About
Dan O'Herlihy
Overview
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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| 2020 | 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | The Rat Pack | Actor | Joe Kennedy | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Love, Cheat & Steal | Actor | Hamilton Fisk | 58 Average |
| 1990 | RoboCop 2 | Actor | The Old Man | 59 Average |
| 1988 | A Waltz Through the Hills | Actor | Uncle Tom | 59 Average |
| 1987 | The Dead | Actor | Mr. Browne | 61 Fair |
| 1987 | RoboCop | Actor | The Old Man | 71 Good |
| 1986 | Dark Mansions | Actor | Alexander Drake | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | The Whoopee Boys | Actor | Judge Sternhill | 58 Average |
| 1984 | The Last Starfighter | Actor | Grig | 63 Fair |
| 1982 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Actor | Conal Cochran | 53 Average |
| 1982 | Nancy Astor | Actor | Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne | 69 Fair |
| 1981 | Artemis '81 | Actor | Albrecht Von Drachenfels | 58 Average |
| 1981 | Death Ray 2000 | Actor | The Director | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter | Actor | Mark Twain | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | A Man Called Sloane | Actor | 68 Fair |
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| 1977 | Deadly Game | Actor | Colonel Edward Stryker | 59 Average |
| 1977 | MacArthur | Actor | President Roosevelt | 59 Average |
| 1977 | Good Against Evil | Actor | Father Kemschler | 58 Average |
| 1976 | Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free | Actor | Tip Conaker | N/A N/A |
| 1976 | The Quest: The Longest Drive | Actor | Mathew Hatcher | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Actor | Leonard Jerome | 59 Average |
| 1974 | The Tamarind Seed | Actor | Fergus Stephenson | 59 Average |
| 1974 | QB VII | Actor | David Shawcross | 70 Good |
| 1972 | The Carey Treatment | Actor | J.D. Randall | 58 Average |
| 1972 | The People | Actor | Sol Diemus | 58 Average |
| 1970 | Waterloo | Actor | Marshal Michel Ney | 62 Fair |
| 1969 | The Big Cube | Actor | Charles Winthrop | 58 Average |
| 1969 | 100 Rifles | Actor | Steven Grimes | 58 Average |
| 1965 | The Long, Hot Summer | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1964 | Fail Safe | Actor | Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black | 67 Fair |
| 1963 | The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Actor | Dr. Sardius McPheeters | 69 Fair |
| 1962 | The Cabinet of Caligari | Actor | Caligari / Paul | 59 Average |
| 1961 | King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein | Actor | Detective Phil Butler | 59 Average |
| 1960 | One Foot in Hell | Actor | Sir Harry Ivers | 58 Average |
| 1960 | A Terrible Beauty | Actor | Don McGinnis | 58 Average |
| 1959 | Imitation of Life | Actor | David Edwards | 64 Fair |
| 1959 | The Young Land | Actor | Judge Millard Isham | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Home Before Dark | Actor | Arnold Bronn | 59 Average |
| 1957 | That Woman Opposite | Actor | Dermot Kinross | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Virgin Queen | Actor | Lord Derry | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Purple Mask | Actor | Brisquet | 58 Average |
| 1955 | Hunters of the Deep | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1954 | Bengal Brigade | Actor | Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy) | 58 Average |
| 1954 | The Black Shield of Falworth | Actor | Prince Hal of Wales | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Robinson Crusoe | Actor | Robinson Crusoe | 59 Average |
| 1953 | Sword of Venus | Actor | Danglars | 58 Average |
| 1952 | Invasion, U.S.A. | Actor | Mr. Ohman | 57 Average |
| 1952 | Operation Secret | Actor | Lt. Duncan | 58 Average |
| 1952 | Actors and Sin | Actor | Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood) | 59 Average |
| 1952 | At Sword's Point | Actor | Aramis Jr. | 58 Average |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil | Actor | Hugh Williams | 59 Average |
| 1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Actor | Commando Captain (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1951 | Soldiers Three | Actor | Sgt.Murphy | 58 Average |
| 1950 | The Iroquois Trail | Actor | Lt. Blakely | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Kidnapped | Actor | Alan Breck | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Macbeth | Actor | Macduff | 62 Fair |
| 1948 | Larceny | Actor | Duke | 58 Average |
| 1947 | Odd Man Out | Actor | Nolan | 62 Fair |
| 1947 | Hungry Hill | Actor | Harry Brodrick | 59 Average |