Edward Herrmann
Edward Kirk Herrmann, born July 21, 1943, 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. Hermann died from brain cancer, Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in a hospital in New York City.
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- Born:
- Jul 21, 1943 In Washington, D.C., U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 130
- First Appeared:
- In the series History's Lost & Found
- Latest Project:
- Movie Coach of the Year 2016-11-03
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Wonder Woman | Senator Warren | 2025 |
| Series | History's Lost & Found | 2025 | |
| Movie | Coach of the Year | Bill Ford | 2016-11-03 |
| Series | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Franklin Roosevelt (voice) | 2014-09-14 |
| Movie | The Town that Dreaded Sundown | Reverend Cartwright | 2014-10-16 |
| Movie | The Wolf of Wall Street | Stratton Oakmont Commercial (voice) | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | Are You Here | Dr. Vincent | 2013-09-07 |
| Movie | Treasure Buddies | Philip Wellington | 2012-01-31 |
| Movie | Price Check | Jack Bennington | 2012-11-16 |
| Movie | Heaven's Door | Nate Christensen | 2012-11-27 |
| Series | Perception | Jack Pierce | 2012-07-09 |
| Movie | Christmas Oranges | Mr. Crampton | 2012-06-01 |
| Movie | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Jeremiah Larson | 2011-09-09 |
| Movie | Son of Morning | Thomas | 2011-02-28 |
| Movie | The Christmas Pageant | Garrett Clark | 2011-12-11 |
| Movie | A Christmas Wish | Les McCallum | 2011-11-20 |
| Movie | Redemption: For Robbing the Dead | Governor Dawson | 2011-10-16 |
| Movie | Morristown: Where America Survived | Narrator | 2009-03-28 |
| Movie | Hatching Pete | The Principal | 2009-04-24 |
| Movie | The Skeptic | Shepard | 2009-05-01 |
| Movie | Ring Christmas Bells | Self | 2009-09-01 |
| Series | Drop Dead Diva | Reverend Phillips | 2009-07-12 |
| Movie | The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | John Goodenough | 2009-06-18 |
| Movie | I Think I Love My Wife | Mr. Landis | 2007-03-07 |
| Movie | Columbus The Lost Voyage | Narrator | 2007-10-08 |
| Series | The States | 2007-04-21 | |
| Series | The Revolution | 2007-07-04 | |
| Movie | Sherman's March | Narrator | 2007-04-22 |
| Movie | Relative Strangers | Doug Clayton | 2006-05-01 |
| Movie | Wedding Daze | Lyle | 2006-09-09 |
| Series | The Ten Commandments | Narrator | 2006-04-10 |
| Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
| Movie | Factory Girl | James Townsend | 2006-12-29 |
| Movie | Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006-11-23 |
| Movie | Witness to 'Reds' | Self | 2006-10-17 |
| Series | French Revolution | Narrator | 2005-01-17 |
| Series | The Presidents | Narrator | 2005-01-18 |
| Movie | The French Revolution | Narrator | 2005-01-17 |
| Movie | Bible Battles | Narrator (voice) | 2005-12-21 |
| Series | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown | 2005-03-27 |
| Movie | Ape to Man | Narrator | 2005-12-27 |
| Movie | The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy | Narrator | 2005-11-07 |
| Movie | Welcome to Mooseport | Debate Moderator | 2004-02-24 |
| Series | Tom Goes to the Mayor | Unknown | 2004-11-14 |
| Movie | The Aviator | Joseph Breen | 2004-12-17 |
| Movie | Bereft | Lloyd | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | Stalin: Man of Steel | Narrator (voice) | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion | Narrator | 2003-05-27 |
| Series | Russia, Land of the Tsars | 2003-05-26 | |
| Movie | Intolerable Cruelty | Rex Rexroth | 2003-09-02 |
| Series | Rise and Fall of the Spartans | Narrator (voice) | 2002-09-30 |
| Movie | The Emperor's Club | Headmaster Woodbridge | 2002-11-22 |
| Movie | The Face: Jesus in Art | Narrator (voice) | 2001-04-15 |
| Movie | Double Take | Charles Allsworth | 2001-01-12 |
| Movie | The Cat's Meow | W. R. Hearst | 2001-10-08 |
| Movie | James Dean | Raymond Massey | 2001-08-04 |
| Movie | Down | Milligan | 2001-09-06 |
| Series | Crossing Jordan | Unknown | 2001-09-24 |
| Series | Gilmore Girls | Richard Gilmore | 2000-10-05 |
