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Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy

Birthday: 1919-05-02 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2000
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

as    Self

1993
Love, Cheat & Steal

as    Hamilton Fisk

1990
RoboCop 2

as    The Old Man

1984
The Last Starfighter

as    Grig

1982
Halloween III: Season of the Witch

as    Conal Cochran

1981
Artemis '81

as    Albrecht Von Drachenfels

1977
Good Against Evil

as    Father Kemschler

1974
The Tamarind Seed

as    Fergus Stephenson

1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

as    Leonard Jerome

1972
The People

as    Sol Diemus

1970
Waterloo

as    Marshal Michel Ney

1969
The Big Cube

as    Charles Winthrop

1969
100 Rifles

as    Steven Grimes

1964
Fail Safe

as    Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

1963
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

as    Dr. Sardius McPheeters

1962
The Cabinet of Caligari

as    Caligari / Paul

1961
1959
Imitation of Life

as    David Edwards

1959
The Young Land

as    Judge Millard Isham

1957
That Woman Opposite

as    Dermot Kinross

1955
The Purple Mask

as    Brisquet

1955
The Virgin Queen

as    Lord Derry

1955
Hunters of the Deep

as    Narrator

1954
Bengal Brigade

as    Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)

1954
The Black Shield of Falworth

as    Prince Hal of Wales

1954
Robinson Crusoe

as    Robinson Crusoe

1952
At Sword's Point

as    Aramis Jr.

1952
Operation Secret

as    Lt. Duncan

1952
Invasion, U.S.A.

as    Mr. Ohman

1951
Soldiers Three

as    Sgt.Murphy