Acting · Wexford, Ireland · Born May 1, 1919
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.
Movie'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRevisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
as Self
MovieBuñuel in Hollywood
2000
as Self
MovieThe Rat Pack
1998
as Joe Kennedy
TVVR.5
1995
as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt
MovieLove, Cheat & Steal
1993
as Hamilton Fisk
TVBatman: The Animated Series
1992
as Grant Walker (voice)
MovieRoboCop 2
1990
as The Old Man
TVTwin Peaks
1990
as Andrew Packard
MovieA Waltz Through the Hills
1988
as Uncle Tom
MovieThe Dead
1987
as Mr. Browne
MovieRoboCop
1987
as The Old Man
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Vernon Kepler
MovieDark Mansions
1986
as Alexander Drake
MovieThe Whoopee Boys
1986
as Judge Sternhill
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Randall Payne
TVThe Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as Charles Braling
TVThe Secret Servant
1984
as Professor John Tyler
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Alexander Preston
MovieThe Last Starfighter
1984
as Grig
MovieHalloween III: Season of the Witch
1982
as Conal Cochran
TVRemington Steele
1982
as Charles Wellington
TVNancy Astor
1982
as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
MovieArtemis '81
1981
as Albrecht Von Drachenfels
MovieDeath Ray 2000
1981
as The Director
MovieMark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
1979
as Mark Twain
TVTrapper John, M.D.
1979
TVA Man Called Sloane
1979
TVBattlestar Galactica
1978
as Dr. Ravashol
MovieDeadly Game
1977
as Colonel Edward Stryker
MovieMacArthur
1977
as President Roosevelt
MovieGood Against Evil
1977
as Father Kemschler
TVThe Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
TVGibbsville
1976
TVCharlie's Angels
1976
as Freddie Brander
MovieBanjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976
as Tip Conaker
TVThe Bionic Woman
1976
MovieThe Quest: The Longest Drive
1976
as Mathew Hatcher
MovieJennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Leonard Jerome
TVJennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Leonard Jerome
TVBorn Free
1974
as Archie Gordon
MovieThe Tamarind Seed
1974
as Fergus Stephenson
TVQB VII
1974
as David Shawcross
TVColditz
1972
as Lt. Col. Max Dodd
MovieThe Carey Treatment
1972
as J.D. Randall
MovieThe People
1972
as Sol Diemus
MovieWaterloo
1970
as Marshal Michel Ney
MovieThe Big Cube
1969
as Charles Winthrop
Movie100 Rifles
1969
as Steven Grimes
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Harry Wells
MovieHow to Steal the World
1968
as Prof. David Garrow
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as Jake Lanier
TVHondo
1967
as Prof. Phineas Blackstone
TVIronside
1967
as Arthur Justin
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Jack Cole
The Long, Hot Summer
1965
TVThe Big Valley
1965
as David Wyncop
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Professor Richard T. Ely
MovieFail Safe
1964
as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Marcel Rudolph
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TVThe Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
as Dr. Sardius McPheeters
TVCombat!
1962
as Maj. Richter
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Simon Carter
TVSam Benedict
1962
as Hart Marbury
MovieThe Cabinet of Caligari
1962
as Caligari / Paul
TVBen Casey
1961
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Mark Addison
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Governor William Defoe
MovieKing of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
as Detective Phil Butler
TVThe Americans
1961
as Colonel Fry
TVRoute 66
1960
TVCheckmate
1960
as Stephen Jordan
MovieOne Foot in Hell
1960
as Sir Harry Ivers
MovieA Terrible Beauty
1960
as Don McGinnis
TVAdventures in Paradise
1959
as Colonel Tomlinson
TVThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as David
MovieThe Young Land
1959
as Judge Millard Isham
MovieImitation of Life
1959
as David Edwards
TVRawhide
1959
as John Cord
MovieHome Before Dark
1958
as Arnold Bronn
MovieThat Woman Opposite
1957
as Dermot Kinross
MovieThe Blackwell Story
1957
as Dr. Keller
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Capt. Cleve Scott
TVScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Dr. Donald Kent
MovieThe Virgin Queen
1955
as Lord Derry
MovieThe Purple Mask
1955
as Brisquet
MovieHunters of the Deep
1955
as Narrator
MovieBengal Brigade
1954
as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
TVClimax!
1954
as Ian Hamilton
MovieThe Black Shield of Falworth
1954
as Prince Hal of Wales
MovieRobinson Crusoe
1954
as Robinson Crusoe
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Dave Hardy
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieSword of Venus
1953
as Danglars
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
MovieInvasion, U.S.A.
1952
as Mr. Ohman
MovieOperation Secret
1952
as Lt. Duncan
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as Nathaniel Hawthorne
MovieActors and Sin
1952
as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
MovieAt Sword's Point
1952
as Aramis Jr.
MovieThe Blue Veil
1951
as Hugh Williams
MovieThe Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
as Commando Captain (uncredited)
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MovieThe Highwayman
1951
MovieSoldiers Three
1951
as Sgt.Murphy
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Alan
MovieThe Iroquois Trail
1950
as Lt. Blakely
MovieKidnapped
1948
as Alan Breck
MovieMacbeth
1948
as Macduff
MovieLarceny
1948
as Duke
MovieOdd Man Out
1947
as Nolan
MovieHungry Hill
1947
as Harry Brodrick
