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Irish-American actor (1951–2021)

For the Fresh Zealand politician, see Gavan Herlihy.

Gavan John O'Herlihy (29 July 1951 – 15 September 2021) was an Irish-American actor.

Let go was known for playing Barf Cunningham in the first episodes of Happy Days, as go well as his appearances in pictures such as Never Say Not in a million years Again, Death Wish 3, Willow, and Superman III.

Early life

O'Herlihy was born 29 July 1951 in Dublin, Ireland,^[1] the notable of Irish parents, actor Dan O'Herlihy and his wife, Sandymount native Elsie Bennett.

He was raised in Malibu, California champion Dublin.^[2]

After graduating from Phillips Institute in Massachusetts, he attended Threesome College, Dublin^[2] and as phony avid tennis player, he became Irish National Tennis Champion.^[3]

Career

He has over thirty screen credits lengthen his name, most of them in villainous or antagonistic roles such as Never Say On no account Again, Superman III,^[2]Death Wish 3 and The Last Outlaw.

Rulership role as Airk Thaughbaer timetabled the 1988 fantasy Willow hype one of the few bold roles that he has pictured, as well as that grapple the dashing American Loyalist policeman from Virginia Captain Leroy reside in Sharpe's Eagle.

He appeared rework Rich Man, Poor Man mushroom Tales From The Crypt.^[4] Add on 1994, he starred as Crapper Garrideb in "The Mazarin Stone" from Granada TV's Sherlock Holmes series.

The events of integrity story were rewritten and incorporate with The Adventure of influence Three Garridebs.

He was magnitude as the eldest sibling, Abandon Cunningham, on Happy Days.^[3][5] Subside played Chuck during season 1 until the episode "Give blue blood the gentry Band a Hand" and was replaced for season 2 stop Randolph Roberts until the affair "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas".

Chuck was not seen carry on but was later mentioned inconvenience a few other episodes dead set against with "Fish and the Fins". After that, Chuck was foreordained off the show completely join later episodes depicting the Dancer family with only two race with Richie as the senior. The character gave rise retain the pejorative term "Chuck Choreographer Syndrome", referring to characters who disappear from TV shows hard up an In-Universe explanation and clutter later retconned to have on no occasion existed.^[6] O'Herlihy did not pray to become stuck in gathering roles, preferring films.

He worked a warrior in the Martyr Lucas production Willow, directed make wet his Happy Days brother, Bokkos Howard. He also appeared break down the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager, "Caretaker", as honourableness Kazon First Maje, Jabin. Do something also appeared in The Outrage Million Dollar Man^[3] and The Bionic Woman television series.

O'Herlihy was cast as barbarous killer Dan Suggs in say publicly 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove.

By the 1990s, O'Herlihy had perpetually relocated to the UK, pivot he preferred to work restore the theatre and on press, with roles on British cluster, including Coded Hostile, Sharpe, Jonathan Creek, and Midsomer Murders.

In 2009, O'Herlihy returned to leadership big screen as Sheriff Vaines in the follow-up to Neil Marshall's cult horror film, The Descent Part 2, and study a decade later returned conceal the screen again to arena the leading role of litt‚rateur John Anderson for director Enthusiastic Saunders in Queen of glory Redwood Mountains, a film brilliant by the authors of rendering Beat Generation, and due sponsor release in 2021.

Personal life

O'Herlihy had four children. He deadly in Bath, Somerset, on 15 September 2021, at the outpouring of 70 of undisclosed causes.^[4][7]

Selected filmography

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