Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Known for
Acting
Born
July 21, 1943
Died
December 31, 2014 (aged 71)
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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

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Filmography

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History's Lost & Found

History's Lost & Found

TV · 8 eps

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Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

TV · as Senator Warren · 1 ep

2016
Coach of the Year poster

Coach of the Year

Movie · as Bill Ford

2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life poster

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

TV · as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited) · 1 ep

2015
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies poster

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2014
The Town that Dreaded Sundown poster

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

Movie · as Reverend Cartwright

2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History poster

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

TV · as Franklin Roosevelt (voice) · 7 eps

2013
Are You Here poster

Are You Here

Movie · as Dr. Vincent

2013
The Wolf of Wall Street poster

The Wolf of Wall Street

Movie · as Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)

2012
Treasure Buddies poster

Treasure Buddies

Movie · as Philip Wellington

2012
Christmas Oranges poster

Christmas Oranges

Movie · as Mr. Crampton

2012
Price Check poster

Price Check

Movie · as Jack Bennington

2012
Heaven's Door poster

Heaven's Door

Movie · as Nate Christensen

2012
Perception poster

Perception

TV · as Jack Pierce · 1 ep

2011
A Christmas Wish poster

A Christmas Wish

Movie · as Les McCallum

2011
The Christmas Pageant poster

The Christmas Pageant

Movie · as Garrett Clark

2011
Son of Morning poster

Son of Morning

Movie · as Thomas

2011
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star poster

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Movie · as Jeremiah Larson

2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead poster

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

Movie · as Governor Dawson

2011
Harry's Law poster

Harry's Law

TV · as Lester Babcock · 3 eps

2010
Better With You poster

Better With You

TV · as Judge · 1 ep

2009
The Skeptic poster

The Skeptic

Movie · as Shepard

2009
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay poster

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

Movie · as John Goodenough

2009
Ring Christmas Bells poster

Ring Christmas Bells

Movie · as Self

2009
Morristown: Where America Survived poster

Morristown: Where America Survived

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Hatching Pete poster

Hatching Pete

Movie · as The Principal

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Lionel Deerfield · 6 eps

2009
Drop Dead Diva poster

Drop Dead Diva

TV · as Reverend Phillips · 1 ep

2007
I Think I Love My Wife poster

I Think I Love My Wife

Movie · as Mr. Landis

2007
Banned from the Bible II poster

Banned from the Bible II

Movie · as Narrator

2007
Columbus The Lost Voyage poster

Columbus The Lost Voyage

Movie · as Narrator

2007
Sherman's March poster

Sherman's March

Movie · as Narrator

2007
Andrew Jackson poster

Andrew Jackson

Movie · as Narrator

2007
Titanic's Achilles Heel poster

Titanic's Achilles Heel

Movie · as Narrator

2007
The States poster

The States

TV · 10 eps

2007
The Revolution poster

The Revolution

TV · 13 eps

2006
Wedding Daze poster

Wedding Daze

Movie · as Lyle

2006
Factory Girl poster

Factory Girl

Movie · as James Townsend

2006
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower poster

Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2006
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces poster

Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran poster

Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran

Movie · as Narrator

2006
Relative Strangers poster

Relative Strangers

Movie · as Doug Clayton

2006
Witness to 'Reds' poster

Witness to 'Reds'

Movie · as Self

2006
30 Rock poster

30 Rock

TV · as Walter · 1 ep

2006
The Ten Commandments poster

The Ten Commandments

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

2005
Ape to Man poster

Ape to Man

Movie · as Narrator

2005
The French Revolution poster

The French Revolution

Movie · as Narrator

2005
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy poster

The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Bible Battles poster

Bible Battles

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
FDR: A Presidency Revealed

FDR: A Presidency Revealed

Movie · as Narrator

2005
How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother

TV · as Reverend Lowell · 1 ep

2005
French Revolution poster

French Revolution

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

2005
The Presidents poster

The Presidents

TV · as Narrator · 9 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Councilman (voice), Old Man (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Norman Shales · 3 eps

2004
Bereft poster

Bereft

Movie · as Lloyd

2004
Isaac's Storm poster

Isaac's Storm

Movie · as Narrator

2004
The Aviator poster

The Aviator

Movie · as Joseph Breen

2004
Welcome to Mooseport poster

Welcome to Mooseport

Movie · as Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)

