Dan O'Herlihy

Known for: Acting

Born: 1919-05-01 – 2005-02-17 (aged 85)

From: Wexford, Ireland

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 (114)

MOVIE
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Buñuel in Hollywood
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Rat Pack
1998
as Joe Kennedy
TV★ 6.7
VR.5
1995
as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt
MOVIE★ 4.5
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993
as Hamilton Fisk
TV★ 8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Grant Walker (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
RoboCop 2
1990
as The Old Man
TV★ 8.3
Twin Peaks
1990
as Andrew Packard
MOVIE★ 7.3
A Waltz Through the Hills
1988
as Uncle Tom
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Dead
1987
as Mr. Browne
MOVIE★ 7.4
RoboCop
1987
as The Old Man
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as Vernon Kepler
MOVIE★ 7.0
Dark Mansions
1986
as Alexander Drake
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Whoopee Boys
1986
as Judge Sternhill
TV★ 7.1
The Equalizer
1985
as Randall Payne
TV★ 6.9
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as Charles Braling
TV★ 9.0
The Secret Servant
1984
as Professor John Tyler
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Alexander Preston
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Last Starfighter
1984
as Grig
MOVIE★ 5.2
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982
as Conal Cochran
TV★ 7.1
Remington Steele
1982
as Charles Wellington
TV★ 7.7
Nancy Astor
1982
as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
MOVIE★ 4.1
Artemis '81
1981
as Albrecht Von Drachenfels
MOVIE★ 7.0
Death Ray 2000
1981
as The Director
MOVIE★ 9.0
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
1979
as Mark Twain
TV★ 6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
TV★ 5.6
A Man Called Sloane
1979
TV★ 7.1
Battlestar Galactica
1978
as Dr. Ravashol
MOVIE★ 7.7
Deadly Game
1977
as Colonel Edward Stryker
MOVIE★ 6.3
MacArthur
1977
as President Roosevelt
MOVIE★ 4.8
Good Against Evil
1977
as Father Kemschler
TV★ 7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
TV★ 10.0
Gibbsville
1976
TV★ 6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Freddie Brander
MOVIE★ 7.0
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976
as Tip Conaker
TV★ 7.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Quest: The Longest Drive
1976
as Mathew Hatcher
MOVIE★ 8.0
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Leonard Jerome
TV★ 7.3
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Leonard Jerome
TV★ 7.0
Born Free
1974
as Archie Gordon
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Tamarind Seed
1974
as Fergus Stephenson
TV★ 7.7
QB VII
1974
as David Shawcross
TV★ 7.5
Colditz
1972
as Lt. Col. Max Dodd
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Carey Treatment
1972
as J.D. Randall
MOVIE★ 5.5
The People
1972
as Sol Diemus
MOVIE★ 7.1
Waterloo
1970
as Marshal Michel Ney
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Big Cube
1969
as Charles Winthrop
MOVIE★ 5.9
100 Rifles
1969
as Steven Grimes
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Harry Wells
MOVIE★ 5.4
How to Steal the World
1968
as Prof. David Garrow
TV★ 6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
as Jake Lanier
TV★ 6.9
Hondo
1967
as Prof. Phineas Blackstone
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
as Arthur Justin
TV★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Jack Cole
TV★ 6.0
The Long, Hot Summer
1965
TV★ 6.2
The Big Valley
1965
as David Wyncop
TV★ 7.5
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Professor Richard T. Ely
MOVIE★ 7.8
Fail Safe
1964
as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
TV★ 7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Marcel Rudolph
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TV★ 6.3
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
as Dr. Sardius McPheeters
TV★ 7.8
Combat!
1962
as Maj. Richter
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Simon Carter
TV★ 6.7
Sam Benedict
1962
as Hart Marbury
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Cabinet of Caligari
1962
as Caligari / Paul
TV★ 5.9
Ben Casey
1961
TV★ 5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
TV★ 5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Mark Addison
TV★ 6.3
The Defenders
1961
as Governor William Defoe
MOVIE★ 6.4
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
as Detective Phil Butler
TV★ 6.5
The Americans
1961
as Colonel Fry
TV★ 6.7
Route 66
1960
TV★ 4.8
Checkmate
1960
as Stephen Jordan
MOVIE★ 5.3
One Foot in Hell
1960
as Sir Harry Ivers
MOVIE★ 5.4
A Terrible Beauty
1960
as Don McGinnis
TV★ 6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Colonel Tomlinson
TV★ 6.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as David
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Young Land
1959
as Judge Millard Isham
MOVIE★ 7.5
Imitation of Life
1959
as David Edwards
TV★ 7.2
Rawhide
1959
as John Cord
MOVIE★ 7.0
Home Before Dark
1958
as Arnold Bronn
MOVIE★ 6.5
That Woman Opposite
1957
as Dermot Kinross
MOVIE
The Blackwell Story
1957
as Dr. Keller
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Capt. Cleve Scott
TV★ 7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Dr. Donald Kent
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Virgin Queen
1955
as Lord Derry
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Purple Mask
1955
as Brisquet
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hunters of the Deep
1955
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.2
Bengal Brigade
1954
as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Ian Hamilton
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
as Prince Hal of Wales
MOVIE★ 6.4
Robinson Crusoe
1954
as Robinson Crusoe
TV★ 6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Dave Hardy
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sword of Venus
1953
as Danglars
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
MOVIE★ 3.4
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952
as Mr. Ohman
MOVIE★ 6.0
Operation Secret
1952
as Lt. Duncan
TV★ 4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Nathaniel Hawthorne
MOVIE★ 6.3
Actors and Sin
1952
as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
MOVIE★ 5.1
At Sword's Point
1952
as Aramis Jr.
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Blue Veil
1951
as Hugh Williams
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
as Commando Captain (uncredited)
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Highwayman
1951
MOVIE★ 4.5
Soldiers Three
1951
as Sgt.Murphy
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Alan
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Iroquois Trail
1950
as Lt. Blakely
MOVIE★ 6.7
Kidnapped
1948
as Alan Breck
MOVIE★ 7.3
Macbeth
1948
as Macduff
MOVIE★ 5.9
Larceny
1948
as Duke
MOVIE★ 7.3
Odd Man Out
1947
as Nolan
MOVIE★ 5.8
Hungry Hill
1947
as Harry Brodrick