Dan O'Herlihy
Acting • Born 1919-05-01 – Died 2005-02-17
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.
Filmography
123 credits
Fail Safe
Movie • 1964
Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Movie • 1982
Conal Cochran
RoboCop
Movie • 1987
The Old Man
RoboCop 2
Movie • 1990
The Old Man
The Black Shield of Falworth
Movie • 1954
Prince Hal of Wales
The Last Starfighter
Movie • 1984
Grig
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Movie • 1951
Commando Captain (uncredited)
Larceny
Movie • 1948
Duke
Imitation of Life
Movie • 1959
David Edwards
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
Movie • 1979
Mark Twain
Macbeth
Movie • 1948
Macduff
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Movie • 1961
Detective Phil Butler
100 Rifles
Movie • 1969
Steven Grimes
The Virgin Queen
Movie • 1955
Lord Derry
Odd Man Out
Movie • 1947
Nolan
Invasion, U.S.A.
Movie • 1952
Mr. Ohman
The Young Land
Movie • 1959
Judge Millard Isham
The Dead
Movie • 1987
Mr. Browne
The Tamarind Seed
Movie • 1974
Fergus Stephenson
The Big Cube
Movie • 1969
Charles Winthrop
The Carey Treatment
Movie • 1972
J.D. Randall
Love, Cheat & Steal
Movie • 1993
Hamilton Fisk
Robinson Crusoe
Movie • 1954
Robinson Crusoe
That Woman Opposite
Movie • 1957
Dermot Kinross
Actors and Sin
Movie • 1952
Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
Home Before Dark
Movie • 1958
Arnold Bronn
Kidnapped
Movie • 1948
Alan Breck
The Cabinet of Caligari
Movie • 1962
Caligari / Paul
The Purple Mask
Movie • 1955
Brisquet
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Blue Veil
Movie • 1951
Hugh Williams
At Sword's Point
Movie • 1952
Aramis Jr.
One Foot in Hell
Movie • 1960
Sir Harry Ivers
A Terrible Beauty
Movie • 1960
Don McGinnis
Bengal Brigade
Movie • 1954
Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
MacArthur
Movie • 1977
President Roosevelt
The Quest: The Longest Drive
Movie • 1976
Mathew Hatcher
Operation Secret
Movie • 1952
Lt. Duncan
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Movie • 1974
Leonard Jerome
Waterloo
Movie • 1970
Marshal Michel Ney
Deadly Game
Movie • 1977
Colonel Edward Stryker
Soldiers Three
Movie • 1951
Sgt.Murphy
The People
Movie • 1972
Sol Diemus
The Whoopee Boys
Movie • 1986
Judge Sternhill
A Waltz Through the Hills
Movie • 1988
Uncle Tom
Death Ray 2000
Movie • 1981
The Director
Good Against Evil
Movie • 1977
Father Kemschler
Dark Mansions
Movie • 1986
Alexander Drake
The Iroquois Trail
Movie • 1950
Lt. Blakely
Artemis '81
Movie • 1981
Albrecht Von Drachenfels
Hungry Hill
Movie • 1947
Harry Brodrick
Sword of Venus
Movie • 1953
Danglars
Hunters of the Deep
Movie • 1955
Narrator
The Rat Pack
Movie • 1998
Joe Kennedy
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
Movie • 2000
Self
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Movie • 1976
Tip Conaker
The Highwayman
Movie • 1951
Buñuel in Hollywood
Movie • 2000
Self
The Blackwell Story
Movie • 1957
Dr. Keller
How to Steal the World
Movie • 1968
Prof. David Garrow
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Alexander Preston
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Vernon Kepler
Colditz
TV • 1972
Lt. Col. Max Dodd
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Charles Wellington
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Harry Wells
Twin Peaks
TV • 1990
Andrew Packard
VR.5
TV • 1995
Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt
Route 66
TV • 1960
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
TV • 1963
Dr. Sardius McPheeters
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Freddie Brander
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV • 1977
A Man Called Sloane
TV • 1979
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Randall Payne
Combat!
TV • 1962
Maj. Richter
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV • 1985
Charles Braling
The Long, Hot Summer
TV • 1965
Target: The Corruptors!
TV • 1961
Rawhide
TV • 1959
John Cord
The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Jake Lanier
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Alan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Climax!
TV • 1954
Ian Hamilton
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
The Big Valley
TV • 1965
David Wyncop
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Colonel Tomlinson
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Professor Richard T. Ely
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Capt. Cleve Scott
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Mark Addison
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Governor William Defoe
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
David
Gibbsville
TV • 1976
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
TV • 1974
Leonard Jerome
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Dave Hardy
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Grant Walker (voice)
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
John Patrick McHenry
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Phillip Downey
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Mark Sloan
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Oliver Bradford
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Dr. Paul Crowley
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Jack Cole
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Robert Burns
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Henry
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Benedict Arnold
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Trevelyan
Checkmate
TV • 1960
Stephen Jordan
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Dr. Donald Kent
The Americans
TV • 1961
Colonel Fry
QB VII
TV • 1974
David Shawcross
Ironside
TV • 1967
Arthur Justin
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Simon Carter
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Denton Langley
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 1978
Dr. Ravashol
Sam Benedict
TV • 1962
Hart Marbury
Nancy Astor
TV • 1982
Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Marcel Rudolph
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Capt. Rupert Oliver Morton
Hondo
TV • 1967
Prof. Phineas Blackstone