Richard Herd
Born: 1932-09-26 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 2020-05-26
Known For: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Herd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2019
- That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars as Self
- The Silent Natural as Mr. Beagle
2018
- The Mule as Tim Kennedy
2017
- Get Out as Roman Armitage
- A Christmas in New York as Bob Burgess
2015
- Star Trek: Renegades as Admiral Paris
2011
- Shameless as Gerald
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Old Milton
- Rizzoli & Isles as Patrick Doyle, Sr.
2008
- InAlienable as Professor Randolph Barnett
2007
- The Anna Nicole Smith Story as J. Howard Marshall
- Dog Days of Summer as Frank Cooper
2005
- Ghost Whisperer as Stephen Devine
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as Commissioner Hans Raab
2004
- Desperate Housewives as Harry Gaunt
2003
- Cold Case as Gene Karnow (2008)
- The O.C. as Uncle Shaun
- Roddenberry on Patrol as Captain Kirkus
2002
- CSI: Miami as Judge Paul Landsman
- Everwood as Herb Roberts
2000
- The District as Sam SheridanAndi
- Joseph: King of Dreams as Jacob (voice)
1999
- Family Law as Judge Neil Walker
- A Fare to Remember as Mr. Jennings
1998
- I Married a Monster as Dr. Paul Drummond
- The Survivor as Bradford
1997
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Dr. Stanley Backer
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Henry Skerridge
- Journey of the Heart as Principal Martin
1996
- Pacific Blue as Ethan Callaway
- Sgt. Bilko as Gen Tennyson
- Yesterday's Target as Aaron Winfield
- A Case for Life as Bud Cromwell
1995
- JAG as Charlie Hoskins
- Star Trek: Voyager as Adm. Owen Paris
- Caroline in the City as Barney Baxter
- The Secretary as Chuck Bosnell
1994
- ER as Dr. Murphy
- Winnetka Road as Mike
- Cosmic Slop as Cardinal (segment 'The First Commandment')
- The Gift of Love
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Archie Mullen
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. John Hansen
- seaQuest DSV as Admiral Noyce
- Walker, Texas Ranger as General Garrity
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as President Cleveland
- The Judas Project as Arthur Cunningham
- SeaQuest DSV as Admiral Noyce
1992
- Renegade as Sheriff Frank Brown
- Majority Rule as Rep. Harold Reynolds
- Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' as Charles Hackley
1990
- The Great Los Angeles Earthquake as Ray Goodrich
- Camp Cucamonga as Thornton Bradley
- Fall From Grace as Richard Dortch
- Corporate Affairs as Cyrus Kinkaid
1989
- Seinfeld as Wilhelm
- Quantum Leap as Moe Stein
- Tales from the Crypt as Phil Stone
- Mancuso, F.B.I.
- Gleaming the Cube as Ed Lawndale
- Nashville Beat as Chief Kincaid
1988
- China Beach as Bartender (uncredited)
- Favorite Son
- My First Love as Chet Townsend
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as L'Kor
- Jake and the Fatman
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Walt
- Beauty and the Beast as Richard Barnes
1986
- Matlock as Police Capt. Edward Hanna / The Mad Hatter
1985
- The Golden Girls as Ernie
- Summer Rental as Angus MacLachlan
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Harvey McKittrick
- V: The Final Battle as John
- Trancers as Chairman Spencer
1983
- The A-Team as Jonathan Durcell
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Jake Williamson
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Arthur Huntley / Lonnie Vanatta
- V as John
- Deal of the Century as Lyle
1982
- Knight Rider as Lyle Jastrow
- T. J. Hooker as Captain Dennis Sheridan
- Matt Houston
- Cassie & Co. as John Beringer
- The Devlin Connection as Lt. Harvey Bukowski
- Farrell: For the People as Randolph Gardner
1981
- Falcon Crest as Calvin Kleeger
- Hill Street Blues as Mike
- Simon & Simon
- The Greatest American Hero
- Lovely But Deadly as Charley Gilmarten
- Elvis and the Beauty Queen as Sanford Thompson
1980
- Private Benjamin as General Foley
- Schizoid as Donahue
- Wolf Lake as George
- Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb as Gen. Groves
- Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier as Chuck Knoll
1979
- Knots Landing as Dr. Aaron Stahl
- Hart to Hart
- The China Syndrome as Evan McCormack
- Ike as Gen. Omar Bradley
- The Onion Field as Beat Cop
- Ike as Gen. Omar N. Bradley
- Marciano as John Furst
1978
- Dallas as John Mackey
- F.I.S.T. as Mike Monahan
- Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid as Donovan
- Dr. Scorpion as Bill Worthington
- Terror Out of the Sky as Col. Mangus
1977
- Eight Is Enough
- I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as Dr. Halle
- The Hunted Lady as Capt. Wilson
1976
- All the President's Men as James W. McCord, Jr.
1975
- Starsky & Hutch as FBI Agent Smithers
1974
- The Rockford Files as Cliff Gladish
1972
- M*A*S*H
- The Streets of San Francisco as Greene
1970
- Hercules in New York as Television Presenter