Dan O'Herlihy
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O'Herlihy in 1956
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| Born |
Daniel Peter O'Herlihy May 1, 1919 County Wexford, Ireland, |
| Died | February 17, 2005 (aged 85) Malibu, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1944–1998 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Elsa Bennett (m. 1945–2005); his death |
| Children | 5 children |
Daniel Peter "Dan" O'Herlihy (May 1, 1919 – February 17, 2005) was an Irish-born 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.
O'Herlihy was born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1919. His family moved to Dublin at a young age. He was educated at Christian Brothers College in Dún Laoghaire and later studied at University College Dublin, graduating in 1944 with a degree in Architecture.
His first acting role came in 1944, when he played the lead in the play Red Roses For Me directed by Sean O'Casey. O'Herlihy first appeared in films in Hungry Hill and Carol Reed's Odd Man Out in 1947. His first American film role was as Macduff in Orson Welles' version of Macbeth (1948). In 1952, he starred in the Red Scare film Invasion U.S.A. and, in 1954 in Luis Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. O'Herlihy recalled that the producers of the film wanted Buñuel to use Orson Welles for the role, with Buñuel refusing saying he was too loud and too fat. They arranged a screening of Welles' Macbeth to show how a bearded Welles would look but Buñuel demanded O'Herlihy who appeared in the film.
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