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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.
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| Other names | Joe Ready |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
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 vampireinDance 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.
| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Location | Ref. |
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| 2001 | The Dead Boy | Tony McGuire | Jack Heller | Laurelgrove Theatre, Studio City, California | [3] |