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Dan O'Herlihy

1919 - 2005

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Daniel Peter O'Herlihy (1 May 1919 – 17 February 2005) was an Irish actor. His best-known roles included his Oscar-nominated portrayal of the title character in Luis Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe (1954), Brigadier General Warren A. Black in Fail Safe (1964), Marshal Ney in Waterloo (1970), Conal Cochran in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Grig in The Last Starfighter (1984), "The Old Man" in RoboCop (1987) and its 1990 sequel, and Andrew Packard in the television series Twin Peaks (1990–91). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dan O'Herlihy is the 2,924th most popular actor (down from 2,646th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 125th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Irish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dan O'Herlihy ranks 2,924 out of 13,578. Before him are Bob Peck, Anton Diffring, Melissa Sue Anderson, Kyle Chandler, Timothée Chalamet, and Behrouz Vossoughi. After him are Francesca Neri, George Harris, Hind Rostom, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Peter Jason, and Teinosuke Kinugasa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Dan O'Herlihy ranks 172. Before him are Irmgard Seefried, Oswaldo Guayasamín, Antonio Aguilar, Fritz Muliar, Carole Landis, and Vikram Sarabhai. After him are Leona Woods, Angelo Felici, Gene Barry, François Bordes, Pief Panofsky, and Hans Hass. Among people deceased in 2005, Dan O'Herlihy ranks 150. Before him are Giuseppe Caprio, Pierre Bachelet, Eduardo Paolozzi, Françoise d'Eaubonne, Jimmy Smith, and Erik Balling. After him are Camillo Felgen, Else Krüger, Marga López, Don Adams, Romano Scarpa, and Lajos Baróti.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Dan O'Herlihy ranks 154 out of 549. Before him are Colm Meaney (1953), Daniel O'Connell (1775), Roger Casement (1864), Edward Sabine (1788), Adomnán (624), and Micheál Martin (1960). After him are Jim Sheridan (1949), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Hozier (1990), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Robbie Keane (1980), and Aphex Twin (1971).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Dan O'Herlihy ranks 20. Before him are Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), Fionnula Flanagan (1941), David Kelly (1929), Fiona Shaw (1958), Aidan Gillen (1968), and Colm Meaney (1953). After him are Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Dorothea Jordan (1761), Jack Gleeson (1992), Tom Moore (1883), and Patrick Bergin (1951).

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