
Dan O'Herlihy
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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.
Known for
Credits

RoboCop (1987)
as The Old Man

RoboCop 2 (1990)
as The Old Man

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
as Conal Cochran

100 Rifles (1969)
as Steven Grimes

The Dead (1987)
as Mr. Browne

The Last Starfighter (1984)
as Grig

Macbeth (1948)
as Macduff

Buñuel in Hollywood (2000)
as Self

Waterloo (1970)
as Marshal Michel Ney

MacArthur (1977)
as President Roosevelt

The Big Cube (1969)
as Charles Winthrop

Fail Safe (1964)
as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
as Commando Captain (uncredited)

Imitation of Life (1959)
as David Edwards

The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
as Prince Hal of Wales

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (1976)
as Tip Conaker

Robinson Crusoe (1954)
as Robinson Crusoe

Odd Man Out (1947)
as Nolan

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
as Leonard Jerome

At Sword's Point (1952)
as Aramis Jr.

Larceny (1948)
as Duke

The Young Land (1959)
as Judge Millard Isham

The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
as Caligari / Paul

The Whoopee Boys (1986)
as Judge Sternhill

How to Steal the World (1968)
as Prof. David Garrow

The Tamarind Seed (1974)
as Fergus Stephenson

The Virgin Queen (1955)
as Lord Derry

The Rat Pack (1998)
as Joe Kennedy

Bengal Brigade (1954)
as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)

The Purple Mask (1955)
as Brisquet

Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)
as Hamilton Fisk

Invasion, U.S.A. (1952)
as Mr. Ohman

One Foot in Hell (1960)
as Sir Harry Ivers

Death Ray 2000 (1981)
as The Director

The Carey Treatment (1972)
as J.D. Randall

Home Before Dark (1958)
as Arnold Bronn

Soldiers Three (1951)
as Sgt.Murphy

Actors and Sin (1952)
as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)

Deadly Game (1977)
as Colonel Edward Stryker

The Quest: The Longest Drive (1976)
as Mathew Hatcher

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War (2020)
as Self (archive footage)

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
as Detective Phil Butler

The Blue Veil (1951)
as Hugh Williams

The People (1972)
as Sol Diemus

Sword of Venus (1953)
as Danglars

The Iroquois Trail (1950)
as Lt. Blakely

Good Against Evil (1977)
as Father Kemschler

Operation Secret (1952)
as Lt. Duncan

The Highwayman (1951)
as Robin

A Waltz Through the Hills (1988)
as Uncle Tom

Artemis '81 (1981)
as Albrecht Von Drachenfels

A Terrible Beauty (1960)
as Don McGinnis

Dark Mansions (1986)
as Alexander Drake

That Woman Opposite (1957)
as Dermot Kinross

Hungry Hill (1947)
as Harry Brodrick

Kidnapped (1948)
as Alan Breck

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (2000)
as Self

Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter (1979)
as Mark Twain

Hunters of the Deep (1955)
as Narrator

The Blackwell Story (1957)
as Dr. Keller





