Cyril O'Reilly

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Cyril O'Reilly
Born
Cyril J. O'Reilly

Other namesJoe Ready
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, producer
Years active1980–present

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

Life and career[edit]

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[edit]

Film[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Year Title Role Director Location Ref.
2001 The Dead Boy Tony McGuire Jack Heller Laurelgrove Theatre, Studio City, California [3]

References[edit]

  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.

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