Edward Herrmann

Acting • 1943-07-21 • Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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.

Known For

8.2

Grey's Anatomy

2005

7.9

Gilmore Girls

2000

7.6

The Good Wife

2009

7.6

The Practice

1997

6.0

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

1994

7.1

The Lost Boys

1987

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Filmography

2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeTV
Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
2016
Coach of the YearFilm
Bill Ford
2015
Cancer: The Emperor of All MaladiesTV
Narrator (voice) • 3 episodes
★ 7.7
2014
The Town that Dreaded SundownFilm
Reverend Cartwright
★ 5.9
2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryTV
Franklin Roosevelt (voice) • 7 episodes
★ 7.8
2013
The Wolf of Wall StreetFilm
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
★ 8.0
2013
Are You HereFilm
Dr. Vincent
★ 5.2
2012
PerceptionTV
Jack Pierce • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2012
Treasure BuddiesFilm
Philip Wellington
★ 6.1
2012
Price CheckFilm
Jack Bennington
★ 5.2
2012
Christmas OrangesFilm
Mr. Crampton
★ 7.5
2012
Heaven's DoorFilm
Nate Christensen
★ 5.6
2011
Harry's LawTV
Lester Babcock • 3 episodes
★ 7.5
2011
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a StarFilm
Jeremiah Larson
★ 4.3
2011
A Christmas WishFilm
Les McCallum
★ 5.9
2011
The Christmas PageantFilm
Garrett Clark
★ 5.9
2011
Son of MorningFilm
Thomas
★ 3.0
2011
Redemption: For Robbing the DeadFilm
Governor Dawson
★ 4.5
2010
Better With YouTV
Judge • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
2009
The Good WifeTV
Lionel Deerfield • 6 episodes
★ 7.6
2009
Drop Dead DivaTV
Reverend Phillips • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
2009
Hatching PeteFilm
The Principal
★ 5.5
2009
The Six Wives of Henry LefayFilm
John Goodenough
★ 5.2
2009
The SkepticFilm
Shepard
★ 5.3
2009
Ring Christmas BellsFilm
Self
2009
Morristown: Where America SurvivedFilm
Narrator
2007
I Think I Love My WifeFilm
Mr. Landis
★ 5.3
2007
The RevolutionTV
★ 9.4
2007
Columbus The Lost VoyageFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2007
Andrew JacksonFilm
Narrator
★ 8.5
2007
Titanic's Achilles HeelFilm
Narrator
★ 10.0
2007
The StatesTV
2007
Banned from the Bible IIFilm
Narrator
2007
Sherman's MarchFilm
Narrator
2006
30 RockTV
Walter • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2006
Wedding DazeFilm
Lyle
★ 5.7
2006
Factory GirlFilm
James Townsend
★ 6.0
2006
Relative StrangersFilm
Doug Clayton
★ 5.3
2006
The Ten CommandmentsTV
Narrator • 2 episodes
★ 5.7
2006
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the MayflowerFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
2006
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing PiecesFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.5
2006
Witness to 'Reds'Film
Self
★ 6.0
2006
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the KoranFilm
Narrator
2005
How I Met Your MotherTV
Reverend Lowell • 1 episodes
★ 8.1
2005
Grey's AnatomyTV
Norman Shales • 3 episodes
★ 8.2
2005
American Dad!TV
Councilman (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2005
American Dad!TV
Old Man (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2005
The PresidentsTV
Narrator • 9 episodes
★ 6.5
2005
Ape to ManFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2005
The Templar Code: Crusade of SecrecyFilm
Narrator
★ 8.3
2005
The French RevolutionFilm
