Dan O'Herlihy

Biography

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

as The Old Man

Twin Peaks

as Andrew Packard

RoboCop 2

as The Old Man

Batman: The Animated Series

as Grant Walker (voice)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

as Conal Cochran

The Last Starfighter

as Grig

Fail Safe

as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

Murder, She Wrote

as Alexander Preston

Murder, She Wrote

as Denton Langley

Imitation of Life

as David Edwards