Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

119

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-05-01

Deathday

2005-02-17 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Wexford, Ireland

Also Known As

Daniel O'Herlihy
Daniel Peter O'Herlihy
دن اوهرلیهی

Dan O'Herlihy

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.

Known For

7.3%

RoboCop

Jul 17, 1987

8.3%

Twin Peaks

Apr 8, 1990

6.0%

RoboCop 2

Jun 22, 1990

8.5%

Batman: The Animated Series

Sep 5, 1992

5.2%

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Oct 22, 1982

6.6%

The Last Starfighter

Jul 13, 1984

7.8%

Fail Safe

Oct 7, 1964

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

7.4%

Imitation of Life

Jun 26, 1959

7.6%

Mission: Impossible

Sep 17, 1966

7.0%

The Bionic Woman

Jan 14, 1976

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Acting

2020

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War as Self (archive footage)

2000		Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' as Self
2000		Buñuel in Hollywood as Self

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

1988

A Waltz Through the Hills as Uncle Tom

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
1984		The Last Starfighter as Grig

1982		Halloween III: Season of the Witch as Conal Cochran
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

1979		Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter as Mark Twain
1979		Trapper John, M.D.
1979		A Man Called Sloane

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
1977		The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

1976		Gibbsville
1976		Charlie's Angels as Freddie Brander
1976		Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free as Tip Conaker
1976		The Bionic Woman
1976		The Quest: The Longest Drive as Mathew Hatcher

1974		Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Leonard Jerome
1974		Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Leonard Jerome
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

1967		The High Chaparral as Jake Lanier
1967		Hondo
1967		Ironside as Arthur Justin

1966

Mission: Impossible as Jack Cole

1965		The Long, Hot Summer
1965		The Big Valley as David Wyncop

1964		Profiles in Courage as Professor Richard T. Ely
1964		Fail Safe as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963		The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters as Dr. Sardius McPheeters

1962		Combat! as Maj. Richter
1962		The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Simon Carter
1962		Sam Benedict as Hart Marbury
1962		The Cabinet of Caligari as Caligari / Paul

1961		Ben Casey
1961		Target: The Corruptors!
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		King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein as Detective Phil Butler
1961		The Americans as Colonel Fry

1960		Route 66
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		The DuPont Show with June Allyson as David
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

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Capt. Cleve Scott

1955		Screen Director's Playhouse as Dr. Donald Kent
1955		The Virgin Queen as Lord Derry
1955		The Purple Mask as Brisquet
1955		Hunters of the Deep as Narrator

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
1953		General Electric Theater as Dr. Paul Crowley
1953		General Electric Theater as Robert Burns

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		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951		The Highwayman
1951		Soldiers Three as Sgt.Murphy

1950		Lux Video Theatre as Alan
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Oliver Bradford
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Henry
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Trevelyan
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