Daniel O'Herlihy (1 May 1919 — 17 February 2005) was an Irish film actor.
O'Herlihy was born in Wexford and married Elsie Bennett in 1945. He was the brother of director Michael O'Herlihy (1928-1997) and the father of actor Gavan O'Herlihy, visual artist Olwen O'Herlihy, and architect Lorcan O'Herlihy. He was also the grandfather of Cian Dowling, Colin O'Herilhy, Micaela O'Herlihy and Eilis O'Herlihy.
O'Herlihy first appeared in Carol Reed's Odd ...
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Daniel O'Herlihy (1 May 1919 — 17 February 2005) was an Irish film actor.
O'Herlihy was born in Wexford and married Elsie Bennett in 1945. He was the brother of director Michael O'Herlihy (1928-1997) and the father of actor Gavan O'Herlihy, visual artist Olwen O'Herlihy, and architect Lorcan O'Herlihy. He was also the grandfather of Cian Dowling, Colin O'Herilhy, Micaela O'Herlihy and Eilis O'Herlihy.
O'Herlihy first appeared in Carol Reed's Odd Man Out in 1947. His first American film was Macbeth in the following year, appearing with Orson Welles. He played the role of Macduff. In 1954 he starred in Luis Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor (which he lost to Marlon Brando for On the Waterfront). That same year he also starred in the Red Scare movie Invasion U.S.A..
O'Herlihy later starred in Fail-Safe in 1964 (as General Black, or "Blackie"), and in the epic Waterloo playing the part of the brave Marshall of France Michel Ney,...
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