O'Herlihy, Dan

O'Herlihy, Dan
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Daniel Peter O'Herlihy 
      Irish actor (b. May 1, 1919, Wexford, Ire.—d. Feb. 17, 2005, Malibu, Calif.), earned an Academy Award nomination for his starring performance in Luis Buñuel's film The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1954). O'Herlihy began his 50-year acting career at the Abbey and Gate theatres in Dublin before making his film debut in Odd Man Out (1947). He made his Hollywood debut in Larceny (1948), which led to the role of Macduff in Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre Company's screen production of Macbeth (1948), for which O'Herlihy also designed the sets. Other notable films included The Cabinet of Caligari (1962), Fail-Safe (1964), MacArthur (1977), and The Dead (1987). His theatre work included the role of Charles Dickens in Mervyn Nelson's The Ivy Green (1949). O'Herlihy's final appearance was in the 1998 television movie The Rat Pack.

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