Dan O'Herlihy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-05-01 (86 years old)

Deathday

2005-02-17

Place of Birth

Wexford, Ireland

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.

Acting

1964

Fail Safe

as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

1987

RoboCop

as The Old Man

1990

RoboCop 2

as The Old Man

1954

The Black Shield of Falworth

as Prince Hal of Wales

1951

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

as Commando Captain (uncredited)

1948

Larceny

as Duke

1959

Imitation of Life

as David Edwards

1948

Macbeth

as Macduff

1969

100 Rifles

as Steven Grimes

1955

The Virgin Queen

as Lord Derry

1947

Odd Man Out

as Nolan

1952

Invasion, U.S.A.

as Mr. Ohman

1959

The Young Land

as Judge Millard Isham

1987

The Dead

as Mr. Browne

1974

The Tamarind Seed

as Fergus Stephenson

1969

The Big Cube

as Charles Winthrop

1972

The Carey Treatment

as J.D. Randall

1993

Love, Cheat & Steal

as Hamilton Fisk

1954

Robinson Crusoe

as Robinson Crusoe

1957

That Woman Opposite

as Dermot Kinross

1952

Actors and Sin

as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)

1958

Home Before Dark

as Arnold Bronn

1948

Kidnapped

as Alan Breck

1962

The Cabinet of Caligari

as Caligari / Paul

1955

The Purple Mask

as Brisquet

2020

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

as Self (archive footage)

1951

The Blue Veil

as Hugh Williams

1952

At Sword's Point

as Aramis Jr.

1960

One Foot in Hell

as Sir Harry Ivers

1960

A Terrible Beauty

as Don McGinnis

1954

Bengal Brigade

as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)

1977

MacArthur

as President Roosevelt

1976

1952

Operation Secret

as Lt. Duncan

1974

1970

Waterloo

as Marshal Michel Ney

1977

Deadly Game

as Colonel Edward Stryker

1951

Soldiers Three

as Sgt.Murphy

1972

The People

as Sol Diemus

1986

The Whoopee Boys

as Judge Sternhill

1981

Death Ray 2000

as The Director

1977

Good Against Evil

as Father Kemschler

1986

Dark Mansions

as Alexander Drake

1950

The Iroquois Trail

as Lt. Blakely

1981

Artemis '81

as Albrecht Von Drachenfels

1947

Hungry Hill

as Harry Brodrick

1953

Sword of Venus

as Danglars

1955

1998

The Rat Pack

as Joe Kennedy

1976

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