Richard Herd

Actor Sep 26 (died age 87) Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1970–2021 (51 year career)

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Biography

Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 – May 26, 2020) was an American actor appearing in numerous supporting, recurring, and guest roles in television series and occasional film roles from the 1970s to the 2010s. He was well known in the science fiction community for his role in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, as John, the Visitors' Supreme Commander. Other major roles in his career included recurring parts on the NBC series seaQuest DSV as Admiral William No…

Known For

Film

Get Out

Roman Armitage

Film

The Mule

Tim Kennedy

Film

All the President's Men

James W. McCord, Jr.

Film

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Walt

Film

V

John

Film

Joseph: King of Dreams

Jacob (voice)

Film

The China Syndrome

Evan McCormack

Film

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Henry Skerridge

Filmography

Acting (121)

Movies (59)

The Silent Natural

2019

as Mr. Beagle

6.3

That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars

as Self

The Mule

as Tim Kennedy

Get Out

as Roman Armitage

A Christmas in New York

as Bob Burgess

Star Trek: Renegades

as Admiral Paris

InAlienable

as Professor Randolph Barnett

3.1

The Anna Nicole Smith Story

2007

as J. Howard Marshall

3.5

Dog Days of Summer

2007

as Frank Cooper

4.3

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

2005

as Commissioner Hans Raab

6.2

Roddenberry on Patrol

2003

as Captain Kirkus

Joseph: King of Dreams

as Jacob (voice)

A Fare to Remember

as Mr. Jennings

The Survivor

as Bradford

I Married a Monster

as Dr. Paul Drummond

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

as Henry Skerridge

Journey of the Heart

as Principal Martin

A Case for Life

as Bud Cromwell

Sgt. Bilko

as Gen Tennyson

Yesterday's Target

as Aaron Winfield

The Secretary

as Chuck Bosnell

The Gift of Love

Cosmic Slop

as Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')

The Judas Project

as Arthur Cunningham

Majority Rule

as Rep. Harold Reynolds

3.0

Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'

1992

as Charles Hackley

Camp Cucamonga

1990

as Thornton Bradley

4.7

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

as Ray Goodrich

Corporate Affairs

as Cyrus Kinkaid

Fall From Grace

as Richard Dortch

Gleaming the Cube

as Ed Lawndale

Nashville Beat

as Chief Kincaid

My First Love

1988

as Chet Townsend

10.0

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

as Walt

Summer Rental

as Angus MacLachlan

Trancers

as Chairman Spencer

Deal of the Century

as Lyle

Farrell: For the People

as Randolph Gardner

Lovely But Deadly

as Charley Gilmarten

Elvis and the Beauty Queen

1981

as Sanford Thompson

3.3

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

as Chuck Knoll

Private Benjamin

as General Foley

Wolf Lake

as George

Schizoid

as Donahue

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

1980

as Gen. Groves

5.7

Ike

1979

as Gen. Omar N. Bradley

The China Syndrome

as Evan McCormack

The Onion Field

as Beat Cop

Marciano

as John Furst

F.I.S.T.

as Mike Monahan

Dr. Scorpion

as Bill Worthington

Terror Out of the Sky

1978

as Col. Mangus

4.8

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

as Donovan

The Hunted Lady

as Capt. Wilson

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

1977

as Dr. Halle

5.8

All the President's Men

1976

as James W. McCord, Jr.

7.7

Pueblo

1973

as Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark

5.7

Libertad para la juventud

1971

Hercules in New York

1970

as Television Presenter

4.1

Television (62)

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

as Self

Shameless

as Gerald

Hawaii Five-0

as Old Milton

Rizzoli & Isles

as Patrick Doyle, Sr.

Ghost Whisperer

as Stephen Devine

Desperate Housewives

as Harry Gaunt

Cold Case

as Gene Karnow (2008)

The O.C.

as Uncle Shaun

CSI: Miami

as Judge Paul Landsman

Everwood

as Herb Roberts

The District

as Sam SheridanAndi

Family Law

as Judge Neil Walker

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1997

as Dr. Stanley Backer

Pacific Blue

as Ethan Callaway

JAG

as Charlie Hoskins

Star Trek: Voyager

as Adm. Owen Paris

Caroline in the City

as Barney Baxter

as Dr. Murphy

Winnetka Road

as Mike

Diagnosis: Murder

as Archie Mullen

Walker, Texas Ranger

as General Garrity

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

as Dr. John Hansen

seaQuest DSV

as Admiral Noyce

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

1993

as President Cleveland

7.0

Renegade

1992

as Sheriff Frank Brown

Seinfeld

as Wilhelm

Tales from the Crypt

as Phil Stone

Quantum Leap

as Moe Stein

Mancuso, F.B.I.

China Beach

as Bartender (uncredited)

7.4

Favorite Son

1988

4.0

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as L'Kor

Jake and the Fatman

Beauty and the Beast

Matlock

as Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter

The Golden Girls

as Ernie

Murder, She Wrote

as Harvey McKittrick

V: The Final Battle

as John

The A-Team

as Jonathan Durcell

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983

as Jake Williamson

6.5

Hardcastle and McCormick

1983

as Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta

as John

Knight Rider

as Lyle Jastrow

T. J. Hooker

as Captain Dennis Sheridan

6.5

T. J. Hooker

1982

as Captain Dennis Sheridan

6.5

Matt Houston

1982

6.2

The Devlin Connection

1982

as Lt. Harvey Bukowski

Cassie & Co.

as John Beringer

Falcon Crest

as Calvin Kleeger

Hill Street Blues

as Mike

The Greatest American Hero

Simon & Simon

Knots Landing

as Dr. Aaron Stahl

Hart to Hart

as Lieutenant Fredricks

Ike

as Gen. Omar Bradley

Dallas

as John Mackey

Eight Is Enough

Starsky & Hutch

as FBI Agent Smithers

The Rockford Files

as Cliff Gladish

Kojak

as Bob

M*A*S*H

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

as Greene

7.0