Edward Herrmann
Known for acting · Born 21 July 1943 · Died 31 December 2014 · aged 71 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
168 credits
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
Gilmore Girls
2000
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994
Overboard
1987
The Lost Boys
1987
Reds
1981
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
The Cat's Meow
2002
The Good Wife
2009
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
Big Business
1988
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
Acting (167)
2016Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeRichard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)Series
2016Coach of the YearBill FordFilm
2015Cancer: The Emperor of All MaladiesNarrator (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2014The Town that Dreaded SundownReverend CartwrightFilm
2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryFranklin Roosevelt (voice) · 7 episodesSeries
2013The Wolf of Wall StreetStratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)Film
2013Are You HereDr. VincentFilm
2012PerceptionJack PierceSeries
2012Treasure BuddiesPhilip WellingtonFilm
2012Price CheckJack BenningtonFilm
2012Christmas OrangesMr. CramptonFilm
2012Heaven's DoorNate ChristensenFilm
2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a StarJeremiah LarsonFilm
2011A Christmas WishLes McCallumFilm
2011Harry's LawLester Babcock · 3 episodesSeries
2011Son of MorningThomasFilm
2011The Christmas PageantGarrett ClarkFilm
2011Redemption: For Robbing the DeadGovernor DawsonFilm
2010Better With YouJudgeSeries
2009The Good WifeLionel Deerfield · 6 episodesSeries
2009Drop Dead DivaReverend PhillipsSeries
2009Hatching PeteThe PrincipalFilm
2009The Six Wives of Henry LefayJohn GoodenoughFilm
2009The SkepticShepardFilm
2009Ring Christmas BellsSelfFilm
2009Morristown: Where America SurvivedNarratorFilm
2007I Think I Love My WifeMr. LandisFilm
2007The Revolution · 13 episodesSeries
2007Columbus The Lost VoyageNarratorFilm
2007Andrew JacksonNarratorFilm
2007Titanic's Achilles HeelNarratorFilm
2007Banned from the Bible IINarratorFilm
2007Sherman's MarchNarratorFilm
2007The States · 10 episodesSeries
200630 RockWalterSeries
2006Wedding DazeLyleFilm
2006Factory GirlJames TownsendFilm
2006Relative StrangersDoug ClaytonFilm
2006The Ten CommandmentsNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
2006Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the MayflowerSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2006Titanic's Final Moments: Missing PiecesNarrator (voice)Film
2006Witness to 'Reds'SelfFilm
2006Decoding the Past: Secrets of the KoranNarratorFilm
2005Grey's AnatomyNorman Shales · 3 episodesSeries
2005How I Met Your MotherReverend LowellSeries
2005American Dad!Councilman (voice), Old Man (voice)Series
2005The PresidentsNarrator · 9 episodesSeries
2005Ape to ManNarratorFilm
2005The French RevolutionNarratorFilm
2005The Templar Code: Crusade of SecrecyNarratorFilm
2005Bible BattlesNarrator (voice)Film
2005FDR: A Presidency RevealedNarratorFilm
2005French RevolutionNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
2004The AviatorJoseph BreenFilm
2004Welcome to MooseportAvery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)Film
2004Tom Goes to the MayorBenjamin Kaplan (voice)Series
2004BereftLloydFilm
2004Isaac's StormNarratorFilm
2004First Invasion: The War of 1812NarratorFilm
2003Intolerable CrueltyRex RexrothFilm
2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionNarratorFilm
2003Russia, Land of the TsarsNarratorFilm
2003The Louisiana PurchaseNarratorFilm
2003Russia, Land of the Tsars · 4 episodesSeries
2003Stalin: Man of SteelNarrator (voice)Film
2003The Samuraiself (voice)Film
2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
2002The Emperor's ClubHeadmaster WoodbridgeFilm
2002The Cat's MeowW. R. HearstFilm
2002Rise and Fall of the SpartansNarrator (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2002Dinosaur Secrets RevealedNarrator (voice)Film
2002Antarctica: A Frozen HistoryNarratorFilm
2002It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')SelfFilm
2001DownMilliganFilm
2001Crossing JordanThomas MaldenSeries
