Edward Herrmann
Known for Acting · 167 credits
- Born
- 1943-07-21
- Died
- 2014-12-31
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Also known as
- Ed Hermann · Edward Herman · Edward Kirk Herrmann · اد هرمان · اِد هرمان
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
TV Shows (52)
Law & Order
1990
as Frederic Matson / Drew Seeley / Defense Attorney Mosbeck
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Norman Shales
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Mr. Vogel
American Dad!
2005
as Councilman (voice) / Old Man (voice)
The Good Wife
2009
as Lionel Deerfield
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Great Performances
1971
as Self
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Reverend Lowell
Gilmore Girls
2000
as Richard Gilmore
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Thomas Malden
Wings
1990
as Y.M. Burg
M*A*S*H
1972
The Practice
1997
as Anderson Pearson
30 Rock
2006
as Walter
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Father Joseph McCabe
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Thomas Pandolfi
Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Reverend Phillips
American Playhouse
1982
as Alger Hiss / The Headmaster / Professor
Perception
2012
as Jack Pierce
Harry's Law
2011
as Lester Babcock
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
as Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
Screen One
1989
as Ralph
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016
as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Folsom / Doug Bedloe
Better With You
2010
as Judge
Hothouse
1988
as Woods
Atomic Train
1999
as The President
The Ten Commandments
2006
as Narrator
Pandora's Clock
1996
as President
A Season in Purgatory
1996
as Dr. Shugrue
Liberty!
1997
as Narrator
Beacon Hill
1975
as Richard Palmer
The Presidents
2005
as Narrator
Wonder Woman
as Senator Warren
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991
as Ben Cunningham
The States
2007
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
1999
as Narrator
Ultimate autos
1999
as host
Founding Fathers
2000
as Narrator
The Lawrenceville Stories
1987
as Headmaster
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003
French Revolution
2005
as Narrator
The Revolution
2007
Frank Lloyd Wright
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Eleanor and Franklin
1976
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
History's Lost & Found
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
2001
as Narrator
Movies (115)
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
The Lost Boys
1987
as Max
The Aviator
2004
as Joseph Breen
The Betsy
1978
as Dan Weyman
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994
as Richard Rich
Antarctica: A Frozen History
2002
as Narrator
Overboard
1987
as Grant Stayton III
The Great Gatsby
1974
as Klipspringer
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
as Rex Rexroth
Annie
1982
as FDR
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Henry
Hero
1992
as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
as Brown
Down
2001
as Milligan
Dear Liar
1981
as George Bernard Shaw
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Mr. Landis
Treasure Buddies
2012
as Philip Wellington
Are You Here
2013
as Dr. Vincent
Factory Girl
2006
as James Townsend
Nixon
1995
as Nelson Rockefeller
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011
as Jeremiah Larson
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
Reds
1981
as Max Eastman
A Little Sex
1982
as Tommy
Double Take
2001
as Charles Allsworth
Wedding Daze
2006
as Lyle
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014
as Reverend Cartwright
James Dean
2001
as Raymond Massey
Valley Forge
1975
as Folsom
Relative Strangers
2006
as Doug Clayton
Columbus The Lost Voyage
2007
as Narrator
Critical Care
1997
as Robert Payne
Hatching Pete
2009
as The Principal
A Season in Purgatory
1996
as Dr. Shugrue
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
as Mr. Dingle
Big Business
1988
as Graham Sherbourne
Don't Drink the Water
1994
as Mr. Kilroy
The Paper Chase
1973
as Thomas Craig Anderson
The Day of the Dolphin
1973
as Mike
A Christmas Wish
2011
as Les McCallum
Vendetta
1999
as D.A. Luzenberg
Here Come the Munsters
1995
as Herman Munster
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009
as John Goodenough
Soul of the Game
1996
as Branch Rickey
Bereft
2004
as Lloyd
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Son of Morning
2011
as Thomas
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
as Ezra Stiles
Mrs. Soffel
1984
as Warden Peter Soffel
Price Check
2012
as Jack Bennington
So Proudly We Hail
1990
as James Wagner
Compromising Positions
1985
as Bob Singer
Andrew Jackson
2007
as Narrator
Born Yesterday
1993
as Ed Deverey
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
as Michael Hill
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
2002
as Narrator (voice)
The Face: Jesus in Art
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Titanic's Achilles Heel
2007
as Narrator
Foreign Student
1994
as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
Lady Liberty
1971
as Policeman (uncredited)
The French Revolution
2005
as Narrator
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003
as Narrator
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995
as Frank Jessmon
The Christmas Pageant
2011
as Garrett Clark
The Skeptic
2009
as Shepard
The Emperor's Club
2002
as Headmaster Woodbridge
Death Valley
1982
as Paul Stanton
Ape to Man
2005
as Narrator
Memorial Day
1983
as Ned Larwin
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Saint Maybe
1998
as Doug Bedloe
Freedom Road
1979
as Stephen Holmes
Sherman's March
2007
as Narrator
The Electric Grandmother
1982
as Father
Harry's War
1981
as Harry Johnson
Christmas Oranges
2012
as Mr. Crampton
Fire in the Dark
1991
as Robert
Heaven's Door
2012
as Nate Christensen
Murrow
1986
as Fred Friendly
The Cat's Meow
2001
as W. R. Hearst
Walking Across Egypt
1999
as Reverend Vernon
The Samurai
2003
as self (voice)
A Foreign Field
1993
as Ralph
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
2005
as Narrator
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
as Governor Dawson
Sweet Poison
1991
as Henry
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
1999
as Narrator
Brass Target
1978
as Col. Walter Gilchrist
In Search of Christmas
2001
as Narrator
O Youth and Beauty!
1979
as Kip Lawton
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978
as Lou Gehrig
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Banned from the Bible II
2007
as Narrator
The Louisiana Purchase
2003
as Narrator
Portrait of a Stripper
1979
as Frank Andrews
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003
as Narrator
Better Living
1998
as Jack
Morristown: Where America Survived
2009
as Narrator
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
2005
as Narrator
First Invasion: The War of 1812
2004
as Narrator
Stalin: Man of Steel
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Sorrows of Gin
1979
as Kip Lawton
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002
as Self
Isaac's Storm
2004
as Narrator
Witness to 'Reds'
2006
as Self
Bible Battles
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Niagara: A History of the Falls
1999
as Narrator
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981
as The Stranger
The Gift of Life
1982
as Dr. Quinn
Ring Christmas Bells
2009
as Self
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
2006
as Narrator
What Love Sees
1996
as Morton Treadway
Take Down
1979
as Ed Branish
Coach of the Year
2016
as Bill Ford
About Edward Herrmann
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. With 167 credits spanning from 1951 to 2016, Edward Herrmann has appeared in 115 films and 52 TV shows.
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- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) — as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
- The Lost Boys (1987) — as Max
- The Aviator (2004) — as Joseph Breen
- The Betsy (1978) — as Dan Weyman
- Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994) — as Richard Rich
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