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.
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Filmography
all 108
Movies 57
TV Shows 51
self 4
Director 2
Narrator 2
Voice 1
Self (archive footage)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War (2020)
Movie
Self
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (2000)
Movie
Self
Buñuel in Hollywood (2000)
Movie
Joe Kennedy
The Rat Pack (1998)
Movie
VR.5 (1995)
TV
5.8
Hamilton Fisk
Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)
Movie
6
Grant Walker (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
TV
5.56
Old Man
RoboCop 2 (1990)
Movie
5.7
Andrew Packard
Twin Peaks (1990)
TV
5.48
Uncle Tom
A Waltz Through the Hills (1988)
Movie
Mr. Browne
The Dead (1987)
Movie
6
The Old Man
RoboCop (1987)
Movie
5.82
Vernon Kepler
L.A. Law (1986)
TV
6
Alexander Drake
Dark Mansions (1986)
Movie
Judge Sternhill
The Whoopee Boys (1986)
Movie
Randall Payne
The Equalizer (1985)
TV
7.33
Charles Braling
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
TV
6
Alexander Preston / Denton Langley
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
TV
7
Grig
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Movie
6.09
Conal Cochran
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Movie
5.48
Charles Wellington
Remington Steele (1982)
TV
6
Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
Nancy Astor (1982)
TV
Albrecht Von Drachenfels
Artemis '81 (1981)
Movie
The Director
Death Ray 2000 (1981)
Movie
Mark Twain
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter (1979)
Movie
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
TV
6
The Director
A Man Called Sloane (1979)
TV
Dr. Ravashol
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
TV
6
Colonel Edward Stryker
Deadly Game (1977)
Movie
President Roosevelt
MacArthur (1977)
Movie
Father Kemschler
Good Against Evil (1977)
Movie
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
TV
Gibbsville (1976)
TV
Freddie Brander
Charlie's Angels (1976)
TV
6.33
Tip Conaker
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (1976)
Movie
The Bionic Woman (1976)
TV
6.67
Mathew Hatcher
The Quest: The Longest Drive (1976)
Movie
Leonard Jerome
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
TV
Leonard Jerome
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
Movie
Fergus Stephenson
The Tamarind Seed (1974)
Movie
David Shawcross
QB VII (1974)
TV
Lt. Col. Max Dodd
Colditz (1972)
TV
J.D. Randall
The Carey Treatment (1972)
Movie
Sol Diemus
The People (1972)
Movie
Marshal Michel Ney
Waterloo (1970)
Movie
Charles Winthrop
The Big Cube (1969)
Movie
Steven Grimes
100 Rifles (1969)
Movie
Harry Wells
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Jake Lanier
The High Chaparral (1967)
TV
6
Hondo (1967)
TV
Ironside (1967)
TV
6
Jack Cole
Mission: Impossible (1966)
TV
6.33
'Boss' Will Varner / Will Varner
The Long, Hot Summer (1965)
TV
David Wyncop
The Big Valley (1965)
TV
6.2
Professor Richard T. Ely
Profiles in Courage (1964)
TV
Gen. Black
Fail Safe (1964)
Movie
5.53
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
TV
Dr. Sardius McPheeters / 'Doc' Sardius McPheeters
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963)
TV
Maj. Richter
Combat! (1962)
TV
6
Simon Carter
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Sam Benedict (1962)
TV
Caligari / Paul
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
Movie
Ben Casey (1961)
TV
4.75
Target: The Corruptors! (1961)
TV
Mark Sloan / Mark Addison / Dr. Phillip Downey / John Patrick McHenry
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Governor William Defoe
The Defenders (1961)
TV
Detective Phil Butler
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
Movie
Colonel Fry
The Americans (1961)
TV
Route 66 (1960)
TV
Stephen Jordan
Checkmate (1960)
TV
Sir Harry Ivers
One Foot in Hell (1960)
Movie
Don McGinnis
A Terrible Beauty (1960)
Movie
Colonel Tomlinson
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
TV
David Edwards
Imitation of Life (1959)
Movie
David
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
TV
Judge Millard Isham
The Young Land (1959)
Movie
John Cord
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Arnold Bronn
Home Before Dark (1958)
Movie
Dermot Kinross
That Woman Opposite (1957)
Movie
Capt. Cleve Scott
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
Dr. Donald Kent
Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
TV
Lord Derry
The Virgin Queen (1955)
Movie
Brisquet
The Purple Mask (1955)
Movie
Narrator
Hunters of the Deep (1955)
Movie
Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
Bengal Brigade (1954)
Movie
Ian Hamilton
Climax! (1954)
TV
Prince Hal of Wales
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
Movie
Robinson Crusoe / Crusoe's father
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Movie
6
Dave Hardy
Letter to Loretta (1953)
TV
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Danglars
Sword of Venus (1953)
Movie
Dr. Paul Crowley / Robert Burns
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Mr. Ohman
Invasion, U.S.A. (1952)
Movie
4.5
Lt. Duncan
Operation Secret (1952)
Movie
Nathaniel Hawthorne / Benedict Arnold
Cavalcade of America (1952)
TV
Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment "Actor's Blood")
Actors and Sin (1952)
Movie
Aramis Jr.
At Sword's Point (1952)
Movie
Hugh Williams
The Blue Veil (1951)
Movie
Commando Captain (uncredited)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Sgt.Murphy
Soldiers Three (1951)
Movie
Henry / Oliver Bradford / Alan / Trevelyan
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Lt. Blakely
The Iroquois Trail (1950)
Movie
Alan Breck
Kidnapped (1948)
Movie
Macduff
Macbeth (1948)
Movie
6
Duke
Larceny (1948)
Movie
Nolan
Odd Man Out (1947)
Movie
5.6
Harry Brodrick
Hungry Hill (1947)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.11
Based on 1.11 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1947
1955
1965
1959
2020
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1919-05-02
Deathday2005-02-17 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceWexford, Republic of Ireland
ChildrenGavan O'Herlihy
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Republic of Ireland
Also Known AsDaniel O'Herlihy, Daniel Peter O'Herlihy
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