Dan O'Herlihy Biography

Dan O'Herlihy studied architecture at the National University of Ireland, but his heart was in the acting highlands. After racking up stage credits with the Gate Theater and the Abbey Players, O'Herlihy turned to films in 1946, impressing critics and filmgoers alike with his breakthrough role in Odd Man Out. He made his American movie bow in Orson Welles' MacBeth (1948), playing the not inconsiderable role of MacDuff; shortly thereafter, he appeared with his MacBeth co-star Roddy MacDowall in an economically budgeted adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. In 1952, he earned an Academy Award nomination for his near-solo starring turn in Luis Bunuel's The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Maturing into a versatile character player, he could also be seen as FDR in MacArthur (1977), the frothing-at-the-mouth villain in Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (1983), a benign lizardlike alien in The Last Starfighter (1984), and the dark-purposed cyborg-firm exec in the RoboCop films. His TV credits include blarney-spouting Doc McPheeters in The Travels of Jamie McPheeters (1963), town boss Will Varner in The Long Hot Summer (1965), "The Director" in A Man Called Sloane (1979), intelligence agent Carson Marsh in Whiz Kids (1984), and Andrew Packard in Twin Peaks (1990). Dan O'Herlihy was the brother of director Michael O'Herlihy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

• 1. Alex Rogan: Hold it! There's no fleet? No Starfighters, no plan? One ship, you, me, and that's it?
  2. Grig: Exactly! Xur thinks you're still on Earth. Classic military strategy, surprise attack.
  3. Alex Rogan: It'll be a slaughter!
  4. Grig: That's the spirit!
  5. Alex Rogan: No, *my* slaughter!
  From The Last Starfighter. Submitted by Francis L (16 days ago)

• 1. Grig: Up to your old 'Excalibur' tricks again, eh, Centauri?
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• 1. Grig: I've always wanted to fight a desperate battle against incredible odds.
  From The Last Starfighter. Submitted by Francis L (16 days ago)

• 1. Napoleon: Well, they've done it. All the great powers have declared war against me. Not against France -- against me!
  2. Marshal Michel Ney: They honor you by making you a country.
  3. Napoleon: Honor? They deny me the decency of law. They make it legal for any clown to kill me!
  From Waterloo. Submitted by Michael H (57 days ago)

• 1. Louis XVIII: Ney, you will be the first to confront the werewolf. I know you love this man...
  2. Marshal Michel Ney: I did -- once. But I promise Your Majesty I will bring him back to Paris in an iron cage!
  From Waterloo. Submitted by Michael H (2 months ago)

• 1. Conal Cochran: I do love a good joke and this is the best ever: a joke on the children.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Rocky F (2 months ago)

• 1. The Old Man: Nice shootin' son what's your name?
  2. Alex J. Murphy/Robocop: ...Murphy.
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• 1. Conal Cochran: You know what you really need to see is a demonstration and there's one coming right up.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Paul B (8 months ago)

• 1. Conal Cochran: (about the robot lady) This was a rare piece: German. Made in Munich, 1785. I must try and get a replacement.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Dr. Daniel Challis: Where's Ellie?
  2. Conal Cochran: Mrs. 'Smith'? I'm sure she's resting just now.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Conal Cochran: From an ancient, sacrificial circle, Stonehenge. We had a time getting it here. You wouldn't believe how we did it. It has a power in it.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Conal Cochran: Those who went before me, you know they-they never dreamed of anything like this.
  2. Dr. Daniel Challis: What is this place?
  3. Conal Cochran: Can't you tell? A vast, ancient technology. Ha-ha-ha, a good magician never explains. Come on, then, you've still got time to figure it out all by yourself.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Conal Cochran: It will be morning soon. Halloween morning. A very busy day for me.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Conal Cochran: Enjoy the horror-thon, doctor, and don't forget to watch the big giveaway afterwards.
  2. Dr. Daniel Challis: Why, Cochran, why?
  3. Conal Cochran: Do I need a reason? Mr. Kupfer was right, you know. I do love a good joke and this is the best ever, a joke on the children. But there's a better reason, you don't really know much about Halloween. You thought no further than the strange custom of having your children wear masks and go out begging for candy. It was the start of the year in our old Celtic lands, and we'd be waiting, in our houses of wattles and clay. The barriers would be down, you see, between the real and the unreal, and the dead might be looking in, to sit by our fires of turf. Halloween, the festival of Samhain! The last great one took place three thousand years ago, when the hills ran red...with the blood of animals and children.
  4. Dr. Daniel Challis: Sacrifices.
  5. Conal Cochran: It was part of our world...our craft.
  6. Dr. Daniel Challis: Witchcraft.
  7. Conal Cochran: To us, it was a way of controlling our environment. It's not so different now, it's time again. In the end, we don't decide these things, you know, the planets do. They're in alignment, and it's time again. The world's going to change tonight, doctor, I'm glad you'll be able to watch it. And, happy Halloween!
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Conal Cochran: Your friend Ms. Guttman...
  2. Dr. Daniel Challis: You killed her!
  3. Conal Cochran: Oh no, no, no! Ms. Guttman was the victim of a misfire.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Conal Cochran: I do love a good joke and this is the best ever: a joke on the children.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Conal Cochran: It's time again. In the end, we don't decide these things you know, the planets do. They're in alignment and it's time again. The world's going to change tonight, Doctor. I'm glad you'll be able to watch it.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Conal Cochran: You don't really know much about Halloween. You thought no further than the strange custom of having your children wear masks and go out begging for candy.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Buddy Kupfer: Hey Mr. Cochran, just what is the final processing?
  2. Conal Cochran: Oh I assure you it's just a little bit of this and a little bit of that; quality inspection, the seal of approval. You know, the usual. And of course there's a lot of trade secrets.
  3. Buddy Kupfer: Oh I'd sure like to take a look.
  4. Conal Cochran: Aw sorry.
  5. Dr. Daniel Challis: Not even a peek for your best salesman?
  6. Buddy Kupfer: Just one little look?
  7. Conal Cochran: Well you see, part of the final processing involves volatile chemicals. They're very dangerous. I wouldn't want to put anybody in any danger.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Conal Cochran: Convincing, aren't they; Loyal, obedient. Unlike most human beings.
  From Halloween III - Season of the Witch. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)