2004
First Invasion: The War of 1812 poster

First Invasion: The War of 1812

Movie · as Narrator

2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor poster

Tom Goes to the Mayor

TV · as Benjamin Kaplan (voice) · 1 ep

2004
The History Channel Presents: The War of 1812 poster

The History Channel Presents: The War of 1812

TV · as Narrator · 5 eps

2003
Intolerable Cruelty poster

Intolerable Cruelty

Movie · as Rex Rexroth

2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion poster

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

Movie · as Narrator

2003
Russia, Land of the Tsars poster

Russia, Land of the Tsars

Movie · as Narrator

2003
Stalin: Man of Steel poster

Stalin: Man of Steel

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2003
The Samurai

The Samurai

Movie · as self (voice)

2003
The Louisiana Purchase poster

The Louisiana Purchase

Movie · as Narrator

2003
Russia, Land of the Tsars poster

Russia, Land of the Tsars

TV · 4 eps

2003
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion poster

Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

2002
The Cat's Meow poster

The Cat's Meow

Movie · as W. R. Hearst

2002
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') poster

It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

Movie · as Self

2002
The Emperor's Club poster

The Emperor's Club

Movie · as Headmaster Woodbridge

2002
Antarctica: A Frozen History poster

Antarctica: A Frozen History

Movie · as Narrator

2002
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed poster

Dinosaur Secrets Revealed

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2002
Rise and Fall of the Spartans poster

Rise and Fall of the Spartans

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

2001
James Dean poster

James Dean

Movie · as Raymond Massey

2001
Down poster

Down

Movie · as Milligan

2001
The Face: Jesus in Art

The Face: Jesus in Art

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2001
In Search of Christmas poster

In Search of Christmas

Movie · as Narrator

2001
Double Take poster

Double Take

Movie · as Charles Allsworth

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · as Thomas Malden · 1 ep

2001
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution poster

The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

2000
Gilmore Girls poster

Gilmore Girls

TV · as Richard Gilmore · 153 eps

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Mr. Vogel · 1 ep

2000
Founding Fathers poster

Founding Fathers

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

1999
Niagara: A History of the Falls poster

Niagara: A History of the Falls

Movie · as Narrator

1999
Vendetta poster

Vendetta

Movie · as D.A. Luzenberg

1999
Walking Across Egypt poster

Walking Across Egypt

Movie · as Reverend Vernon

1999
Norman Rockwell: Painting America poster

Norman Rockwell: Painting America

Movie · as Narrator

1999
The Korean War: Fire and Ice poster

The Korean War: Fire and Ice

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

1999
Ultimate autos

Ultimate autos

TV · as host · 6 eps

1999
Atomic Train poster

Atomic Train

TV · as The President · 2 eps

1998
Saint Maybe poster

Saint Maybe

Movie · as Doug Bedloe

1998
Better Living poster

Better Living

Movie · as Jack

1998
Frank Lloyd Wright poster

Frank Lloyd Wright

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1997
Critical Care poster

Critical Care

Movie · as Robert Payne

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Anderson Pearson · 10 eps

1997
Liberty! poster

Liberty!

