Gavan O'Herlihy

Gavan O'Herlihy

Birthday: 1954-04-29

Deathday: 2021-10-14

Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0641398

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.

Played in movies:

Sharpe's Eagle

Score: 7.1

Willow

Score: 7.0

The Secret Adversary

Score: 6.8

Conagher

Score: 6.6

A Wedding

Score: 6.3

The California Kid

Score: 6.2

Death Wish 3

Score: 6.2

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

Score: 6.2

Never Say Never Again

Score: 6.1

The Ghost of Cypress Swamp

Score: 6.0

Red King, White Knight

Score: 6.0

Sharpe: The Legend

Score: 6.0

The Descent: Part 2

Score: 5.9

Superman III

Score: 5.5

The Last Outlaw

Score: 5.3

A Death in Canaan

Score: 5.3

Prince Valiant

Score: 5.2

Top of the World

Score: 5.0

Space Riders

Score: 5.0

The Shooter

Score: 4.8

Cruise of the Gods

Score: 4.6

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

Score: 4.3

Butterfly Man

Score: 3.7

Call to Danger

Score: 0.0

The Healers

Score: 0.0

Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Twin Peaks

Score: 8.3

Sherlock Holmes

Score: 8.1

Tales from the Crypt

Score: 8.0

Lonesome Dove

Score: 7.9

Star Trek: Voyager

Score: 7.8

Happy Days

Score: 7.6

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Score: 7.5

Jonathan Creek

Score: 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Score: 7.5

China Beach

Score: 7.4

The Six Million Dollar Man

Score: 7.3

The Bionic Woman

Score: 7.0

Cover Up

Score: 6.6

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Score: 6.5

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

Score: 6.3

Police Woman

Score: 6.3

The Amazing Spider-Man

Score: 6.2

Matt Houston

Score: 6.2

A Rumor of War

Score: 6.0

18 Wheels of Justice

Score: 4.8