Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 21, 1943
Place of Birth:
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Edward Herrmann
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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Franklin Roosevelt (voice) |
| 2012 | Perception | Jack Pierce |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Lester Babcock |
| 2010 | Better With You | Judge |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Lionel Deerfield |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Reverend Phillips |
| 2007 | The States | |
| 2007 | The Revolution | |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Walter |
| 2006 | The Ten Commandments | Narrator |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Reverend Lowell |
| 2005 | French Revolution | Narrator |
| 2005 | The Presidents | Narrator |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Councilman (voice) |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Norman Shales |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Old Man (voice) |
| 2004 | Tom Goes to the Mayor | Benjamin Kaplan (voice) |
| 2003 | Russia, Land of the Tsars | |
| 2002 | Rise and Fall of the Spartans | Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Thomas Malden |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Richard Gilmore |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mr. Vogel |
| 2000 | Founding Fathers | Narrator |
| 1999 | Atomic Train | The President |
| 1999 | The Korean War: Fire and Ice | Narrator |
| 1999 | Ultimate autos | host |
| 1998 | Frank Lloyd Wright | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| 1997 | The Practice | Anderson Pearson |
| 1997 | Liberty! | Narrator |
| 1996 | Pandora's Clock | President |
| 1995 | Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain | Thomas Jefferson (voice) |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | |
| 1990 | Wings | Y.M. Burg |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Frederic Matson |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Drew Seeley |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Mosbeck |
| 1989 | Screen One | Ralph |
| 1987 | The Lawrenceville Stories | Head Master |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | |
| 1982 | Nature | Narrator (voice) |
| 1976 | Eleanor and Franklin | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50 |
| 1975 | Beacon Hill | Richard Palmer |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Folsom |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Doug Bedloe |
| History's Lost & Found | ||
| Wonder Woman | Senator Warren |