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