Editing Dan O'Herlihy (section)

==Career==
O'Herlihy's first notable acting role came in 1944, when he played the lead in the Gate's production of ''[[Red Roses for Me (play)|Red Roses For Me]]'', written and directed by [[Seán O'Casey]]. He appeared in some fifty plays at the Gate.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005-02-21|title=Obituary: Dan O'Herlihy|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/feb/21/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|access-date=2021-05-25|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> He made his film debut in 1947 in [[Carol Reed]]'s ''[[Odd Man Out]]'',<ref name="latimes">{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-feb-19-me-oherlihy19-story.html |title=Daniel O'Herlihy, 85; Irish Actor Was a Best Actor Oscar Nominee |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |date=2005-02-19 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref> which was shot on location in [[Belfast]], and also worked extensively in radio.<ref name=":0"/> His first American film role was as [[Macduff (thane)|Macduff]] in [[Orson Welles]]' version of ''[[Macbeth (1948 film)|Macbeth]]'' (1948),<ref name="latimes"/> followed by supporting roles in films such as the [[Second Red Scare|Red Scare]] fantasy ''[[Invasion, U.S.A. (1952 film)|Invasion, U.S.A.]]'', the [[Rudyard Kipling|Kiplingesque]] ''[[Soldiers Three (film)|Soldiers Three]]'' and a series of [[swashbucklers]], such as ''[[The Black Shield of Falworth]]'' (1954).

His career took an upward turn in 1954 when he played the title role in [[Luis Buñuel]]'s ''[[Robinson Crusoe (1954 film)|Robinson Crusoe]]'', which earned him an [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award nomination]] for Best Actor.<ref name="latimes"/> 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 big and too fat.<ref name="latimes"/> They arranged a screening of Welles' ''[[Macbeth (1948 film)|Macbeth]]'' to show how a bearded Welles would look, but O'Herlihy's performance as Macduff convinced Buñuel to cast O'Herlihy instead.<ref name="independent">{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dan-oherlihy-484255.html |title=Dan O'Herlihy |last=Vallance |first=Tom |date=2005-02-21 |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref>

O'Herlihy was later featured in 1959 in ''[[The Young Land]]'' as Judge Millard Isham and as Dave Edwards in [[Douglas Sirk]]'s remake of ''[[Imitation of Life (1959 film)|Imitation of Life]]''. The following year he played Sir Harry Ivers, an upper-class English drifter who joins [[Alan Ladd]] in a plot to ruin an Arizona cattle town by robbing its bank, in the western ''[[One Foot in Hell (film)|One Foot in Hell]]''. O'Herlihy was also cast as Dr. Caligari in ''[[The Cabinet of Caligari]]'', [[Robert Bloch]]'s reimagining of the German [[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari|silent classic]], in 1962.

In 1964, he starred in ''[[Fail Safe (1964 film)|Fail Safe]]'' in the role of General Black, or "Blackie", who nukes New York on presidential orders. In 1969, he was cast in ''[[The Big Cube]]'' and ''[[100 Rifles]]''. In 1970, he starred in the epic ''[[Waterloo (1970 film)|Waterloo]]'', playing the part of [[Michel Ney]], the marshal of France. In 1982, he starred in ''[[Halloween III: Season of the Witch]]'' as Conal Cochran and in 1984, he appeared in ''[[The Last Starfighter]]'' as Grig, Alex Rogan's reptilian co-pilot, navigator and sidekick. In 1986's ''[[The Whoopee Boys]]'' he played a judge and in 1987, he appeared in ''[[RoboCop]]'' as "The Old Man". That same year, he was cast in [[John Huston]]'s ''[[The Dead (1987 film)|The Dead]]''. In 1990, he appeared in ''[[RoboCop 2]]'', the sequel to the 1987 film.

O'Herlihy had a fairly extensive career in television, having appeared on ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', ''[[The DuPont Show with June Allyson]]'', ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' and ''[[Target: The Corruptors!]]''. He portrayed Larry "Ace" Banner in the first season of ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'' in the episode titled "The Big Squeeze". He was cast as Stephen Jordan in the last season of ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]'' episode " "Referendum on Murder". He also appeared on ''[[The Americans (1961 TV series)|The Americans]]'' and ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' in the episodes "The Fiddlesticks Affair" and "The Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum Affair" and on ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' in the episode "To Walk with the Serpent". In 1962, he was cast as Glenn Kassin in "The Earth Mover" episode of ''[[Empire (1962 TV series)|Empire]]''. He appeared on ''[[Bonanza]]'' (episode: "The Artist" as Matthew Raine).

In 1963–1964, he was in ''[[The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)|The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters]]''. On ''[[The Long, Hot Summer (TV series)|The Long, Hot Summer]]'', O'Herlihy became the lead star, having replaced [[Edmond O'Brien]] in the part of Will Varner midway through the program's single-season run. In 1966, he appeared in the episode "Have You Seen the [[Aurora Borealis]]?" of ''[[The Road West]]'', starring [[Barry Sullivan (American actor)|Barry Sullivan]]. In 1974, he appeared in ''[[QB VII (miniseries)|QB VII]]'' and played the Senior American Officer, Col. Max Dodd in the second series of BBC's POW drama ''[[Colditz (1972 TV series)|Colditz]]''. In the same year he took a role in the film, ''[[The Tamarind Seed]]'', which starred [[Omar Sharif]] and [[Julie Andrews]].

In 1976, he guest-starred in an episode of ''[[Gibbsville (TV series)|Gibbsville]]''. In 1978, he guest-starred in the second part of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' episode "[[Gun on Ice Planet Zero]]" as Dr. Ravishol. O'Herlihy also portrayed the ill-fated lumber tycoon Andrew Packard in the cult television program ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' (1991) and in the ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Deep Freeze", voicing the villainous theme park mogul Grant Walker. In 1998, O'Herlihy acted in his last film, ''[[The Rat Pack (film)|The Rat Pack]]'', playing [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.]]<ref name="independent" />