Dan O'Herlihy

Personal Info

Birthday

May 1, 1919

Day of Death

2005-02-17

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Wexford, Ireland

Also Known As

Daniel O'Herlihy

Daniel Peter O'Herlihy

دن اوهرلیهی

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

Murder, She Wrote

Twin Peaks

Combat!

Charlie's Angels

Batman: The Animated Series

Climax!

Hawaii Five-O

Dr. Kildare

Filmography

2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
as Self
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
The Dead
as Mr. Browne
RoboCop
as The Old Man
1986
Dark Mansions
as Alexander Drake
The Whoopee Boys
as Judge Sternhill
1984
The Last Starfighter
as Grig
1982
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
as Conal Cochran
1981
Artemis '81
as Albrecht Von Drachenfels
Death Ray 2000
as The Director
1979
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
as Mark Twain
1977
Deadly Game
as Colonel Edward Stryker
MacArthur
as President Roosevelt
Good Against Evil
as Father Kemschler
1976
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
as Tip Conaker
The Quest: The Longest Drive
as Mathew Hatcher
1974
The Tamarind Seed
as Fergus Stephenson
1972
The Carey Treatment
as J.D. Randall
The People
as Sol Diemus
1970
Waterloo
as Marshal Michel Ney
1969
The Big Cube
as Charles Winthrop
100 Rifles
as Steven Grimes
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
One Foot in Hell
as Sir Harry Ivers
A Terrible Beauty
as Don McGinnis
1959
Imitation of Life
as David Edwards
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
The Purple Mask
as Brisquet
Hunters of the Deep
as Narrator
1954
Bengal Brigade
as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Prince Hal of Wales
Robinson Crusoe
as Robinson Crusoe
1953
Sword of Venus
as Danglars
1952
Invasion, U.S.A.
as Mr. Ohman
Operation Secret
as Lt. Duncan
Actors and Sin
as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
At Sword's Point
as Aramis Jr.
1951
The Blue Veil
as Hugh Williams
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Commando Captain (uncredited)
Soldiers Three
as Sgt.Murphy
1950
The Iroquois Trail
as Lt. Blakely
1948
Kidnapped
as Alan Breck
Macbeth
as Macduff
Larceny
as Duke
1947
Odd Man Out
as Nolan
Hungry Hill
as Harry Brodrick