Edward Herrmann
Acting1943Washington, 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.
Known For
Acting History
Future
Wonder Woman
TVas Senator Warren
2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
TVas Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)• 1 eps
2015
Perception
TVas Jack Pierce• 1 eps
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
TVas Narrator (voice)
2014
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Reverend Cartwright
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
TVas Franklin Roosevelt (voice)• 7 eps
2013
Are You Here
as Dr. Vincent
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Mr. Vogel• 1 eps
How I Met Your Mother
TVas Reverend Lowell• 1 eps
2012
Christmas Oranges
as Mr. Crampton
Price Check
as Jack Bennington
Treasure Buddies
as Philip Wellington
American Dad!
TVas Old Man (voice) / Councilman (voice)• 1 eps
Harry's Law
TVas Lester Babcock• 3 eps
2011
A Christmas Wish
as Les McCallum
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
as Jeremiah Larson
Better With You
TVas Judge• 1 eps
Drop Dead Diva
TVas Reverend Phillips• 1 eps
2010
The Good Wife
TVas Lionel Deerfield• 6 eps
2009
2008
30 Rock
TVas Walter• 1 eps
2007
I Think I Love My Wife
as Mr. Landis
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Norman Shales• 3 eps
2006
Factory Girl
as James Townsend
Relative Strangers
as Doug Clayton
Wedding Daze
as Lyle
The Ten Commandments
TVas Narrator
2005
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
as Narrator
Tom Goes to the Mayor
TVas Benjamin Kaplan (voice)• 1 eps
The Presidents
TVas Narrator
2004
First Invasion: The War of 1812
as Narrator
Welcome to Mooseport
as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
Bereft
as Lloyd
The Aviator
as Joseph Breen
Nature
TVas Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
2003
Intolerable Cruelty
as Rex Rexroth
TR: An American Lion
as Narrator
Stalin: Man of Steel
as Narrator (voice)
Crossing Jordan
TVas Thomas Malden• 1 eps
2002
The Emperor's Club
as Headmaster Woodbridge
2001
The Cat's Meow
as W. R. Hearst
James Dean
as Raymond Massey
Double Take
as Charles Allsworth
Down
as Milligan
2000
Gilmore Girls
TVas Richard Gilmore• 153 eps
1999
Vendetta
as D.A. Luzenberg
Law & Order
TVas Defense Attorney Mosbeck / Frederic Matson / Drew Seeley• 1 eps
Atomic Train
TVas The President
1998
Frank Lloyd Wright
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
1997
1996
Soul of the Game
as Branch Rickey
Homicide: Life on the Street
TVas Thomas Pandolfi• 1 eps
1995
Here Come the Munsters
as Herman Munster
Nixon
as Nelson Rockefeller
The Face on the Milk Carton
as Frank Jessmon
Wings
TVas Y.M. Burg• 1 eps
1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
as Richard Rich
1993
1992
Hero
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
1991
Sweet Poison
as Henry
1989
Screen One
TVas Ralph
1988
Big Business
as Graham Sherbourne
Hothouse
TVas Woods• 1 eps
1987
Overboard
as Grant Stayton III
The Lost Boys
as Max
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton• 1 eps
1985
Compromising Positions
as Bob Singer
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Henry
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Brown
1984
Mrs. Soffel
as Warden Peter Soffel
St. Elsewhere
TVas Father Joseph McCabe• 4 eps
1983
Memorial Day
as Ned Larwin
1982
1981
Reds
as Max Eastman
1980
1979
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Michael Hill
The Sorrows of Gin
as Kip Lawton
Portrait of a Stripper
as Frank Andrews
1978
Brass Target
as Col. Walter Gilchrist
The Betsy
as Dan Weyman
1975
The Great Waldo Pepper
as Ezra Stiles
1974
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
1973
The Paper Chase
as Thomas Craig Anderson
The Day of the Dolphin
as Mike
1971
Lady Liberty
as Policeman (uncredited)