Cyril O'Reilly

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Cyril O'Reilly
Born
Cyril J. O'Reilly

Other namesJoe Ready
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • producer
Years active1980–present

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

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
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
1985Means and EndsJeff
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
1996The CottonwoodCarlo Shain
1996Midnight BlueDude
1997T.N.T.Miles
1997 Eruption!Sam Conway
1998The ProtectorTony Angeleno
1998 Black Dog Vince
1999 Forever Fabulous Cop
2001 Air Rage Colonel John Sykes
2002StagesScottShort
2003FlushFrankShort
2022Pig KillerLeonard
2023ScalperCorman
2024H.P. Lovecraft's the Old OnesBuck 'Cabby' Hooper
TBAUnspeakable: Beyond the Wall of SleepBill Jackson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Skag Pilot
1981 Splendor in the Grass Bud StamperTV Movie
1981 Darkroom Ronnie ShiresEpisode: "Catnip"
1982 M*A*S*H Nick GillisEpisode: "A Holy Mess"
1983Inspector PerezDanny McMahonTV Movie
1983An Uncommon LoveWillieTV Movie
1983Cutter to HoustonFrank Bickum2 episodes
1986 On Wings of Eagles Pat ScullyMiniseries; 2 episodes
1987 St. Elsewhere Willie McClintockEpisode: "Schwarzald"
1987Carly's WebFrankie BellTV Movie
1987 Werewolf BobbyEpisode: "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf"
1987 Houston Knights Episode: "Diminished Capacity"
1988 Baja Oklahoma Weldon TaylorTV Movie
1988–1994 Murder, She Wrote John Dowd/Patrick Griffith/Leo StoneEpisode: "Snow White, Blood Red", "A Killing in Cork" & "An Egg to Die For"
1990 Hardball Episode: "A Death in the Family"
1990 Hunter Michael SaccioEpisode: "Deadly Encounters: Parts 1 & 2"
1991 Matlock Russ GiffordEpisode: "The Witness Killings: Parts 1 & 2"
1992 2000 Malibu Road Chet3 episodes
1993 Beverly Hills, 90210 Frank PadillaEpisode: "The Game Is Chicken"
1993A Place to Be LovedRalph KingsleyTV Movie
1994 The Commish Terry Ross2 episodes
1995 The Marshal Lucas BurkeEpisode: "The Ballad of Lucas Burke"
1995 Amazing Grace BobEpisode: "Family Values"
1995 Marker Don BraddockEpisode: "Truth, Lies and Rock 'n' Roll"
1996 Renegade Ned CochranEpisode: "Paradise Lost"
1996 Walker, Texas Ranger Frank BodineEpisode: "The Brotherhood"
1997 Viper Luke RikerEpisode: "Cold Storage"
1997–1998 Night Man E. Harold Bridges/E. Haskell BridgesEpisode: "Face to Face" & "Bad to the Bone"
1997 Mike Hammer, Private Eye Cory ItserEpisode: "Halloween"
1998 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine NahskEpisode: "Who Mourns for Morn?"
1998 Touched by an Angel Dutch WilsonEpisode: "Breaking Bread"
1998 Silk Stalkings ViggoEpisode: "Forever"
1999 Profiler Clint DarrowEpisode: "Burnt Offerings"
2002 ER Mike KinneyEpisode: "A River in Egypt"
2002 The X-Files Ed KelsoEpisode: "Hellbound"
2002WindfallWylieTV Movie
2003 Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle Paddy WhelanTV Movie
2003Creating America's Next Hit Television ShowWalter Montgomery #1
2005 Without a Trace Kansas DowelEpisode: "Penitence"
2006 Desire Asher4 episodes
2007 Sacrifices of the Heart Ryan WestonTV Movie
2007 American Heiress Hit Man2 episodes

Theatre

YearTitleRoleDirectorLocationRef.
2001The Dead BoyTony McGuireJack HellerLaurelgrove Theatre, Studio City, California [3]

References

  1. Obituary: Patrick O'Reilly, legacy.com. Accessed July 16, 2023.
  2. "Cyril O'Reilly profile". Filmreference.com. 1958-06-08. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  3. Ehren, Christine (September 18, 2001). "L.A's Dead Boy Extends Through Oct. 14". Playbill. Retrieved March 6, 2024.