Dan O'Herlihy

from Wexford, Ireland

Artwork for RoboCopImage of 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.

Timeline

2020Aged 101

  • Poster for 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    Self (archive footage)

2000Aged 81

  • Poster for Buñuel in Hollywood

    Self

  • Poster for Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

    Self

1998Aged 79

  • Poster for The Rat Pack

    Joe Kennedy

1993Aged 74

  • Poster for Love, Cheat & Steal

    Hamilton Fisk

1990Aged 71

  • Poster for RoboCop 2

    The Old Man

1988Aged 69

  • Poster for A Waltz Through the Hills

    Uncle Tom

1987Aged 68

  • Poster for RoboCop

    The Old Man

  • Poster for The Dead

    Mr. Browne

1986Aged 67

  • Poster for The Whoopee Boys

    Judge Sternhill

  • Poster for Dark Mansions

    Alexander Drake

1984Aged 65

  • Poster for The Last Starfighter

    Grig

1982Aged 63

  • Poster for Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    Conal Cochran

1981Aged 62

  • Poster for Death Ray 2000

    The Director

  • Poster for Artemis '81

    Albrecht Von Drachenfels

1979Aged 60

  • Poster for Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter

    Mark Twain

1977Aged 58

  • Poster for Good Against Evil

    Father Kemschler

  • Poster for MacArthur

    President Roosevelt

  • Poster for Deadly Game

    Colonel Edward Stryker

1976Aged 57

  • Poster for The Quest: The Longest Drive

    Mathew Hatcher

  • Poster for Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

    Tip Conaker

1974Aged 55

  • Poster for The Tamarind Seed

    Fergus Stephenson

  • Poster for Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

    Leonard Jerome

1972Aged 53

  • Poster for The People

    Sol Diemus

  • Poster for The Carey Treatment

    J.D. Randall

1970Aged 51

  • Poster for Waterloo

    Marshal Michel Ney

1969Aged 50

  • Poster for 100 Rifles

    Steven Grimes

  • Poster for The Big Cube

    Charles Winthrop

1968Aged 49

  • Poster for How to Steal the World

    Prof. David Garrow

1964Aged 45

  • Poster for Fail Safe

    Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

1962Aged 43

  • Poster for The Cabinet of Caligari

    Caligari / Paul

1961Aged 42

  • Poster for King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

    Detective Phil Butler

1960Aged 41

  • Poster for A Terrible Beauty

    Don McGinnis

  • Poster for One Foot in Hell

    Sir Harry Ivers

1959Aged 40

  • Poster for Imitation of Life

    David Edwards

  • Poster for The Young Land

    Judge Millard Isham

1958Aged 39

  • Poster for Home Before Dark

    Arnold Bronn

1957Aged 38

  • Poster for The Blackwell Story

    Dr. Keller

  • Poster for That Woman Opposite

    Dermot Kinross

1955Aged 36

  • Poster for Hunters of the Deep

    Narrator

  • Poster for The Purple Mask

    Brisquet

  • Poster for The Virgin Queen

    Lord Derry

1954Aged 35

  • Poster for Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe

  • Poster for The Black Shield of Falworth

    Prince Hal of Wales

  • Poster for Bengal Brigade

    Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)

1953Aged 34

  • Poster for Sword of Venus

    Danglars

1952Aged 33

  • Poster for At Sword's Point

    Aramis Jr.

  • Poster for Actors and Sin

    Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)

  • Poster for Operation Secret

    Lt. Duncan

  • Poster for Invasion, U.S.A.

    Mr. Ohman

1951Aged 32

  • Poster for Soldiers Three

    Sgt.Murphy

  • Poster for The Highwayman

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

    Commando Captain (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Blue Veil

    Hugh Williams

1950Aged 31

  • Poster for The Iroquois Trail

    Lt. Blakely

1948Aged 29

  • Poster for Larceny

    Duke

  • Poster for Macbeth

    Macduff

  • Poster for Kidnapped

    Alan Breck

1947Aged 28

  • Poster for Hungry Hill

    Harry Brodrick

  • Poster for Odd Man Out

    Nolan