Cyril O'Reilly
Cyril J. O'Reilly is an American film and television actor, writer and producer.
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– |
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.