Person

Dan O'Herlihy

Acting · 1919–2005 · 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.

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  Twin Peaks

  Andrew Packard

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  Murder, She Wrote

  Alexander Preston

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  Hawaii Five-O

  Harry Wells

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  Trapper John, M.D.

  1979

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  Ironside

  Arthur Justin

• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  1963

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  Mission: Impossible

  Jack Cole

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  Rawhide

  John Cord

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  Batman: The Animated Series

  Grant Walker (voice)

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  Charlie's Angels

  Freddie Brander

• 2020'Fail-Safe' and the Cold WarSelf (archive footage)
• 2000Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'Self
• 2000Buñuel in HollywoodSelf
• 1998The Rat PackJoe Kennedy
• 1995VR.5Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt
• 1993Love, Cheat & StealHamilton Fisk
• 1992Batman: The Animated SeriesGrant Walker (voice)
• 1990RoboCop 2The Old Man
• 1990Twin PeaksAndrew Packard
• 1988A Waltz Through the HillsUncle Tom
• 1987The DeadMr. Browne
• 1987RoboCopThe Old Man
• 1986L.A. LawVernon Kepler
• 1986Dark MansionsAlexander Drake
• 1986The Whoopee BoysJudge Sternhill
• 1985The EqualizerRandall Payne
• 1985The Ray Bradbury TheaterCharles Braling
• 1984The Secret ServantProfessor John Tyler
• 1984Murder, She WroteAlexander Preston
• 1984The Last StarfighterGrig
• 1982Halloween III: Season of the WitchConal Cochran
• 1982Remington SteeleCharles Wellington
• 1982Nancy AstorChiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
• 1981Artemis '81Albrecht Von Drachenfels
• 1981Death Ray 2000The Director
• 1979Mark Twain: Beneath the LaughterMark Twain
• 1979Trapper John, M.D.
• 1979A Man Called Sloane
• 1978Battlestar GalacticaDr. Ravashol
• 1977Deadly GameColonel Edward Stryker
• 1977MacArthurPresident Roosevelt
• 1977Good Against EvilFather Kemschler
• 1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
• 1976Gibbsville
• 1976Charlie's AngelsFreddie Brander
• 1976Banjo Hackett: Roamin' FreeTip Conaker
• 1976The Bionic Woman
• 1976The Quest: The Longest DriveMathew Hatcher
• 1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillLeonard Jerome
• 1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillLeonard Jerome
• 1974Born FreeArchie Gordon
• 1974The Tamarind SeedFergus Stephenson
• 1974QB VIIDavid Shawcross
• 1972ColditzLt. Col. Max Dodd
• 1972The Carey TreatmentJ.D. Randall
• 1972The PeopleSol Diemus
• 1970WaterlooMarshal Michel Ney
• 1969The Big CubeCharles Winthrop
• 1969100 RiflesSteven Grimes
• 1968Hawaii Five-OHarry Wells
• 1968How to Steal the WorldProf. David Garrow
• 1967The High ChaparralJake Lanier
• 1967HondoProf. Phineas Blackstone
• 1967IronsideArthur Justin
• 1966Mission: ImpossibleJack Cole
• 1965The Long, Hot Summer
• 1965The Big ValleyDavid Wyncop
• 1964Profiles in CourageProfessor Richard T. Ely
• 1964Fail SafeBrig. Gen. Warren A. Black
• 1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Marcel Rudolph
• 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• 1963The Travels of Jaimie McPheetersDr. Sardius McPheeters
• 1962Combat!Maj. Richter
• 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSimon Carter
• 1962Sam BenedictHart Marbury
• 1962The Cabinet of CaligariCaligari / Paul
• 1961Ben Casey
• 1961Target: The Corruptors!
• 1961Dr. KildareMark Addison
• 1961The DefendersGovernor William Defoe
• 1961King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold RothsteinDetective Phil Butler
• 1961The AmericansColonel Fry
• 1960Route 66
• 1960CheckmateStephen Jordan
• 1960One Foot in HellSir Harry Ivers
• 1960A Terrible BeautyDon McGinnis
• 1959Adventures in ParadiseColonel Tomlinson
• 1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonDavid
• 1959The Young LandJudge Millard Isham
• 1959Imitation of LifeDavid Edwards
• 1959RawhideJohn Cord
• 1958Home Before DarkArnold Bronn
• 1957That Woman OppositeDermot Kinross
• 1957The Blackwell StoryDr. Keller
• 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreCapt. Cleve Scott
• 1955Screen Director's PlayhouseDr. Donald Kent
• 1955The Virgin QueenLord Derry
• 1955The Purple MaskBrisquet
• 1955Hunters of the DeepNarrator
• 1954Bengal BrigadeCapt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
• 1954Climax!Ian Hamilton
• 1954The Black Shield of FalworthPrince Hal of Wales
• 1954Robinson CrusoeRobinson Crusoe
• 1953Letter to LorettaDave Hardy
• 1953The OscarsSelf
• 1953Sword of VenusDanglars
• 1953General Electric Theater
• 1952Invasion, U.S.A.Mr. Ohman
• 1952Operation SecretLt. Duncan
• 1952Cavalcade of AmericaNathaniel Hawthorne
• 1952Actors and SinAlfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
• 1952At Sword's PointAramis Jr.
• 1951The Blue VeilHugh Williams
• 1951The Desert Fox: The Story of RommelCommando Captain (uncredited)
• 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• 1951The Highwayman
• 1951Soldiers ThreeSgt.Murphy
• 1950Lux Video TheatreAlan
• 1950The Iroquois TrailLt. Blakely
• 1948KidnappedAlan Breck
• 1948MacbethMacduff
• 1948LarcenyDuke
• 1947Odd Man OutNolan
• 1947Hungry HillHarry Brodrick