Portrait of Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy

Acting

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.

Born: May 1, 1919

Place of Birth: Wexford, Ireland

Filmography

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
RoboCop 2

as The Old Man

1990
Twin Peaks

as Andrew Packard

1987
The Dead

as Mr. Browne

1987
RoboCop

as The Old Man

1986
L.A. Law

as Vernon Kepler

1986
Dark Mansions

as Alexander Drake

1986
The Whoopee Boys

as Judge Sternhill

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

1978
Battlestar Galactica

as Dr. Ravashol

1977
Deadly Game

as Colonel Edward Stryker

1977
MacArthur

as President Roosevelt

1977
Good Against Evil

as Father Kemschler

1976
Charlie's Angels

as Freddie Brander

1976
1976
1974
1974
1974
The Tamarind Seed

as Fergus Stephenson

1974
QB VII

as David Shawcross

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
The Big Cube

as Charles Winthrop

1969
100 Rifles

as Steven Grimes

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Harry Wells

1968
How to Steal the World

as Prof. David Garrow

1967
The High Chaparral

as Jake Lanier

1967
Hondo

as Prof. Phineas Blackstone

1967
Ironside

as Arthur Justin

1966
1965
The Big Valley

as David Wyncop

1964
Fail Safe

as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Marcel Rudolph

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Capt. Rupert Oliver Morton

1963
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

as Dr. Sardius McPheeters

1962
Combat!

as Maj. Richter

1962
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
The Defenders

as Governor William Defoe

1961
The Americans

as Colonel Fry

1960
Checkmate

as Stephen Jordan

1960
One Foot in Hell

as Sir Harry Ivers

1960
A Terrible Beauty

as Don McGinnis

1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Colonel Tomlinson

1959
Imitation of Life

as David Edwards

1959
The Young Land

as Judge Millard Isham

1959
Rawhide

as John Cord

1958
Home Before Dark

as Arnold Bronn

1957
That Woman Opposite

as Dermot Kinross

1957
The Blackwell Story

as Dr. Keller

1956
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse

as Dr. Donald Kent

1955
The Virgin Queen

as Lord Derry

1955
The Purple Mask

as Brisquet

1955
1954
Bengal Brigade

as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)

1954
Climax!

as Ian Hamilton

1954
The Black Shield of Falworth

as Prince Hal of Wales

1954
Robinson Crusoe

as Robinson Crusoe

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Dave Hardy

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1953
Sword of Venus

as Danglars

1953
General Electric Theater

as Dr. Paul Crowley

1953
1952
Invasion, U.S.A.

as Mr. Ohman

1952
Operation Secret

as Lt. Duncan

1952
Cavalcade of America

as Nathaniel Hawthorne

1952
Cavalcade of America

as Benedict Arnold

1952
Actors and Sin

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

1952
At Sword's Point

as Aramis Jr.

1951
The Blue Veil

as Hugh Williams

1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

as Commando Captain (uncredited)

1951
Soldiers Three

as Sgt.Murphy

1950
The Iroquois Trail

as Lt. Blakely

1948
Kidnapped

as Alan Breck

1948
Macbeth

as Macduff

1948
Larceny

as Duke

1947
Odd Man Out

as Nolan

1947
Hungry Hill

as Harry Brodrick