Edward Herrmann
July 21, 1943 (81 years old) in 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. Hermann died from brain cancer, Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in a hospital in New York City.
Known For
Credits
- 2016 · Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 2016 · Coach of the Year as Bill Ford
- 2014 · The Town that Dreaded Sundown as Reverend Cartwright
- 2014 · The Roosevelts: An Intimate History as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
- 2013 · The Wolf of Wall Street as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
- 2013 · Are You Here as Dr. Vincent
- 2012 · 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
- 2011 · 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 · Son of Morning as Thomas
- 2010 · Better With You as Judge
- 2009 · 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
- 2007 · Andrew Jackson as Narrator
- 2007 · Columbus The Lost Voyage as Narrator
- 2007 · The Revolution as
- 2007 · Titanic's Achilles Heel as Narrator
- 2007 · Sherman's March as Narrator
- 2007 · The States as
- 2007 · Banned from the Bible II as Narrator
- 2007 · I Think I Love My Wife as Mr. Landis
- 2006 · 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)
- 2005 · 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 · FDR: A Presidency Revealed as Narrator
- 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
- 2004 · 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 Debate Moderator
- 2003 · Intolerable Cruelty as Rex Rexroth
- 2003 · Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion as Narrator
- 2003 · Russia, Land of the Tsars as
- 2003 · The Louisiana Purchase as Narrator
- 2003 · Russia, Land of the Tsars as Narrator
- 2003 · Stalin: Man of Steel as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Samurai as self (voice)
- 2002 · 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 · The World Trade Center -Rise and Fall of an American Icon as Narrator
- 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
- 2001 · 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 Face: Jesus in Art as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Double Take as Charles Allsworth
- 2000 · Founding Fathers as Narrator
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Mr. Vogel
- 2000 · Gilmore Girls as Richard Gilmore
- 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
- 1998 · Saint Maybe as Doug Bedloe
- 1998 · Frank Lloyd Wright as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Better Living as Jack
- 1997 · Liberty! as Narrator
- 1997 · Critical Care as Robert Payne
- 1997 · The Practice as Anderson Pearson
- 1996 · Pandora's Clock as President
- 1996 · What Love Sees as Morton Treadway
- 1996 · A Season in Purgatory as Dr. Shugrue
- 1996 · Soul of the Game as Branch Rickey
- 1995 · 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
- 1994 · Ri¢hie Ri¢h as Richard Rich
- 1994 · Don't Drink the Water as Mr. Kilroy
- 1994 · Foreign Student as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
- 1993 · 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
- 1992 · Hero as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
- 1991 · Fire in the Dark as Robert
- 1991 · Sweet Poison as Henry
- 1990 · 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
- 1989 · Screen One as Ralph
- 1988 · Big Business as Graham Sherbourne
- 1987 · Overboard as Grant Stayton III
- 1987 · The Lost Boys as Max
- 1986 · Murrow as Fred Friendly
- 1985 · Compromising Positions as Bob Singer
- 1984 · Mrs. Soffel as Warden Peter Soffel
- 1983 · Memorial Day as Ned Larwin
- 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
- 1981 · The Private History of a Campaign That Failed as The Stranger
- 1981 · Harry's War as Harry Johnson
- 1979 · 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 · The North Avenue Irregulars as Michael Hill
- 1979 · Take Down as Ed Branish
- 1978 · Brass Target as Col. Walter Gilchrist
- 1978 · The Betsy as Dan Weyman
- 1977 · Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1976 · Eleanor and Franklin as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
- Future · History's Lost & Found as
- 1975 · Valley Forge as
- 1975 · The Great Waldo Pepper as Ezra Stiles
- Future · Wonder Woman as Senator Warren
- 1987 · The Lawrenceville Stories as Head Master
- 1985 · The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
- 1985 · The Man with One Red Shoe as Brown
- 1985 · The Purple Rose of Cairo as Henry
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Annie as FDR
- 1981 · Reds as Max Eastman
- 1978 · A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story as Lou Gehrig
- 1975 · Beacon Hill as Richard Palmer
- 1974 · The Great Gatsby as Klipspringer
- 1973 · The Day of the Dolphin as Mike
- 1973 · The Paper Chase as Thomas Craig Anderson
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as
- 1971 · Lady Liberty as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Folsom
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Doug Bedloe