| Cyril O'Reilly | |
| Birth Name: | Cyril J. O'Reilly |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nickname: | Joe Ready |
| Years Active: | 1980–present |
Cyril J. O'Reilly is an American film and television actor, writer and producer.
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 (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 .
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, , The X-Files, Beverly Hills, 90210, St. Elsewhere, Hunter, and Murder, She Wrote.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Airplane! | Bill | ||
| 1981 | Bloody Birthday | Paul | ||
| 1981 | Porky's | Tim Cavanaugh | ||
| 1983 | 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 | Deacon | |||
| 1995 | Tubbs | |||
| 1996 | Shadow of a Scream | Don Holroyd | ||
| 1996 | 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 | ||
| Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep | Bill Jackson |
| 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 | 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 |