Biography
Dan O'Herlihy
Acting
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.
Career works
114
Movies
60
Series
54
Career average
6.6/10
Birth date
05/01/1919
Place of birth
Wexford, Ireland
Date of death
02/17/2005
Filmography highlights
Movies
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000 · 8.0
Buñuel in Hollywood
2000 · 8.0
The Rat Pack
1998 · 5.9
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993 · 4.4
RoboCop 2
1990 · 6.0
A Waltz Through the Hills
1988 · 7.3
The Dead
1987 · 6.9
RoboCop
1987 · 7.4
Dark Mansions
1986 · 7.0
The Whoopee Boys
1986 · 5.4
The Last Starfighter
1984 · 6.6
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982 · 5.2
Artemis '81
1981 · 4.1
Death Ray 2000
1981 · 7.0
Series
VR.5
1995 · 6.7
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · 8.6
Twin Peaks
1990 · 8.3
L.A. Law
1986 · 7.1
The Equalizer
1985 · 7.1
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · 6.9
The Secret Servant
1984 · 9.0
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5
Remington Steele
1982 · 7.1
Nancy Astor
1982 · 7.7
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · 6.6
A Man Called Sloane
1979 · 5.6
Battlestar Galactica
1978 · 7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977 · 7.1
Gibbsville
1976 · 10.0