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Acting
Birthday:
September 26, 1932
Place of Birth:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Richard Herd
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 Noyce; on Star Trek: Voyager as Admiral Owen Paris, the father of helmsman Tom Paris; and as George Costanza's boss Matt Wilhelm on Seinfeld. In two guest appearances on Quantum Leap, he played children's show host "Captain Galaxy", a would-be time traveler, and a miner named Ziggy Ziganovich. He also voiced Father Elijah in the Dead Money expansion for Fallout: New Vegas. Herd appeared at several fan conventions for his science fiction roles.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Silent Natural | Mr. Beagle |
| 2019 | That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars | Self |
| 2018 | The Mule | Tim Kennedy |
| 2017 | Get Out | Roman Armitage |
| 2017 | A Christmas in New York | Bob Burgess |
| 2015 | Star Trek: Renegades | Admiral Paris |
| 2007 | Dog Days of Summer | Frank Cooper |
| 2007 | The Anna Nicole Smith Story | J. Howard Marshall |
| 2005 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Commissioner Hans Raab |
| 2003 | Roddenberry on Patrol | Captain Kirkus |
| 2000 | Joseph: King of Dreams | Jacob (voice) |
| 1999 | A Fare to Remember | Mr. Jennings |
| 1998 | The Survivor | Bradford |
| 1998 | I Married a Monster | Dr. Paul Drummond |
| 1997 | Journey of the Heart | Principal Martin |
| 1997 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Henry Skerridge |
| 1996 | Yesterday's Target | Aaron Winfield |
| 1996 | Sgt. Bilko | Gen Tennyson |
| 1996 | A Case for Life | Bud Cromwell |
| 1995 | The Secretary | Chuck Bosnell |
| 1994 | Cosmic Slop | Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment') |
| 1994 | The Gift of Love | |
| 1993 | The Judas Project | Arthur Cunningham |
| 1992 | Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' | Charles Hackley |
| 1992 | Majority Rule | Rep. Harold Reynolds |
| 1990 | Camp Cucamonga | Thornton Bradley |
| 1990 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Ray Goodrich |
| 1990 | Corporate Affairs | Cyrus Kinkaid |
| 1990 | Fall From Grace | Richard Dortch |
| 1989 | Gleaming the Cube | Ed Lawndale |
| 1989 | Nashville Beat | Chief Kincaid |
| 1988 | My First Love | Chet Townsend |
| 1987 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Walt |
| 1985 | Summer Rental | Angus MacLachlan |
| 1984 | Trancers | Chairman Spencer |
| 1983 | Deal of the Century | Lyle |
| 1982 | Farrell: For the People | Randolph Gardner |
| 1981 | Lovely But Deadly | Charley Gilmarten |
| 1981 | Elvis and the Beauty Queen | Sanford Thompson |
| 1980 | Schizoid | Donahue |
| 1980 | Private Benjamin | General Foley |
| 1980 | Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | Gen. Groves |
| 1980 | Wolf Lake | George |
| 1980 | Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier | Chuck Knoll |
| 1979 | The China Syndrome | Evan McCormack |
| 1979 | The Onion Field | Beat Cop |
| 1979 | Ike | Gen. Omar N. Bradley |
| 1979 | Marciano | John Furst |
| 1978 | Terror Out of the Sky | Col. Mangus |
| 1978 | Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid | Donovan |
| 1978 | F.I.S.T. | Mike Monahan |
| 1978 | Dr. Scorpion | Bill Worthington |
| 1977 | The Hunted Lady | Capt. Wilson |
| 1977 | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Dr. Halle |
| 1976 | All the President's Men | James W. McCord, Jr. |
| 1973 | Pueblo | Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark |
| 1971 | Libertad para la juventud | |
| 1970 | Hercules in New York | Television Presenter |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Shameless | Gerald |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Patrick Doyle, Sr. |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Old Milton |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Stephen Devine |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Harry Gaunt |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Gene Karnow (2008) |
| 2003 | The O.C. | Uncle Shaun |
| 2002 | Everwood | Herb Roberts |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Judge Paul Landsman |
| 2000 | The District | Sam SheridanAndi |
| 1999 | Family Law | Judge Neil Walker |
| 1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Dr. Stanley Backer |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue | Ethan Callaway |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Adm. Owen Paris |
| 1995 | JAG | Charlie Hoskins |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City | Barney Baxter |
| 1994 | Winnetka Road | Mike |
| 1994 | ER | Dr. Murphy |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | President Cleveland |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Admiral Noyce |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | General Garrity |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Dr. John Hansen |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Archie Mullen |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Secretary General Noyce |
| 1992 | Renegade | Sheriff Frank Brown |
| 1989 | Seinfeld | Wilhelm |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Phil Stone |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Moe Stein |
| 1989 | Mancuso, F.B.I. | |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Ziggy Ziganovich / Moe Stein |
| 1988 | Favorite Son | |
| 1988 | China Beach | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | L'Kor |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | |
| 1986 | Matlock | Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Ernie |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Harvey McKittrick |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Arnett Cobb |
| 1984 | V: The Final Battle | John |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Jonathan Durcell |
| 1983 | V | John |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Jake Williamson |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Captain Dennis Sheridan |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Lyle Jastrow |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | |
| 1982 | The Devlin Connection | Lt. Harvey Bukowski |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Calvin Kleeger |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Mike |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | Consul Dearborn |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Dr. Aaron Stahl |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | Lieutenant Fredricks |
| 1979 | Ike | Gen. Omar Bradley |
| 1978 | Dallas | John Mackey |
| 1977 | Eight Is Enough | |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | FBI Agent Smithers |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Cliff Gladish |
| 1973 | Kojak | Bob |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Greene |