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Dan O'Herlihy

Daniel Peter O'Herlihy was an Irish actor of film, television, and radio whose best known-roles included the Oscar-nominated portrayal of Luis Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe (1954), Brigadier General Warren A. Black in Fail Safe (1964), Marshal Ney in Waterloo (1970), Conal Cochran in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Grig in The Last Starfighter in (1984), as 'The Old Man' in RoboCop (1987) and its 1990 sequel, and Andrew Packard in the television series Twin Peaks (1990–91)


Aliases
  • Daniel O'Herlihy
  • Mr. Dan O'Herlihy
English
  • Born In Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland
  • Born May 1, 1919
  • Died February 17, 2005
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100 Rifles

1969
as Steven Grimes

A Man Called Sloane

1979
as The Director

A Terrible Beauty

1960
as Don McGinnis

Actors and Sin

1952
as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment "Actor's Blood")

Artemis '81

1981
as Albrecht Von Drachenfels

At Sword's Point

1952
as Aramis Jr.

Bengal Brigade

1954
as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)

Dark Mansions

1986
as Alexander Drake

Deadly Game

1977
as Colonel Edward Stryker

Death Ray 2000

1981
as The Director

Fail-Safe

1964
as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

Good Against Evil

1977
as Father Kemschler

Home Before Dark

1958
as Arnold Bronn

Hungry Hill

1947
as Harry Brodrick

Imitation of Life

1959
as David Edwards

Invasion, U.S.A.

1952
as Mr. Ohman

Kidnapped

1948
as Alan Breck

Larceny

1948
as Duke

Love, Cheat & Steal

1993
as Hamilton Fisk

Macbeth

1948
as Macduff

Odd Man Out

1947
as Nolan

One Foot in Hell

1960
as Sir Harry Ivers

Operation Secret

1952
as Lt. Duncan

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

2000
as Dan O'Herlihy

Robinson Crusoe

1954
as Robinson Crusoe

RoboCop

1987
as The Old Man

RoboCop 2

1990
as The Old Man

Soldiers Three

1951
as Sgt.Murphy

Sword of Venus

1953
as Danglars

That Woman Opposite

1957
as Dermot Kinross

The Big Cube

1969
as Charles Winthrop

The Black Shield Of Falworth

1954
as Prince Hal of Wales

The Blue Veil

1951
as Hugh Williams

The Cabinet of Caligari

1962
as Caligari / Paul

The Carey Treatment

1972
as J.D. Randall

The Dead

1987
as Mr. Browne

The Iroquois Trail

1950
as Lt. Blakely

The People

1972
as Sol Diemus

The Purple Mask

1955
as Brisquet

The Rat Pack

1998
as Joe Kennedy

The Tamarind Seed

1974
as Fergus Stephenson

The Virgin Queen

1955
as Lord Derry

The Whoopee Boys

1986
as Judge Sternhill

The Young Land

1959
as Judge Millard Isham

Waterloo

1970
as Marshal Michel Ney

Guest Star

Episode VR.5
5D
1995
Episode Dr. Kildare
A Very Infectious Disease
1963
Episode Adventures in Paradise
Adam San
1961
Episode The Bionic Woman
African Connection
1977
Episode Ironside
Another Shell Game
1973
Episode Dr. Kildare
Believe And Live
1965
Episode L.A. Law
Chariots of Meyer
1988
Episode Trapper John, M.D.
Danny
1982
Episode Batman: The Animated Series
Deep Freeze
1994
Episode The June Allyson Show
Edge of Fury
1960
Episode Ben Casey
For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold
1963
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog
1963
Episode The Schlocky Horror Picture Show
Good Against Evil (1977)
2007
Episode Hondo
Hondo And The Hanging Town
1967
Episode Rawhide
Incident at Dragoon Crossing
1960
Episode Mystery Science Theater 3000
Invasion USA
1994
Episode Murder, She Wrote
It's a Dog's Life
1984
Episode Barnaby Jones
Nightmare in Hawaii (Part 1)
1979
Episode Barnaby Jones
Nightmare in Hawaii (Part 2)
1979
Episode The Equalizer
Prisoners of Conscience
1989
Episode Checkmate
Referendum on Murder
1962
Episode Dr. Kildare
Season To Be Jolly
1961
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Stage Struck
1986
Episode Remington Steele
Steele at Your Service
1986
Episode A Man Called Sloane
T.R. Sloane
1981
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Termination With Extreme Prejudice
1975
Episode Zane Grey Theater
The Bitter Land
1957
Episode Playhouse 90
The Blackwell Story
1957
Episode Combat!
The Chateau
1963
Episode The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Coffin
1988
Episode The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Fiddlesticks Affair
1965
Episode Screen Director's Playhouse
The Final Tribute
1955
Episode Battlestar Galactica
The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (2)
1978
Episode Target: The Corruptors
The Platinum Highway
1961
Episode Dr. Kildare
The Roaring Boy-O
1962
Episode Adventures in Paradise
The Secret Place
1962
Episode The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Seven Wonders of the World Affair (1)
1968
Episode The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Seven Wonders of the World Affair (2)
1968
Episode Serpico
The Traitor in Our Midst
1976
Episode The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum Affair
1967
Episode Route 66
To Walk with the Serpent
1962
Episode Mission: Impossible
Trek
1967