Gavan O'Herlihy

Acting

Gavan O'Herlihy

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Apr 29, 1954 (71 years old)
Death date
Oct 14, 2021

Gavan O'Herlihy

Known For

Cruise of the Gods
1h 30m
DOLBY
Movie 2002

Cruise of the Gods

Andy Van Allen, former hero of the cult 80s futuristic...

Butterfly Man
1h 35m
DOLBY
Movie 2002

Butterfly Man

Adventure romance about an English backpacker whose world falls apart...

Top of the World
1h 40m
DOLBY
Movie 1997

Top of the World

In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop...

Conagher
1h 57m
DOLBY
Movie 1991

Conagher

Mrs. Evie Teale is struggling to stay alive while raising...

Red King, White Knight
1h 26m
DOLBY
Movie 1989

Red King, White Knight

The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the...

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.