2001Double TakeCharles AllsworthFilm
2001James DeanRaymond MasseyFilm
2001The Impressionists: The Other French RevolutionNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
2001The Face: Jesus in ArtNarrator (voice)Film
2001In Search of ChristmasNarratorFilm
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMr. VogelSeries
2000Gilmore GirlsRichard Gilmore · 153 episodesSeries
2000Founding FathersNarrator · 4 episodesSeries
1999Atomic TrainThe President · 2 episodesSeries
1999VendettaD.A. LuzenbergFilm
1999Walking Across EgyptReverend VernonFilm
1999The Korean War: Fire and IceNarrator · 4 episodesSeries
1999Niagara: A History of the FallsNarratorFilm
1999Norman Rockwell: Painting AmericaNarratorFilm
1999Ultimate autoshost · 6 episodesSeries
1998Frank Lloyd WrightSelf - Narrator (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1998Saint MaybeDoug BedloeFilm
1998Better LivingJackFilm
1997The PracticeAnderson Pearson · 10 episodesSeries
1997Critical CareRobert PayneFilm
1997Liberty!Narrator · 6 episodesSeries
1996Soul of the GameBranch RickeyFilm
1996Pandora's ClockPresident · 2 episodesSeries
1996What Love SeesMorton TreadwayFilm
1996A Season in PurgatoryDr. Shugrue · 2 episodesSeries
1995NixonNelson RockefellerFilm
1995The Face on the Milk CartonFrank JessmonFilm
1995Here Come the MunstersHerman MunsterFilm
1995Thomas Jefferson: A View from the MountainThomas Jefferson (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1994Ri¢hie Ri¢hMr. RichFilm
1994Don't Drink the WaterMr. KilroyFilm
1994Foreign StudentZachary 'Zach' GilmoreFilm
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetThomas PandolfiSeries
1993Born YesterdayEd DevereyFilm
1993My Boyfriend's BackMr. DingleFilm
1993A Foreign FieldRalphFilm
1992HeroMr. Broadman - Man Committing SuicideFilm
1991Sweet PoisonHenryFilm
1991Fire in the DarkRobertFilm
1991The General Motors Playwrights TheaterBen CunninghamSeries
1990Law & OrderFrederic Matson, Drew Seeley, Defense Attorney MosbeckSeries
1990WingsY.M. BurgSeries
1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelfFilm
1990So Proudly We HailJames WagnerFilm
1989Screen OneRalphSeries
1988Big BusinessGraham SherbourneFilm
1988HothouseWoodsSeries
1987The Lost BoysMaxFilm
1987OverboardGrant Stayton IIIFilm
1987The Lawrenceville StoriesHeadmaster · 3 episodesSeries
1986MurrowFred FriendlyFilm
1985The Purple Rose of CairoHenryFilm
1985The Man with One Red ShoeBrownFilm
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDr. Maxwell Stoddard / LittonSeries
1985Compromising PositionsBob SingerFilm
1984Mrs. SoffelWarden Peter SoffelFilm
1983Memorial DayNed LarwinFilm
1982AnnieFDRFilm
1982St. ElsewhereFather Joseph McCabe · 4 episodesSeries
1982Death ValleyPaul StantonFilm
1982NatureNarrator (voice)Series
1982The Electric GrandmotherFatherFilm
1982A Little SexTommyFilm
1982American PlayhouseAlger Hiss · 4 episodes, The Headmaster · 3 episodes, ProfessorSeries
1982The Gift of LifeDr. QuinnFilm
1981RedsMax EastmanFilm
1981Harry's WarHarry JohnsonFilm
1981Dear LiarGeorge Bernard ShawFilm
1981The Private History of a Campaign That FailedThe StrangerFilm
1979The North Avenue IrregularsMichael HillFilm
1979Freedom RoadStephen HolmesFilm
1979Portrait of a StripperFrank AndrewsFilm
1979Take DownEd BranishFilm
1979The Sorrows of GinKip LawtonFilm
1979O Youth and Beauty!Kip LawtonFilm
1978Brass TargetCol. Walter GilchristFilm
1978The BetsyDan WeymanFilm
1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig StoryLou GehrigFilm
1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House YearsFranklin D. RooseveltFilm
1976Eleanor and FranklinFranklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50 · 2 episodesSeries
1975The Great Waldo PepperEzra StilesFilm
1975Beacon HillRichard Palmer · 11 episodesSeries
1975Valley ForgeFolsomFilm
1974The Great GatsbyKlipspringerFilm
1973The Paper ChaseThomas Craig AndersonFilm
1973The Day of the DolphinMikeFilm
1972M*A*S*HSeries
1971Lady LibertyPoliceman (uncredited)Film
1971Great PerformancesSelfSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameFolsom, Doug BedloeSeries
—Wonder WomanSenator WarrenSeries
—History's Lost & Found · 8 episodesSeries
Crew (1)
1999Niagara: A History of the FallsPresenterFilm