Cyril O'Reilly | |
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| Born | Cyril J. O'Reilly Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Joe Ready |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1980– |
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.
Selected film appearances
- 1980 Airplane! as Bill
- 1981 Bloody Birthday (also known as Creepers) as Paul, Lori's Boyfriend
- 1981 Porky's (also known as Chez Porky) as Tim Cavanaugh
- 1983 Porky's II: The Next Day as Tim Cavanaugh
- 1984 Purple Hearts as Zuma
- 1985 Means and Ends as Jeff
- 1988 Dance of the Damned as The Vampire
- 1990 Navy Seals as Homer Rexer
- 1991 Across the Tracks as Coach Ryder
- 1993 Philadelphia Experiment II as Decker
- 1994 The Cool Surface as Gary / Eric
- 1995 Excessive Force II: Force on Force as Deacon
- 1995 Bloodfist VII (also known as Manhunt) as Tubbs
- 1996 Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (also known as Primal Species) as Dolan
- 1996 Midnight Blue as Dude
- 1997 Viper, SE2/EP19, as Luke Riker
- 1997 Eruption! (also known as Volcano Run) as Sam Conway
- 1998 Black Dog as Vince
- 1999 The Protector as Tony Angeleno
- 2000 Forever Fabulous as Cop
- 2002 Stages as Scott
Television appearances
Miniseries
- 1986 On Wings of Eagles as Pat Scully
Movies
- 1981 Splendor in the Grass as Bud Stamper
- 1983 An Uncommon Love as Willie
- 1987 Carly's Web as Frankie Bell
- 1988 Baja Oklahoma as Weldon Taylor
- 1991 Matlock: The Witness Killings, as Russ Gifford
- 1993 A Place to Be Loved (also known as Shattered Family) as Raplh Kingsley
- 1996 The Unspeakable (also known as Criminal Pursuit, Roger Corman Presents The Unspeakable, and Shadow of a Scream) as Don Holroyd
- 1996 The Cottonwood as Carlo Shain
- 1998 T.N.T.
Pilots
- 1980 Skag
- 1983 Inspector Perez as Danny McMahon
Episodic
- 1981 "Catnip", Darkroom as Ronnie Shires
- 1982 "A Holy Mess", M*A*S*H as Nick Gillis
- 1987 "Schwarzald", St. Elsewhere as Klaus
- 1987 "Diminished Capacity", Houston Knights
- 1987 "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf", Werewolf, as Bobby
- 1988 "Snow White, Blood Red", Murder, She Wrote as John Dowd
- 1990 "A Death in the Family", Hardball
- 1990 "Deadly Encounters: Parts 1 & 2", Hunter as Michael Saccio
- 1993 "The Game Is Chicken", Beverly Hills, 90210 as Frank Padilla
- 1993 "A Killing in Cork", Murder, She Wrote as Patrick Griffith
- 1994 "Sergeant Kelly", The Commish as Terry Ross
- 1994 "The Iceman Cometh," The Commish as Terry Ross
- 1994 "An Egg to Die For", Murder, She Wrote as Leo Stone
- 1995 "The Ballad of Lucas Burke", The Marshal as Lucas Burke
- 1996 "Paradise Lost", Renegade as Ned Cochran
- 1996 "The Brotherhood," Walker, Texas Ranger as Frank Bodine
- 1997 "Cold Storage", Viper as Luke Riker
- 1997 "Face to Face", Night Man as E. Harold Bridges
- 1997 "Halloween", Mike Hammer, Private Eye as Cory Itser
- 1998 "Who Mourns for Morn?", Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Nahsk
- 1998 "Bad to the Bone", Night Man as E. Haskell Bridges
- 1998 "Breaking Bread", Touched by an Angel as Dutch Wilson
- 1999 "Burnt Offerings," Profiler as Clint Darrow
- 2002 "A River in Egypt", ER as Mike Kinney, Prisoner
- 2002 "Hellbound", The X-Files as Ed Kelso
Stage appearances
- 2001 The Dead Boy, Laurelgrove Theatre, Studio City, California, as Tony McGuire
References
- ↑ Obituary: Patrick O'Reilly, legacy.com. Accessed July 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Cyril O'Reilly profile". Filmreference.com. 1958-06-08. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Daddies' Girls: First 3D teen/Sex comedy with original cast of Porky's « Movie Prop Collectors". Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.