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Dan O'Herlihy

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedMay 1, 1919 (Died at 86)
Zodiac Sign♉Taurus
Place of BirthWexford, Ireland
Career Span1947 – 2005
Known Credits112 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 2

Dan O'Herlihy

Also known as:Daniel O'HerlihyDaniel Peter O'Herlihyدن اوهرلیهی
Total Works

112

60 movies • 52 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

RoboCop
7.4
RoboCop
1987•movie
as The Old Man
Twin Peaks
8.3
Twin Peaks
1990•series
as Andrew Packard
RoboCop 2
6.0
RoboCop 2
1990•movie
as The Old Man
Batman: The Animated Series
8.6
as Grant Walker (voice)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 112 titles featuring Dan O'Herlihy

RoboCop
7.4
RoboCop
1987•movie

as The Old Man

Twin Peaks
8.3
6 eps
Twin Peaks
1990•series

as Andrew Packard

RoboCop 2
6.0
RoboCop 2
1990•movie

as The Old Man

Batman: The Animated Series
8.6
1 eps

as Grant Walker (voice)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch
5.3

as Conal Cochran

The Last Starfighter
6.6

as Grig

Fail Safe
7.8
Fail Safe
1964•movie

as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

Murder, She Wrote
7.5
1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
1984•series

as Alexander Preston

Imitation of Life
7.4
Imitation of Life
1959•movie

as David Edwards

Mission: Impossible
7.6
1 eps
Mission: Impossible
1966•series

as Jack Cole

Battlestar Galactica
7.1
1 eps

as Dr. Ravashol

The Bionic Woman
7.0
1 eps
The Bionic Woman
1976•series
Charlie's Angels
6.7
1 eps
Charlie's Angels
1976•series

as Freddie Brander

Waterloo
7.1
Waterloo
1970•movie

as Marshal Michel Ney

Odd Man Out
7.3
Odd Man Out
1947•movie

as Nolan

The Dead
6.9
The Dead
1987•movie

as Mr. Browne

Macbeth
7.3
Macbeth
1948•movie

as Macduff

Hawaii Five-O
7.2
1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
1969•series

as Harry Wells

Remington Steele
7.1
1 eps
Remington Steele
1982•series

as Charles Wellington

Combat!
8.0
1 eps
Combat!
1962•series

as Maj. Richter

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
6.7

as Commando Captain (uncredited)

100 Rifles
5.9
100 Rifles
1969•movie

as Steven Grimes

Robinson Crusoe
6.3
Robinson Crusoe
1954•movie

as Robinson Crusoe

MacArthur
6.2
MacArthur
1977•movie

as President Roosevelt

The Oscars
7.1
1 eps
The Oscars
1953•series

as Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.9
1 eps

as Simon Carter

L.A. Law
7.0
1 eps
L.A. Law
1986•series

as Vernon Kepler

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.2
1 eps

as Marcel Rudolph

Ironside
6.8
1 eps
Ironside
1967•series

as Arthur Justin

The Equalizer
7.2
1 eps
The Equalizer
1985•series

as Randall Payne

The Big Valley
6.2
1 eps
The Big Valley
1965•series

as David Wyncop

The Cabinet of Caligari
6.4

as Caligari / Paul

The Tamarind Seed
6.2
The Tamarind Seed
1974•movie

as Fergus Stephenson

Rawhide
7.3
1 eps
Rawhide
1959•series

as John Cord

The Rat Pack
5.9
The Rat Pack
1998•movie

as Joe Kennedy

The Ray Bradbury Theater
6.9
1 eps

as Charles Braling

The Carey Treatment
6.0

as J.D. Randall

The Black Shield of Falworth
6.4

as Prince Hal of Wales

The Virgin Queen
7.0
The Virgin Queen
1955•movie

as Lord Derry

Invasion, U.S.A.
3.4
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952•movie

as Mr. Ohman

The High Chaparral
6.8
1 eps
The High Chaparral
1967•series

as Jake Lanier

Love, Cheat & Steal
4.5

as Hamilton Fisk

Home Before Dark
7.0
Home Before Dark
1958•movie

as Arnold Bronn

Trapper John, M.D.
6.6
1 eps
Trapper John, M.D.
1979•series
One Foot in Hell
5.3
One Foot in Hell
1960•movie

as Sir Harry Ivers

The Big Cube
4.3
The Big Cube
1969•movie

as Charles Winthrop

VR.5
6.7
1 eps
VR.5
1995•series

as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt

Route 66
6.7
1 eps
Route 66
1960•series
Dr. Kildare
5.7
1 eps
Dr. Kildare
1961•series

as Mark Addison

Larceny
5.9
Larceny
1948•movie

as Duke

The People
5.5
The People
1972•movie

as Sol Diemus

The Whoopee Boys
5.4
The Whoopee Boys
1986•movie

as Judge Sternhill

How to Steal the World
5.4

as Prof. David Garrow

At Sword's Point
5.1
At Sword's Point
1952•movie

as Aramis Jr.

