Dan O'Herlihy
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
119
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-05-01 (106 years old)
Place of Birth
Wexford, Ireland
Acting

2020

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War as Self (archive footage)

1998

The Rat Pack as Joe Kennedy

1995

VR.5 as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt

1993

Love, Cheat & Steal as Hamilton Fisk

1992

Batman: The Animated Series as Grant Walker (voice)

1990

Twin Peaks as Andrew Packard

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

L.A. Law as Vernon Kepler

1986

The Whoopee Boys as Judge Sternhill

1986

Dark Mansions as Alexander Drake

1985

The Equalizer as Randall Payne

1985

The Ray Bradbury Theater as Charles Braling

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Alexander Preston

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Denton Langley

1982

Remington Steele as Charles Wellington

1982

Nancy Astor as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne

1981

Artemis '81 as Albrecht Von Drachenfels

1981

Death Ray 2000 as The Director

1979

Trapper John, M.D. as Not available

1979

A Man Called Sloane as Not available

1978

Battlestar Galactica as Dr. Ravashol

1977

MacArthur as President Roosevelt

1977

Good Against Evil as Father Kemschler

1977

Deadly Game as Colonel Edward Stryker

1976

Charlie's Angels as Freddie Brander

1976

The Bionic Woman as Not available

1976

Gibbsville as Not available

1976

The Quest: The Longest Drive as Mathew Hatcher

1976

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free as Tip Conaker

1974

QB VII as David Shawcross

1974

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Leonard Jerome

1974

The Tamarind Seed as Fergus Stephenson

1974

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Leonard Jerome

1972

Colditz as Lt. Col. Max Dodd

1972

The Carey Treatment as J.D. Randall

1972

The People as Sol Diemus

1970

Waterloo as Marshal Michel Ney

1969

100 Rifles as Steven Grimes

1969

The Big Cube as Charles Winthrop

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Harry Wells

1967

Ironside as Arthur Justin

1967

The High Chaparral as Jake Lanier

1967

Hondo as Not available

1966

Mission: Impossible as Jack Cole

1965

The Big Valley as David Wyncop

1965

The Long, Hot Summer as Not available

1964

Profiles in Courage as Professor Richard T. Ely

1964

Fail Safe as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

1963

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters as Dr. Sardius McPheeters

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Simon Carter

1962

Combat! as Maj. Richter

1962

Sam Benedict as Hart Marbury

1962

The Cabinet of Caligari as Caligari / Paul

1961

Dr. Kildare as Mark Addison

1961

Dr. Kildare as John Patrick McHenry

1961

Dr. Kildare as Dr. Phillip Downey

1961

Dr. Kildare as Mark Sloan

1961

Ben Casey as Not available

1961

The Defenders as Governor William Defoe

1961

Target: The Corruptors! as Not available

1961

The Americans as Colonel Fry

1960

Route 66 as Not available

1960

Checkmate as Stephen Jordan

1960

A Terrible Beauty as Don McGinnis

1960

One Foot in Hell as Sir Harry Ivers

1959

Adventures in Paradise as Colonel Tomlinson

1959

Rawhide as John Cord

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

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Capt. Cleve Scott

1955

Screen Director's Playhouse as Dr. Donald Kent

1955

The Purple Mask as Brisquet

1955

The Virgin Queen as Lord Derry

1955

Hunters of the Deep as Narrator

1954

Climax! as Ian Hamilton

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

The Oscars as Self

1953

Letter to Loretta as Dave Hardy

1953

General Electric Theater as Not available

1953

General Electric Theater as Dr. Paul Crowley

1953

General Electric Theater as Robert Burns

1953

Sword of Venus as Danglars

1952

Cavalcade of America as Nathaniel Hawthorne

1952

Cavalcade of America as Benedict Arnold

1952

Invasion, U.S.A. as Mr. Ohman

1952

At Sword's Point as Aramis Jr.

1952

Operation Secret as Lt. Duncan

1952

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

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Not available

1951

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel as Commando Captain (uncredited)

1951

The Blue Veil as Hugh Williams

1951

Soldiers Three as Sgt.Murphy

1951

The Highwayman as Not available

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Alan

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Oliver Bradford

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Henry

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Trevelyan

1950

The Iroquois Trail as Lt. Blakely

1948

Macbeth as Macduff

1948

Kidnapped as Alan Breck

1948

Larceny as Duke

1947

Odd Man Out as Nolan

1947

Hungry Hill as Harry Brodrick