Edward Herrmann
Acting
Born: July 21, 1943 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died: December 31, 2014 (aged 71)
Highest Rated
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
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Aviator
2004
How I Met Your Mother
2005
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994
American Dad!
2005
The Lost Boys
1987
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Gilmore Girls
2000
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
Overboard
1987
Photos (3)
Movies (103)
The Wolf of Wall Street
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
The Aviator
Joseph Breen
The Lost Boys
Max
Intolerable Cruelty
Rex Rexroth
Are You Here
Dr. Vincent
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Mr. Rich
Wedding Daze
Lyle
Hero
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
Overboard
Grant Stayton III
Welcome to Mooseport
Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
The Man with One Red Shoe
Brown
Hatching Pete
The Principal
I Think I Love My Wife
Mr. Landis
Double Take
Charles Allsworth
Big Business
Graham Sherbourne
Down
Milligan
The Great Gatsby
Klipspringer
Reds
Max Eastman
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
John Goodenough
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
The Betsy
Dan Weyman
Factory Girl
James Townsend
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Henry
Critical Care
Robert Payne
Annie
FDR
The Emperor's Club
Headmaster Woodbridge
Treasure Buddies
Philip Wellington
The Paper Chase
Thomas Craig Anderson
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Reverend Cartwright
My Boyfriend's Back
Mr. Dingle
James Dean
Raymond Massey
The Cat's Meow
W. R. Hearst
Relative Strangers
Doug Clayton
The Great Waldo Pepper
Ezra Stiles
Don't Drink the Water
Mr. Kilroy
Mrs. Soffel
Warden Peter Soffel
The Day of the Dolphin
Mike
Vendetta
D.A. Luzenberg
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Jeremiah Larson
Brass Target
Col. Walter Gilchrist
The North Avenue Irregulars
Michael Hill
Born Yesterday
Ed Deverey
A Little Sex
Tommy
Here Come the Munsters
Herman Munster
Soul of the Game
Branch Rickey
A Christmas Wish
Les McCallum
So Proudly We Hail
James Wagner
Son of Morning
Thomas
Valley Forge
Folsom
Columbus The Lost Voyage
Narrator
Bereft
Lloyd
The Skeptic
Shepard
Lady Liberty
Policeman (uncredited)
Portrait of a Stripper
Frank Andrews
Sweet Poison
Henry
Saint Maybe
Doug Bedloe
Walking Across Egypt
Reverend Vernon
Andrew Jackson
Narrator
Foreign Student
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
Antarctica: A Frozen History
Narrator
Freedom Road
Stephen Holmes
Coach of the Year
Bill Ford
Fire in the Dark
Robert
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Governor Dawson
Better Living
Jack
The Face on the Milk Carton
Frank Jessmon
What Love Sees
Morton Treadway
First Invasion: The War of 1812
Narrator
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Lou Gehrig
Compromising Positions
Bob Singer
Christmas Oranges
Mr. Crampton
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
Narrator
O Youth and Beauty!
Kip Lawton
Death Valley
Paul Stanton
The Electric Grandmother
Father
A Foreign Field
Ralph
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
Narrator
The Gift of Life
Dr. Quinn
Price Check
Jack Bennington
Titanic's Achilles Heel
Narrator
Ape to Man
Narrator
The Christmas Pageant
Garrett Clark
Sherman's March
Narrator
Murrow
Fred Friendly
Stalin: Man of Steel
Narrator (voice)
Harry's War
Harry Johnson
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
Narrator (voice)
Heaven's Door
Nate Christensen
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
The Stranger
The French Revolution
Narrator
Banned from the Bible II
Narrator
Bible Battles
Narrator (voice)
Russia, Land of the Tsars
Narrator
The Sorrows of Gin
Kip Lawton
Niagara: A History of the Falls
Narrator
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
Narrator
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Take Down
Ed Branish
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
Narrator
Morristown: Where America Survived
Narrator
The Louisiana Purchase
Narrator
In Search of Christmas
Narrator
Isaac's Storm
Narrator
TV Shows (54)
Law & Order
Frederic Matson · 1 eps
Law & Order
Drew Seeley · 1 eps
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Mosbeck · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Norman Shales · 3 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mr. Vogel · 1 eps
American Dad!
Councilman (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Old Man (voice) · 1 eps
Gilmore Girls
Richard Gilmore · 153 eps
How I Met Your Mother
Reverend Lowell · 1 eps
The Good Wife
Lionel Deerfield · 6 eps
M*A*S*H
1 eps
30 Rock
Walter · 1 eps
The Practice
Anderson Pearson · 10 eps
Crossing Jordan
Thomas Malden · 1 eps
Nature
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Thomas Pandolfi · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
Father Joseph McCabe · 4 eps
Wings
Y.M. Burg · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Alger Hiss · 4 eps
American Playhouse
The Headmaster · 3 eps
American Playhouse
Professor · 1 eps
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton · 1 eps
Perception
Jack Pierce · 1 eps
Drop Dead Diva
Reverend Phillips · 1 eps
Harry's Law
Lester Babcock · 3 eps
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Benjamin Kaplan (voice) · 1 eps
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Screen One
Ralph · 1 eps
Better With You
Judge · 1 eps
Atomic Train
The President · 2 eps
Liberty!
Narrator · 6 eps
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Franklin Roosevelt (voice) · 7 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Folsom · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Doug Bedloe · 1 eps
The Ten Commandments
Narrator · 2 eps
The Presidents
Narrator · 9 eps
Founding Fathers
Narrator · 4 eps
Beacon Hill
Richard Palmer · 11 eps
The States
10 eps
Hothouse
Woods · 1 eps
Pandora's Clock
President · 2 eps
Eleanor and Franklin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50 · 2 eps
The Lawrenceville Stories
Headmaster · 3 eps
A Season in Purgatory
Dr. Shugrue · 2 eps
The Revolution
13 eps
French Revolution
Narrator · 2 eps
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Thomas Jefferson (voice) · 2 eps
Russia, Land of the Tsars
4 eps
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
Narrator · 4 eps
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
Narrator · 2 eps
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
Narrator · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (7)
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Frank Lloyd Wright
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
Self - Narrator (voice)
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
Self
Ring Christmas Bells
Self
Witness to 'Reds'
Self
