson Crusoe

6.3

Bengal Brigade

1954

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

5.0

The Black Shield of Falworth

1954

as Prince Hal of Wales

Sword of Venus

as Danglars

Actors and Sin

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

Operation Secret

as Lt. Duncan

Invasion, U.S.A.

as Mr. Ohman

At Sword's Point

as Aramis Jr.

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951

as Commando Captain (uncredited)

Soldiers Three

as Sgt.Murphy

The Blue Veil

as Hugh Williams

The Highwayman

The Iroquois Trail

as Lt. Blakely

Macbeth

as Macduff

Larceny

as Duke

Kidnapped

as Alan Breck

Odd Man Out

as Nolan

Hungry Hill

as Harry Brodrick

Television (53)

VR.5

1995

as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt

6.7

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

as Grant Walker (voice)

Twin Peaks

as Andrew Packard

L.A. Law

as Vernon Kepler

The Equalizer

as Randall Payne

The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Charles Braling

Murder, She Wrote

as Denton Langley

The Secret Servant

as Professor John Tyler

Remington Steele

1982

as Charles Wellington

7.1

Nancy Astor

1982

as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne

Trapper John, M.D.

A Man Called Sloane

Battlestar Galactica

as Dr. Ravashol

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Charlie's Angels

as Freddie Brander

The Bionic Woman

Gibbsville

QB VII

as David Shawcross

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

as Leonard Jerome

Colditz

as Lt. Col. Max Dodd

Hawaii Five-O

as Harry Wells

Ironside

as Arthur Justin

The High Chaparral

as Jake Lanier

Hondo

as Prof. Phineas Blackstone

Mission: Impossible

as Jack Cole

The Big Valley

as David Wyncop

The Long, Hot Summer

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

1964

as Marcel Rudolph

7.1

Profiles in Courage

1964

as Professor Richard T. Ely

5.0

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.7

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

1963

as Dr. Sardius McPheeters

5.3

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Simon Carter

Combat!

as Maj. Richter

Sam Benedict

as Hart Marbury

Dr. Kildare

as Mark Addison

The Defenders

as Governor William Defoe

5.9

Ben Casey

1961

5.6

Target: The Corruptors!

The Americans

as Colonel Fry

Route 66

Checkmate

as Stephen Jordan

Rawhide

as John Cord

Adventures in Paradise

1959

as Colonel Tomlinson

5.7

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

as David

6.3

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Capt. Cleve Scott

6.0

Screen Director's Playhouse

as Dr. Donald Kent

Climax!

as Ian Hamilton

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

as Dr. Paul Crowley

Letter to Loretta

as Dave Hardy

Cavalcade of America

as Nathaniel Hawthorne

3.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Lux Video Theatre

as Alan