Dan O'Herlihy

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.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Ironside

Hawaii Five-O

Twin Peaks

Batman: The Animated Series

Mission: Impossible

Charlie's Angels

All Movies (60)

• 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'2000 · as Self
• Buñuel in Hollywood2000 · as Self
• The Rat Pack1998 · as Joe Kennedy
• Love, Cheat & Steal1993 · as Hamilton Fisk
• RoboCop 21990 · as The Old Man
• A Waltz Through the Hills1988 · as Uncle Tom
• The Dead1987 · as Mr. Browne
• RoboCop1987 · as The Old Man
• Dark Mansions1986 · as Alexander Drake
• The Whoopee Boys1986 · as Judge Sternhill
• The Last Starfighter1984 · as Grig
• Halloween III: Season of the Witch1982 · as Conal Cochran
• Artemis '811981 · as Albrecht Von Drachenfels
• Death Ray 20001981 · as The Director
• Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter1979 · as Mark Twain
• Deadly Game1977 · as Colonel Edward Stryker
• MacArthur1977 · as President Roosevelt
• Good Against Evil1977 · as Father Kemschler
• Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free1976 · as Tip Conaker
• The Quest: The Longest Drive1976 · as Mathew Hatcher
• Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill1974 · as Leonard Jerome
• The Tamarind Seed1974 · as Fergus Stephenson
• The Carey Treatment1972 · as J.D. Randall
• The People1972 · as Sol Diemus
• Waterloo1970 · as Marshal Michel Ney
• The Big Cube1969 · as Charles Winthrop
• 100 Rifles1969 · as Steven Grimes
• How to Steal the World1968 · as Prof. David Garrow
• Fail Safe1964 · as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
• The Cabinet of Caligari1962 · as Caligari / Paul
• King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein1961 · as Detective Phil Butler
• One Foot in Hell1960 · as Sir Harry Ivers
• A Terrible Beauty1960 · as Don McGinnis
• The Young Land1959 · as Judge Millard Isham
• Imitation of Life1959 · as David Edwards
• Home Before Dark1958 · as Arnold Bronn
• That Woman Opposite1957 · as Dermot Kinross
• The Blackwell Story1957 · as Dr. Keller
• The Virgin Queen1955 · as Lord Derry
• The Purple Mask1955 · as Brisquet
• Hunters of the Deep1955 · as Narrator
• Bengal Brigade1954 · as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
• The Black Shield of Falworth1954 · as Prince Hal of Wales
• Robinson Crusoe1954 · as Robinson Crusoe
• Sword of Venus1953 · as Danglars
• Invasion, U.S.A.1952 · as Mr. Ohman
• Operation Secret1952 · as Lt. Duncan
• Actors and Sin1952 · as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
• At Sword's Point1952 · as Aramis Jr.
• The Blue Veil1951 · as Hugh Williams
• The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel1951 · as Commando Captain (uncredited)
• The Highwayman1951
• Soldiers Three1951 · as Sgt.Murphy
• The Iroquois Trail1950 · as Lt. Blakely
• Kidnapped1948 · as Alan Breck
• Macbeth1948 · as Macduff
• Larceny1948 · as Duke
• Odd Man Out1947 · as Nolan
• Hungry Hill1947 · as Harry Brodrick

All TV Shows (65)

• VR.51995 · as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt
• Batman: The Animated Series1992 · as Grant Walker (voice)
• Twin Peaks1990 · as Andrew Packard
• L.A. Law1986 · as Vernon Kepler
• The Equalizer1985 · as Randall Payne
• The Ray Bradbury Theater1985 · as Charles Braling
• The Secret Servant1984 · as Professor John Tyler
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Alexander Preston
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Denton Langley
• Remington Steele1982 · as Charles Wellington
• Nancy Astor1982 · as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
• Trapper John, M.D.1979
• A Man Called Sloane1979
• Battlestar Galactica1978 · as Dr. Ravashol
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries1977
• Gibbsville1976
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Freddie Brander
• The Bionic Woman1976
• Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill1974 · as Leonard Jerome
• Born Free1974 · as Archie Gordon
• QB VII1974 · as David Shawcross
• Colditz1972 · as Lt. Col. Max Dodd
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Harry Wells
• The High Chaparral1967 · as Jake Lanier
• Hondo1967 · as Prof. Phineas Blackstone
• Ironside1967 · as Arthur Justin
• Mission: Impossible1966 · as Jack Cole
• The Long, Hot Summer1965
• The Big Valley1965 · as David Wyncop
• Profiles in Courage1964 · as Professor Richard T. Ely
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Marcel Rudolph
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Capt. Rupert Oliver Morton
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
• The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters1963 · as Dr. Sardius McPheeters
• Combat!1962 · as Maj. Richter
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Simon Carter
• Sam Benedict1962 · as Hart Marbury
• Ben Casey1961
• Target: The Corruptors!1961
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Mark Addison
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as John Patrick McHenry
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Phillip Downey
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Mark Sloan
• The Defenders1961 · as Governor William Defoe
• The Americans1961 · as Colonel Fry
• Route 661960
• Checkmate1960 · as Stephen Jordan
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Colonel Tomlinson
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959 · as David
• Rawhide1959 · as John Cord
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Capt. Cleve Scott
• Screen Director's Playhouse1955 · as Dr. Donald Kent
• Climax!1954 · as Ian Hamilton
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Dave Hardy
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Dr. Paul Crowley
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Robert Burns
• Cavalcade of America1952 · as Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Cavalcade of America1952 · as Benedict Arnold
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Alan
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Oliver Bradford
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Henry
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Trevelyan