Who was Gavan O’Herlihy’s Father, Dan O’Herlihy
Daniel Peter O’Herlihy (May 1, 1919 – February 17, 2005) was a film, television, and radio actor from Ireland. O’Herlihy’s best-known roles include the Oscar-nominated portrayal of Luis Buuel’s Robinson Crusoe (1954), Brigadier General Warren A. Black in Fail Safe (1964), Marshal Ney in Waterloo (1970), Conal Cochran in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Grig in The Last Starfighter (1984), “The Old Man” in RoboCop (1987) and its 1990 sequel.
O’Herlihy was born in 1919 in Wexford, County Wexford, but moved to Dublin with his family when he was a child. Following in his father’s footsteps, he attended Christian Brothers College in Dun Laoghaire and later University College Dublin, graduating with a degree in architecture in 1944.
During his university studies, he had a strong interest in acting. He became a little performer at the Abbey Theatre after joining many amateur theatre organizations. He opted to pursue acting full-time after graduating from university, working at the Abbey and Gate Theatres first as a set designer, then as an actor.
Dan O’Herlihy Wife
In 1945, Dan O’Herlihy married Elsie Bennett. He was the father of actor Gavan O’Herlihy, visual artist Olwen O’Herlihy, and architect Lorcan O’Herlihy, and the brother of director Michael O’Herlihy.
He had nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren with his wife. Mica O’Herlihy, one of the grandchildren, is a filmmaker whose work has screened at the Sundance Film Festival.
Alana O’Herlihy, a photographer and filmmaker who has worked with Miley Cyrus, is another.
In 1983, O’Herlihy became a naturalized American citizen.
Dan O’Herlihy Cause of Death
In 2005, at the age of 85, O’Herlihy died of natural causes in Malibu, California. The University College Dublin Archives holds his personal papers.
Dan O’Herlihy Net Worth
Gavan was estimated to have a net worth of $5 million dollars at the time of his death. He had accumulated his net worth with the versatility he had shown in each field he had worked in. His main source of earning was from his acting career.