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