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Edward Herrmann
Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

ActingBorn July 21, 1943Died December 31, 2014 (age 71)Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Biography

Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) in Washington, D.C., was an American television and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, to younger generations for his role as Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, as a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on the History Channel, and as the spokesperson for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s.

Filmography

2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)

TV
2016
Coach of the Year

as Bill Ford

Movie
2015TV
2014
The Town that Dreaded Sundown

as Reverend Cartwright

Movie
2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)

TV
2013
The Wolf of Wall Street

as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)

Movie
2013
Are You Here

as Dr. Vincent

Movie
2012
Heaven's Door

as Nate Christensen

Movie
2012
Price Check

as Jack Bennington

Movie
2012
Perception

as Jack Pierce

TV
2012
Christmas Oranges

as Mr. Crampton

Movie
2012
Treasure Buddies

as Philip Wellington

Movie
2011
The Christmas Pageant

as Garrett Clark

Movie
2011
A Christmas Wish

as Les McCallum

Movie
2011Movie
2011Movie
2011Movie
2011
Harry's Law

as Lester Babcock

TV
2010TV
2009
The Good Wife

as Lionel Deerfield

TV
2009Movie
2009
Drop Dead Diva

as Reverend Phillips

TV
2009Movie
2009
The Skeptic

as Shepard

Movie
2009
Hatching Pete

as The Principal

Movie
2007
Andrew Jackson

as Narrator

Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2007
Sherman's March

as Narrator

Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2006
Factory Girl

as James Townsend

Movie
2006Movie
2006
30 Rock

as Walter

TV
2006Movie
2006
Relative Strangers

as Doug Clayton

Movie
2006TV
2006Movie
2005
Ape to Man

as Narrator

Movie
2005
Bible Battles

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2005
How I Met Your Mother

as Reverend Lowell

TV
2005Movie
2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Norman Shales

TV
2005
American Dad!

as Councilman (voice)

TV
2005
American Dad!

as Old Man (voice)

TV
2005
The Presidents

as Narrator

TV
2005Movie
2005TV
2004
The Aviator

as Joseph Breen

Movie
2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor

as Benjamin Kaplan (voice)

TV
2004
Bereft

as Lloyd

Movie
2004
Isaac's Storm

as Narrator

Movie
2004
Welcome to Mooseport

as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)

Movie
2003
Intolerable Cruelty

as Rex Rexroth

Movie
2003Movie
2003Movie
2003
Stalin: Man of Steel

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2003
The Samurai

as self (voice)

Movie
2002
The Emperor's Club

as Headmaster Woodbridge

Movie
2002
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2002TV
2002Movie
2001Movie
2001
The Cat's Meow

as W. R. Hearst

Movie
2001
Crossing Jordan

as Thomas Malden

TV
2001
Down

as Milligan

Movie
2001
James Dean

as Raymond Massey

Movie
2001
The Face: Jesus in Art

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2001
Double Take

as Charles Allsworth

Movie
2000
Founding Fathers

as Narrator

TV
2000
Gilmore Girls

as Richard Gilmore

TV
1999
Vendetta

as D.A. Luzenberg

Movie
1999
Atomic Train

as The President

TV
1999
Walking Across Egypt

as Reverend Vernon

Movie
1999TV
1998
Saint Maybe

as Doug Bedloe

Movie
1998
Frank Lloyd Wright

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1998Movie
1997
Liberty!

as Narrator

TV
1997
Critical Care

as Robert Payne

Movie
1997
The Practice

as Anderson Pearson

TV
1996
Pandora's Clock

as President

TV
1996
What Love Sees

as Morton Treadway

Movie
1996
A Season in Purgatory

as Dr. Shugrue

Movie
1996
A Season in Purgatory

as Dr. Shugrue

TV
1996
Soul of the Game

as Branch Rickey

Movie
1995
Nixon

as Nelson Rockefeller

Movie
1995Movie
1995TV
1995
Here Come the Munsters

as Herman Munster

Movie
1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢h

as Richard Rich

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Foreign Student

as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore

Movie
1993Movie
1993
My Boyfriend's Back

as Mr. Dingle

Movie
1993
Born Yesterday

as Ed Deverey

Movie
1993TV
1992
Hero

as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Sweet Poison

as Henry

Movie
1990
Law & Order

as Frederic Matson

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Drew Seeley

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Mosbeck

TV
1990Movie
1990
Wings

as Y.M. Burg

TV
1990
So Proudly We Hail

as James Wagner

Movie
1989
Screen One

as Ralph

TV
1988
Hothouse

as Woods

TV
1988
Big Business

as Graham Sherbourne

Movie
1987
Overboard

as Grant Stayton III

Movie
1987Movie
1987TV
1986
Murrow

as Fred Friendly

Movie
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton

TV
1985Movie
1985Movie
1985Movie
1984
Mrs. Soffel

as Warden Peter Soffel

Movie
1983
Memorial Day

as Ned Larwin

Movie
1982
St. Elsewhere

as Father Joseph McCabe

TV
1982
Nature

as Narrator (voice)

TV
1982
Annie

as FDR

Movie
1982
Death Valley

as Paul Stanton

Movie
1982
A Little Sex

as Tommy

Movie
1982
The Gift of Life

as Dr. Quinn

Movie
1982Movie
1981
Reds

as Max Eastman

Movie
1981
Dear Liar

as George Bernard Shaw

Movie
1981
Harry's War

as Harry Johnson

Movie
1979
O Youth and Beauty!

as Kip Lawton

Movie
1979
Freedom Road

as Stephen Holmes

Movie
1979
The Sorrows of Gin

as Kip Lawton

Movie
1979
Portrait of a Stripper

as Frank Andrews

Movie
1979
Take Down

as Ed Branish

Movie
1979Movie
1978
Brass Target

as Col. Walter Gilchrist

Movie
1978
The Betsy

as Dan Weyman

Movie
1977Movie
1976
Eleanor and Franklin

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50

TV
1975
Valley Forge

as Folsom

Movie
1975
Beacon Hill

as Richard Palmer

TV
1975Movie
1974
The Great Gatsby

as Klipspringer

Movie
1973Movie
1973
The Paper Chase

as Thomas Craig Anderson

Movie
1972TV
1971
Lady Liberty

as Policeman (uncredited)

Movie
1971TV
1951TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Doug Bedloe

TV
Wonder Woman

as Senator Warren

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 21, 1943
Day of DeathDecember 31, 2014
Place of BirthWashington, District of Columbia, USA
Popularity1.4