Gavan O'Herlihy

Gavan OHerlihy 6 2½ 189 m an Irish actor was born on April 29 1954 Taurus in Dublin Ireland the son of Elsa Bennett and Irish actor Dan OHerlihy He has a Brother Cormac OHerlihy and a sister Patricia OHerlihy He is the brotherinlaw of Cornelia Hayes OHerlihy nephew of Michael OHerlihy and Uncle of Micaela OHerlihy and Colin OHerlihy 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 fairhaired Gavan has managed to get as well as the dashing American officer Captain Leroy in Sharpes 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