Dan O Herlihy

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Architect Lorcan O’Herlihy: ‘Although I sound American, my soul is Irish.’ Photograph: Colin Lenton
The architect with an Irish soul reshaping US cities

Not too many people would know that Hollywood movie star Dan O’Herlihy was a qualified architect, having taken up acting after getting small roles to (...)

Lost and sound: Carpenter in studio during the recording of Lost Themes
John Carpenter: He shoots, he scores
  • Music
  • January 30, 2015, 11:06

When they go on (and on, and on) about the Movie Brat generation who rocked Hollywood in the 1970s – the likes of Scorsese, Spielberg and Coppola –(...)

Vincent Dowling: credited with launching Tom Hanks’s career, having directed him in a student production at California State University. Photograph: Tony Gavin
Actor and director on both sides of Atlantic

The actor and director Vincent Dowling came to national prominence as “Christy” in the long-running Raidió Éireann soap (...)