
Gavan O'Herlihy
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.
Acting (26 movies)

Willow
1988

The Last Outlaw
1993

Prince Valiant
1997

Space Riders
1984

Death Wish 3
1985

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978

Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
1979

The Descent: Part 2
2009

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985

Conagher
1991

The Shooter
1995

Superman III
1983

A Wedding
1978

Sharpe's Eagle
1993

Sharpe: The Legend
1997

A Death in Canaan
1978

The Secret Adversary
1983

Red King, White Knight
1989

Never Say Never Again
1983

The Ghost of Cypress Swamp
1977

Butterfly Man
2002

Cruise of the Gods
2002

The California Kid
1974

Top of the World
1997

The Healers
1974

Call to Danger
1973
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