Michael O'Herlihy
Dubliner Michael O'Herlihy found success in American television and film, but unlike his younger brother, noted actor Dan O'Herlihy, he made his name behind the camera as a prolific director and occasional producer. After half a decade helming episodes for various TV programs, including stints with popular westerns "Maverick" and "Rawhide," Walt Disney Productions selected the director to man their 1966 adventure feature, "The Fighting Prince of Donegal." But after just two more films with Disney, O'Herlihy moved back to televisio where he proved himself a capable craftsman in a disparate variety of genres. He moonlighted at classic series like "Star Trek," "Mission: Impossible" and "M.A.S.H.," and directed family-oriented TV fare for Disney through the '60s and into the early '70s. But it was with "Hawaii Five-O," the exotically-set detective drama, that O'Herlihy had his longest run, spanning 36 episodes and seven years. He left "Hawaii Five-O" in 1976, and three years later tried his hand at producing with the mini-series "Back Stairs at the White House," a four-episode historical drama that O'Herlihy also directed. Next, he briefly turned his attention to TV movies, directing no less than eight made-for-television films between 1979 and 1980. Throughout most of the 1980s, he again focused on working for numerous series, eventually landing a 20 episode-stay with the action hit "The A-Team." In 1987, he revisited the historical drama, this time with "Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War," which earned him his only Emmy nod before retiring the following year.
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War | Director | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Married Wyatt Earp | Director | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Million Dollar Face | Director | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Time for Miracles | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Detour to Terror | Director | - | 1980 |
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Cry of the Innocent |
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desperate Voyage | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flame Is Love | Director | - | 1979 |
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Backstairs at the White House | Director | - | 1979 |
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Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Director | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Pioneers | Director | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Pioneers' Christmas | Director | - | 1976 |
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Kiss Me... Kill Me | Director | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hawaii Five-0: Nine Dragons | Director | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hawaii Five-0: Murder Eyes Only | Director | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Harvest | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hawaii Five-0: F.O.B. Honolulu | Director | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smith! | Director | - | 1969 |
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The Family Band | Director | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mosby's Marauders | Director | - | 1967 |
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The Fighting Prince of Donegal | Director | - | 1966 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Director | 1985 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Director | 1987-1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Director | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 71% | The A-Team | Director | 1984-1986 |
71% | 89% | Miami Vice | Director | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Director | 1982-1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Director | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Magnum, P.I. | Director | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Executive Suite | Director | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Quest | Director | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Director | 1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joe Forrester | Director | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Director | 1964-1965 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Director | 1968 1973 |
No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Director | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Director | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Interns | Director | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission: Impossible | Director | 1967-1968 |
80% | 89% | Star Trek | Director | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Director | 1964-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Novak | Director | 1963-1965 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Director | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Director | 1961-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Director | 1961 |