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
all 173
Movies 120
TV Shows 53
Narrator 43
self 11
Voice 7
Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
TV
7.13
Bill Ford
Coach of the Year (2016)
Movie
Reverend Cartwright
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
Movie
4
Franklin Roosevelt
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
TV
6
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Movie
8.15
Dr. Vincent
Are You Here (2013)
Movie
8
Nate Christensen
Heaven's Door (2012)
Movie
Jack Bennington
Price Check (2012)
Movie
Jack Pierce
Perception (2012)
TV
5.95
Mr. Crampton
Christmas Oranges (2012)
Movie
Philip Wellington
Treasure Buddies (2012)
Movie
5.41
Garrett Clark
The Christmas Pageant (2011)
Movie
Les McCallum
A Christmas Wish (2011)
Movie
Governor Dawson
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead (2011)
Movie
Jeremiah Larson
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)
Movie
Lionel Deerfield
The Good Wife (2009)
TV
6.01
Reverend Phillips
Drop Dead Diva (2009)
TV
6.3
Goodenough
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009)
Movie
Shepard
The Skeptic (2009)
Movie
The Principal
Hatching Pete (2009)
Movie
Self - Narrator
How the Earth Was Made (2007)
Movie
Narrator
Andrew Jackson (2007)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Columbus The Lost Voyage (2007)
Movie
Narrator
Sherman's March (2007)
Movie
Narrator
The States (2007)
TV
Mr. Landis
I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
Movie
James Townsend
Factory Girl (2006)
Movie
Walter
30 Rock (2006)
TV
6.1
Doug Clayton
Relative Strangers (2006)
Movie
Narrator
The Ten Commandments (2006)
TV
Narrator
Eighty Acres of Hell (2006)
Movie
Narrator
Ape to Man (2005)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Bible Battles (2005)
Movie
Reverend Lowell
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
TV
7.13
Norman Shales
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
TV
7.16
Councilman (voice) / Old Man (voice)
American Dad! (2005)
TV
6.24
Narrator
The Presidents (2005)
TV
Narrator
French Revolution (2005)
TV
Joseph Breen
The Aviator (2004)
Movie
6.2
Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004)
TV
5.86
Lloyd
Bereft (2004)
Movie
Narrator
Isaac's Storm (2004)
Movie
Debate Moderator
Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
Movie
Self - 'Rex Rexroth'
A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty (2004)
Movie
Rex Rexroth
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Movie
10
Self - Narrator
Stalin: Man of Steel (2003)
Movie
Narrator
The Samurai (2003)
Movie
Narrator for The History Channel
Horror in the East (2002)
TV
Headmaster Woodbridge
The Emperor's Club (2002)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed (2002)
Movie
Narrator
Founding Brothers (2002)
TV
Self - Host and Narrator
In Search of Christmas (2001)
Movie
W. R. Hearst
The Cat's Meow (2001)
Movie
Thomas Malden
Crossing Jordan (2001)
TV
5.95
Milligan
Down (2001)
Movie
Raymond Massey
James Dean (2001)
Movie
Narrator
The Impressionists (2001)
TV
Charles Allsworth
Double Take (2001)
Movie
Narrator
Founding Fathers (2000)
TV
Narrator (2000)
The Battle History Of The U.S. Navy (2000)
TV
Richard Gilmore
Gilmore Girls (2000)
TV
6.74
Narrator for The History Channel
Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II (2000)
Movie
D.A. Luzenberg
Vendetta (1999)
Movie
The President
Atomic Train (1999)
TV
8
Self - Host
Save Our History (1999)
TV
Narrator / Presenter
Niagara: A History of the Falls (1999)
Movie
Reverend Vernon
Walking Across Egypt (1999)
Movie
Doug Bedloe
Saint Maybe (1998)
Movie
Narrator
Frank Lloyd Wright (1998)
TV
Narrator
The Fifties (1997)
TV
Narrator
Liberty! (1997)
TV
6
Robert Payne
Critical Care (1997)
Movie
Anderson Pearson
The Practice (1997)
TV
President
Pandora's Clock (1996)
TV
Morton Treadway
What Love Sees (1996)
Movie
Dr. Shugrue
A Season in Purgatory (1996)
Movie
Branch Rickey
Soul of the Game (1996)
Movie
Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon (1995)
Movie
6
Frank Jessmon
The Face on the Milk Carton (1995)
Movie
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain (1995)
TV
Herman Munster
Here Come the Munsters (1995)
Movie
6
Richard Rich, Sr.
Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)
Movie
6.13
Mr. Kilroy
Don't Drink the Water (1994)
Movie
6
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
Foreign Student (1994)
Movie
Mr. Dingle
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Movie
Ed Deverey
Born Yesterday (1993)
Movie
6
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
Hero (1992)
Movie
4
Frederic Matson / Drew Seeley / Defense Attorney Mosbeck
Law & Order (1990)
TV
5.78
Y.M. Burg
Wings (1990)
TV
6.4
James Wagner
So Proudly We Hail (1990)
Movie
Ralph
Screen One (1989)
TV
Graham Sherbourne
Big Business (1988)
Movie
6.67
Grant Stayton III
Overboard (1987)
Movie
5.5
Head Master
The Lawrenceville Stories (1987)
TV
Fred Friendly
Murrow (1986)
Movie
Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
TV
6.33
Bob Singer
Compromising Positions (1985)
Movie
Warden Peter Soffel
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
Movie
Ned Larwin
Memorial Day (1983)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Nature (1982)
TV
1
Paul Stanton
Death Valley (1982)
Movie
Dr. Quinn
The Gift of Life (1982)
Movie
Alger Hiss
American Playhouse (1982)
TV
Max Eastman
Reds (1981)
Movie
5
Harry Johnson
Harry's War (1981)
Movie
Kip Lawton
O Youth and Beauty! (1979)
Movie
Stephen Holms
Freedom Road (1979)
Movie
Kip Lawton
The Sorrows of Gin (1979)
Movie
Frank Andrews
Portrait of a Stripper (1979)
Movie
Michael Hill
The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
Movie
Ed Branish
Take Down (1979)
Movie
Col. Walter Gilchrist
Brass Target (1978)
Movie
Dan Weyman
The Betsy (1978)
Movie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
Movie
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
TV
Richard Palmer
Beacon Hill (1975)
TV
Ezra Stiles
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
Movie
Klipspringer
The Great Gatsby (1974)
Movie
Thomas Craig Anderson
The Paper Chase (1973)
Movie
6
Policeman (uncredited)
Lady Liberty (1971)
Movie
Doug Bedloe / Folsom
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Alger Hiss
Concealed Enemies
TV
Narrator
History's Lost & Found
TV
Senator Warren
Wonder Woman
TV
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1943-07-21
Deathday2014-12-31 (71 years old)
Birth NameEdward Kirk Herrmann
Birth PlaceWashington, D.C., United States
RelationshipsLeigh Curran (1978 - 1991)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsEd Hermann, Edward Herman, Edward Kirk Herrmann
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award, Fulbright Program, Fulbright Scholarship, Tony Awards, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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