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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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RoboCop

1987
as The Old Man

RoboCop 2

1990
as The Old Man

100 Rifles

1969
as Steven Grimes

The Dead

1987
as Mr. Browne

At Sword's Point

1952
as Aramis Jr.

Invasion, U.S.A.

1952
as Mr. Ohman

Soldiers Three

1951
as Sgt.Murphy

Good Against Evil

1977
as Father Kemschler

Larceny

1948
as Duke

The Tamarind Seed

1974
as Fergus Stephenson

Sword of Venus

1953
as Danglars

The Carey Treatment

1972
as J.D. Randall

The Black Shield Of Falworth

1954
as Prince Hal of Wales

The Blue Veil

1951
as Hugh Williams

Hungry Hill

1947
as Harry Brodrick

The Rat Pack

1998
as Joe Kennedy

Dark Mansions

1986
as Alexander Drake

Kidnapped

1948
as Alan Breck

Actors and Sin

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

Home Before Dark

1958
as Arnold Bronn

Deadly Game

1977
as Colonel Edward Stryker

The Iroquois Trail

1950
as Lt. Blakely

Love, Cheat & Steal

1993
as Hamilton Fisk

That Woman Opposite

1957
as Dermot Kinross

The Big Cube

1969
as Charles Winthrop

The People

1972
as Sol Diemus

Artemis '81

1981
as Albrecht Von Drachenfels

Imitation of Life

1959
as David Edwards

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

2000
as Dan O'Herlihy

The Young Land

1959
as Judge Millard Isham

The Cabinet of Caligari

1962
as Caligari / Paul

Robinson Crusoe

1954
as Robinson Crusoe

Macbeth

1948
as Macduff

Bengal Brigade

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

Fail-Safe

1964
as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

Odd Man Out

1947
as Nolan

A Man Called Sloane

1979
as The Director

Death Ray 2000

1981
as The Director

A Terrible Beauty

1960
as Don McGinnis

The Purple Mask

1955
as Brisquet

Operation Secret

1952
as Lt. Duncan

The Whoopee Boys

1986
as Judge Sternhill

One Foot in Hell

1960
as Sir Harry Ivers

Waterloo

1970
as Marshal Michel Ney

The Virgin Queen

1955
as Lord Derry

Guest Star

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