Edward Herrmann
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 21, 1943
- Died
- Dec 31, 2014 (aged 71)
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Credits
- 167
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
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013Movie
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Norman Shales
The Aviator
2004Movie
Joseph Breen
How I Met Your Mother
2005TV
Reverend Lowell
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994Movie
Mr. Rich
American Dad!
2005TV
Councilman (voice), Old Man (voice)
Filmography
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016TV
Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)
Coach of the Year
2016Movie
Bill Ford
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
2015TV
Narrator (voice)
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014Movie
Reverend Cartwright
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014TV
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013Movie
Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice)
Are You Here
2013Movie
Dr. Vincent
Heaven's Door
2012Movie
Nate Christensen
Price Check
2012Movie
Jack Bennington
Perception
2012TV
Jack Pierce
Christmas Oranges
2012Movie
Mr. Crampton
Treasure Buddies
2012Movie
Philip Wellington
The Christmas Pageant
2011Movie
Garrett Clark
A Christmas Wish
2011Movie
Les McCallum
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011Movie
Governor Dawson
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011Movie
Jeremiah Larson
Son of Morning
2011Movie
Thomas
Harry's Law
2011TV
Lester Babcock
Better With You
2010TV
Judge
The Good Wife
2009TV
Lionel Deerfield
Ring Christmas Bells
2009Movie
Self
Drop Dead Diva
2009TV
Reverend Phillips
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009Movie
John Goodenough
The Skeptic
2009Movie
Shepard
Hatching Pete
2009Movie
The Principal
Morristown: Where America Survived
2009Movie
Narrator
Andrew Jackson
2007Movie
Narrator
Columbus The Lost Voyage
2007Movie
Narrator
The Revolution
2007TV
Titanic's Achilles Heel
2007Movie
Narrator
Sherman's March
2007Movie
Narrator
The States
2007TV
Banned from the Bible II
2007Movie
Narrator
I Think I Love My Wife
2007Movie
Mr. Landis
Factory Girl
2006Movie
James Townsend
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
2006Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Witness to 'Reds'
2006Movie
Self
30 Rock
2006TV
Walter
Wedding Daze
2006Movie
Lyle
Relative Strangers
2006Movie
Doug Clayton
The Ten Commandments
2006TV
Narrator
Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran
2006Movie
Narrator
Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces
2006Movie
Narrator (voice)
Ape to Man
2005Movie
Narrator
Bible Battles
2005Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy
2005Movie
Narrator
How I Met Your Mother
2005TV
Reverend Lowell
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
2005Movie
Narrator
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Norman Shales
American Dad!
2005TV
Councilman (voice), Old Man (voice)
The Presidents
2005TV
Narrator
The French Revolution
2005Movie
Narrator
French Revolution
2005TV
Narrator
The Aviator
2004Movie
Joseph Breen
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004TV
Benjamin Kaplan (voice)
Bereft
2004Movie
Lloyd
First Invasion: The War of 1812
2004Movie
Narrator
Isaac's Storm
2004Movie
Narrator
Welcome to Mooseport
2004Movie
Avery Hightower Debate Moderator (uncredited)
Intolerable Cruelty
2003Movie
Rex Rexroth
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003Movie
Narrator
Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion
2003TV
Narrator
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003TV
The Louisiana Purchase
2003Movie
Narrator
Russia, Land of the Tsars
2003Movie
Narrator
Stalin: Man of Steel
2003Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Samurai
2003Movie
self (voice)
The Emperor's Club
2002Movie
Headmaster Woodbridge
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
2002Movie
Narrator (voice)
Rise and Fall of the Spartans
2002TV
Narrator (voice)
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002Movie
Self
Antarctica: A Frozen History
2002Movie
Narrator
The Cat's Meow
2002Movie
W. R. Hearst
In Search of Christmas
2001Movie
Narrator
Crossing Jordan
2001TV
Thomas Malden
Down
2001Movie
Milligan
James Dean
2001Movie
Raymond Massey
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
2001TV
Narrator
The Face: Jesus in Art
2001Movie
Narrator (voice)
Double Take
2001Movie
Charles Allsworth
Founding Fathers
2000TV
Narrator
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Mr. Vogel
Gilmore Girls
2000TV
Richard Gilmore
Walking Across Egypt
1999Movie
Reverend Vernon
The Korean War: Fire and Ice
1999TV
Narrator
Vendetta
1999Movie
D.A. Luzenberg
Atomic Train
1999TV
The President
Norman Rockwell: Painting America
1999Movie
Narrator
Niagara: A History of the Falls
1999Movie
Narrator
Ultimate autos
1999TV
host
Saint Maybe
1998Movie
Doug Bedloe
Frank Lloyd Wright
1998TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Better Living
1998Movie
Jack
Liberty!
