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Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy

Actor · 1919–2005 · Wexford, Ireland

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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.

Acted in 107

1980s

  1. 1988

    A Waltz Through the Hills

    Uncle Tom

  2. 1987
  3. 1986
  4. Dark Mansions

    Alexander Drake

  5. The Whoopee Boys

    Judge Sternhill

  6. 1985
  7. 1984

    The Secret Servant

    Professor John Tyler · 3 episodes

  8. 1982
  9. Nancy Astor

    Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne · 4 episodes

  10. 1981

    Artemis '81

    Albrecht Von Drachenfels

  11. Death Ray 2000

    The Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter

    Mark Twain

  2. A Man Called Sloane

    TV

  3. 1978
  4. 1977

    Deadly Game

    Colonel Edward Stryker

  5. Good Against Evil

    Father Kemschler

  6. 1976

    Gibbsville

    TV

  7. Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

    Tip Conaker

  8. The Quest: The Longest Drive

    Mathew Hatcher

  9. 1974

    Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

    Leonard Jerome

  10. Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

    Leonard Jerome · 1 episode

  11. Born Free

    Archie Gordon · 1 episode

  12. QB VII

    David Shawcross · 2 episodes

  13. 1972

    Colditz

    Lt. Col. Max Dodd · 4 episodes

  14. The Carey Treatment

    J.D. Randall

  15. The People

    Sol Diemus

  16. 1970

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. The Big Cube

    Charles Winthrop

  3. 1968

    How to Steal the World

    Prof. David Garrow

  4. 1967
  5. Hondo

    Prof. Phineas Blackstone · 1 episode

  6. 1966
  7. 1965

    The Long, Hot Summer

    TV

  8. 1964
  9. 1963
  10. 1962
  11. The Cabinet of Caligari

    Caligari / Paul

  12. 1961
  13. King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

    Detective Phil Butler

  14. 1960
  15. One Foot in Hell

    Sir Harry Ivers

  16. A Terrible Beauty

    Don McGinnis

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. The Young Land

    Judge Millard Isham

  3. 1958

    Home Before Dark

    Arnold Bronn

  4. 1957

    That Woman Opposite

    Dermot Kinross

  5. The Blackwell Story

    Dr. Keller

  6. 1956
  7. 1955
  8. The Virgin Queen

    Lord Derry

  9. The Purple Mask

    Brisquet

  10. 1954

    Bengal Brigade

    Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)

  11. 1953
  12. Sword of Venus

    Danglars

  13. General Electric Theater

    Dr. Paul Crowley, Robert Burns · 2 episodes

  14. 1952

    Invasion, U.S.A.

    Mr. Ohman

  15. Operation Secret

    Lt. Duncan

  16. Actors and Sin

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

  17. At Sword's Point

    Aramis Jr.

  18. 1951

    The Blue Veil

    Hugh Williams

  19. Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    TV

  20. The Highwayman

    Robin

  21. Soldiers Three

    Sgt.Murphy

  22. 1950
  23. The Iroquois Trail

    Lt. Blakely

1940s

  1. 1948

    Kidnapped

    Alan Breck

  2. Larceny

    Duke

  3. 1947
  4. Hungry Hill

    Harry Brodrick

Appearances5

2020s

  1. 2020

    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2000

    Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

    Self

  2. Buñuel in Hollywood

    Self

1950s

  1. 1955

    Hunters of the Deep

    Narrator

  2. 1953