Dan O'Herlihy
Irish actor (1919-2005) · Ireland · On the map · Actors · Died at 85
Daniel Peter O'Herlihy was an Irish actor. His best-known roles included his Oscar-nominated portrayal of the title character in 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...
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The Rat PackFilm, Joe Kennedy1992
Batman: The Animated SeriesSeries, Grant Walker (voice)1990
RoboCop 2Film, The Old Man1986
L.A. LawSeries, Vernon Kepler
The Whoopee BoysFilm, 1986Judge Sternhill1984
Murder, She WroteSeries, Alexander Preston1982
Halloween III: Season of the WitchFilm, Conal Cochran1978
Battlestar GalacticaSeries, Dr. Ravashol1977
Good Against EvilFilm, Father Kemschler1974
The Tamarind SeedFilm, Fergus Stephenson1970
WaterlooFilm, Marshal Michel Ney1969
Hawaii Five-OSeries, Harry Wells1968
How to Steal the WorldFilm, Prof. David Garrow1965
The Big ValleySeries, David Wyncop1962
Combat!Series, Maj. Richter
The Cabinet of CaligariFilm, 1962Caligari / Paul1960
Route 66Series
A Terrible BeautyFilm, 1960Don McGinnis1958
Home Before DarkFilm, Arnold Bronn1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Cleve Scott1954
Bengal BrigadeFilm, Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)1953
The OscarsSeries1951
Soldiers ThreeFilm, Sgt.Murphy1947
Odd Man OutFilm, Nolan1919Born1 May 1919People around Dan
Cyril Cusack Also in Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out (1948)
Blake Edwards Directed The Tamarind Seed (1975)
Dino De Laurentiis Produced Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Tay Garnett Directed Soldiers Three and A Terrible Beauty
Jon Davison Produced RoboCop and RoboCop 2
Orson Welles Directed Macbeth (1948), also in Waterloo (1970)
Sidney Lumet Directed Fail-Safe (1964)
Carol Reed Produced Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out (1947)
Alfred Edward Green Directed Invasion U.S.A. (1952)
Robert Newton Also in Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out (1948)
Alan Napier Also in The Blue Veil and The Highwayman- Albert Zugsmith Produced Invasion U.S.A. (1952)
David Lynch Directed Twin Peaks
Henry Fonda Also in Fail-Safe and Fail Safe
Luis Buñuel Directed Robinson Crusoe (1964)
Jean Simmons Also in Hungry Hill and Home Before Dark
Larry Hagman Also in Fail-Safe and Fail Safe
Paul Verhoeven Directed RoboCop (1988)
Irvin Kershner Directed RoboCop 2 (1990)
Harry Morgan Also in The Blue Veil and The Highwayman- Franz Waxman Wrote The Blue Veil and The Virgin Queen
- Dana Elcar Also in Fail-Safe and Fail Safe
Neal H. Moritz Produced The Rat Pack (1998)
R. C. Sherriff Wrote Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out (1947)
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Fail Safe 1964
RoboCop 1987
Imitation of Life 1959
Macbeth 1948
Odd Man Out 1947
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Television 24
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His best-known roles included his Oscar-nominated portrayal of the title character in 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 (1984), "The Old Man" in RoboCop (1987) and its 1990 sequel, and Andrew Packard in the television series Twin Peaks (1990-91).
