Cyril O'Reilly
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Cyril O'Reilly | |
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| Born | Cyril J. O'Reilly Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Joe Ready |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
Cyril J. O'Reilly is an American film and television actor, writer and producer.
Life and career
O'Reilly was born in Los Angeles, California, one of three children born to Patrick Joseph O'Reilly, a Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, and his wife, Harriet (née Rothwell).[1][2] He has worked in Hollywood for nearly three decades, and is known for playing a reluctant vampire in Dance of the Damned, and for his role as Tim Cavanaugh in the teen sex comedies Porky's and Porky's II: The Next Day. He co-starred in the 1981 television movie Splendor in the Grass with Melissa Gilbert. In 2007, twenty-six years later, the two re-united in the television movie Sacrifices of the Heart. His other film work has included roles in Airplane!, The Cool Surface, and Navy SEALs. He has appeared in a variety of television programs, including M*A*S*H, ER, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X-Files, Beverly Hills, 90210, St. Elsewhere, Hunter, and Murder, She Wrote.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Airplane! | Bill | |
| 1981 | Bloody Birthday | Paul | |
| 1981 | Porky's | Tim Cavanaugh | |
| 1983 | Porky's II: The Next Day | Tim Cavanaugh | |
| 1984 | Purple Hearts | Zuma | |
| 1985 | Means and Ends | Jeff | |
| 1989 | Dance of the Damned | The Vampire | |
| 1990 | Navy Seals | Homer Rexer | |
| 1991 | Across the Tracks | Coach Ryder | |
| 1993 | Philadelphia Experiment II | Decker | |
| 1994 | The Cool Surface | Gary/Eric | |
| 1995 | Excessive Force II: Force on Force | Deacon | |
| 1995 | Bloodfist VII: Manhunt | Tubbs | |
| 1996 | Shadow of a Scream | Don Holroyd | |
| 1996 | Carnosaur 3: Primal Species | Dolan | |
| 1996 | The Cottonwood | Carlo Shain | |
| 1996 | Midnight Blue | Dude | |
| 1997 | T.N.T. | Miles | |
| 1997 | Eruption! | Sam Conway | |
| 1998 | The Protector | Tony Angeleno | |
| 1998 | Black Dog | Vince | |
| 1999 | Forever Fabulous | Cop | |
| 2001 | Air Rage | Colonel John Sykes | |
| 2002 | Stages | Scott | Short |
| 2003 | Flush | Frank | Short |
| 2022 | Pig Killer | Leonard | |
| 2023 | Scalper | Corman | |
| 2024 | H.P. Lovecraft's the Old Ones | Buck 'Cabby' Hooper | |
| TBA | Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep | Bill Jackson |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Skag | Pilot | |
| 1981 | Splendor in the Grass | Bud Stamper | TV Movie |
| 1981 | Darkroom | Ronnie Shires | Episode: "Catnip" |
| 1982 | M*A*S*H | Nick Gillis | Episode: "A Holy Mess" |
| 1983 | Inspector Perez | Danny McMahon | TV Movie |
| 1983 | An Uncommon Love | Willie | TV Movie |
| 1983 | Cutter to Houston | Frank Bickum | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | On Wings of Eagles | Pat Scully | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 1987 | St. Elsewhere | Willie McClintock | Episode: "Schwarzald" |
| 1987 | Carly's Web | Frankie Bell | TV Movie |
| 1987 | Werewolf | Bobby | Episode: "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf" |
| 1987 | Houston Knights | Episode: "Diminished Capacity" | |
| 1988 | Baja Oklahoma | Weldon Taylor | TV Movie |
| 1988–1994 | Murder, She Wrote | John Dowd/Patrick Griffith/Leo Stone | Episode: "Snow White, Blood Red", "A Killing in Cork" & "An Egg to Die For" |
| 1990 | Hardball | Episode: "A Death in the Family" | |
| 1990 | Hunter | Michael Saccio | Episode: "Deadly Encounters: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1991 | Matlock | Russ Gifford | Episode: "The Witness Killings: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1992 | 2000 Malibu Road | Chet | 3 episodes |
| 1993 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Frank Padilla | Episode: "The Game Is Chicken" |
| 1993 | A Place to Be Loved | Ralph Kingsley | TV Movie |
| 1994 | The Commish | Terry Ross | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | The Marshal | Lucas Burke | Episode: "The Ballad of Lucas Burke" |
| 1995 | Amazing Grace | Bob | Episode: "Family Values" |
| 1995 | Marker | Don Braddock | Episode: "Truth, Lies and Rock 'n' Roll" |
| 1996 | Renegade | Ned Cochran | Episode: "Paradise Lost" |
| 1996 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Frank Bodine | Episode: "The Brotherhood" |
| 1997 | Viper | Luke Riker | Episode: "Cold Storage" |
| 1997–1998 | Night Man | E. Harold Bridges/E. Haskell Bridges | Episode: "Face to Face" & "Bad to the Bone" |
| 1997 | Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Cory Itser | Episode: "Halloween" |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Nahsk | Episode: "Who Mourns for Morn?" |
| 1998 | Touched by an Angel | Dutch Wilson | Episode: "Breaking Bread" |
| 1998 | Silk Stalkings | Viggo | Episode: "Forever" |
| 1999 | Profiler | Clint Darrow | Episode: "Burnt Offerings" |
| 2002 | ER | Mike Kinney | Episode: "A River in Egypt" |
| 2002 | The X-Files | Ed Kelso | Episode: "Hellbound" |
| 2002 | Windfall | Wylie | TV Movie |
| 2003 | Murder She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Paddy Whelan | TV Movie |
| 2003 | Creating America's Next Hit Television Show | Walter Montgomery #1 | |
| 2005 | Without a Trace | Kansas Dowel | Episode: "Penitence" |
| 2006 | Desire | Asher | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Sacrifices of the Heart | Ryan Weston | TV Movie |
| 2007 | American Heiress | Hit Man | 2 episodes |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Location | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Dead Boy | Tony McGuire | Jack Heller | Laurelgrove Theatre, Studio City, California | [3] |
References
- ↑ Obituary: Patrick O'Reilly, legacy.com. Accessed July 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Cyril O'Reilly profile". Filmreference.com. 1958-06-08. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ Ehren, Christine (September 18, 2001). "L.A's Dead Boy Extends Through Oct. 14". Playbill. Retrieved March 6, 2024.