Dan O'Herlihy
18 titles
Filmography
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Robinson Crusoe
(1954)The sole survivor of a 17th-century shipwreck washes ashore on a deserted island where he’s forced to carve out a new life with his bare hands.

Home Before Dark
(1958)Charlotte Bronn (Jean Simmons) walks out of a mental institution and back into the emotionally stunted life that sent her there,trapped in a chilly relationship with a husband (Dan O'Herlihy) who seems far more interested in Charlotte's stepsister Joan (RhondaFleming) than in his wife. Charlotte clings to the hope that she is improving. But on the night of an elegant party, dressed andcoiffed in an unsettling attempt to resemble Joan, she loses her frail self-control…and finally faces the truth about her marriage.Simmons is magnetic as Charlotte, her lovely, delicate face reflecting the inner turmoil of a woman battling for sanity. EfremZimbalist, Jr. costars as a professor who offers Charlotte the compassionate support she needs, if she has the courage to accept it.Veteran Mervyn LeRoy (Random Harvest, The Bad Seed) directs this poignant and penetrating tale of a mind and a marriage at acrossroads.

RoboCop
(1987)Paul Verhoeven's American breakthrough film, Robocop, is an exceedingly violent blend of black comedy, science fiction, and crime thriller. Set in Detroit sometime in the near future, the film is about a policeman (Peter Weller) killed in the line of duty whom the department decides to resurrect as a half-human, half-robot supercop.

The Dead
(1987)Director John Huston’s last film weaves the story of a special occasion hosted by two sisters and how one sister’s grief for a lost lover is revealed.

One Foot in Hell
(1960)A man exacts revenge on a small town the best way he knows how -- by becoming sheriff.
Kidnapped
(1948)Based on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson, this film combines action and adventure in an old world setting. When a young Scottish boy (Roddy McDowell, "Lassie, Come Home," "Planet of the Apes") is kidnapped in an attempt by his uncle to steal his inheritance, he is sold into slavery. From the director of the Bowery Boys movie series, William Beaudine.

Halloween III: Season of the Witch
(1982)An evil toymaker plans to sell millions of masks that will kill all children who wear them on Halloween.

Invasion, U.S.A.
(1952)Cold War psychological thriller about the invasion of the U.S.A. by an unknown enemy that begins atomic bombing on major cities, including New York.

The Tamarind Seed
(1974)During the Cold War, a British civil servant vacationing in the Caribbean falls for a charming Russian agent, who wants to win her over to his cause.

A Terrible Beauty
(1960)A small group of IRA soldiers looks to free Ireland from Great Britain. However, one recruit is unconvinced of the means to do so.

100 Rifles
(1969)Jim Brown, Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch star in this late-1960s action Western set in turn-of-the-century Mexico. Reynolds plays Yaqui Joe, an Indian who robs a bank in order to buy guns for his repressed people, and subsequently flees to Mexico pursued by American lawman Sheriff Lyedecker (Brown).

At Sword's Point
(1952)All for One and One for All! When the Queen of France once again calls upon her loyal musketeers to save the realm, they are now too old to fight. Instead of answering the call themselves, they send their swashbuckling kids into the fray, defending Queen and Country At Sword's Point.

The Last Starfighter
(1984)When Alex conquers the Starfighter video game, he is recruited to be part of an elite legion of fighters and battle for the beleaguered Star League and hundreds of worlds - including Earth.

RoboCop 2
(1990)The cyborg super-cop is back to save crime-riddled Detroit from a deadly drug and a new cybernetic nemesis in this sequel.

Imitation of Life
(1959)Lana Turner, Sandra Dee and John Gavin discover that it takes the realities of life to help us discover who we truly are in this classic, stirring drama of ambition directed by Douglas Sirk.

The Black Shield of Falworth
(1954)In the reign of King Henry IV, Miles (Tony Curtis) is a peasant determined to save the throne and the Lady Anne (Janet Leigh) in an epic tale filled with jousts, jests and medieval heroics.

Operation Secret
(1952)A secret HUNT for the man of MYSTERY four nations HAD to find! Based loosely on the true story of story of Lieutenant Colonel Peter Ortiz, an American World War II veteran who also served in the French foreign legion. With such a sterling record, it comes as a shock when Ortiz is accused of the murder of a French resistance leader. Believed killed in action himself, a trial begins against Ortiz. As the courtroom drama draws to a close, however, Ortiz bursts into the courtroom and identifies the real killer, clearing his name and preserving his reputation.

Love, Cheat & Steal
(1993)Life for a newly married and satisfied couple starts to turn when a stranger arrives with ties to the wife and begins to secretly blackmail her.