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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1954-04-29
- event Death Date 2021-10-14
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.1
- info Birth Place Dublin, Ireland
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Willow
1988-05-20
5.3
The Last Outlaw
1993-10-30
5.2
Prince Valiant
1997-07-24
5
Space Riders
1984-01-01
6.2
Death Wish 3
1985-11-01
4.3
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978-08-21
0
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
1979-12-10
5.9
The Descent: Part 2
2009-10-14
6.2
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985-02-04
6.6
Conagher
1991-07-01
4.8
The Shooter
1995-12-15
5.5
Superman III
1983-06-17
6.3
A Wedding
1978-08-29
7.1
Sharpe's Eagle
1993-05-12
6
Sharpe: The Legend
1997-10-13
5.4
A Death in Canaan
1978-03-01
6.8
The Secret Adversary
1983-10-09
5.7
Red King, White Knight
1989-11-25
6.1
Never Say Never Again
1983-10-07
6
The Ghost of Cypress Swamp
1977-03-13
3.7
Butterfly Man
2002-12-06
5.1
Cruise of the Gods
2002-12-23
6.2
The California Kid
1974-09-25
5.5
Top of the World
1997-05-01
0
The Healers
1974-05-22
0
Call to Danger
1973-02-27
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995-01-16
7
The Bionic Woman
1976-01-14
7.5
Jonathan Creek
1997-05-09
7.3
China Beach
1988-04-26
8.3
Twin Peaks
1990-04-08
8
Tales from the Crypt
1989-06-10
7.7
Happy Days
1974-01-15
8.1
Sherlock Holmes
1984-04-24
6.6
Cover Up
1984-09-22
6.2
Police Woman
1974-09-13
6.2
Matt Houston
1982-09-26
4.8
18 Wheels of Justice
2000-01-12
7.6
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23
7.2
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974-01-18
7.9
Lonesome Dove
1989-02-05
6.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969-09-23
6
A Rumor of War
1980-09-24
6.1
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983-10-09
5.8
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978-04-05