Gavan O'Herlihy
Gavan O'Herlihy (6' 2½" | 1.89 m) an Irish actor, was born on April 29, 1954 (Taurus) in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Elsa Bennett and Irish actor Dan O'Herlihy. He has a Brother, Cormac O'Herlihy and a sister, Patricia O'Herlihy. He is the brother-in-law of Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy, nephew of Michael O'Herlihy, and Uncle of Micaela O'Herlihy and Colin O'Herlihy. In his youth, he was an avid tennis player, and even became Irish National Tennis Champion. He is known for Willow (1988), Never Say Never Again (1983) and The Descent: Part 2 (2009), but has over thirty screen credits to his name, most of them having cast him in villainous or antagonistic roles such as Death Wish 3, Never Say Never Again, Superman III, and Tales From The Crypt. His role as Airk Thaughbaer in the 1988 fantasy Willow is one of the few heroic roles the burly, fair-haired Gavan has managed to get, as well as the dashing American officer Captain Leroy in Sharpe's Eagle. He also played the lost jock son "Chuck Cunningham" in the first season of Happy Days (1974). Is actually younger (by about two months) than Ron Howard, who played his "younger" brother on the show, but it was not a very big part and he was eventually written out by being sent to college and then disappeared with no mention. He did not want to get stuck in television, preferring the film medium. Gavan appeared in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager entitled "Caretaker" as the Kazon First Maje, Jabin. He has a son named Rogan and a daughter named Misty.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 11.766 |
Birthday | 1954-04-29 |
Place of Birth | Dublin, Ireland |
Also Known As |
1988
Willow
7.02/1923
The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Will...
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Willow
1993
The Last Outlaw
5.3/54
The story follows a band of former Confederate soldiers who were part of a cavalry unit. Their commander, Graff (Rourke) had once been a heroic and st...
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The Last Outlaw
1997
Prince Valiant
5.2/65
An Arthurian legend of young Prince Valiant, son of the King of Scandia. After the King is exiled by an evil leader, the Prince travels to Camelot to...
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Prince Valiant
1984
Space Riders
5/3
British 'Semi-Fictional' sports drama featuring Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champion Barry Sheene as himself. It tells the story of Sheene's pu...
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Space Riders
1985
Death Wish 3
6.189/420
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a la...
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Death Wish 3
1978
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
4.3/3
The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.
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Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1979
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
0/0
Starring Dan O Herlihy as Mark Twain, this PBS special was created by renowned Twain scholars.
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Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
2009
The Descent: Part 2
5.906/1144
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors....
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The Descent: Part 2
1985
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
6.2/79
Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their...
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The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1991
Conagher
6.587/23
Mrs. Evie Teale is struggling to stay alive while raising her two children alone on a remote homestead. Conn Conagher is an honest, hardworking cowboy...
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Conagher
1995
The Shooter
4.802/50
A CIA agent gets caught up in political intrigue after he gets brought in to solve the murder of a Cuban ambassador.
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The Shooter
1983
Superman III
5.491/1689
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yield...
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Superman III
1978
A Wedding
6.3/48
Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as...
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A Wedding
1993
Sharpe's Eagle
7.1/33
Sharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the Sou...
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Sharpe's Eagle
1997
Sharpe: The Legend
6/4
Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer...
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Sharpe: The Legend
1978
A Death in Canaan
6.5/2
When a teenager is accused of his mother's murder, the community of Canaan rallies to his defense.
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A Death in Canaan
1983
The Secret Adversary
6.8/8
After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley become involved in a convoluted intrigue...
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The Secret Adversary
1989
Red King, White Knight
5.7/3
The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for 10 years, to go to Russia to invest...
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Red King, White Knight
1983
Never Say Never Again
6.055/1442
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuc...
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Never Say Never Again
1977
The Ghost of Cypress Swamp
6/2
A lost teenager and solitary murderer form an unusual friendship.
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The Ghost of Cypress Swamp
2002
Butterfly Man
3.7/3
Adventure romance about an English backpacker whose world falls apart when he meets and falls in love with a beautiful girl on an exotic Thai island.
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Butterfly Man
2002
Cruise of the Gods
5.1/8
Andy Van Allen, former hero of a cult 80s futuristic TV show Children of Castor, is now working as a hotel porter. When Andy recieves an ususual offer...
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Cruise of the Gods
1974
The California Kid
6.2/33
A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one...
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The California Kid
1997
Top of the World
5.412/17
In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They wi...
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Top of the World
1974
The Healers
0/0
The director of an urban medical center faces various major problems during the course of running the hospital.
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The Healers
1973
Call to Danger
0/0
A federal agent recruits a computer whiz to try to free a Mafia witness who has been kidnapped and held in a heavily fortified compound.
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