Gavan O'Herlihy

Gavan O'Herlihy

  • Birthday: 1954-04-29
  • Deathday: 2021-10-14
  • Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland

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.

Filmography

The Descent: Part 2

2009

As Vaines

The Secret Adversary

1983

As Julius P. Hersheimmer

The Shooter

1995

As Dick Powell

Death Wish 3

1985

As Manny Fraker

Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter

1979

As Young Clemens

Space Riders

1984

As Ron Harris

Conagher

1991

As Chris Mahler, Cowboy

Butterfly Man

2002

As Bill Kincaid

Willow

1988

As Airk Thaughbaer

The Last Outlaw

1993

As Marshal Sharp

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

1985

As Conrad E. Perkins

Prince Valiant

1997

As King Thane

Superman III

1983

As Brad

Red King, White Knight

1989

As Clancy

A Death in Canaan

1978

As Father Mark

Sharpe's Eagle

1993

As Captain Leroy

The Ghost of Cypress Swamp

1977

As Big Bob Landers

Top of the World

1998

As Lieutenant Logan

The California Kid

1974

As Tom

Never Say Never Again

1983

As Jack Petachi

Cruise of the Gods

2002

As Mickey

The Healers

1974

As

A Wedding

1978

As Wilson Briggs

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