Dan O'Herlihy

May 01, 1919 - Feb 17, 2005 (85 years old) in Wexford, Ireland

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

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L.A. Law

Vernon Kepler

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Hawaii Five-O

Harry Wells

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Twin Peaks

Andrew Packard

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Murder, She Wrote

Alexander Preston

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Charlie's Angels

Freddie Brander

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Batman: The Animated Series

Grant Walker (voice)

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Ironside

Arthur Justin

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The Equalizer

Randall Payne

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Mission: Impossible

Jack Cole

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Climax!

Ian Hamilton

Credits

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War 2020

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' 2000

Self

★ NR
Buñuel in Hollywood 2000

Self

★ NR
The Rat Pack 1998

Joe Kennedy

★ 5.9
VR.5 1995

Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt

★ 6.7
Love, Cheat & Steal 1993

Hamilton Fisk

★ 4.7
Batman: The Animated Series 1992

Grant Walker (voice)

★ 8.5
RoboCop 2 1990

The Old Man

★ 6
Twin Peaks 1990

Andrew Packard

★ 8.3
A Waltz Through the Hills 1988

Uncle Tom

★ 7
The Dead 1987

Mr. Browne

★ 6.8
RoboCop 1987

The Old Man

★ 7.3
L.A. Law 1986

Vernon Kepler

★ 7.1
Dark Mansions 1986

Alexander Drake

★ NR
The Whoopee Boys 1986

Judge Sternhill

★ 5.2
The Equalizer 1985

Randall Payne

★ 7.2
The Ray Bradbury Theater 1985

Charles Braling

★ 6.9
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Alexander Preston

★ 7.5
The Last Starfighter 1984

Grig

★ 6.6
Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1982

Conal Cochran

★ 5.2
Remington Steele 1982

Charles Wellington

★ 7.1
Nancy Astor 1982

Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne

★ 7.5
Artemis '81 1981

Albrecht Von Drachenfels

★ 4
Death Ray 2000 1981

The Director

★ 5
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter 1979

Mark Twain

★ NR
Trapper John, M.D. 1979

★ 6.5
A Man Called Sloane 1979

★ 5
Battlestar Galactica 1978

Dr. Ravashol

★ 7.1
Deadly Game 1977

Colonel Edward Stryker

★ 8
MacArthur 1977

President Roosevelt

★ 6.2
Good Against Evil 1977

Father Kemschler

★ 4.3
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 1977

★ 7.1
Gibbsville 1976

★ NR
Charlie's Angels 1976

Freddie Brander

★ 6.7
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free 1976

Tip Conaker

★ NR
The Bionic Woman 1976

★ 7
The Quest: The Longest Drive 1976

Mathew Hatcher

★ 5
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill 1974

Leonard Jerome

★ 8
The Tamarind Seed 1974

Fergus Stephenson

★ 6.2
QB VII 1974

David Shawcross

★ 7.7
Colditz 1972

Lt. Col. Max Dodd

★ 7.3
The Carey Treatment 1972

J.D. Randall

★ 5.8
The People 1972

Sol Diemus

★ 5.5
Waterloo 1970

Marshal Michel Ney

★ 7.2
The Big Cube 1969

Charles Winthrop

★ 4.4
100 Rifles 1969

Steven Grimes

★ 5.9
Hawaii Five-O 1968

Harry Wells

★ 7.1
The High Chaparral 1967

Jake Lanier

★ 6.5
Hondo 1967

★ 6.5
Ironside 1967

Arthur Justin

★ 6.8
Mission: Impossible 1966

Jack Cole

★ 7.6
The Long, Hot Summer 1965

★ 5
The Big Valley 1965

David Wyncop

★ 6.1
Profiles in Courage 1964

Professor Richard T. Ely

★ 5
Fail Safe 1964

Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

★ 7.8
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters 1963

Dr. Sardius McPheeters

★ 5.3
Combat! 1962

Maj. Richter

★ 7.6
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962

Simon Carter

★ 7.8
Sam Benedict 1962

Hart Marbury

★ 6
The Cabinet of Caligari 1962

Caligari / Paul

★ 6.4
Ben Casey 1961

★ 5.6
Target: The Corruptors! 1961

★ 3.5
Dr. Kildare 1961

Mark Addison

★ 5.5
The Defenders 1961

Governor William Defoe

★ 6.2
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein 1961

Detective Phil Butler

★ 6
The Americans 1961

Colonel Fry

★ 6
Route 66 1960

★ 6.3
Checkmate 1960

Stephen Jordan

★ 4.1
One Foot in Hell 1960

Sir Harry Ivers

★ 5.3
A Terrible Beauty 1960

Don McGinnis

★ 4.9
Adventures in Paradise 1959

Colonel Tomlinson

★ 5.7
The DuPont Show with June Allyson 1959

David

★ 6.3
Imitation of Life 1959

David Edwards

★ 7.4
The Young Land 1959

Judge Millard Isham

★ 6.4
Rawhide 1959

John Cord

★ 7.2
Home Before Dark 1958

Arnold Bronn

★ 7.2
That Woman Opposite 1957

Dermot Kinross

★ 5.8
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956

Capt. Cleve Scott

★ 5.5
Screen Director's Playhouse 1955

Dr. Donald Kent

★ 6.5
The Virgin Queen 1955

Lord Derry

★ 7.1
The Purple Mask 1955

Brisquet

★ 5
Hunters of the Deep 1955

Narrator

★ NR
Bengal Brigade 1954

Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)

★ 5.3
Climax! 1954

Ian Hamilton

★ 3.3
The Black Shield of Falworth 1954

Prince Hal of Wales

★ 6.2
Robinson Crusoe 1954

Robinson Crusoe

★ 6.2
Letter to Loretta 1953

Dave Hardy

★ 6.5
The Oscars 1953

Self

★ 6.9
Sword of Venus 1953

Danglars

★ 5
General Electric Theater 1953

★ 6.3
Invasion, U.S.A. 1952

Mr. Ohman

★ 3.2
Operation Secret 1952

Lt. Duncan

★ 5
Cavalcade of America 1952

Nathaniel Hawthorne

★ 3.5
Actors and Sin 1952

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

★ 5.2
At Sword's Point 1952

Aramis Jr.

★ 4.8
The Blue Veil 1951

Hugh Williams

★ 6.6
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel 1951

Commando Captain (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

★ 7.3
The Highwayman 1951

★ NR
Soldiers Three 1951

Sgt.Murphy

★ 4.4
Lux Video Theatre 1950

Alan

★ 6.3
The Iroquois Trail 1950

Lt. Blakely

★ 5.8
Kidnapped 1948

Alan Breck

★ 5.5
Macbeth 1948

Macduff

★ 7.3
Larceny 1948

Duke

★ 5.7
Odd Man Out 1947

Nolan

★ 7.3
Hungry Hill 1947

Harry Brodrick

★ 5.4