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Dan O'Herlihy

Actor | * 05/01/1919 († 85, 02/17/2005) | Wexford (Ireland)
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Daniel Peter O'Herlihy (1 May 1919 – 17 February 2005) was an Irish actor of film, television and radio. O'Herlihy's best-known roles included his Oscar-nominated portrayal of the lead character in Luis Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe (1954), Brigadier General Warren A. Black in Fail Safe (1964), Marshal Ney in Waterloo (1970), Conal Cochran in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Grig in The Last Starfighter (1984), "The Old Man" in RoboCop (1987) and its 1990 sequel, and Andrew Packard in the television series Twin Peaks (1990–91). ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Mystery

Known for these Movies & Shows

Dr. Daniel Challis and Ellie Grimbridge stumble onto a gruesome murder scheme when Ellie's novelty-salesman father, Harry, is killed while in possession of a halloween mask made by the Silver Shamrock ...

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

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1982 | 2.6/5 | 1h 38min
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
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In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the com ...

RoboCop

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1987 | 3.6/5 | 1h 42min
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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After a successful deployment of the Robocop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the stre ...

RoboCop 2

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1990 | 3.0/5 | 1h 57min
Action, Adventure, Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller
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A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of be ...

The Last Starfighter

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1984 | 3.3/5 | 1h 41min
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
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Awards & Nominations for Dan O'Herlihy

Academy Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Dan O'Herlihy as Actor(54)

as himself2000 Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
as Joe Kennedy1998 The Rat Pack
as Hamilton Fisk1993 Love, Cheat & Steal
as The Old Man1990 RoboCop 2
as Uncle Tom1988 A Waltz Through the Hills
as The Old Man1987 RoboCop
as Mr. Browne1987 The Dead
as Judge Sternhill1986 The Whoopee Boys
as Alexander Drake1986 Dark Mansions
as Grig1984 The Last Starfighter
as Conal Cochran1982 Halloween III: Season of the Witch
as Albrecht Von Drachenfels1981 Artemis '81
as The Director1981 Death Ray 2000
as Colonel Edward Stryker1977 Deadly Game
as Father Kemschler1977 Good Against Evil
as President Roosevelt1977 MacArthur
as Tip Conaker1976 Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
as Mathew Hatcher1976 The Quest: The Longest Drive
as Leonard Jerome1974 Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Fergus Stephenson1974 The Tamarind Seed
as Sol Diemus1972 The People
as J.D. Randall1972 The Carey Treatment
as Marshal Michel Ney1970 Waterloo
as Charles Winthrop1969 The Big Cube
as Steven Grimes1969 100 Rifles
as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black1964 Fail Safe
as Caligari / Paul1962 The Cabinet of Caligari
as Detective Phil Butler1961 King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Sir Harry Ivers1960 One Foot in Hell
as Don McGinnis1960 A Terrible Beauty
as David Edwards1959 Imitation of Life
as Judge Millard Isham1959 The Young Land
as Arnold Bronn1958 Home Before Dark
as Dermot Kinross1957 That Woman Opposite
as Lord Derry1955 The Virgin Queen
as Narrator1955 Hunters of the Deep
as Brisquet1955 The Purple Mask
as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)1954 Bengal Brigade
as Prince Hal of Wales1954 The Black Shield of Falworth
as Robinson Crusoe1954 Robinson Crusoe
as Danglars1953 Sword of Venus
as Lt. Duncan1952 Operation Secret
as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)1952 Actors and Sin
as Aramis Jr.1952 At Sword's Point
as Mr. Ohman1952 Invasion, U.S.A.
as Sgt.Murphy1951 Soldiers Three
as Hugh Williams1951 The Blue Veil
as Commando Captain1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Lt. Blakely1950 The Iroquois Trail
as Macduff1948 Macbeth
as Duke1948 Larceny
as Alan Breck1948 Kidnapped
as Nolan1947 Odd Man Out
as Harry Brodrick1947 Hungry Hill

TV Shows/Series with Dan O'Herlihy as Actor(56)

1995 VR.5
as Grant Walker (voice)1992 Batman: The Animated Series
as Andrew Packard1990 Twin Peaks
as Vernon Kepler1986 L.A. Law
as Charles Braling1985 The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Randall Payne1985 The Equalizer
as Alexander Preston1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Denton Langley1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne1982 Nancy Astor
as Charles Wellington1982 Remington Steele
1979 Trapper John, M.D.
1979 A Man Called Sloane
as Dr. Ravashol1978 Battlestar Galactica
1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Freddie Brander1976 Charlie's Angels
1976 The Bionic Woman
1976 Gibbsville
as David Shawcross1974 QB VII
as Lt. Col. Max Dodd1972 Colditz
as Harry Wells1968 Hawaii Five-O
as Jake Lanier1967 The High Chaparral
1967 Ironside
1967 Hondo
1966 Mission: Impossible
as David Wyncop1965 The Big Valley
1965 The Long, Hot Summer
as Professor Richard T. Ely1964 Profiles in Courage
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Dr. Sardius McPheeters1963 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
as Maj. Richter1962 Combat!
as Simon Carter1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 Sam Benedict
1961 Target: The Corruptors!
as Governor William Defoe1961 The Defenders
as Mark Addison1961 Dr. Kildare
as John Patrick McHenry1961 Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Phillip Downey1961 Dr. Kildare
as Mark Sloan1961 Dr. Kildare
1961 Ben Casey
as Stephen Jordan1960 Checkmate
1960 Route 66
as David1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as John Cord1959 Rawhide
as Colonel Tomlinson1959 Adventures in Paradise
as Capt. Cleve Scott1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Ian Hamilton1954 Climax!
1953 GE Theater
as Dr. Paul Crowley1953 GE Theater
as Robert Burns1953 GE Theater
as Dave Hardy1953 Letter to Loretta
as Nathaniel Hawthorne1952 Cavalcade of America
as Benedict Arnold1952 Cavalcade of America
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Alan1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Trevelyan1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Oliver Bradford1950 Lux Video Theatre

Full Name: Daniel O'Herlihy
Born: Thursday, 05/01 1919 (May) in Wexford (Ireland)
Died: Thursday, 02/17 2005 (February) in Malibu (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: C.B.C. Monkstown, University College Dublin
Children: Gavan O'Herlihy
Other names for Dan O'Herlihy (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Daniel O'Herlihy"
"Daniel Peter O'Herlihy"
"Dan O’Herlihy"
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