Person
Edward Herrmann
Acting · 1943–2014 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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
Law & Order
Frederic Matson
Grey's Anatomy
Norman Shales
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mr. Vogel
American Dad!
Councilman (voice)
How I Met Your Mother
Reverend Lowell
The Good Wife
Lionel Deerfield
Gilmore Girls
Richard Gilmore
The Practice
Anderson Pearson
Wings
Y.M. Burg
Great Performances
Self
Filmography
- 2016Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeRichard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 2016Coach of the YearBill Ford
- 2015Cancer: The Emperor of All MaladiesNarrator (voice)
- 2014The Town that Dreaded SundownReverend Cartwright
- 2014The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryFranklin Roosevelt (voice)
- 2013The Wolf of Wall StreetStratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
- 2013Are You HereDr. Vincent
- 2012Heaven's DoorNate Christensen
- 2012Price CheckJack Bennington
- 2012PerceptionJack Pierce
- 2012Christmas OrangesMr. Crampton
- 2012Treasure BuddiesPhilip Wellington
- 2011The Christmas PageantGarrett Clark
- 2011A Christmas WishLes McCallum
- 2011Redemption: For Robbing the DeadGovernor Dawson
- 2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a StarJeremiah Larson
- 2011Son of MorningThomas
- 2011Harry's LawLester Babcock
- 2010Better With YouJudge
- 2009The Good WifeLionel Deerfield
- 2009Ring Christmas BellsSelf
- 2009Drop Dead DivaReverend Phillips
- 2009The Six Wives of Henry LefayJohn Goodenough
- 2009The SkepticShepard
- 2009Hatching PeteThe Principal
- 2009Morristown: Where America SurvivedNarrator
- 2007Andrew JacksonNarrator
- 2007Columbus The Lost VoyageNarrator
- 2007The Revolution
- 2007Titanic's Achilles HeelNarrator
- 2007Sherman's MarchNarrator
- 2007The States
- 2007Banned from the Bible IINarrator
- 2007I Think I Love My WifeMr. Landis
- 2006Factory GirlJames Townsend
- 2006Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the MayflowerSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2006Witness to 'Reds'Self
- 200630 RockWalter
- 2006Wedding DazeLyle
- 2006Relative StrangersDoug Clayton
- 2006The Ten CommandmentsNarrator
- 2006Decoding the Past: Secrets of the KoranNarrator
- 2006Titanic's Final Moments: Missing PiecesNarrator (voice)
- 2005Ape to ManNarrator
- 2005Bible BattlesNarrator (voice)
- 2005The Templar Code: Crusade of SecrecyNarrator
- 2005How I Met Your MotherReverend Lowell
- 2005FDR: A Presidency RevealedNarrator
- 2005Grey's AnatomyNorman Shales
- 2005American Dad!Councilman (voice)
- 2005The PresidentsNarrator
- 2005The French RevolutionNarrator
- 2005French RevolutionNarrator
- 2004The AviatorJoseph Breen
- 2004Tom Goes to the MayorBenjamin Kaplan (voice)
- 2004BereftLloyd
- 2004First Invasion: The War of 1812Narrator
- 2004Isaac's StormNarrator
- 2004Welcome to MooseportAvery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
- 2003Intolerable CrueltyRex Rexroth
- 2003Teddy Roosevelt: An American LionNarrator
- 2003Russia, Land of the Tsars
- 2003The Louisiana PurchaseNarrator
- 2003Russia, Land of the TsarsNarrator
- 2003Stalin: Man of SteelNarrator (voice)
- 2003The Samuraiself (voice)
- 2002The Emperor's ClubHeadmaster Woodbridge
- 2002Dinosaur Secrets RevealedNarrator (voice)
- 2002Rise and Fall of the SpartansNarrator (voice)
- 2002It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')Self
- 2002Antarctica: A Frozen HistoryNarrator
- 2001In Search of ChristmasNarrator
- 2001The Cat's MeowW. R. Hearst
