Dan O'Herlihy
Irish film actor and Academy Award nominee, celebrated across six decades of memorable performances in cinema and television.
Dan O'Herlihy - Personal Information
- Name: Dan O'Herlihy
- Date of Birth: May 1, 1919
- Place of Birth: Wexford, Ireland
- Date of Death: February 17, 2005
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
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.
Selected Filmography
A selection of Dan O'Herlihy's most notable screen appearances across film and television.
- 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (2000) as Self
- Buñuel in Hollywood (2000) as Self
- The Rat Pack (1998) as Joe Kennedy
- VR.5 (TV - 1995) as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt
- Love, Cheat & Steal (1993) as Hamilton Fisk
- Batman: The Animated Series (TV - 1992) as Grant Walker (voice)
- RoboCop 2 (1990) as The Old Man
- Twin Peaks (TV - 1990) as Andrew Packard
- A Waltz Through the Hills (1988) as Uncle Tom
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