TV · as Narrator · 6 eps

1996
Soul of the Game poster

Soul of the Game

Movie · as Branch Rickey

1996
What Love Sees poster

What Love Sees

Movie · as Morton Treadway

1996
Pandora's Clock poster

Pandora's Clock

TV · as President · 2 eps

1996
A Season in Purgatory poster

A Season in Purgatory

TV · as Dr. Shugrue · 2 eps

1995
The Face on the Milk Carton poster

The Face on the Milk Carton

Movie · as Frank Jessmon

1995
Here Come the Munsters poster

Here Come the Munsters

Movie · as Herman Munster

1995
Nixon poster

Nixon

Movie · as Nelson Rockefeller

1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain poster

Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

TV · as Thomas Jefferson (voice) · 2 eps

1994
Don't Drink the Water poster

Don't Drink the Water

Movie · as Mr. Kilroy

1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢h poster

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

Movie · as Mr. Rich

1994
Foreign Student poster

Foreign Student

Movie · as Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore

1993
My Boyfriend's Back poster

My Boyfriend's Back

Movie · as Mr. Dingle

1993
A Foreign Field poster

A Foreign Field

Movie · as Ralph

1993
Born Yesterday poster

Born Yesterday

Movie · as Ed Deverey

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Thomas Pandolfi · 1 ep

1992
Hero poster

Hero

Movie · as Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide

1991
Fire in the Dark poster

Fire in the Dark

Movie · as Robert

1991
Sweet Poison poster

Sweet Poison

Movie · as Henry

1991
The General Motors Playwrights Theater

The General Motors Playwrights Theater

TV · as Ben Cunningham · 1 ep

1990
Night of 100 Stars III poster

Night of 100 Stars III

Movie · as Self

1990
So Proudly We Hail poster

So Proudly We Hail

Movie · as James Wagner

1990
Wings poster

Wings

TV · as Y.M. Burg · 1 ep

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Frederic Matson, Drew Seeley, Defense Attorney Mosbeck · 1 ep

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Ralph · 1 ep

1988
Big Business poster

Big Business

Movie · as Graham Sherbourne

1988
Hothouse poster

Hothouse

TV · as Woods · 1 ep

1987
The Lost Boys poster

The Lost Boys

Movie · as Max

1987
Overboard poster

Overboard

Movie · as Grant Stayton III

1987
The Lawrenceville Stories poster

The Lawrenceville Stories

TV · as Headmaster · 3 eps

1986
Murrow poster

Murrow

Movie · as Fred Friendly

1985
The Man with One Red Shoe poster

The Man with One Red Shoe

Movie · as Brown

1985
Compromising Positions poster

Compromising Positions

Movie · as Bob Singer

1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo poster

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Movie · as Henry

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton · 1 ep

1984
Mrs. Soffel poster

Mrs. Soffel

Movie · as Warden Peter Soffel

1983
Memorial Day

Memorial Day

Movie · as Ned Larwin

1982
Annie poster

Annie

Movie · as FDR

1982
Death Valley poster

Death Valley

Movie · as Paul Stanton

1982
The Electric Grandmother poster

The Electric Grandmother

Movie · as Father

1982
The Gift of Life poster

The Gift of Life

Movie · as Dr. Quinn

1982
A Little Sex poster

A Little Sex

Movie · as Tommy

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Father Joseph McCabe · 4 eps

1982
Nature poster

Nature

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Alger Hiss, The Headmaster, Professor · 4 eps

1981
Reds poster

Reds

Movie · as Max Eastman

1981
Harry's War poster

Harry's War

Movie · as Harry Johnson

1981
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed poster

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed

Movie · as The Stranger

1981
Dear Liar

Dear Liar

Movie · as George Bernard Shaw

1979
The North Avenue Irregulars poster

The North Avenue Irregulars

Movie · as Michael Hill

1979
Portrait of a Stripper poster

Portrait of a Stripper

Movie · as Frank Andrews

1979
Take Down poster

Take Down

Movie · as Ed Branish

1979
The Sorrows of Gin poster

The Sorrows of Gin

Movie · as Kip Lawton

1979
O Youth and Beauty! poster

O Youth and Beauty!

Movie · as Kip Lawton

1979
Freedom Road poster

Freedom Road

Movie · as Stephen Holmes

1978
Brass Target poster

Brass Target

Movie · as Col. Walter Gilchrist

1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story poster

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

Movie · as Lou Gehrig

1978
The Betsy poster

The Betsy

Movie · as Dan Weyman

1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Movie · as Franklin D. Roosevelt

1976
Eleanor and Franklin poster

Eleanor and Franklin

TV · as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50 · 2 eps

1975
The Great Waldo Pepper poster

The Great Waldo Pepper

Movie · as Ezra Stiles

1975
Valley Forge poster

Valley Forge

Movie · as Folsom

1975
Beacon Hill poster

Beacon Hill

TV · as Richard Palmer · 11 eps

1974
The Great Gatsby poster

The Great Gatsby

Movie · as Klipspringer

1973
The Paper Chase poster

The Paper Chase

Movie · as Thomas Craig Anderson

1973
The Day of the Dolphin poster

The Day of the Dolphin

Movie · as Mike

1972
M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H

TV · 1 ep

1971
Lady Liberty poster

Lady Liberty

Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Folsom, Doug Bedloe · 1 ep