- 2001Crossing JordanThomas Malden
- 2001DownMilligan
- 2001James DeanRaymond Massey
- 2001The Impressionists: The Other French RevolutionNarrator
- 2001The Face: Jesus in ArtNarrator (voice)
- 2001Double TakeCharles Allsworth
- 2000Founding FathersNarrator
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMr. Vogel
- 2000Gilmore GirlsRichard Gilmore
- 1999Walking Across EgyptReverend Vernon
- 1999The Korean War: Fire and IceNarrator
- 1999VendettaD.A. Luzenberg
- 1999Atomic TrainThe President
- 1999Norman Rockwell: Painting AmericaNarrator
- 1999Niagara: A History of the FallsNarrator
- 1999Ultimate autoshost
- 1998Saint MaybeDoug Bedloe
- 1998Frank Lloyd WrightSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1998Better LivingJack
- 1997Liberty!Narrator
- 1997Critical CareRobert Payne
- 1997The PracticeAnderson Pearson
- 1996Pandora's ClockPresident
- 1996What Love SeesMorton Treadway
- 1996A Season in PurgatoryDr. Shugrue
- 1996A Season in PurgatoryDr. Shugrue
- 1996Soul of the GameBranch Rickey
- 1995NixonNelson Rockefeller
- 1995The Face on the Milk CartonFrank Jessmon
- 1995Thomas Jefferson: A View from the MountainThomas Jefferson (voice)
- 1995Here Come the MunstersHerman Munster
- 1994Ri¢hie Ri¢hRichard Rich
- 1994Don't Drink the WaterMr. Kilroy
- 1994Foreign StudentZachary 'Zach' Gilmore
- 1993A Foreign FieldRalph
- 1993My Boyfriend's BackMr. Dingle
- 1993Born YesterdayEd Deverey
- 1993Homicide: Life on the StreetThomas Pandolfi
- 1992HeroMr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
- 1991Fire in the DarkRobert
- 1991Sweet PoisonHenry
- 1991The General Motors Playwrights TheaterBen Cunningham
- 1990Law & OrderFrederic Matson
- 1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
- 1990WingsY.M. Burg
- 1990So Proudly We HailJames Wagner
- 1989Screen OneRalph
- 1988HothouseWoods
- 1988Big BusinessGraham Sherbourne
- 1987OverboardGrant Stayton III
- 1987The Lost BoysMax
- 1987The Lawrenceville StoriesHead Master
- 1986MurrowFred Friendly
- 1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
- 1985Compromising PositionsBob Singer
- 1985The Man with One Red ShoeBrown
- 1985The Purple Rose of CairoHenry
- 1984Mrs. SoffelWarden Peter Soffel
- 1983Memorial DayNed Larwin
- 1982St. ElsewhereFather Joseph McCabe
- 1982NatureNarrator (voice)
- 1982AnnieFDR
- 1982Death ValleyPaul Stanton
- 1982A Little SexTommy
- 1982The Gift of LifeDr. Quinn
- 1982The Electric GrandmotherFather
- 1982American PlayhouseAlger Hiss
- 1981RedsMax Eastman
- 1981Dear LiarGeorge Bernard Shaw
- 1981The Private History of a Campaign That FailedThe Stranger
- 1981Harry's WarHarry Johnson
- 1979O Youth and Beauty!Kip Lawton
- 1979Freedom RoadStephen Holmes
- 1979The Sorrows of GinKip Lawton
- 1979Portrait of a StripperFrank Andrews
- 1979Take DownEd Branish
- 1979The North Avenue IrregularsMichael Hill
- 1978Brass TargetCol. Walter Gilchrist
- 1978The BetsyDan Weyman
- 1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig StoryLou Gehrig
- 1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House YearsFranklin D. Roosevelt
- 1976Eleanor and FranklinFranklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
- 1975Valley ForgeFolsom
- 1975Beacon HillRichard Palmer
- 1975The Great Waldo PepperEzra Stiles
- 1974The Great GatsbyKlipspringer
- 1973The Day of the DolphinMike
- 1973The Paper ChaseThomas Craig Anderson
- 1972M*A*S*H
- 1971Lady LibertyPoliceman (uncredited)
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameFolsom
- —History's Lost & Found
- —Wonder WomanSenator Warren
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