Narrator
★ 5.8
2005
Bible BattlesFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
2005
FDR: A Presidency RevealedFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2005
French RevolutionTV
Narrator • 2 episodes
2004
The AviatorFilm
Joseph Breen
★ 7.2
2004
Welcome to MooseportFilm
Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
★ 5.1
2004
Tom Goes to the MayorTV
Benjamin Kaplan (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
2004
BereftFilm
Lloyd
★ 5.4
2004
First Invasion: The War of 1812Film
Narrator
★ 10.0
2004
Isaac's StormFilm
Narrator
★ 6.0
2003
Intolerable CrueltyFilm
Rex Rexroth
★ 6.0
2003
Russia, Land of the TsarsTV
★ 10.0
2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionFilm
Narrator
★ 6.0
2003
Russia, Land of the TsarsFilm
Narrator
★ 7.5
2003
The Louisiana PurchaseFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionTV
Narrator • 2 episodes
2003
Stalin: Man of SteelFilm
Narrator (voice)
2003
The SamuraiFilm
self (voice)
2002
The Emperor's ClubFilm
Headmaster Woodbridge
★ 7.1
2002
The Cat's MeowFilm
W. R. Hearst
★ 5.8
2002
Rise and Fall of the SpartansTV
Narrator (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 8.5
2002
Dinosaur Secrets RevealedFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
2002
Antarctica: A Frozen HistoryFilm
Narrator
★ 8.0
2002
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')Film
Self
2001
Crossing JordanTV
Thomas Malden • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2001
DownFilm
Milligan
★ 5.1
2001
James DeanFilm
Raymond Massey
★ 6.8
2001
Double TakeFilm
Charles Allsworth
★ 5.7
2001
The Impressionists: The Other French RevolutionTV
Narrator • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
2001
The Face: Jesus in ArtFilm
Narrator (voice)
2001
In Search of ChristmasFilm
Narrator
2000
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTV
Mr. Vogel • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2000
Gilmore GirlsTV
Richard Gilmore • 153 episodes
★ 7.9
2000
Founding FathersTV
Narrator • 4 episodes
★ 8.0
1999
Atomic TrainTV
The President • 2 episodes
★ 4.9
1999
VendettaFilm
D.A. Luzenberg
★ 6.0
1999
Walking Across EgyptFilm
Reverend Vernon
★ 4.9
1999
The Korean War: Fire and IceTV
Narrator • 4 episodes
★ 7.7
1999
Niagara: A History of the FallsFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
1999
Ultimate autosTV
host • 6 episodes
1999
Norman Rockwell: Painting AmericaFilm
Narrator
1998
Frank Lloyd WrightTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 7.5
1998
Saint MaybeFilm
Doug Bedloe
★ 6.6
1998
Better LivingFilm
Jack
★ 3.8
1997
The PracticeTV
Anderson Pearson • 10 episodes
★ 7.6
1997
Critical CareFilm
Robert Payne
★ 6.2
1997
Liberty!TV
Narrator • 6 episodes
★ 7.8
1996
Pandora's ClockTV
President • 2 episodes
★ 5.7
1996
Soul of the GameFilm
Branch Rickey
★ 4.9
1996
What Love SeesFilm
Morton Treadway
★ 7.8
1996
A Season in PurgatoryTV
Dr. Shugrue • 2 episodes
1995
NixonFilm
Nelson Rockefeller
★ 6.8
1995
The Face on the Milk CartonFilm
Frank Jessmon
★ 6.5
1995
Here Come the MunstersFilm
Herman Munster
★ 5.2
1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the MountainTV
Thomas Jefferson (voice) • 2 episodes
1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢hFilm
Mr. Rich
★ 6.0
1994
Don't Drink the WaterFilm
Mr. Kilroy
★ 5.6
1994
Foreign StudentFilm
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
★ 4.1
1993
Homicide: Life on the StreetTV
Thomas Pandolfi • 1 episodes
★ 8.1
1993
