Dan O'Herlihy

Born: 1919-05-02

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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as The Old Man
Released: 1987-07-17

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract...

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Waterloo

as Marshal Michel Ney
Released: 1970-10-26

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is...

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Halloween III: Season of the Witch

as Conal Cochran
Released: 1982-10-22

A terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked, and at the hospital, babbles and clutches the...

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as The Old Man
Released: 1990-06-22

After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban...

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Imitation of Life

as David Edwards
Released: 1959-06-26

In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a...

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as Grig
Released: 1984-07-13

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the...

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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

as Commando Captain (uncredited)
Released: 1951-10-16

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

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Macbeth

as Macduff
Released: 1948-10-01

A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.

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Fail Safe

as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
Released: 1964-10-07

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of...

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100 Rifles

as Steven Grimes
Released: 1969-03-26

When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker....

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Odd Man Out

as Nolan
Released: 1947-01-30

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

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MacArthur

as President Roosevelt
Released: 1977-07-15

The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time...

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The Rat Pack

as Joe Kennedy
Released: 1998-08-22

After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's...

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The Dead

as Mr. Browne
Released: 1987-09-03

After a convivial holiday dinner party, things begin to unravel when a husband and wife address...

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The Tamarind Seed

as Fergus Stephenson
Released: 1974-07-11

During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian...

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Robinson Crusoe

as Robinson Crusoe
Released: 1954-08-05

An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and...

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Larceny

as Duke
Released: 1948-09-03

Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief....

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The Virgin Queen

as Lord Derry
Released: 1955-07-22

Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get...

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The Carey Treatment

as J.D. Randall
Released: 1972-03-29

A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.

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The Whoopee Boys

as Judge Sternhill
Released: 1986-08-22

Two New York hustlers (Michael O'Keefe, Paul Rodriguez) go to Palm Beach, Fla., and enroll in a...

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Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

as Self
Released: 2000-10-31

Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George...

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The Cabinet of Caligari

as Caligari / Paul
Released: 1962-05-25

A delirious young woman feels trapped in a remote mansion at the mercy of a madman.

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Love, Cheat & Steal

as Hamilton Fisk
Released: 1993-12-05

Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind...

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The Black Shield of Falworth

as Prince Hal of Wales
Released: 1954-09-02

In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as...

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

as Detective Phil Butler
Released: 1961-06-11

Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.

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Deadly Game

as Colonel Edward Stryker
Released: 1977-12-01

A military convoy is transporting something apparently for disposal. They pass by Sheriff Abel...

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The People

as Sol Diemus
Released: 1972-01-22

A young woman is assigned to teach school in a secluded valley whose inhabitants appear stern,...

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Home Before Dark

as Arnold Bronn
Released: 1958-11-16

A young woman returns home after being institutionalized in a mental hospital.

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The Blue Veil

as Hugh Williams
Released: 1951-10-26

A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

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Kidnapped

as Alan Breck
Released: 1948-11-28

In Scotland in 1752, seventeen-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his...

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A Waltz Through the Hills

as Uncle Tom
Released: 1988-01-01

When Sammy Dean and her older brother Andy are suddenly orphaned, they fear that they will be...

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At Sword's Point

as Aramis Jr.
Released: 1952-04-22

France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle...

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The Big Cube

as Charles Winthrop
Released: 1969-04-30

A young woman and her drug addict boyfriend plot to drive the woman's stepmother insane with LSD...

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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2020-01-28

Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey...

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Invasion, U.S.A.

as Mr. Ohman
Released: 1952-12-10

A group of American witness the deadly invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union.

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The Iroquois Trail

as Lt. Blakely
Released: 1950-06-15

An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the...

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Bengal Brigade

as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
Released: 1954-11-06

Year 1856, British India. Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne is severely punished after disobeying an...

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The Quest: The Longest Drive

as Mathew Hatcher
Released: 1976-01-01

To save an old friend's ranch, the Beaudine brothers round up a gang of misfits to drive a huge...

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Good Against Evil

as Father Kemschler
Released: 1977-05-22

Dack Rambo and Elyssa Davalos star as sweethearts Andy Stuart and Jessica Gordon. The course of...

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The Young Land

as Judge Millard Isham
Released: 1959-05-01

An American gunslinger kills a Mexican man in California immediately after the Mexican-American...

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Artemis '81

as Albrecht Von Drachenfels
Released: 1981-12-29

Paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented...

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Soldiers Three

as Sgt.Murphy
Released: 1951-04-01

Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.

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Dark Mansions

as Alexander Drake
Released: 1986-08-23

A woman hired to write the history of a wealthy family stays at the family's estate in Oregon....

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One Foot in Hell

as Sir Harry Ivers
Released: 1960-09-11

Mitch Barrett becomes embittered because his wife is allowed to die when he can't pay for the...

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Actors and Sin

as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
Released: 1952-06-18

Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a...

