Cast & creator
Dan O'Herlihy
Best known for Twin Peaks, Murder, She Wrote, Murder, She Wrote
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.
Also known as: Daniel O'Herlihy, Daniel Peter O'Herlihy, دن اوهرلیهی
60
film credits
65
television credits
125
1947–2020 · acting roles
6.6
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (125)
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Twin Peaks
Andrew Packard
1990
Murder, She Wrote
Alexander Preston
1984Murder, She Wrote
Denton Langley
1984
Hawaii Five-O
Harry Wells
1969
L.A. Law
Vernon Kepler
1986
Ironside
Arthur Justin
1967
Mission: Impossible
Jack Cole
1966
Charlie's Angels
Freddie Brander
1976
Batman: The Animated Series
Grant Walker (voice)
1992
Climax!
Ian Hamilton
1954
Dr. Kildare
Mark Addison
1961Dr. Kildare
John Patrick McHenry
1961Dr. Kildare
Dr. Phillip Downey
1961Dr. Kildare
Mark Sloan
1961Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Simon Carter
1962
The Defenders
Governor William Defoe
1961
Ben Casey
1961
The Equalizer
Randall Payne
1985
Rawhide
John Cord
1959
Remington Steele
Charles Wellington
1982
Combat!
Maj. Richter
1962
Route 66
1960
The Big Valley
David Wyncop
1965
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cleve Scott
1956
The High Chaparral
Jake Lanier
1967
The Oscars
Self
1953
Adventures in Paradise
Colonel Tomlinson
1959
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Marcel Rudolph
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Capt. Rupert Oliver Morton
1964
The Bionic Woman
1976
Battlestar Galactica
Dr. Ravashol
1978
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Charles Braling
1985
Checkmate
Stephen Jordan
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
David
1959
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977Lux Video Theatre
Alan
1950Lux Video Theatre
Oliver Bradford
1950Lux Video Theatre
Henry
1950Lux Video Theatre
Trevelyan
1950
Cavalcade of America
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1952Cavalcade of America
Benedict Arnold
1952
Sam Benedict
Hart Marbury
1962
Screen Director's Playhouse
Dr. Donald Kent
1955
Target: The Corruptors!
1961Profiles in Courage
Professor Richard T. Ely
1964
RoboCop
The Old Man
1987
Letter to Loretta
Dave Hardy
1953
The Americans
Colonel Fry
1961
Hondo
Prof. Phineas Blackstone
1967
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Conal Cochran
1982
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Dr. Sardius McPheeters
1963
Colditz
Lt. Col. Max Dodd
1972
RoboCop 2
The Old Man
1990
VR.5
Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt
1995
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Leonard Jerome
1974The Long, Hot Summer
1965
A Man Called Sloane
1979
Born Free
Archie Gordon
1974
The Last Starfighter
Grig
1984
General Electric Theater
1953General Electric Theater
Dr. Paul Crowley
1953General Electric Theater
Robert Burns
1953
100 Rifles
Steven Grimes
1969
Gibbsville
1976
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Nancy Astor
Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
1982
Waterloo
Marshal Michel Ney
1970
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Commando Captain (uncredited)
1951
QB VII
David Shawcross
1974
Imitation of Life
David Edwards
1959
MacArthur
President Roosevelt
1977
Fail Safe
Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
1964
The Secret Servant
Professor John Tyler
1984
The Black Shield of Falworth
Prince Hal of Wales
1954
Macbeth
Macduff
1948
The Dead
Mr. Browne
1987
The Virgin Queen
Lord Derry
1955
At Sword's Point
Aramis Jr.
1952
The Rat Pack
Joe Kennedy
1998
Odd Man Out
Nolan
1947
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Leonard Jerome
1974
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
1954
The Tamarind Seed
Fergus Stephenson
1974
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Detective Phil Butler
1961
The Whoopee Boys
Judge Sternhill
1986
Love, Cheat & Steal
Hamilton Fisk
1993
The Cabinet of Caligari
Caligari / Paul
1962
The Purple Mask
Brisquet
1955
One Foot in Hell
Sir Harry Ivers
1960
Soldiers Three
Sgt.Murphy
1951
The Quest: The Longest Drive
Mathew Hatcher
1976
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Tip Conaker
1976
Invasion, U.S.A.
Mr. Ohman
1952
The Carey Treatment
J.D. Randall
1972
Home Before Dark
Arnold Bronn
1958
Death Ray 2000
The Director
1981
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Self (archive footage)
2020
How to Steal the World
Prof. David Garrow
1968
The Big Cube
Charles Winthrop
1969
The Iroquois Trail
Lt. Blakely
1950
Good Against Evil
Father Kemschler
1977
Bengal Brigade
Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
1954
The Blue Veil
Hugh Williams
1951
A Terrible Beauty
Don McGinnis
1960
Deadly Game
Colonel Edward Stryker
1977
Buñuel in Hollywood
Self
2000
The Young Land
Judge Millard Isham
1959
Hungry Hill
Harry Brodrick
1947
Artemis '81
Albrecht Von Drachenfels
1981
Sword of Venus
Danglars
1953
Larceny
Duke
1948
A Waltz Through the Hills
Uncle Tom
1988
Dark Mansions
Alexander Drake
1986
The Highwayman
Robin
1951
The People
Sol Diemus
1972
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
Self
2000
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
Mark Twain
1979
Kidnapped
Alan Breck
1948
Actors and Sin
Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
1952
Operation Secret
Lt. Duncan
1952
That Woman Opposite
Dermot Kinross
1957
Hunters of the Deep
Narrator
1955
The Blackwell Story
Dr. Keller
1957