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