Dan O'Herlihy (May 1, 1919 – February 17, 2005) was an Irish stage and film actor, best known today for his roles as Conal Cochran in Halloween III: Season of the Witch and the unnamed Old Man in the first two RoboCop films. He was nominated for a Academy Award (Best Actor) for his role in Luis Buñuel's adaptation of Robinson Crusoe.
Film roles of Daniel O'Herlihy:
- Batman: The Animated Series: Grant Walker. While the character is basically a Mr. Alt Disney, he could also be viewed as an expy of Cochran or the Old Man, just placed in Gotham City.
- The Big Cube : Charles Winthrop
- The Dead (1987): Mr. Browne
- The Desert Fox: Commando Captain
- Fail Safe: General Black
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch: Conal Cochran
- Imitation of Life (1959): David Edwards
- Invasion U.S.A. (1952): Mr. Ohman
- The Last Starfighter: Grig
- Macbeth (1948 film): Macduff
- Odd Man Out: Nolan
- One Foot in Hell: Sir Harry Ivers
- 100 Rifles : Steven Grimes
- Robinson Crusoe (1954 film): Robinson Crusoe
- RoboCop (1987) and RoboCop 2: The Old Man
- Twin Peaks: Andrew Packard
- Waterloo: Marshal Michel Ney
