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- Brother of Oscar nominated actor Dan O'Herlihy, Michael O'Herlihy was a major TV director in the US from the 1950s to the 1980s. His credits include Star Trek (1966), Maverick (1957), Gunsmoke (1955), M*A*S*H (1972), Hawaii Five-O (1968), The A-Team (1983) and Miami Vice (1984) to name but a few.
He worked for Disney in the late 1960s and his feature film debut was for them in 1966 with The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966), a family classic.
Nominated for an Emmy in 1979 for his NBC miniseries Backstairs at the White House (1979), O'Herlihy, like his brother, never received the accolades in his home country that he did in the US.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Austo
- Children
- RelativesGavan O'Herlihy(Aunt or Uncle)
- Younger brother of Dan O'Herlihy.
- Great-uncle of Colin O'Herlihy and Micaela O'Herlihy.
- Father of Conal O'Herlihy.
- Uncle-in-law of Vincent Dowling and Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy.
- It's always a question of search and conflict that makes good drama.
- I can only speak as a director and a storyteller. You have the story to tell and you must tell it with as much honesty as you possibly can, that this in fact did happen. You can't say, "This only happened because we're making science-fiction". This is the story, fellows, so it has to be told to the best of our abilities. That has always been my attitude on every show I've done. Once you begin to edit the veracity of the reality or unreality, you're wrong. Then you're turning into a preacher instead of a director. I've always tried to do my best from that point of view.
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