Dan O'Herlihy

Acting · Born 1919-05-01 in Wexford, Ireland

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.

Filmography

• Fail Safe as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
• RoboCop as The Old Man
• Imitation of Life as David Edwards
• Odd Man Out as Nolan
• Waterloo as Marshal Michel Ney
• Halloween III: Season of the Witch as Conal Cochran
• RoboCop 2 as The Old Man
• The Black Shield of Falworth as Prince Hal of Wales
• The Last Starfighter as Grig
• The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel as Commando Captain (uncredited)

TV

• Twin Peaks as Andrew Packard
• Combat! as Maj. Richter
• Batman: The Animated Series as Grant Walker (voice)
• Murder, She Wrote as Alexander Preston
• L.A. Law as Vernon Kepler
• Colditz as Lt. Col. Max Dodd
• Remington Steele as Charles Wellington
• Trapper John, M.D.
• The Bionic Woman
• Hawaii Five-O as Harry Wells