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Daniel Peter O'Herlihy was an Irish film actor, known for such roles as Brigadier General Warren A. "Blackie" Black in Fail Safe, 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.
Born
Thursday, 01 May 1919
Died
Thursday, 17 February 2005
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop | Self - 'Old Man' | 2023 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Cochran / Conal Cochran | 2007 |
| The 78th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2006 |
| Hollywood Couples | Self | 2006 |
| The Rat Pack | Joe Kennedy | 1998 |
| VR.5 | Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt | 1995 |
| Under the Hammer | John T. Flecknow | 1994 |
| Love, Cheat & Steal | Hamilton Fisk | 1993 |
| Batman: The Animated Series | Grant Walker | 1992 |
| The Pirates of Dark Water | Additional Voices / (voice) (as Daniel O'Herlihy) | 1991 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop | Self - 'Old Man' | 2023 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Cochran / Conal Cochran | 2007 |
| The 78th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2006 |
| Hollywood Couples | Self | 2006 |
| The Rat Pack | Joe Kennedy | 1998 |
| VR.5 | Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt | 1995 |
| Under the Hammer | John T. Flecknow | 1994 |
| Love, Cheat & Steal | Hamilton Fisk | 1993 |
| Batman: The Animated Series | Grant Walker | 1992 |
| The Pirates of Dark Water | Additional Voices / (voice) (as Daniel O'Herlihy) | 1991 |
| RoboCop 2 | Old Man / The Old Man | 1990 |
| Twin Peaks | Andrew Packard | 1989 |
| Father Dowling Mysteries | Wendall Peck | 1989 |
| A Waltz Through the Hills | Uncle Tom | 1988 |
| The Dead | Mr. Brown / Mr. Browne | 1987 |
| RoboCop | The Old Man | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | Vernon Kepler | 1986 |
| Wildfire | Jovar | 1986 |
| Dark Mansions | Alexander Drake | 1986 |
| The Whoopee Boys | Judge Sternhill | 1986 |
| Star's Table | Self | 1986 |
| The Equalizer | Randall Payne | 1985 |
| The Ray Bradbury Theater | Charles Braling | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Denton Langley / Alexander Preston | 1984 |
| The Last Starfighter | Grig | 1984 |
| Whiz Kids | Carson Marsh | 1983 |
| Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Conal Cochran | 1982 |
| Remington Steele | Charles Wellington | 1982 |
| Nancy Astor | Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne | 1982 |
| Artemis 81 | Albrecht Von Drachenfels | 1981 |
| Death Ray 2000 | The Director | 1980 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Jake | 1979 |
| A Man Called Sloane | The Director | 1979 |
| Battlestar Galactica | Dr. Ravashol | 1978 |
| Deadly Game | Colonel Edward Stryker | 1977 |
| Good Against Evil | Father Kemschler | 1977 |
| MacArthur | President Roosevelt | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Griffin | 1977 |
| Gibbsville | Walter Culligan | 1976 |
| The Quest | Mathew Hatcher | 1976 |
| Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free | Tip Conaker | 1976 |
| Serpico | Terence Delaney | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Freddie Brander | 1976 |
| The Bionic Woman | Harry Walker | 1976 |
| The Quest: The Longest Drive | Mathew Hatcher | 1976 |
| Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Leonard Jerome | 1974 |
| Born Free | Archie Gordon | 1974 |
| The Tamarind Seed | Fergus Stephenson | 1974 |
| QB VII | David Shawcross | 1974 |
| Barnaby Jones | Philip Spencer | 1973 |
| Colditz | Lt. Col. Max Dodd | 1972 |
| The Carey Treatment | J.D. Randall | 1972 |
| The People | Sol Diemus | 1972 |
| Waterloo | Marshal Michel Ney | 1970 |
| The Big Cube | Charles Winthrop | 1969 |
| 100 Rifles | Grimes / Steven Grimes | 1969 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Harry Wells | 1968 |
| How to Steal the World | Prof. David Garrow | 1968 |
| Ironside | Arthur Justin | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | Jake Lanier | 1967 |
| Hondo | Prof. Phineas Blackstone | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | Jack Cole | 1966 |
| The Road West | Seamus O'Flaherty | 1966 |
