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Dan O'Herlihy
Born: 1919-05-01 in Wexford, Ireland
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.
Rated Filmography (58)
Sorted by Score10.0
The Highwayman
1951
9.0
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
1979
8.0
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
8.0
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
8.0
Buñuel in Hollywood
2000
7.8
Fail Safe
1964
7.7
Deadly Game
1977
7.4
Imitation of Life
1959
7.4
RoboCop
1987
7.3
A Waltz Through the Hills
1988
7.3
Odd Man Out
1947
7.3
Macbeth
1948
7.1
Waterloo
1970
7.0
The Virgin Queen
1955
7.0
Home Before Dark
1958
7.0
Death Ray 2000
1981
7.0
Dark Mansions
1986
7.0
Hunters of the Deep
1955
7.0
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976
6.8
The Dead
1987
6.8
The Young Land
1959
6.8
The Blue Veil
1951
6.7
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
6.7
Kidnapped
1948
6.6
The Last Starfighter
1984
6.6
The Iroquois Trail
1950
6.5
That Woman Opposite
1957
6.4
The Cabinet of Caligari
1962
6.4
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
6.3
Robinson Crusoe
1954
6.3
Actors and Sin
1952
6.2
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
6.2
MacArthur
1977
6.2
The Tamarind Seed
1974
6.0
The Carey Treatment
1972
6.0
RoboCop 2
1990
6.0
Operation Secret
1952
6.0
Sword of Venus
1953
5.9
100 Rifles
1969
5.9
Larceny
1948
5.9
The Rat Pack
1998
5.8
The Purple Mask
1955
5.8
Hungry Hill
1947
5.6
The Quest: The Longest Drive
1976
5.5
The People
1972
5.4
A Terrible Beauty
1960
5.4
How to Steal the World
1968
5.4
The Whoopee Boys
1986
5.3
One Foot in Hell
1960
5.2
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982
5.2
Bengal Brigade
1954
5.1
At Sword's Point
1952
4.8
Good Against Evil
1977
4.5
Soldiers Three
1951
4.5
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993
4.3
The Big Cube
1969
4.1
Artemis '81
1981
3.4
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952