Edward Herrmann

ActorCrew Jul 21 (died age 71) Washington, District of Columbia, USA 1951–2016 (65 year career)

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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

Film

The Wolf of Wall Street

Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)

Film

The Aviator

Joseph Breen

Film

Gilmore Girls

Richard Gilmore

Film

The Lost Boys

Max

Film

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Henry

Film

Overboard

Grant Stayton III

Film

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

Richard Rich

Film

Intolerable Cruelty

Rex Rexroth

Filmography

Acting (165)

Movies (116)

Coach of the Year

2016

as Bill Ford

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

2014

as Reverend Cartwright

5.8

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)

Are You Here

as Dr. Vincent

Treasure Buddies

as Philip Wellington

Price Check

as Jack Bennington

Heaven's Door

as Nate Christensen

Christmas Oranges

as Mr. Crampton

The Christmas Pageant

2011

as Garrett Clark

5.9

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

as Jeremiah Larson

Son of Morning

as Thomas

A Christmas Wish

as Les McCallum

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

as Governor Dawson

The Skeptic

as Shepard

Hatching Pete

as The Principal

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

2009

as John Goodenough

5.2

Ring Christmas Bells

2009

as Self

Morristown: Where America Survived

2009

as Narrator

Banned from the Bible II

2007

as Narrator

I Think I Love My Wife

2007

as Mr. Landis

5.3

Titanic's Achilles Heel

2007

as Narrator

10.0

Columbus The Lost Voyage

2007

as Narrator

7.0

Sherman's March

2007

as Narrator

Andrew Jackson

as Narrator

Wedding Daze

as Lyle

Factory Girl

as James Townsend

Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

2006

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.5

Relative Strangers

2006

as Doug Clayton

5.2

Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces

as Narrator (voice)

Witness to 'Reds'

as Self

Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran

2006

as Narrator

The French Revolution

2005

as Narrator

5.3

FDR: A Presidency Revealed

2005

as Narrator

The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy

as Narrator

Ape to Man

as Narrator

Bible Battles

as Narrator (voice)

The Aviator

2004

as Joseph Breen

7.2

First Invasion: The War of 1812

2004

as Narrator

Isaac's Storm

as Narrator

Bereft

as Lloyd

Welcome to Mooseport

as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)

5.1

Intolerable Cruelty

2003

as Rex Rexroth

6.0

The Louisiana Purchase

2003

as Narrator

The Samurai

2003

as self (voice)

Russia, Land of the Tsars

2003

as Narrator

7.0

Stalin: Man of Steel

2003

as Narrator (voice)

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

2003

as Narrator

5.0

The Emperor's Club

2002

as Headmaster Woodbridge

7.1

Antarctica: A Frozen History

2002

as Narrator

Dinosaur Secrets Revealed

2002

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

2002

as Self

James Dean

as Raymond Massey

Down

as Milligan

The Face: Jesus in Art

2001

as Narrator (voice)

Double Take

as Charles Allsworth

The Cat's Meow

as W. R. Hearst

In Search of Christmas

2001

as Narrator

Norman Rockwell: Painting America

1999

as Narrator

Vendetta

as D.A. Luzenberg

Walking Across Egypt

as Reverend Vernon

Niagara: A History of the Falls

1999

as Narrator

Saint Maybe

as Doug Bedloe

Better Living

as Jack

Critical Care

as Robert Payne

A Season in Purgatory

as Dr. Shugrue

Soul of the Game

as Branch Rickey

What Love Sees

as Morton Treadway

Nixon

as Nelson Rockefeller

6.9

Here Come the Munsters

1995

as Herman Munster

5.1

The Face on the Milk Carton

as Frank Jessmon

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

as Richard Rich

Don't Drink the Water

1994

as Mr. Kilroy

5.5

Foreign Student

1994

as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore

My Boyfriend's Back

as Mr. Dingle

Born Yesterday

as Ed Deverey

A Foreign Field

as Ralph

Hero

1992

as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide

6.3

Fire in the Dark

1991

as Robert

Sweet Poison

1991

as Henry

5.0

So Proudly We Hail

1990

as James Wagner

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

Big Business

as Graham Sherbourne

The Lost Boys

as Max

Overboard

as Grant Stayton III

Murrow

as Fred Friendly

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985

as Henry

7.4

The Man with One Red Shoe

1985

as Brown

5.7

Compromising Positions

1985

as Bob Singer

5.2

Mrs. Soffel

1984

as Warden Peter Soffel

Memorial Day

as Ned Larwin

Annie

as FDR

A Little Sex

as Tommy

Death Valley

as Paul Stanton

The Gift of Life

as Dr. Quinn

The Electric Grandmother

as Father

Reds

as Max Eastman

Dear Liar

as George Bernard Shaw

Harry's War

1981

as Harry Johnson

5.2

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed

1981

as The Stranger

The Sorrows of Gin

1979

as Kip Lawton

10.0

The North Avenue Irregulars

1979

as Michael Hill

6.2

Portrait of a Stripper

as Frank Andrews

Freedom Road

as Stephen Holmes

Take Down

as Ed Branish

O Youth and Beauty!

as Kip Lawton

The Betsy

as Dan Weyman

Brass Target

as Col. Walter Gilchrist

5.4

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

1978

as Lou Gehrig

9.0

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

1977

as Franklin D. Roosevelt

4.4

Valley Forge

1975

The Great Waldo Pepper

as Ezra Stiles

The Great Gatsby

as Klipspringer

The Day of the Dolphin

1973

as Mike

5.8

The Paper Chase

1973

as Thomas Craig Anderson

6.7

Lady Liberty

1971

as Policeman (uncredited)

5.3

Countdown to Armageddon

as Selfb - Announcer

Television (49)

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

2016

as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)

7.3

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

2015

as Narrator (voice)

7.7

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

2014

as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)

Perception

as Jack Pierce

Harry's Law

as Lester Babcock

Better With You

as Judge

The Good Wife

as Lionel Deerfield

Drop Dead Diva

as Reverend Phillips

The States

The Revolution

30 Rock

as Walter

The Ten Commandments

as Narrator

Grey's Anatomy

as Norman Shales

American Dad!

as Old Man (voice)

How I Met Your Mother

as Reverend Lowell

The Presidents

as Narrator

French Revolution

as Narrator

Tom Goes to the Mayor

2004

as Benjamin Kaplan (voice)

6.8

Russia, Land of the Tsars

2003

10.0

Rise and Fall of the Spartans

as Narrator (voice)

Crossing Jordan

as Thomas Malden

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Mr. Vogel

Gilmore Girls

as Richard Gilmore

Founding Fathers

as Narrator

Atomic Train

1999

as The President

4.7

The Korean War: Fire and Ice

1999

as Narrator

6.5

Ultimate autos

1999

as host

Frank Lloyd Wright

1998

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Practice

as Anderson Pearson

Liberty!

as Narrator

A Season in Purgatory

1996

as Dr. Shugrue

Pandora's Clock

1996

as President

5.0

Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

1995

as Thomas Jefferson (voice)

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Thomas Pandolfi

Law & Order

as Drew Seeley

Wings

as Y.M. Burg

Screen One

as Ralph

Hothouse

as Woods

The Lawrenceville Stories

1987

as Head Master

5.0

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985

as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

St. Elsewhere

as Father Joseph McCabe

5.6

Eleanor and Franklin

1976

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50

Beacon Hill

as Richard Palmer

M*A*S*H

Great Performances

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Folsom

8.6

Wonder Woman

as Senator Warren

4.9

History's Lost & Found

1.0

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Niagara: A History of the Falls

1999

Presenter