| The Long, Hot Summer | 'Boss' Will Varner / Will Varner | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | David Wyncop | 1965 |
| Profiles in Courage | Professor Richard T. Ely | 1964 |
| Fail Safe | Gen. Black / Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Prof. David Garrow / Capt. Rupert Oliver Morton / Marcel Rudolph | 1964 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Randolph Seers | 1963 |
| The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Dr. Sardius McPheeters / 'Doc' Sardius McPheeters | 1963 |
| Combat! | Maj. Richter | 1962 |
| Empire | Glenn Kassin | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Simon Carter | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Hart Marbury | 1962 |
| The Cabinet of Caligari | Paul / Caligari | 1962 |
| Ben Casey | Bartholomew Gray | 1961 |
| Target: The Corruptors | Walter Cannon | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Dr. Phillip Downey / John Patrick McHenry / Mark Addison / Mark Sloan | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Governor William Defoe | 1961 |
| King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein | Detective Phil Butler | 1961 |
| The Americans | Col. Fry | 1961 |
| The Best of the Post | Doctor / Pomfret | 1960 |
| Route 66 | John Westerbrook | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Stephen Jordan | 1960 |
| One Foot in Hell | Sir Harry Ivers | 1960 |
| The Night Fighters | Don McGinnis | 1960 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Seth Wilkerson / Colonel Tomlinson | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | David | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Matthew Raine | 1959 |
| The Young Land | Judge Millard Isham | 1959 |
| Imitation of Life | David Edwards | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Ace Banner | 1959 |
| Rawhide | John Cord | 1959 |
| Home Before Dark | Arnold Bronn | 1958 |
| City After Midnight | Dermot Kinross | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Capt. Cleve Scott | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Dr. Keller / Roger Smythe / Self - Host | 1956 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Dr. Donald Kent | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | District Attorney Walter Carmody | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Edgar | 1955 |
| The Virgin Queen | Lord Derry | 1955 |
| The Purple Mask | Brisquet | 1955 |
| Stage 7 | Brad Wentworth | 1955 |
| Hunters of the Deep | Narrator | 1954 |
| Bengal Brigade | Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy) / Capt. Ronald Blaine | 1954 |
| Climax! | Ian Hamilton | 1954 |
| Shower of Stars | Self - Actor | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Hartman / Edgar | 1954 |
| The Black Shield of Falworth | Prince Hal of Wales / Prince Hal | 1954 |
| Robinson Crusoe | Robinson Crusoe / Crusoe's father | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | George Morris / Nicholas / Tony | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Dave Hardy | 1953 |
| Sword of Venus | Danglars | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Dr. Paul Crowley / Robert Burns | 1953 |
| Invasion, U.S.A. | Mr. Ohman | 1952 |
| Operation Secret | Mike Duncan / Lt. Duncan | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Nathaniel Hawthorne / Benedict Arnold | 1952 |
| Actors and Sin | Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment "Actor's Blood") / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood) | 1952 |
| At Sword's Point | Aramis Jr. | 1952 |
| The Blue Veil | Hugh Williams | 1951 |
| The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Commando Captain | 1951 |
| The Highwayman | Robin | 1951 |
| Soldiers Three | Sgt.Murphy | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Trevelyan / Oliver Bradford / Jeremy / Henry / Alan | 1950 |
| The Iroquois Trail | Lt. Blakely | 1950 |
| Kidnapped | Alan Breck | 1948 |
| Macbeth | Macduff | 1948 |
| Larceny | Duke | 1948 |
| Odd Man Out | Nolan | 1947 |
| Hungry Hill | Harry Brodrick | 1947 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1955 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
