Dan O'Herlihy, Marsha Hunt in an episode of the TV series Profiles in Courage
Actor Dan O'Herlihy died at his home in Malibu, California, on February 17. He was 85.
Born in Ireland in 1919, O'Herlihy became an actor at the Gate Theatre and the Abbey Players, where he appeared in more than 70 plays, including the original production of Sean O'Casey's Red Roses for Me.
O'Herlihy's film career began with a supporting role in Carol Reed's 1947 IRA-type drama Odd Man Out, starring James Mason. Although O'Herlihy was never to become a film star, he worked in dozens of motion pictures until the late 1990s.
Among his most important films are Luis Buñuel's Mexican-made The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1954), for which O'Herlihy received a best actor Academy Award nomination (he lost the Oscar to Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront); Sidney Lumet's suspense thriller Fail Safe (1964); and John Huston's last film, the haunting The Dead (1987).
O'Herlihy's last film appearance was in the TV-movie The Rat Pack (1998).