1997TV
Narrator
Critical Care
1997Movie
Robert Payne
The Practice
1997TV
Anderson Pearson
Pandora's Clock
1996TV
President
What Love Sees
1996Movie
Morton Treadway
A Season in Purgatory
1996TV
Dr. Shugrue
Soul of the Game
1996Movie
Branch Rickey
Nixon
1995Movie
Nelson Rockefeller
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995Movie
Frank Jessmon
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995TV
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Here Come the Munsters
1995Movie
Herman Munster
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994Movie
Mr. Rich
Don't Drink the Water
1994Movie
Mr. Kilroy
Foreign Student
1994Movie
Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore
A Foreign Field
1993Movie
Ralph
My Boyfriend's Back
1993Movie
Mr. Dingle
Born Yesterday
1993Movie
Ed Deverey
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993TV
Thomas Pandolfi
Hero
1992Movie
Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide
Fire in the Dark
1991Movie
Robert
Sweet Poison
1991Movie
Henry
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991TV
Ben Cunningham
Law & Order
1990TV
Frederic Matson, Drew Seeley, Defense Attorney Mosbeck
Night of 100 Stars III
1990Movie
Self
Wings
1990TV
Y.M. Burg
So Proudly We Hail
1990Movie
James Wagner
Screen One
1989TV
Ralph
Hothouse
1988TV
Woods
Big Business
1988Movie
Graham Sherbourne
Overboard
1987Movie
Grant Stayton III
The Lost Boys
1987Movie
Max
The Lawrenceville Stories
1987TV
Headmaster
Murrow
1986Movie
Fred Friendly
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985TV
Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton
Compromising Positions
1985Movie
Bob Singer
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985Movie
Brown
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985Movie
Henry
Mrs. Soffel
1984Movie
Warden Peter Soffel
Memorial Day
1983Movie
Ned Larwin
St. Elsewhere
1982TV
Father Joseph McCabe
Nature
1982TV
Narrator (voice)
Annie
1982Movie
FDR
Death Valley
1982Movie
Paul Stanton
A Little Sex
1982Movie
Tommy
The Gift of Life
1982Movie
Dr. Quinn
The Electric Grandmother
1982Movie
Father
American Playhouse
1982TV
Alger Hiss, The Headmaster, Professor
Reds
1981Movie
Max Eastman
Dear Liar
1981Movie
George Bernard Shaw
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981Movie
The Stranger
Harry's War
1981Movie
Harry Johnson
O Youth and Beauty!
1979Movie
Kip Lawton
Freedom Road
1979Movie
Stephen Holmes
The Sorrows of Gin
1979Movie
Kip Lawton
Portrait of a Stripper
1979Movie
Frank Andrews
Take Down
1979Movie
Ed Branish
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979Movie
Michael Hill
Brass Target
1978Movie
Col. Walter Gilchrist
The Betsy
1978Movie
Dan Weyman
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978Movie
Lou Gehrig
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977Movie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor and Franklin
1976TV
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50
Valley Forge
1975Movie
Folsom
Beacon Hill
1975TV
Richard Palmer
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975Movie
Ezra Stiles
The Great Gatsby
1974Movie
Klipspringer
The Day of the Dolphin
1973Movie
Mike
The Paper Chase
1973Movie
Thomas Craig Anderson
M*A*S*H
1972TV
Lady Liberty
1971Movie
Policeman (uncredited)
Great Performances
1971TV
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Folsom, Doug Bedloe
Wonder Woman
TV
Senator Warren
History's Lost & Found
TV