| Movie | Walking Across Egypt | Reverend Vernon | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Vendetta | D.A. Luzenberg | 1999-09-12 |
| Series | Atomic Train | The President | 1999-05-16 |
| Movie | Better Living | Jack | 1998-11-02 |
| Series | Frank Lloyd Wright | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 1998-11-10 |
| Movie | Saint Maybe | Doug Bedloe | 1998-11-22 |
| Movie | Critical Care | Robert Payne | 1997-10-31 |
| Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Series | Liberty! | Narrator | 1997-11-23 |
| Series | Pandora's Clock | President | 1996-11-10 |
| Movie | Soul of the Game | Branch Rickey | 1996-04-20 |
| Movie | What Love Sees | Morton Treadway | 1996-09-22 |
| Movie | A Season in Purgatory | Dr. Shugrue | 1996-05-05 |
| Movie | Here Come the Munsters | Herman Munster | 1995-01-11 |
| Movie | Nixon | Nelson Rockefeller | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | The Face on the Milk Carton | Frank Jessmon | 1995-05-24 |
| Series | Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain | Thomas Jefferson (voice) | 1995-04-04 |
| Movie | Ri¢hie Ri¢h | Richard Rich | 1994-12-19 |
| Movie | Foreign Student | Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore | 1994-04-20 |
| Movie | Don't Drink the Water | Mr. Kilroy | 1994-12-18 |
| Movie | A Foreign Field | Ralph | 1993-09-10 |
| Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
| Movie | My Boyfriend's Back | Mr. Dingle | 1993-08-06 |
| Movie | Born Yesterday | Ed Deverey | 1993-03-26 |
| Movie | Hero | Mr. Broadman - Man Committing Suicide | 1992-10-02 |
| Movie | Fire in the Dark | Robert | 1991-07-01 |
| Movie | Sweet Poison | Henry | 1991-06-13 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | So Proudly We Hail | James Wagner | 1990-01-23 |
| Series | Wings | Unknown | 1990-04-19 |
| Series | Screen One | Ralph | 1989-09-10 |
| Movie | Big Business | Graham Sherbourne | 1988-06-10 |
| Movie | The Lost Boys | Max | 1987-07-31 |
| Movie | Overboard | Grant Stayton III | 1987-12-16 |
| Movie | Murrow | Fred Friendly | 1986-01-19 |
| Movie | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Henry | 1985-03-01 |
| Movie | The Man with One Red Shoe | Brown | 1985-07-18 |
| Movie | Compromising Positions | Bob Singer | 1985-08-30 |
| Movie | Mrs. Soffel | Warden Peter Soffel | 1984-12-26 |
| Movie | Memorial Day | Ned Larwin | 1983-11-23 |
| Series | St. Elsewhere | Unknown | 1982-10-26 |
| Movie | Annie | FDR | 1982-05-21 |
| Movie | The Electric Grandmother | Father | 1982-01-17 |
| Movie | The Gift of Life | Dr. Quinn | 1982-03-15 |
| Movie | Death Valley | Paul Stanton | 1982-05-07 |
| Movie | A Little Sex | Tommy | 1982-04-02 |
| Series | Nature | Unknown | 1982-10-10 |
| Movie | Reds | Max Eastman | 1981-12-25 |
| Movie | Harry's War | Harry Johnson | 1981-03-06 |
| Movie | Take Down | Ed Branish | 1979-01-13 |
| Movie | The North Avenue Irregulars | Michael Hill | 1979-02-09 |
| Movie | O Youth and Beauty! | Kip Lawton | 1979-10-31 |
| Movie | Freedom Road | Stephen Holmes | 1979-10-29 |
| Movie | The Sorrows of Gin | Kip Lawton | 1979-10-24 |
| Movie | Portrait of a Stripper | Frank Andrews | 1979-10-02 |
| Movie | The Betsy | Dan Weyman | 1978-02-02 |
| Movie | A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Lou Gehrig | 1978-01-15 |
| Movie | Brass Target | Col. Walter Gilchrist | 1978-12-22 |
| Movie | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1977-03-13 |
| Series | Eleanor and Franklin | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50 | 1976-01-11 |
| Series | Beacon Hill | Richard Palmer | 1975-08-25 |
| Movie | Valley Forge | 1975-12-03 | |
| Movie | The Great Waldo Pepper | Ezra Stiles | 1975-03-13 |
| Movie | The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | The Day of the Dolphin | Mike | 1973-12-19 |
| Movie | The Paper Chase | Thomas Craig Anderson | 1973-10-16 |
| Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
| Movie | Lady Liberty | Policeman (uncredited) | 1971-12-22 |
| Movie | Laughter in the Dark | 1969-05-11 | |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |