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
RoboCop
(1987)
The Old Man
RoboCop 2
(1990)
The Old Man
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
(1982)
Conal Cochran
MacArthur
(1977)
President Roosevelt
The Last Starfighter
(1984)
Grig
Fail Safe
(1964)
Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
Imitation of Life
(1959)
David Edwards
Waterloo
(1970)
Marshal Michel Ney
100 Rifles
(1969)
Steven Grimes
Macbeth
(1948)
Macduff
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
(1951)
Commando Captain (uncredited)
The Black Shield of Falworth
(1954)
Prince Hal of Wales
Larceny
(1948)
Duke
The Dead
(1987)
Mr. Browne
The Virgin Queen
(1955)
Lord Derry
Robinson Crusoe
(1954)
Robinson Crusoe
Full Filmography
Acting
Odd Man Out
(1947)
Nolan
Hungry Hill
(1947)
Harry Brodrick
Macbeth
(1948)
Macduff
Kidnapped
(1948)
Alan Breck
Larceny
(1948)
Duke
The Iroquois Trail
(1950)
Lt. Blakely
The Blue Veil
(1951)
Hugh Williams
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
(1951)
Commando Captain (uncredited)
Soldiers Three
(1951)
Sgt.Murphy
Actors and Sin
(1952)
Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
Invasion, U.S.A.
(1952)
Mr. Ohman
Operation Secret
(1952)
Lt. Duncan
At Sword's Point
(1952)
Aramis Jr.
Sword of Venus
(1953)
Danglars
Robinson Crusoe
(1954)
Robinson Crusoe
The Black Shield of Falworth
(1954)
Prince Hal of Wales
Bengal Brigade
(1954)
Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
The Virgin Queen
(1955)
Lord Derry
The Purple Mask
(1955)
Brisquet
Hunters of the Deep
(1955)
Narrator
That Woman Opposite
(1957)
Dermot Kinross
Home Before Dark
(1958)
Arnold Bronn
Imitation of Life
(1959)
David Edwards
The Young Land
(1959)
Judge Millard Isham
One Foot in Hell
(1960)
Sir Harry Ivers
A Terrible Beauty
(1960)
Don McGinnis
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
(1961)
Detective Phil Butler
The Cabinet of Caligari
(1962)
Caligari / Paul
Fail Safe
(1964)
Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
The Big Cube
(1969)
Charles Winthrop
100 Rifles
(1969)
Steven Grimes
Waterloo
(1970)
Marshal Michel Ney
The Carey Treatment
(1972)
J.D. Randall
The People
(1972)
Sol Diemus
The Tamarind Seed
(1974)
Fergus Stephenson
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
(1974)
Leonard Jerome
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
(1976)
Tip Conaker
The Quest: The Longest Drive
(1976)
Mathew Hatcher
Deadly Game
(1977)
Colonel Edward Stryker
MacArthur
(1977)
President Roosevelt
Good Against Evil
(1977)
Father Kemschler
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
(1979)
Mark Twain
Artemis '81
(1981)
Albrecht Von Drachenfels
Death Ray 2000
(1981)
The Director
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
(1982)
Conal Cochran
The Last Starfighter
(1984)
Grig
The Whoopee Boys
(1986)
Judge Sternhill
Dark Mansions
(1986)
Alexander Drake
The Dead
(1987)
Mr. Browne
RoboCop
(1987)
The Old Man
A Waltz Through the Hills
(1988)
Uncle Tom
RoboCop 2
(1990)
The Old Man
Love, Cheat & Steal
(1993)
Hamilton Fisk
The Rat Pack
(1998)
Joe Kennedy
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
(2000)
Self
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
(2020)
Self (archive footage)