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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 29, 1951
Died
September 15, 2021
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Gavan O'Herlihy
0.7 Popularity
Biography
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
5.9
Vaines
The Descent: Part 2
2009
4.8
Mickey
Cruise of the Gods
2002
3.3
Bill Kincaid
Butterfly Man
2002
4.8
18 Wheels of Justice
2000
5.0
Leroy
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
5.1
King Thane
Prince Valiant
1997
7.5
Hal Drucker
Jonathan Creek
1997
5.0
Lieutenant Logan
Top of the World
1997
7.5
George Arlington
Midsomer Murders
1997
4.7
Dick Powell
The Shooter
1995
Credits
The Descent: Part 2
as Vaines
2009
5.9
Cruise of the Gods
as Mickey
2002
4.8
Butterfly Man
as Bill Kincaid
2002
3.3
18 Wheels of Justice
2000
4.8
Sharpe: The Legend
as Leroy
1997
5.0
Prince Valiant
as King Thane
1997
5.1
Jonathan Creek
as Hal Drucker
1997
7.5
Top of the World
as Lieutenant Logan
1997
5.0
Midsomer Murders
as George Arlington
1997
7.5
The Shooter
as Dick Powell
1995
4.7
Star Trek: Voyager
as Maje Jabin
1995
7.8
The Last Outlaw
as Marshal Sharp
1993
5.4
Sharpe's Eagle
as Captain Leroy
1993
7.1
Conagher
as Chris Mahler, Cowboy
1991
6.6
Twin Peaks
as Officer Preston King
1990
8.3
Red King, White Knight
as Clancy
1989
6.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Richard
1989
8.0
Lonesome Dove
as Dan Suggs
1989
7.9
Willow
as Airk
1988
7.0
China Beach
1988
7.4
Death Wish 3
as Manny Fraker
1985
6.2
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
as Conrad E. Perkins
1985
6.3
Cover Up
1984
6.6
Sherlock Holmes
as John Garrideb / James Winter
1984
8.1
Space Riders
as Ron Harris
1984
5.0
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
as Julius P. Hersheimmer
1983
6.3
The Secret Adversary
as Julius P. Hersheimmer
1983
6.8
Never Say Never Again
as Jack Petachi
1983
6.1
Superman III
as Brad
1983
5.5
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
A Rumor of War
as Stanton
1980
6.0
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
as Young Clemens
1979
0.0
A Wedding
as Wilson Briggs
1978
6.2
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Art Stinson
1978
3.5
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
6.2
A Death in Canaan
as Father Mark
1978
5.3
The Ghost of Cypress Swamp
as Big Bob Landers
1977
6.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
The California Kid
as Tom
1974
6.2
Police Woman
as Gordon Stuart
1974
6.2
The Healers
1974
0.0
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dan
1974
7.3
Happy Days
as Chuck Cunningham
1974
7.6
Call to Danger
as Mechanic
1973
0.0
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Josh McBride (as Gavin O'Herlihy)
1970
7.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Herb Frane
1969
6.5