
Edward Kirk Herrmann, born July 21, 1943, 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. Hermann died from brain cancer, Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in a hospital in New York City.
Serial | Wonder Woman | Senator Warren | 2021 |
Film | Coach of the Year | Bill Ford | 2016-11-03 |
Film | The Town that Dreaded Sundown | Reverend Cartwright | 2014-10-16 |
Film | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Franklin Roosevelt | 2014-09-15 |
Serial | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Franklin Roosevelt (voice) | 2014-09-14 |
Film | The Wolf of Wall Street | Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice) | 2013-12-25 |
Film | Are You Here | Dr. Vincent | 2013-09-07 |
Film | Heaven's Door | Nate Christensen | 2012-11-27 |
Film | Price Check | Jack Bennington | 2012-11-16 |
Serial | Perception | Jack Pierce | 2012-07-09 |
Film | Christmas Oranges | Mr. Crampton | 2012-06-01 |
Film | Treasure Buddies | Philip Wellington | 2012-01-31 |
Film | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Jeremiah Larson | 2011-09-09 |
Film | Son of Morning | Thomas | 2011-01-01 |
Film | A Christmas Wish | Les McCallum | 2011-11-20 |
Film | Redemption: For Robbing the Dead | Governor Dawson | 2011-10-16 |
Film | The Christmas Pageant | Garrett Clark | 2011-12-11 |
Film | Ring Christmas Bells | 2009-09-01 | |
Film | The Skeptic | Shepard | 2009-05-01 |
Film | Hatching Pete | The Principal | 2009-04-24 |
Film | The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | John Goodenough | 2009-01-01 |
Film | Columbus The Lost Voyage | Narrator | 2007-10-08 |
Serial | The Revolution | 2007-07-04 | |
Serial | The States | 2007-04-21 | |
Film | I Think I Love My Wife | Mr. Landis | 2007-03-16 |
Serial | The Ten Commandments | Narrator | 2006-04-10 |
Film | Relative Strangers | Doug Clayton | 2006-05-01 |
Serial | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Film | Wedding Daze | Lyle | 2006-09-09 |
Film | Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower | Narrator | 2006-11-23 |
Film | Factory Girl | James Townsend | 2006-12-29 |
Film | Ape to Man | Narrator | 2005-12-27 |
Film | Bible Battles | Narrator (voice) | 2005-12-21 |
Serial | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown | 2005-03-27 |
Film | The French Revolution | Narrator | 2005-01-17 |
Film | The Aviator | Joseph Breen | 2004-12-17 |
Serial | Tom Goes to the Mayor | Unknown | 2004-11-14 |
Film | Bereft | Lloyd | 2004-09-13 |
Film | Intolerable Cruelty | Rex Rexroth | 2003-09-02 |
Film | Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion | Narrator | 2003-05-27 |
Film | The Samurai | self (voice) | 2003-01-01 |
Film | The Emperor's Club | Headmaster Woodbridge | 2002-11-22 |
Film | Down | Milligan | 2002-01-23 |
Serial | Crossing Jordan | Unknown | 2001-09-24 |
Film | James Dean | Raymond Massey | 2001-08-04 |
Film | The Cat's Meow | W. R. Hearst | 2001-08-03 |
Film | The Face: Jesus in Art | Narrator | 2001-04-15 |
Film | Double Take | Charles Allsworth | 2001-01-12 |
Serial | Gilmore Girls | Richard Gilmore | 2000-10-05 |
Film | Vendetta | D.A. Luzenberg | 1999-09-12 |
Film | Atomic Train | The President | 1999-05-16 |
Serial | Atomic Train | The President | 1999-05-16 |
Film | Walking Across Egypt | Reverend Vernon | 1999-01-01 |
Film | Saint Maybe | Doug Bedloe | 1998-11-22 |
Film | Better Living | Jack | 1998-11-02 |
Serial | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Film | Critical Care | Robert Payne | 1997-10-31 |
Serial | Liberty! | Narrator | 1997-11-23 |
Serial | Pandora's Clock | President | 1996-11-10 |
Film | What Love Sees | Morton Treadway | 1996-09-22 |
Film | A Season in Purgatory | Dr. Shugrue | 1996-05-05 |
Film | Soul of the Game | Branch Rickey | 1996-04-20 |
Film | Nixon | Nelson Rockefeller | 1995-12-22 |
Film | The Face on the Milk Carton | Frank Jessmon | 1995-05-24 |
Film | Here Come the Munsters | Herman Munster | 1995-01-11 |
Film | Ri¢hie Ri¢h | Richard Rich | 1994-12-19 |
Film | Don't Drink the Water | Mr. Kilroy | 1994-12-18 |
Film | Foreign Student | Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore | 1994-07-29 |
Film | My Boyfriend's Back | Mr. Dingle | 1993-08-06 |
Film | Born Yesterday | Ed Deverey | 1993-03-26 |
Serial | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
Film | Hero | Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide | 1992-10-02 |
Film | Fire in the Dark | Robert | 1991-07-01 |
Serial | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
Serial | Wings | Unknown | 1990-04-19 |
Film | Big Business | Graham Sherbourne | 1988-06-10 |
Film | Overboard | Grant Stayton III | 1987-12-16 |
Film | The Lost Boys | Max | 1987-07-31 |
Film | Murrow | Fred Friendly | 1986-01-19 |
Film | Compromising Positions | Bob Singer | 1985-08-30 |
Film | The Man with One Red Shoe | Brown | 1985-07-18 |
Film | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Henry | 1985-03-01 |
Film | Mrs. Soffel | Warden Peter Soffel | 1984-12-26 |
Film | Memorial Day | Ned Larwin | 1983-11-23 |
Film | The Electric Grandmother | Father | 1982-01-17 |
Film | A Little Sex | Tommy Donovan | 1982-04-02 |
Film | The Gift of Life | Dr. Quinn | 1982-03-15 |
Serial | Nature | Unknown | 1982-10-10 |
Film | Death Valley | Paul Stanton | 1982-05-07 |
Film | Annie | FDR | 1982-06-18 |
Serial | St. Elsewhere | Unknown | 1982-10-26 |
Film | Reds | Max Eastman | 1981-12-25 |
Film | Harry's War | Harry Johnson | 1981-03-06 |
Film | Portrait of a Stripper | Frank Andrews | 1979-12-29 |
Film | O Youth and Beauty! | Kip Lawton | 1979-10-30 |
Film | Freedom Road | Stephen Holmes | 1979-10-29 |
Film | The Sorrows of Gin | Kip Lawton | 1979-10-24 |
Film | The North Avenue Irregulars | Michael Hill | 1979-02-09 |
Film | Take Down | Ed Branish | 1979-01-13 |
Film | A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Lou Gehrig | 1978-01-15 |
Film | The Betsy | Dan Weyman | 1978-02-02 |
Film | Brass Target | Col. Walter Gilchrist | 1978-12-22 |
Film | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1977-03-13 |
Film | Eleanor and Franklin | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, age 20-50 | 1976-01-11 |
Serial | Eleanor and Franklin | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50 | 1976-01-11 |
Film | Valley Forge | 1975-12-03 | |
Serial | Beacon Hill | 1975-08-25 | |
Film | The Great Waldo Pepper | Ezra Stiles | 1975-03-13 |
Film | The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer | 1974-03-27 |
Film | The Day of the Dolphin | Mike | 1973-12-19 |
Film | The Paper Chase | Thomas Craig Anderson | 1973-10-16 |
Serial | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
Film | Lady Liberty | uncredited | 1971-01-01 |
Film | Laughter in the Dark | 1969-05-11 |