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Dan O'Herlihy in Murder, She Wrote: It's a Dog's Life

Dan O'Herlihy (1919 - 2005)

Film Deaths[]

  • Odd Man Out (Gang War) (1947) [Nolan]: Shot to death (off-camera), along with Cyril Cusack, in a shoot-out with police outside the boarding house. We only hear the shots from inside the house; their bodies are shown lying in the street afterwards.
  • The Desert Fox (The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel) (1951) [Commando Captain]: Fatally shot by German soldiers while Dan and his men are on a mission to kill James Mason; he dies after learning that James wasn't even at the site of the attack. (Thanks to Gordon)
  • The Virgin Queen (1955) [Lord Derry]: Fatally stabbed in a fight with the royal guards; he dies shortly afterwards in Joan Collins' arms. (Thanks to Gordon)
  • Fail-Safe (1964) [Brigadier General Warren A. Black]: Commits suicide by injecting himself with an unspecified substance, after dropping a nuclear bomb on New York City to prevent a retaliatory strike by the Soviet Union. (Thanks to Dan)
  • The Big Cube (1969) [Charles Winthrop]: Drowns when his boat capsizes.
  • MacArthur (1977) ['President Franklin D. Roosevelt]: Dies of a stroke early in his 4th Presidential term (off-screen), and is replaced in office by Vice President Harry Truman (Ed Flanders).
  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) [Conal Cochran]: Disintegrated when the supernatural forces in his laboratory create an overload.

TV Deaths[]

Noteworthy Connections[]

  • Brother of Michael O'Herlihy (TV director).

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