Hallahan was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Rutgers University-Camden, and earned an MFA from Temple University. During his acting career he was often cast as a police officer, and may have been best known as LAPD Captain Charlie Devane on Hunter. He was memorable for his portrayal of the nameless "Coach" in Vision Quest, opposite Matthew Modine. He also served in the US Navy in the early 1960s, including time as a Navy hospital corpsman stationed in Puerto Rico.\n', '

He played geologist Vance Norris in The Thing (the 1982 remake) and volcanologist Dr. Paul Dreyfus in Dante\'s Peak. Hallahan also co-starred as a regular cast member in two popular television series, Grace Under Fire and the long-running The Paper Chase. He has a brother, Fr. Kenneth Hallahan, a Roman Catholic priest in New Jersey.\n', '

In 1997, Hallahan was cast as Liam Bilby in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Honor Among Thieves". On November 25, 1997, he died of an apparent heart attack while driving his car in Los Angeles. Nick Tate assumed the role of Liam Bilby in Hallahan\'s memory. Hallahan is buried in the Old Cemetery, Cobh, Co. Cork Ireland. His grave is just a few feet away from Jack Doyle, the Cobh actor, singer and boxer.\n', '

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