List of the best Dan O'Herlihy movies: Fail-Safe(1964), The Last Starfighter(1984), RoboCop 2(1990), Halloween III: Season of the Witch(1982), Invasion U.S.A.(1952), Imitation of Life(1959), RoboCop(1987), Good Against Evil(1977), King of the Roaring 20's -- The Story of Arnold Rothstein(1961), Love, Cheat & Steal(1994), Odd Man Out(1947) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
111 Minutes
Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
Henry Fonda Walter Matthau Dan O'Herlihy Sorrell Booke Larry Hagman Frank Overton Dom DeLuise
president pilot soldier soviet soldier chairman suspenseful bleak dark gripping moscow new york city washington, d.c. airplane cold war destruction technology military nuclear attack pursuit sacrifice
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
Sci-Fi
USA
1984
100 Minutes
Grig
Lance Guest Robert Preston Dan O'Herlihy Catherine Mary Stewart Barbara Bosson Norman Snow John O'Leary Chris Hebert
teen boy brother mother game designer alien android thrilling spectacular amusing trailer park alternate reality outer space spaceship war weapons video games assassination plot good vs. evil underdog growing up
Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
1990
118 Minutes
The Old Man
Peter Weller Nancy Allen Dan O'Herlihy Belinda Bauer Tom Noonan Gabriel Damon Felton Perry Robert DoQui Galyn Görg Stephen Lee Willard E. Pugh
cyborg psychologist crime boss girlfriend sidekick corrupt cop campy dark outlandish spectacular detroit construction site street police station hideout laboratory dystopia violence crime robots
Cyborg law enforcer RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.
Other, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1982
98 Minutes
Conal Cochran
Tom Atkins Stacey Nelkin Dan O'Herlihy Ralph Strait Michael Currie Jadeen Barbor Bradley Schacter Garn Stephens Nancy Kyes John Terry Al Berry
doctor killer daughter child victim mother creepy frightening shocking factory small town hospital bar household mass murder halloween violence ritual plot mask
Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
Sci-Fi
USA
1952
74 Minutes
Mr. Ohman
Gerald Mohr Peggie Castle Dan O'Herlihy Robert Bice Tom Kennedy Wade Crosby Erik Blythe Phyllis Coates Aram Katcher
A group of people at a bar witness the unfolding events of a Soviet invasion of the USA.
Drama
USA
1959
125 Minutes
David Edwards
Lana Turner John Gavin Sandra Dee Dan O'Herlihy Susan Kohner Robert Alda Juanita Moore Mahalia Jackson Troy Donahue
actress caretaker daughter playwright detective engaging moving melodramatic new york city california beach house ambition career fame identity mother/daughter relationship race relations pursuit rise
An aspiring white actress takes in an African-American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
1987
102 Minutes
The Old Man
Peter Weller Nancy Allen Ronny Cox Dan O'Herlihy Kurtwood Smith Miguel Ferrer Robert DoQui Ray Wise Felton Perry Paul McCrane Del Zamora
police officer crime boss partner cyborg businessman robocop dark tense detroit street police station office crime corruption police work corporate greed business pursuit quest future
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
Horror
1977
78 Minutes
Father Kemschler
Dack Rambo Elyssa Davalos Richard Lynch Dan O'Herlihy John Harkins Jenny O'Hara Lelia Goldoni Peggy McCay Peter Brandon Kim Cattrall Natasha Ryan
A drifter (Dack Rambo) meets a San Francisco woman (Elyssa Davalos) picked by satanists to bear a child of the devil.
Crime, Drama
USA
1961
106 Minutes
Detective Phil Butler
David Janssen Mickey Rooney Dianne Foster Jack Carson Diana Dors Dan O'Herlihy Mickey Shaughnessy Keenan Wynn
The story of flamboyant Prohibition-era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1994
96 Minutes
Hamilton Fisk
Madchen Amick Eric Roberts John Lithgow Donald Moffat Richard Edison David Ackroyd Dan O'Herlihy Jason Workman
Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife, stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face (played by Madchen Amick) lies a wicked person who sent her former boyfriend ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
115 Minutes
Nolan
James Mason Robert Newton Kathleen Ryan Robert Beatty William Hartnell F.J. McCormick Fay Compton Beryl Measor Cyril Cusack Dan O'Herlihy Roy Irving
fugitive daughter mother soldier dark gritty belfast, northern ireland hideout family home robbery crime irish republican army injury pursuit 1940s
A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.