7.4
Movie
Acting
Dan O'Herlihy
- Born
- Died
- (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Wexford, Ireland
- Credits
- 114 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.4
Movie
8.3
TV
Twin Peaks
6.0
Movie
RoboCop 2
8.6
TV
Batman: The Animated Series
5.3
Movie
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
6.6
Movie
The Last Starfighter
7.8
Movie
Fail Safe
7.5
TV
Murder, She Wrote
7.4
Movie
Imitation of Life
7.6
TV
Mission: Impossible
7.1
TV
Battlestar Galactica
7.0
TV
The Bionic Woman
6.7
TV
Charlie's Angels
7.1
Movie
Waterloo
7.3
Movie
Odd Man Out
6.9
Movie
The Dead
7.3
Movie
Macbeth
7.2
TV
Hawaii Five-O
Acting credits 114
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' Film | Self |
| 2000 | Buñuel in Hollywood Film | Self |
| 1998 | The Rat Pack Film | Joe Kennedy |
| 1995 | VR.5 TV | Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Love, Cheat & Steal Film | Hamilton Fisk |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series TV | Grant Walker (voice) (1 ep) |
| 1990 | RoboCop 2 Film | The Old Man |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks TV | Andrew Packard (6 ep) |
| 1988 | A Waltz Through the Hills Film | Uncle Tom |
| 1987 | The Dead Film | Mr. Browne |
| 1987 | RoboCop Film | The Old Man |
| 1986 | L.A. Law TV | Vernon Kepler (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Dark Mansions Film | Alexander Drake |
| 1986 | The Whoopee Boys Film | Judge Sternhill |
| 1985 | The Equalizer TV | Randall Payne (1 ep) |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater TV | Charles Braling (1 ep) |
| 1984 | The Secret Servant TV | Professor John Tyler (3 ep) |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Alexander Preston, Denton Langley (1 ep) |
| 1984 | The Last Starfighter Film | Grig |
| 1982 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch Film | Conal Cochran |
| 1982 | Remington Steele TV | Charles Wellington (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Nancy Astor TV | Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne (4 ep) |
| 1981 | Artemis '81 Film | Albrecht Von Drachenfels |
| 1981 | Death Ray 2000 Film | The Director |
| 1979 | Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter Film | Mark Twain |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. TV | (1 ep) |
| 1979 | A Man Called Sloane TV | (12 ep) |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica TV | Dr. Ravashol (1 ep) |
| 1977 | Deadly Game Film | Colonel Edward Stryker |
| 1977 | MacArthur Film | President Roosevelt |
| 1977 | Good Against Evil Film | Father Kemschler |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries TV | (1 ep) |
| 1976 | Gibbsville TV | (1 ep) |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels TV | Freddie Brander (1 ep) |
| 1976 | Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free Film | Tip Conaker |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman TV | (1 ep) |
| 1976 | The Quest: The Longest Drive Film | Mathew Hatcher |
| 1974 | Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill Film | Leonard Jerome |
| 1974 | Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill TV | Leonard Jerome (1 ep) |
| 1974 | Born Free TV | Archie Gordon (1 ep) |
| 1974 | The Tamarind Seed Film | Fergus Stephenson |
| 1974 | QB VII TV | David Shawcross (2 ep) |
| 1972 | Colditz TV | Lt. Col. Max Dodd (4 ep) |
| 1972 | The Carey Treatment Film | J.D. Randall |
| 1972 | The People Film | Sol Diemus |
| 1970 | Waterloo Film | Marshal Michel Ney |
| 1969 | Hawaii Five-O TV | Harry Wells (1 ep) |
| 1969 | The Big Cube Film | Charles Winthrop |
| 1969 | 100 Rifles Film | Steven Grimes |
| 1968 | How to Steal the World Film | Prof. David Garrow |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral TV | Jake Lanier (1 ep) |
| 1967 | Hondo TV | Prof. Phineas Blackstone (1 ep) |
| 1967 | Ironside TV | Arthur Justin (1 ep) |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible TV | Jack Cole (1 ep) |
| 1965 | The Long, Hot Summer TV | (26 ep) |
| 1965 | The Big Valley TV | David Wyncop (1 ep) |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage TV | Professor Richard T. Ely (1 ep) |
| 1964 | Fail Safe Film | Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV | Marcel Rudolph, Capt. Rupert Oliver Morton (1 ep) |