Ben Casey
5.9
1 eps
Ben Casey
1961•series
Colditz
7.7
4 eps
Colditz
1972•series

as Lt. Col. Max Dodd

Bengal Brigade
5.2
Bengal Brigade
1954•movie

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

Climax!
3.8
1 eps
Climax!
1954•series

as Ian Hamilton

The Defenders
6.3
1 eps
The Defenders
1961•series

as Governor William Defoe

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.2
1 eps

as Cleve Scott

The Young Land
6.8
The Young Land
1959•movie

as Judge Millard Isham

The Blue Veil
6.8
The Blue Veil
1951•movie

as Hugh Williams

A Terrible Beauty
5.4
A Terrible Beauty
1960•movie

as Don McGinnis

The Quest: The Longest Drive
5.6

as Mathew Hatcher

Soldiers Three
4.5
Soldiers Three
1951•movie

as Sgt.Murphy

Good Against Evil
4.8
Good Against Evil
1977•movie

as Father Kemschler

Checkmate
4.8
1 eps
Checkmate
1960•series

as Stephen Jordan

Artemis '81
4.1
Artemis '81
1981•movie

as Albrecht Von Drachenfels

Lux Video Theatre
6.7
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
1950•series

as Alan

Adventures in Paradise
6.1
1 eps

as Colonel Tomlinson

Letter to Loretta
6.6
1 eps
Letter to Loretta
1953•series

as Dave Hardy

QB VII
7.7
2 eps
QB VII
1974•series

as David Shawcross

Hondo
6.9
1 eps
Hondo
1967•series

as Prof. Phineas Blackstone

The Purple Mask
5.8
The Purple Mask
1955•movie

as Brisquet

A Waltz Through the Hills
7.3

as Uncle Tom

Hungry Hill
5.8
Hungry Hill
1947•movie

as Harry Brodrick

General Electric Theater
6.8
2 eps
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
6.4
That Woman Opposite
6.5

as Dermot Kinross

Actors and Sin
6.3
Actors and Sin
1952•movie

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

The Iroquois Trail
6.6
The Iroquois Trail
1950•movie

as Lt. Blakely

A Man Called Sloane
5.6
12 eps
A Man Called Sloane
1979•series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
2 eps
Cavalcade of America
4.6
1 eps

as Nathaniel Hawthorne

Screen Director's Playhouse
7.0
1 eps

as Dr. Donald Kent

Operation Secret
6.0
Operation Secret
1952•movie

as Lt. Duncan

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
6.2
26 eps

as Dr. Sardius McPheeters

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
6.8
1 eps
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
7.2
1 eps

as Leonard Jerome

Kidnapped
6.7
Kidnapped
1948•movie

as Alan Breck

Deadly Game
7.7
Deadly Game
1977•movie

as Colonel Edward Stryker

Target: The Corruptors!
5.7
1 eps
Sam Benedict
6.7
1 eps
Sam Benedict
1962•series

as Hart Marbury

Nancy Astor
7.7
4 eps
Nancy Astor
1982•series

as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne

Death Ray 2000
7.0
Death Ray 2000
1981•movie

as The Director

Sword of Venus
6.0
Sword of Venus
1953•movie

as Danglars

Buñuel in Hollywood
8.0

as Self

The Long, Hot Summer
6.0
26 eps
The Americans
6.5
1 eps
The Americans
1961•series

as Colonel Fry

Born Free
7.0
1 eps
Born Free
1974•series

as Archie Gordon

Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
9.0

as Mark Twain

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
8.0

as Leonard Jerome

Dark Mansions
7.0
Dark Mansions
1986•movie

as Alexander Drake

Hunters of the Deep
7.0

as Narrator

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
8.0

as Self

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
7.0

as Tip Conaker

The Highwayman
10.0
The Highwayman
1951•movie

as Robin

Gibbsville
10.0
1 eps
Gibbsville
1976•series
The Secret Servant
9.0
3 eps
The Secret Servant
1984•series

as Professor John Tyler

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

as Self (archive footage)

The Blackwell Story

as Dr. Keller