Actor
· Acting
Edward Herrmann
Born 1943-07-21
Died 2014-12-31
📍 Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
Filmography 163
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
2016
Coach of the Year
as Bill Ford
2016
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
as Narrator (voice)
2015
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Reverend Cartwright
2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
2014
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
2013
Are You Here
as Dr. Vincent
2013
Heaven's Door
as Nate Christensen
2012
Price Check
as Jack Bennington
2012
Perception
as Jack Pierce
2012
Christmas Oranges
as Mr. Crampton
2012
Treasure Buddies
as Philip Wellington
2012
The Christmas Pageant
as Garrett Clark
2011
A Christmas Wish
as Les McCallum
2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Governor Dawson
2011
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
as Jeremiah Larson
2011
Wonder Woman
2011
Son of Morning
as Thomas
2011
Harry's Law
as Lester Babcock
2011
Better With You
as Judge
2010
The Good Wife
as Lionel Deerfield
2009
Ring Christmas Bells
as Self
2009
Drop Dead Diva
as Reverend Phillips
2009
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as John Goodenough
2009
The Skeptic
as Shepard
2009
Hatching Pete
as The Principal
2009
Morristown: Where America Survived
as Narrator
2009
Andrew Jackson
as Narrator
2007
Columbus The Lost Voyage
as Narrator
2007
The Revolution
2007
Titanic's Achilles Heel
as Narrator
2007
Sherman's March
as Narrator
2007
The States
2007
Banned from the Bible II
as Narrator
2007
I Think I Love My Wife
as Mr. Landis
2007
Factory Girl
as James Townsend
2006
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Witness to 'Reds'
as Self
2006
30 Rock
as Walter
2006
Wedding Daze
as Lyle
2006
Relative Strangers
as Doug Clayton
2006
The Ten Commandments
as Narrator
2006
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
as Narrator
2006
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Ape to Man
as Narrator
2005
Bible Battles
as Narrator (voice)
2005
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
as Narrator
2005
How I Met Your Mother
as Reverend Lowell
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Norman Shales
2005
American Dad!
as Councilman (voice)
2005
American Dad!
as Old Man (voice)
2005
The Presidents
as Narrator
2005
The French Revolution
as Narrator
2005
French Revolution
as Narrator
2005
The Aviator
as Joseph Breen
2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor
as Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
2004
Bereft
as Lloyd
2004
First Invasion: The War of 1812
as Narrator
2004
Isaac's Storm
as Narrator
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
2004
Intolerable Cruelty
as Rex Rexroth
2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
as Narrator
2003
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003
The Louisiana Purchase
as Narrator
2003
Russia, Land of the Tsars
as Narrator
2003
Stalin: Man of Steel
as Narrator (voice)
2003
The Emperor's Club
as Headmaster Woodbridge
2002
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
as Narrator (voice)
2002
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
as Self
2002
Antarctica: A Frozen History
as Narrator
2002
In Search of Christmas
as Narrator
2001
The Cat's Meow
as W. R. Hearst
2001
Crossing Jordan
as Thomas Malden
2001
Down
as Milligan
2001
James Dean
as Raymond Massey
2001
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
as Narrator
2001
Double Take
as Charles Allsworth
2001
Founding Fathers
as Narrator
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mr. Vogel
2000
Gilmore Girls
as Richard Gilmore
2000
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
as Narrator
1999
Vendetta
as D.A. Luzenberg
1999
Atomic Train
as The President
1999
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
as Narrator
1999
Niagara: A History of the Falls
as Narrator
1999
Walking Across Egypt
as Reverend Vernon
1999
Saint Maybe
as Doug Bedloe
1998
Frank Lloyd Wright
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1998
Better Living
as Jack
1998
Liberty!
as Narrator
1997
Critical Care
as Robert Payne
1997
The Practice
as Anderson Pearson
1997
Pandora's Clock
as President
1996
What Love Sees
as Morton Treadway
1996
A Season in Purgatory
as Dr. Shugrue
1996
A Season in Purgatory
as Dr. Shugrue
1996
Soul of the Game
as Branch Rickey
1996
Nixon
as Nelson Rockefeller
1995
The Face on the Milk Carton
as Frank Jessmon
1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
1995
Here Come the Munsters
as Herman Munster
1995
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
as Richard Rich
1994
Don't Drink the Water
as Mr. Kilroy
1994
Foreign Student
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
1994
A Foreign Field
as Ralph
1993
My Boyfriend's Back
as Mr. Dingle
1993
Born Yesterday
as Ed Deverey
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Thomas Pandolfi
1993
Hero
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
1992
Fire in the Dark
as Robert
1991
Sweet Poison
as Henry
1991
Law & Order
as Frederic Matson
1990
Law & Order
as Drew Seeley
1990
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Mosbeck
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Wings
as Y.M. Burg
1990
So Proudly We Hail
as James Wagner
1990
Screen One
as Ralph
1989
Hothouse
as Woods
1988
Big Business
as Graham Sherbourne
1988
Overboard
as Grant Stayton III
1987
The Lost Boys
as Max
1987
The Lawrenceville Stories
as Head Master
1987
Murrow
as Fred Friendly
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
1985
Compromising Positions
as Bob Singer
1985
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Brown
1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Henry
1985
Mrs. Soffel
as Warden Peter Soffel
1984
St. Elsewhere
as Father Joseph McCabe
1982
Nature
as Narrator (voice)
1982
Annie
as FDR
1982
Death Valley
as Paul Stanton
1982
A Little Sex
as Tommy
1982
The Gift of Life
as Dr. Quinn
1982
The Electric Grandmother
as Father
1982
Reds
as Max Eastman
1981
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
as The Stranger
1981
Harry's War
as Harry Johnson
1981
O Youth and Beauty!
as Kip Lawton
1979
Freedom Road
as Stephen Holmes
1979
The Sorrows of Gin
as Kip Lawton
1979
Portrait of a Stripper
as Frank Andrews
1979
Take Down
as Ed Branish
1979
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Michael Hill
1979
Brass Target
as Col. Walter Gilchrist
1978
The Betsy
as Dan Weyman
1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Lou Gehrig
1978
Eleanor and Franklin
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
1976
Valley Forge
1975
Beacon Hill
as Richard Palmer
1975
The Great Waldo Pepper
as Ezra Stiles
1975
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
1974
The Day of the Dolphin
as Mike
1973
The Paper Chase
as Thomas Craig Anderson
1973
M*A*S*H
1972
Lady Liberty
as Policeman (uncredited)
1971
Great Performances
as Self
1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Folsom
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Doug Bedloe
1951
Wonder Woman
as Senator Warren