
Biography
Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 β 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 DLC for Fallout: New Vegas. Herd appeared at a number of fan conventions for his science fiction roles.
Filmography
All 109
Movies 57
TV Shows 52
Self 2

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021)

That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars (2019)

The Silent Natural (2019)

The Mule (2018)

A Christmas in New York (2017)

Get Out (2017)

Star Trek: Renegades (2015)

Betty White's Off Their Rockers (2012)

Rizzoli & Isles (2010)

Dog Days of Summer (2008)

The Anna Nicole Smith Story (2007)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005)

Ghost Whisperer (2005)

Desperate Housewives (2004)

Roddenberry on Patrol (2003)

Cold Case (2003)

The O.C. (2003)

Everwood (2002)

Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)

The District (2000)

Family Law (1999)

A Fare to Remember (1999)

I Married a Monster (1998)

The Survivor (1998)

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Journey of the Heart (1997)

Yesterday's Target (1996)

Sgt. Bilko (1996)

A Case for Life (1996)

JAG (1995)

The Secretary (1995)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

ER (1994)

Winnetka Road (1994)

Cosmic Slop (1994)

Diagnosis: Murder (1993)

seaQuest DSV (1993)

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993)

Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)

The Judas Project (1993)

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)

Majority Rule (1992)

Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' (1992)

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)

Corporate Affairs (1990)

Camp Cucamonga (1990)

Fall From Grace (1990)

Nashville Beat (1989)

Mancuso, F.B.I. (1989)

Seinfeld (1989)

Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Quantum Leap (1989)

Gleaming the Cube (1989)

My First Love (1988)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Jake and the Fatman (1987)

Beauty and the Beast (1987)

Matlock (1986)

The Golden Girls (1985)

Summer Rental (1985)

Trancers (1984)

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

V: The Final Battle (1984)

Deal of the Century (1983)

Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)

Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)

V (1983)

The A-Team (1983)

Farrell: For the People (1982)

Matt Houston (1982)

Knight Rider (1982)

T. J. Hooker (1982)

Cassie & Co. (1982)

Falcon Crest (1981)

Simon & Simon (1981)

Lovely But Deadly (1981)

The Greatest American Hero (1981)

Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)

Hill Street Blues (1981)

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier (1980)

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)

Private Benjamin (1980)

Schizoid (1980)

Wolf Lake (1980)

Knots Landing (1979)

Marciano (1979)

Hart to Hart (1979)

The Onion Field (1979)

Ike (1979)

The China Syndrome (1979)

Terror Out of the Sky (1978)

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978)

F.I.S.T. (1978)

Dallas (1978)

Dr. Scorpion (1978)

The Hunted Lady (1977)

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)

Eight Is Enough (1977)

All the President's Men (1976)

Starsky & Hutch (1975)

The Rockford Files (1974)

Kojak (1973)

Pueblo (1973)

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

M*A*S*H (1972)

Libertad para la juventud (1971)

Hercules in New York (1970)
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Information
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1932-09-26
Deathday2020-05-26 (87 years old)
Place of birthBoston, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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