Dan O'Herlihy

Known for

Acting

Born

May 1, 1919

Birthplace

Wexford, Ireland

Died

February 17, 2005 (aged 85)

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.

Best known work

RoboCop

1987

Twin Peaks

1990

RoboCop 2

1990

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

1982

The Last Starfighter

1984

Fail Safe

1964

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Imitation of Life

1959

Mission: Impossible

1966

Filmography

2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
as Self
2000
Buñuel in Hollywood
as Self
1998
The Rat Pack
as Joe Kennedy
1995
VR.5TV
as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt (1 episode)
1993
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Hamilton Fisk
1992
Batman: The Animated SeriesTV
as Grant Walker (voice) (1 episode)
1990
RoboCop 2
as The Old Man
1990
Twin PeaksTV
as Andrew Packard (6 episodes)
1988
A Waltz Through the Hills
as Uncle Tom
1987
The Dead
as Mr. Browne
1987
RoboCop
as The Old Man
1986
L.A. LawTV
as Vernon Kepler (1 episode)
1986
Dark Mansions
as Alexander Drake
1986
The Whoopee Boys
as Judge Sternhill
1985
The EqualizerTV
as Randall Payne (1 episode)
1985
The Ray Bradbury TheaterTV
as Charles Braling (1 episode)
1984
The Secret ServantTV
as Professor John Tyler (3 episodes)
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
as Alexander Preston (1 episode), as Denton Langley (1 episode)
1984
The Last Starfighter
as Grig
1982
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
as Conal Cochran
1982
Remington SteeleTV
as Charles Wellington (1 episode)
1982
Nancy AstorTV
as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne (4 episodes)
1981
Artemis '81
as Albrecht Von Drachenfels
1981
Death Ray 2000
as The Director