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Operation Secret

as Lt. Duncan
Released: 1952-11-05

After assisting the French Underground during WWII, an American Officer is later accused of...

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Death Ray 2000

as The Director
Released: 1981-03-05

A flamboyant secret agent from UNIT, a secret counterespionage group, teams with a lady spy to...

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That Woman Opposite

as Dermot Kinross
Released: 1957-05-28

In a French coastal town, Det. Dermot Kinross is inspecting the murder of antiques dealer...

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The Purple Mask

as Brisquet
Released: 1955-06-15

France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet...

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A Terrible Beauty

as Don McGinnis
Released: 1960-06-17

In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England....

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Hungry Hill

as Harry Brodrick
Released: 1947-01-07

Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.

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Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

as Tip Conaker
Released: 1976-05-03

A traveling horse trader and his young nephew travel the west in search of the boy's prize...

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Hunters of the Deep

as Narrator
Released: 1955-05-09

Underwater exploration by oceanographers and geologists round the coast of Southern California...

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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

as Leonard Jerome
Released: 1974-11-05

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady...

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Sword of Venus

as Danglars
Released: 1953-02-20

An enemy of the Count of Monte Cristo frames his son for a murder in order to exact revenge and...

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Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter

as Mark Twain
Released: 1979-12-10

Starring Dan O Herlihy as Mark Twain, this PBS special was created by renowned Twain scholars.

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Murder, She Wrote

as Alexander Preston
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Denton Langley
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Twin Peaks

as Andrew Packard
First aired: 1990-04-08

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin...

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Batman: The Animated Series

as Grant Walker (voice)
First aired: 1992-09-05

Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in...

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Mission: Impossible

as Jack Cole
First aired: 1966-09-17

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...

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Ironside

as Arthur Justin
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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Charlie's Angels

as Freddie Brander
First aired: 1976-09-22

Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Harry Wells
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Climax!

as Ian Hamilton
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Combat!

as Maj. Richter
First aired: 1962-10-02

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The...

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The Equalizer

as Randall Payne
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Capt. Cleve Scott
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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The Big Valley

as David Wyncop
First aired: 1965-09-15

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...

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L.A. Law

as Vernon Kepler
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Dr. Kildare

as Mark Addison
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Dr. Kildare

as John Patrick McHenry
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Phillip Downey
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Dr. Kildare

as Mark Sloan
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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The High Chaparral

as Jake Lanier
First aired: 1967-09-10

The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and...

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Route 66

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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Remington Steele

as Charles Wellington
First aired: 1982-10-01

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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Rawhide

as John Cord
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Simon Carter
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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The Bionic Woman

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-01-14

After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first...

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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-01-30

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC....

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Battlestar Galactica

as Dr. Ravashol
First aired: 1978-09-17

When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander...

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The Defenders

as Governor William Defoe
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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Trapper John, M.D.

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-23

Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH,...

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Adventures in Paradise

as Colonel Tomlinson
First aired: 1959-10-05

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...

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The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Charles Braling
First aired: 1985-05-21

A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as David
First aired: 1959-09-21

The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from...

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Checkmate

as Stephen Jordan
First aired: 1960-09-17

Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot,...

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Hondo

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

Hondo is a 17-episode Western television series starring Ralph Taeger that aired in the United...

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Target: The Corruptors!

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-29

Target: The Corruptors! is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired...

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Sam Benedict

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-09-15

Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The...

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Cavalcade of America

as Nathaniel Hawthorne
First aired: 1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...

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Cavalcade of America

as Benedict Arnold
First aired: 1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...

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Colditz

as Lt. Col. Max Dodd
First aired: 1972-10-19

Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened...

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Screen Director's Playhouse

as Dr. Donald Kent
First aired: 1955-10-05

Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed...

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The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

as Dr. Sardius McPheeters
First aired: 1963-09-29

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is an American western television series based on the Pulitzer...

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The Americans

as Colonel Fry
First aired: 1961-01-23

The Americans is a 17-episode American drama television series that aired on NBC from January to...

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QB VII

as David Shawcross
First aired: 1974-04-29

A physician sues a novelist for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.

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Letter to Loretta

as Dave Hardy
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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VR.5

as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt
First aired: 1995-03-10

VR.5 is an American television program originally broadcast on the Fox network from March 10,...

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Gibbsville

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-11-11

Gibbsville is an American drama television series starring John Savage and Gig Young that aired...

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A Man Called Sloane

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-22

A Man Called Sloane is an American secret agent adventure television series that aired on NBC...

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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

as Leonard Jerome
First aired: 1974-11-05

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady...

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Nancy Astor

as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
First aired: 1982-02-10

Series about the life of Nancy Astor who was the first woman to take her seat in the House of...

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General Electric Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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General Electric Theater

as Dr. Paul Crowley
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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General Electric Theater

as Robert Burns
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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