My Boyfriend's BackFilm
Mr. Dingle
★ 5.7
1993
Born YesterdayFilm
Ed Deverey
★ 5.3
1993
A Foreign FieldFilm
Ralph
★ 7.0
1992
HeroFilm
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
★ 6.3
1991
Sweet PoisonFilm
Henry
★ 5.8
1991
Fire in the DarkFilm
Robert
★ 9.0
1991
The General Motors Playwrights TheaterTV
Ben Cunningham • 1 episodes
1990
Law & OrderTV
Frederic Matson • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1990
Law & OrderTV
Drew Seeley • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1990
Law & OrderTV
Defense Attorney Mosbeck • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1990
WingsTV
Y.M. Burg • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1990
Night of 100 Stars IIIFilm
Self
★ 4.3
1990
So Proudly We HailFilm
James Wagner
★ 6.0
1989
Screen OneTV
Ralph • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1988
Big BusinessFilm
Graham Sherbourne
★ 6.4
1988
HothouseTV
Woods • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1987
The Lost BoysFilm
Max
★ 7.1
1987
OverboardFilm
Grant Stayton III
★ 6.9
1987
The Lawrenceville StoriesTV
Headmaster • 3 episodes
★ 5.0
1986
MurrowFilm
Fred Friendly
★ 5.5
1985
The Purple Rose of CairoFilm
Henry
★ 7.4
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTV
Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1985
The Man with One Red ShoeFilm
Brown
★ 5.7
1985
Compromising PositionsFilm
Bob Singer
★ 5.3
1984
Mrs. SoffelFilm
Warden Peter Soffel
★ 6.0
1983
Memorial DayFilm
Ned Larwin
★ 6.0
1982
NatureTV
Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
1982
St. ElsewhereTV
Father Joseph McCabe • 4 episodes
★ 5.7
1982
AnnieFilm
FDR
★ 6.5
1982
American PlayhouseTV
Alger Hiss • 4 episodes
★ 6.6
1982
American PlayhouseTV
The Headmaster • 3 episodes
★ 6.6
1982
American PlayhouseTV
Professor • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
1982
Death ValleyFilm
Paul Stanton
★ 5.1
1982
The Electric GrandmotherFilm
Father
★ 6.8
1982
A Little SexFilm
Tommy
★ 3.8
1982
The Gift of LifeFilm
Dr. Quinn
1981
RedsFilm
Max Eastman
★ 6.9
1981
Harry's WarFilm
Harry Johnson
★ 6.2
1981
Dear LiarFilm
George Bernard Shaw
★ 7.0
1981
The Private History of a Campaign That FailedFilm
The Stranger
1979
The North Avenue IrregularsFilm
Michael Hill
★ 6.5
1979
Freedom RoadFilm
Stephen Holmes
★ 5.2
1979
The Sorrows of GinFilm
Kip Lawton
★ 10.0
1979
O Youth and Beauty!Film
Kip Lawton
★ 9.0
1979
Take DownFilm
Ed Branish
★ 4.4
1979
Portrait of a StripperFilm
Frank Andrews
★ 4.0
1978
Brass TargetFilm
Col. Walter Gilchrist
★ 5.4
1978
The BetsyFilm
Dan Weyman
★ 4.8
1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig StoryFilm
Lou Gehrig
★ 9.5
1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House YearsFilm
Franklin D. Roosevelt
★ 4.9
1976
Eleanor and FranklinTV
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50 • 2 episodes
★ 4.6
1975
The Great Waldo PepperFilm
Ezra Stiles
★ 6.6
1975
Beacon HillTV
Richard Palmer • 11 episodes
★ 7.0
1975
Valley ForgeFilm
Folsom
★ 7.0
1974
The Great GatsbyFilm
Klipspringer
★ 6.3
1973
The Paper ChaseFilm
Thomas Craig Anderson
★ 6.8
1973
The Day of the DolphinFilm
Mike
★ 5.8
1972
M*A*S*HTV
★ 8.0
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
1971
Lady LibertyFilm
Policeman (uncredited)
★ 5.5
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameTV
Folsom • 1 episodes
★ 8.8
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameTV
★ 8.8
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameTV
Doug Bedloe • 1 episodes
★ 8.8