Michael O'Herlihy

Brother of Oscar nominated actor 'Dan O'Herlihy' (qv), 'Michael O'Herlihy' (qv) was a major TV director in the US from the 1950s to the 1980s. His credits include _Star Trek (1966)_ (qv), _Maverick (1957)_ (qv), _Gunsmoke (1955)_ (qv), _M*A*S*H (1972)_ (qv), _Hawaii Five-O (1968)_ (qv), _The A-Team (1983)_ (qv) and _Miami Vice (1984)_ (qv) 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)_ (qv), a family classic.Nominated for an Emmy in 1979 for his NBC miniseries _Backstairs at the White House (1979)_ (qv), O'Herlihy, like his brother, never received the accolades in his home country that he did in the US.::Austo